Results 601-620 of 730 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: You are only learning that after 12 years.

Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board: Chairperson Designate (17 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: To respond to that, I also agree with Senator Boyle that it is absolutely shocking that we are looking six-year delays and a backlog of 295. Any industry facing that kind of backlog and slow process and throughput would understandably be under huge pressure. This committee will need to get to grips with it. That includes questions to the Marine Institute, which will be before this...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the capitation grant for primary schools is significantly less than the capitation grant for post-primary schools. [33081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (18 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has carried out any research or analysis in the past twelve months on the increasing costs impacting primary and post-primary schools. [33082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her rationale for excluding primary schools from the funding scheme for smart phone storage solutions, given that 94% of 8-12-year-olds own a smart decide according to a 2023/2024 Cyber Safe Kids survey. [33083/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 204. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form, to include the state issuing the démarche; the date on which the démarche was received; a brief summary of the content of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Communications (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 205. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, in tabular form, including the period from January 2025 to date, to include the state to which the démarche was issued; the date on which it was issued; a brief summary of the content of the démarche;...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-hosted visits to each city in the State in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form. [33364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 263. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA-hosted visits to each county in each of the past 20 years, in tabular form. [33365/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA jobs in each county in each of the past 20 years in tabular form. [33366/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE positions within the IDA assigned to each county in the State in each of the past 20 years, including job titles and grades, in tabular form. [33367/25]

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

Conor McGuinness: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , given that the 1,600 additional SNA staff promised in Budget 2025, bringing the number of SNAs from 22,000 to 23,600, will now amount to approximately 500 fewer than expected, she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the 1,600 extra SNAs that had been promised for each county for September 2025, and the number of SNAs that will be...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 334. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the failure to make progress towards the Roadmap for Social Inclusion target of reducing consistent poverty from 5% to 2% or less by 2025, given that the most recent EU-SILC data shows the rate remains at 5% showing no net reduction; the analysis his Department has undertaken of the reasons for this...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 335. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which feedback and recommendations from the Social Inclusion Forum are integrated into the development and implementation of national anti-poverty policy; his views on the Forum’s role in informing future iterations of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33358/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 336. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on progress toward the Roadmap for Social Inclusion targets specifically relating to child poverty and jobless households; the data sources used to track these targets; his views on the challenges and interventions identified to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on progress toward the Roadmap for Social Inclusion targets specifically relating to poverty amongst older persons; the data sources used to track these targets; his views on the challenges and interventions identified to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Data (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanisms that exist across Government to ensure interdepartmental coordination in delivering the Roadmap for Social Inclusion; the way in which his Department monitors implementation across sectors; his views on the effectiveness of these oversight arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33361/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care of the Elderly (19 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 368. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a retirement home (details supplied) in Waterford was closed; the reason for its closure; if his Department plans to reopen the facility as a public nursing home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33354/25]