Results 601-620 of 645 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 403. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2071 of 29 July 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda Authorities to answer this Parliamentary Question. [53147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (7 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 518. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the overseas recruitment campaigns, by location, children's disability network teams have carried out to attract qualified staff to work within CDNTs, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 564. To ask the Minister for Health the measures which will be taken to ensure access for a person (details supplied) to occupational therapy without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52977/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm that permission is required to use the words “campus” or “college” in the name of a business; the cost to apply for such permission; the information required to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (7 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from the Twenty-six Counties who applied to universities and colleges in the North of Ireland, by county, per year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (7 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans to align CAO and UCAS results dates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (8 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in 2024/2025 from the 26 counties that have applied to universities in the North, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (8 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans to address grade equivalencies between North and South; the efforts to make all-Ireland student mobility more accessible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54077/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 367. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps he will take to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) are provided with home base facilities in Shannon and in every area where they require them, to enhance their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54475/25]

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome this motion and commend Deputy Ward on bringing it forward. There are families trapped in homes that are unsafe and that are literally crumbling around them. They put their faith in the defective block scheme. They filled out every form and jumped through every hoop and now some are being punished for being too early, for daring to hope that the Government would stand by them in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Provision (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on local training initiative operating guidelines, which state that any income received towards the running costs of an LTI , whether from earned income or secondary grant aiding, must be offset as income in the LTI monthly claim form. [56420/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Provision (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: The local training initiatives, LTIs, operating guidelines states that any income received towards the running costs of a LTI, whether from earned income or secondary grant aid, must be offset as income in the LTI monthly claim form. This clearly demonstrates that LTIs are not financially independent and cannot generate or retain income to improve wages or conditions as all funding is fully...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Provision (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome that. I agree with the Minister that they are well needed and well placed. They help people get their foot on the ladder. They are in communities. There is a real issue with the lack of transparency, which the Minister has pointed out as well. The pay and conditions for staff in both LTIs and community training centres, CTCs, are determined through a central process involving...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education and Training Provision (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I appreciate those words. I am glad to hear that this will all be worked out. As the Minister said, it needs to be simplified and streamlined. The last letter that went out from the Minister of State, Deputy Harkin's office in 2025 states that LTIs are independent. This needs to be clarified for those LTIs out there that are trying to work through this. The fact the Department instructed...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 3. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills research, innovation and science the details of the missed targets in the last accommodation strategy; the reason this occurred; the reason no mention was made of this in budget 2026; the targets currently; and if new funding will be put in place for same. [56421/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I looked through the budget documentation but found no mention of student accommodation, which was quite shocking to me. I still have not received information on why the shortfall in student accommodation has happened. The strategy missed it targets but there has been no explanation for this. It is no secret that there is a crisis for students and families who are currently in distress...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: What the Minister, Deputy Chambers, talked about was accommodation that was already delivered. He spoke about Maynooth, which is already delivered, and UCD, which is already in the process of being delivered. He did not mention anything new. How much later in the year is the Minister talking about for the publication of the strategy? We are now in October and people are anxious to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I will have to look into that. The Minister said he recently approved funding of €67 million but that funding was announced in April 2024. It is not new funding. There is no mention of DCU, which has gone to tender and already has plans in place. All it is waiting for is permission to go ahead. This fund of €100 million was announced back in 2024; it is not new...

National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (16 Oct 2025)

Donna McGettigan: I welcome this Bill and thank the Minister for bringing it forward. I also welcome his commitments on this. The NTF was established by the National Training Fund Act 2000 as a dedicated fund to support the training of those in employment and those seeking employment. Its aim is to support the development of a highly skilled and adaptable workforce, ensuring that Ireland remains competitive...