Results 921-940 of 1,009 for speaker:Mark Wall

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: First, I join the Minister in thanking the staff of the many SICAP groups in the country, across 31 local authority groups. They do tremendous work - there is absolutely no doubt about that - but the figures we have been presented with from the Central Statistics Office, CSO, show that child poverty in this country has almost doubled, from 4.8% to 8.5%. As I said, it is a particular problem...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I will again put on record my thanks to the Local Link service. It has made a difference in rural communities but there is no doubt it can do more, particularly in areas like Ballitore, which is a small village on the outskirts of my hometown. However, there is a lack of services coming from that particular village, which, as the Minister said, is impacting on those who are seeking...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: I do. I cannot let the occasion go without putting on the white jersey as well, which is what we do regularly in County Kildare across the parties. Deputy Neville is right that there is a huge issue in the major towns of County Kildare. The population of Kildare is very urban-based and town regeneration is needed. I welcome the fact there are town regeneration officers in County Kildare....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Water Safety (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 81. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the actions his Department is taking to increase water safety in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 93. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of derelict or vacant projects that have been brought back into use under the town and village renewal scheme’s building acquisition measure, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person residing in Ireland, and their home is in another EU Member State, can have that home assessed under the means test for a State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a timeframe for a person transferring their home to one of their children that would affect the means test on their State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26687/25]

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Mark Wall: Every 40 minutes, a child is killed in Gaza. Before their childhood even begins, it is over. By the time we finish discussing this motion, at least three children will have been killed in Gaza. This is the cold, unrelenting truth we must face. It is more than a war; it is a war on childhood and on the children of Gaza because every war, no matter the context or the reason, is a war on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or the SEAI have plans to change the qualifying criteria for the warmer homes scheme including that the home must be built pre-2006, given the number of years the scheme has been in operation and that many of the houses built since 2006 are now in need of retrofit; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current waiting times for the warmer homes scheme; the average waiting time in May 2024; the plans to reduce these waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26937/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools will receive their allocations of SNA for the forthcoming 2025/2026 educational year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the up-to-date position with the opening of a secondary school in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27610/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 550. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a draft will be published of the National Plan for Irish Provision in the EY and SAC sector; if this draft will undergo a public/stakeholder consultation before it is finalised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27366/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will honour the State’s commitment to promote the Irish language by implementing a rights-based approach to Irish-medium immersion early childhood education and care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27367/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an official definition of Naíonra; if she will clarify if this is an Irish immersion education setting that operates through the Irish language only; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27368/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will explore the possibility of developing a public directory for Irish-medium preschool services, Naíonraí, in order that parents can access their local setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27369/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 556. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the home support services available to provide family carers with in-home respite supports between the hours of 10pm – 8am; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 557. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of overnight home support hours that were delivered by HSE direction provision and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27567/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 558. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of support hours delivered by HSE direct provision, and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (27 May 2025)

Mark Wall: 577. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of support hours delivered by HSE direct provision, and authorisation scheme providers, by CHO, for the year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26739/25]