Results 821-840 of 955 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite the expansion of the provision of special classes in mainstream post-primary schools for students with mild intellectual disabilities, including those with Down syndrome; if she is aware of the difficulties families are facing in securing appropriate placements for their children; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will develop a dedicated strategy to ensure that children with Down syndrome who require a place in a special class in a mainstream school are appropriately accommodated; if she acknowledges that the current system is not meeting the needs of this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42415/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special educational accommodations, such as rest facilities, flexible scheduling or assisted learning support that have been implemented in schools for students diagnosed with narcolepsy post-pandemrix vaccination; whether additional funding is planned to support these students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of major amenity and regeneration projects funded by his Department or through the URDF in the past five years, if he will comment on the balance of investment between the northside and southside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41092/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new housing completions required annually over the next five years in order to meet the combined demand from existing housing need and projected levels of immigration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1636. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of the national housing stock made up of apartments; how this compares with the OECD average; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Issues (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1637. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has examined international examples of zoning reform, including the model used in Japan where development is permitted except where explicitly prohibited; whether such a model could be adapted to the Irish planning framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43825/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1638. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider establishing a cross-departmental housing supply dashboard or task force to monitor real-time monthly data on housing commencements, completions, immigration trends, and residential price movements in order to improve coordination across Government and respond more quickly to emerging pressures; and if...

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

Barry Heneghan: 1639. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific regulatory, planning, or zoning obstacles that discourage the conversion of vacant upper floors of commercial buildings into residential units in city centre areas such as O’Connell Street, Henry Street and Grafton Street, Dublin, and equivalent streets in other Irish cities; and if he will make a...

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

Barry Heneghan: 1640. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of planning applications approved for converting commercial properties to residential use in Dublin city centre since 2020, by year and development type, in tabular form ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43828/25]

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

Barry Heneghan: 1641. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if current development plans and protected structure regulations are acting as barriers to converting underused commercial buildings into homes in historic urban areas; if he is reviewing planning guidelines to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43829/25]

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

Barry Heneghan: 1642. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps being taken to support local authorities in identifying and unlocking vacant or underused space in city centres for residential use, particularly through changes to development plans, fast-track processes, or use of section 28 guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1837. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) whose application for invalidity pension has been repeatedly refused despite medical evidence from their GP advising against their return to work due to ongoing mental health issues; if he will ensure his Department gives due consideration to the medical opinion...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Law Reform Commission (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged with the Law Reform Commission on a matter (details supplied) since it was first taken under review, including the nature of any such engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2264. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to increase investment in childcare infrastructure and expand creche and after-school service capacity in the Raheny, Kilbarrack area, in light of the growing shortage of childcare places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40897/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2265. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the actions being taken to improve pay and conditions for childcare workers and to support working families in the Raheny, Kilbarrack area, struggling to access affordable childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40898/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Paternity Leave (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2512. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider extending paid maternity leave or increasing parents' leave as an interim measure to support working families with infants under one year-of-age, given the current gap in childcare availability for this age group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44191/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2427. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to recent data from the national federation of voluntary service providers showing that 1,500 people with intellectual disabilities are living with family carers aged 70 or older; if she will outline her Department’s plans to respond to this crisis in care and housing; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2428. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm whether the Government remains fully committed to meeting the residential and respite funding needs identified in the disability capacity review to 2032; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42673/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 2429. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the finding of the disability capacity review to 2032 that approximately 90 new residential places are required annually to meet demographic needs in the disability sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42674/25]