Results 601-620 of 731 for speaker:Naoise Ó Muirí

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 661. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the take up to date of the concession of free travel to those medically unfit to drive; and the number of children who will benefit from free travel. [51914/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 662. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children on child benefit payments; and the way that number has been affected by the extension of payments to those in full-time education up to their 19th birthday. [51915/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 673. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department are taking to alleviate the backlog in visa applications, particularly for de facto partners of Irish nationals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 782. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the granting of an extension for a childcare service (details supplied) under the building blocks improvement scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51625/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 793. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the core funding levels of support per hour to childcare providers; the payments for specific additional elements delivered, which will apply for the coming school year; the level of increase in each case compared to last year; and the estimated number of providers and children served by those who have continued operating under...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 794. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the maximum level of hourly support paid under the NCS in different age categories for those on lowest incomes, allowing the highest rate of payment; the rate for those at the highest level of income who still qualify for some premium over the universal rate; and the way in which the intermediate rate payable to a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 795. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the eligibility criteria for a child to participate in the free early childhood care and education scheme; and the hourly or weekly rate payable to providers that deliver service under the scheme. [51900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 796. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Access and Inclusion Mode (AIM) has been extended beyond ECCE years; the range of services which are available within ECCE under AIM; the range of services that are now on offer for other childcare settings; and the way in which the number of children served under each element of the programme has grown as a result of the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 797. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received an update on the assessment of the administrative burden for providers of childcare services in complying with eligibility and record keeping under core funding and the national childcare scheme; the simplification proposals which she has implemented and those up for further consideration; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 908. To ask the Minister for Health the income thresholds which now apply for the medical card and for the GP only card; the current level of population eligible for each scheme; and the way the level of take-up has changed over the past twelve months due to the relaxed eligibility conditions. [51916/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 983. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of apprenticeship options to be available for enrolment in the coming academic year; and the level of respective enrolment in each of these options for the most recent period for which data is available. [51903/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who will become eligible for the maintenance payment for postgraduate study in 2025. [51920/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 986. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of courses and places available in the coming academic year under Springboard and under the human capital initiative; whether new general areas of skill shortage have been added to the range of courses being offered under these options; the payments to be made by students; and if participants on these courses can be paid under SUSI...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a decision is expected on plans to extend the basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52174/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 97. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of the national framework for endometriosis care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52187/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I thank the Minister for the update. Just to add to what my colleague Deputy Boland said, the patient voice forum is a really good step forward. It is incredible that it has not happened before now. Well done to the Minister for putting it in place. It is a model that should work in many different areas of the health service and I really welcome it. I want to mention the area of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: The Minister put it really well herself when she said that women are the best narrators of their own lived experience and their own pain. As long as she can keep that in the centre of all of the work that will be done around endometriosis, she will make progress and she will have the support of this House.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (2 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on work currently being undertaken within his Department to liaise with the private sector to ensure there is improvement in communication infrastructure in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52189/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (2 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: 125. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the legislation being drafted to further regulate nicotine inhaling products and single-use vapes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52188/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Oct 2025)

Naoise Ó Muirí: I will give a minute per member if anybody wants to ask any additional questions. Would anybody like to come back in? No. I return to what Senator O'Donovan mentioned regarding what is being asked of us, particularly when it comes to climate. We asked the representatives of the Department and Teagasc this question earlier. Is there anything in particular which the IFA feels it is banging...