Results 901-920 of 1,163 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1984. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare settings that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme and the number that have signed up to core funding scheme, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1994. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which she will publish an action plan for the reform of the early education and childcare sector; and if she has been provided with an update on the consultation and-or a draft of the plan to date. [46657/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. We have record levels of child poverty and child and youth homelessness. We have really worrying waiting lists for children who require life-changing and life-saving medical procedures. We now also have 40,000 children on child waiting lists for creches and early years education. Despite the Social Democrats offering constructive proposals, we are seeing an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I am sure I am not the only one in the room who is quite concerned about what our attention has been drawn to. If it were not the case that the HSE was coming before us next month, I would probably be expediting my concerns. In the past, we wrote to that body in advance of its visits to let it know some of the issues that were going to arise in order to ensure that the relevant information...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I fully agree with Deputy Boland's comments and support the idea that the NTA comes before the committee. My concern is how likely is that estimated expenditure to be or is it likely to rise again. That is the assurance we need to seek at this point. Here we go again with ICT. There seems to be a real trend that has been emerging over the last couple of months and, I am sure, years, for...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: We discussed this in detail in private session. The project in question is one of a number of projects Deputy Connolly has raised. There seems to be a trend whereby projects do not match at tender what ultimately is needed at production. That leads to a significant cost overrun, sometimes of 50% or 100%, of the initial budget that was put aside. That type of overrun will always have an...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: There was a brief note added to the correspondence from the Minister. I ask that we write to the Department to see whether further forecasting has been done since that correspondence was sent and if a summary of the overall costs has been completed since the initial budget was allocated.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I have spoken enough about ICT projects over the course of this morning. I look forward to our future work on that. I know we have provisionally committed to inviting the Department of education in. With regard to procurement, I have growing concerns over the procurement processes involved in the school meals programme and the way it has been rolled out around the country. Is it possible...

Antisocial Behaviour: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I will pick up where Deputy Gannon has left off. For nearly 20 years, I was a professional youth worker and a hoodie was my uniform. I thought today would be a very important day to don that uniform again. In the same way that I have tried to defend and advocate on behalf of young people who are all too often on the receiving end of negative stereotyping and rhetoric, it feels right that I...

Antisocial Behaviour: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: That is not true.

Antisocial Behaviour: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The Deputy should speak the truth.

Antisocial Behaviour: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I read the whole-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the new UK foreign secretary. [48213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 176. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched during quarter four 2025. [48199/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current position regarding the resumption of catering services onboard Intercity rail services; and if Iarnród Éireann has sought funding from National Transport Authority to meet the cost of resuming same. [48200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date on which he last met the Chief Executive Officer of Dublin Airport Authority; the issues discussed; and the date of the next scheduled meeting with the CEO. [48201/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 311. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year cost of increasing the small gift tax exemption from €3,000 to €4,500 per year. [48208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 312. To ask the Minister for Finance the capital budget allocation for the Revenue Commissioners in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [48209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of OPW owned and leased sites and buildings in County Kildare, in tabular form. [48198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to build new post primary schools and or expand capacity at other schools within County Kildare. [48197/25]