Results 561-580 of 808 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will provide the circular or official guideline outlining the eligibility criteria, implementation procedures, and any associated timelines. [44836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review or amend the use of section 5 exemptions in the context of IPAS accommodation, particularly in relation to ensuring community consultation and transparency in planning decisions affecting local areas. [45737/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a full breakdown of what the development contribution fee is intended to fund, and for details of how these services are delivered to applicants in rural areas where public infrastructure is not provided. [47059/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarification on who directly benefits from the development contribution fee, and for an explanation of why individuals building in areas without access to roads, lighting, water or sewage infrastructure are required to pay the same rate as those in serviced urban zones. [47060/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any mechanisms or discretionary powers available to local authorities to waive or reduce development contribution fees in cases where the applicant receives little or no benefit from the services the fee is intended to support. [47061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any plans of his Department to introduce a rural exemption or tiered contribution model for development fees, in recognition of the disparity in service provision between urban and rural applicants. [47064/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department monitors the consistency of development contribution fee application across local authorities, and for details of any guidance issued to ensure fairness and transparency in how these fees are calculated and enforced. [47065/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any review undertaken by his Department into the impact of development contribution fees on rural housing viability, and whether such fees have contributed to delays or cancellations of rural builds. [47066/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale behind the national waiver introduced in 2023 for development contributions and water connection charges, and for details of what specific challenges that waiver was intended to address. [47062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what policy or infrastructural improvements have occurred since the introduction of the 2023 waiver that justify its expiration, and for details of any review undertaken to assess its impact on rural housing development. [47063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will extend the back-to-school allowance to all children in State care by removing means testing for foster families, including the requirement to be in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment, in recognition of children's rights under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and Equal Status Acts...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for the enactment of legislation implementing the Supreme Court decision in a case (details supplied); whether this legislation will be enacted with retrospective effect from January 2024, or if it will apply only from the date of enactment. [46297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his long-term plans for persons currently residing in Ireland under the temporary protection directive; if he will provide clarity on the current timeline for reviewing their status, including what is expected to happen to these persons upon the expiration or extension of their protection arrangements (details supplied); and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1487. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for confirmation of whether his Department has any plans for an IPAS centre in a location (details supplied). [44987/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the criteria and processes being used to assess the suitability of the property (details supplied) for use as an IPAS centre. [44988/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details of the involvement of local community groups, residents, local politicians, and Deputies for Mayo in the suitability assessment for the property (details supplied). [44989/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for confirmation of the projected capacity of a property (details supplied) to accommodate international protection applicants. [44990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details of any agreements or contractual arrangements entered into with the developer for the redevelopment and operation of a property (details supplied) as temporary accommodation for international protection applicants [44992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1493. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for details of how his Department is coordinating with Mayo County Council, and other relevant authorities, to ensure a property (details supplied) meets all necessary standards and regulations for its proposed use. [44993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a timeline for the decision making process to date and, if approval is granted, for the expected timeline for the opening of a centre (details supplied). [44994/25]