Results 61-80 of 186 for speaker:Shay Brennan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (29 Apr 2025)

Shay Brennan: 933. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a young person under the age of 16 who meets the criteria of section 14 Statutory Register of the Education Welfare Act, 2000, is confirmed as not participating fully in a Youthreach programme, to outline the procedure for follow-up assessments/ongoing monitoring. [19822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (29 Apr 2025)

Shay Brennan: 1247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the development levy waiver and Uisce Éireann rebate schemes will be extended beyond December 2026; and when an announcement on this can be expected, given the large number of developments awaiting clarity to proceed. [19894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025)

Shay Brennan: 1391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to making the authorisation for dependent spouse dental benefits permanent rather than requiring renewal every three months, in order to reduce administrative burden and prevent repeated efforts for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025)

Shay Brennan: 1392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that all forms related to social welfare benefits, including the dependent spouse dental benefit application form, are made available for download online to improve accessibility and convenience for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: 28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress made by the Land Development Agency to date in advancing affordable and social housing delivery; the pipeline now in place for further developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24726/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (13 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: 949. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if suitable respite will be provided for a child (details supplied) given the previous respite offer was unworkable due to the fact that the child cannot travel in the car for extended periods of time. [24209/25]

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: I, too, congratulate the Cathaoirleach. I look forward to working with him and the rest of the committee in the next four and a half years. As much as we have a remit to ensure the delivery of the national development plan, we also have a remit to ensure value for money. I am new to committees, however, and do not know if we have the scope to actually go into individual or constituency...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: As the Taoiseach is aware, the free primary schoolbooks scheme has been a welcome support for families and schools across the country. However, schools experiencing significant increases in enrolment often find the current per capita funding model based on the previous year’s enrolment figures does not fully meet their needs, particularly when new pupils join after the funding has...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Mr. McDonagh is very welcome. I thank him for his time. Our requests related to NAMA, but we can obviously come back to those. When Mr. McDonagh goes back to that organisation he can covey the imperative for NAMA to respect the Oireachtas and the finance committee in particular.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Sorry. What did I say?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: This is my first opportunity to question a witness before an Oireachtas committee, and I, perhaps rather naively, stuck to the brief. My questions will be about NAMA. My first question relates to the 4,000 homes on the Kildare and Dublin sites. What stage are those houses at? They will be handed over to the LDA. How much work did NAMA do to get those sites ready for construction? Are...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: How does the transfer of NARPS to the LDA align with the statement in Mr. McDonagh's submission to the effect that his focus is to extract as much value as possible from the residual portfolio?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: That €350 million constitutes part of the €5.2 billion lifetime surplus.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: I understand. To come back to the €5.2 billion; much will be said and written about the success of NAMA when all is done and dusted. How does the €5.2 billion lifetime surplus align with the day-one target projection?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Turning to the resolution unit, how long might that last?

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: In respect of choosing the staff-----

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Ten are going into the resolution unit.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Mr. McDonagh has no say as regards which staff. He does not recommend people to transfer.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Maybe we are in the NTMA space here, but the concern would be a loss of corporate knowledge in a much reduced team if the skills and knowledge of those cases are not there.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach: Dissolution of National Asset Management Agency: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Shay Brennan: Regarding case settlements, is there any risk that to get these settled by the end of 2025, Mr. McDonagh would take haircuts in those settlements?