Results 41-60 of 225 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Data Centres (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the current approach to data centre development is delivering sufficient benefits to justify the costs given the significant environmental impact of data centres, their relatively low contribution to local and national employment compared to other forms of investment, and their role in reinforcing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has engaged with a company (details supplied) after the announcement of its intention to lay off its global employee base of 8.5% (1,750 people), of which more than 300 staff in Ireland have been notified that their roles are now “at risk”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied), nationally and locally, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; if audited accounts were provided for inspection in advance in each of these years; the total breakdown of the chief executive's compensation package; if any conditions were attached to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any conditions were attached to a payment to an organisation (details supplied) regarding bonuses or pay rises; if he pre-approved it; if all criteria approving the early payment were met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason by August of 2024 that an organisation (details supplied) needed an emergency grant advance to prevent an overdraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2020-2025 was used for the purposes of paying of staff on administrative leave, settling claims by staff in relation to workplace disputes, making payments in respect of non-disclosure agreements with staff, board members, volunteers or contractors; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (5 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps being taken to promote the consumption of hogget; if the Teagasc research centre has carried out any research in this regard; if such sources could be developed for the provision of emergency food resources for Irish Aid food and nutrition interventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to engaging with stakeholders within the music industry to produce a national music strategy for the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht his plans to invest in grassroots and academy football (details supplied); if he will prioritise increased funding and infrastructure development to nurture young talent, improve facilities, and support clubs at all levels to ensure Irish football reaches its full potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10143/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (6 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to addressing the shortfall in Arts Council funding to ensure artists receive the support they need and that communities across the country continue to have access to artistic and creative experiences (details supplied). [10192/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Council (6 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there will be no freeze on the Arts Council’s operations during any review (details supplied). [10191/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I would like to talk about infrastructure in north County Dublin. As the Tánaiste knows, Fingal is the fastest growing and youngest local authority area in the country. Rush has doubled in size and Lusk has quadrupled in size in 20 years. I was delighted to invite my former students from St. Joseph's Secondary School here. They are a genuinely lovely bunch. However, they and the...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Mark Wall, on bringing forward this important motion. I stand here on behalf of thousands of young carers throughout Ireland, children, teenagers and young adults who take on immense responsibilities at home, often at great personal cost. They provide essential care for family members with disabilities, illness, mental health conditions and addiction....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 468. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the primary health care centre in a location (details supplied), to outline future plans for the installation of X-ray and scanning facilities to treat minor injuries in the north county area and relieve stress on hospital accident and emergency departments in the wider region, similar to the Bantry local injury unit; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider carrying out a GAP analysis or similar analysis at the primary health care centre in a location (details supplied); the facilities that could be located at the facility in comparison with the facilities currently in situ at the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13111/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 613. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to ensure that there are enough early childhood education and care and school age childcare spaces made available to parents of children in Fingal west given the rising demand caused by rapid population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the poor performance of the 33 and 33A buses; if he and the National Transport Authority will ensure a better, more reliable and frequent service for commuters in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the increasing overcrowding on commuter trains along the northern line, serving the towns of Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, and Skerries; if, given the population growth in these areas and the development of new residential estates, there are plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the deadline for a decision on DART Coastal from An Bord Pleanála has been pushed back from February 2025 to October 2025; the reason this much needed project for north Dublin has been delayed again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent measures being taken to ensure that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not left without a suitable school place, in particular in the case of a child (details supplied) where a child due to start school in September has been refused from 15 schools with ASD classrooms; the steps she is taking to address the shortage of...