Results 81-100 of 591 for speaker:Peter Cleere

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (27 Feb 2025)

Peter Cleere: 406. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide additional parking for staff and visitors at St. Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (27 Feb 2025)

Peter Cleere: 407. To ask the Minister for Health the number and percentage of the population of counties Carlow and Kilkenny with a medical card or GP visit card, for each year from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (27 Feb 2025)

Peter Cleere: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if she will make provision for psychology services at St Luke's Hospial in Kilkenny, to help individuals and families who have been diagnosed with a type 1 diabetes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Feb 2025)

Peter Cleere: 409. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects her Department is engaged in with the HSE; the status of each project, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Prevention (27 Feb 2025)

Peter Cleere: 410. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the strategy to develop a suicide prevention intervention for farmers in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8862/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: I have had the privilege of working with some of the finest gardaí in my constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny in recent years as mayor of Kilkenny and chairman of Kilkenny County Council. My priority is that everyone has the right to feel safe and be safe in their community and home. Across the country, communities are dealing with the scourge of crime and antisocial behaviour. We need to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: The Government has committed €1.3 billion in funding to flood relief programmes under the national development plan 2030. Six of these schemes are County Kilkenny at Graiguenamanagh, Thomastown, Inistioge, Freshford, Ballyhale and Piltown. The scheme in Graiguenamanagh is one of the first 100 schemes in the first tranche. The scheme was approved in March 2020 and consultants were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 110. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Graiguenamanagh; the other primary care service developments planned for Carlow and Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9868/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 152. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care support hours provided in Carlow-Kilkenny in 2024; the target in place for such provision in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9869/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a submission by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10406/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (6 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 303. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Croí Cónaithe schemes approved in 2022, 2023 and 2024; the number of grants that have been drawn down, by volume and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: I take this opportunity to congratulate the Taoiseach on his recent trip to America to represent Ireland. He did so with dignity and honour. While many people in this Chamber would have preferred that the Taoiseach had stayed at home and sat on his hands, he did not. He wore the green jersey with pride and I thank him for that. I wish to talk specifically about the school transport...

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: Last year, the Department of Finance published figures that highlighted that an annual output of 50,000 new homes would require funding of €20.4 billion a year, with the majority of this money coming from private development, including public funding. We know that record public funding has been put in for 2025. In order to get our housing market working, there are two key elements...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently assigned to stations in counties Kilkenny and Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12596/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: I congratulate all Ministers on their new elevations and I wish them well in their posts. My question today specifically relates to the Kilkenny-Carlow constituency and the number of gardaí currently assigned to stations in both of these counties.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: The recent drive for new entrant Garda numbers was hugely successful and very welcome. My appeal to the Minister is that when these filter down through the system, that as many as possible are filtered to rural towns and villages. We have 18 Garda stations in Kilkenny and eight in Carlow, operating at varying different levels. One station in my own town of Graiguenamanagh, which is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: I welcome the news of 200 new entrants. We would be more than happy to accept those into Carlow and Kilkenny in one blow if the Minister wanted to use it as a pilot scheme. In all seriousness, I am encouraged by the recent recruitment campaign and that brings peace of mind, especially for our older and more vulnerable people in communities right across the constituency. They love seeing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (20 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the discussions had with local authorities regarding the dezoning of brownfield sites that have previously been zoned for residential development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the extension to the Kilkenny northern ring road. [9408/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Mar 2025)

Peter Cleere: 172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait times at driving test centres across the country, with a specific breakdown for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8893/25]