Results 10,141-10,160 of 12,510 for speaker:Louise O'Reilly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 371. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to health insurance policies for older people, if (details supplied) has been considered. [16850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 377. To ask the Minister for Finance the total excise receipts earned from tobacco products in 2021 and 2022. [17037/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 378. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category for a pack of roll-your-own tobacco since 2011; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 419. To ask the Minister for Finance what domestic actions he plans to take to reduce Ireland's VAT gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 420. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated extra revenue that would accrue to the State if EU proposals on "VAT in the Digital Age" were enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 439. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current status of the Govtech Delivery Board, first suggested in 2019 in the National AI strategy, as such a board was identified as a key supporter of good practice in the public sector deployment of new technologies. [16424/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Data Protection (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 440. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if providing advice and a set of best practice guidelines on data protection be part of the role of the Govtech Delivery Board, given that, in the 2019 Cruinniú report that proposed the Govtech body, the lack of expertise on GDPR in public sector bodies was identified as a barrier to deployment of new technologies. [16426/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 441. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform given the skills gap in AI identified by the Future Skills report last year, if the monitoring and support of public sector projects which utilise AI will be part of the responsibility of the Govtech delivery Board. [16428/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Bodies (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 442. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware that Govtech boards in some states, for example Singapore, have a role in developing 'whole of government' technologies, and employ substantial technical resources to this end; and if this is perceived as part of the terms of reference of the Irish Govtech Delivery Board. [16430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 483. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the working group on trustworthy AI principles and guidelines, as outlined in a response to this office in December 2022; and when this body is to report. [16422/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options are available to the family of a student (details supplied) who has withdrawn from school and is refusing to attend due to difficulties they have faced in the school, but who has applied to enrolled in a new school and has been denied a place in that school. [16809/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what options and funding streams are available to a school that wishes to start a school library and stock it with books. [16849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 655. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the demand that will be placed on national schools in Rush, County Dublin; if provision has been made to increase national school places in the short to medium-term; if she will provide specific information by school on the number of places that will be available for the next ten years; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Pension Provisions (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 695. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the misclassification of pension entitlements for workers in local authorities; and if he can provide an update and a timeline for resolution. [16047/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing domiciliary care allowance to children aged 16 and 17 years, in view of the fact that children can no longer access this payment once they turn 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17033/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 901. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many people received the household benefit scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of the scheme to the State in each of these years. [17034/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports are available for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments during work time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether considerations have been made to ease the eligibility criteria for partial capacity benefit to increase security for all cancer patients seeking to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Application Forms (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 904. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider the possibility of streamlining applications for the additional needs payments for cancer patients on the basis of the non-medical costs of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Apr 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 1371. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the Government’s ‘Action Plan for Apprenticeship’, part of which seeks to develop a public sector National Framework of Qualification QQI level 5 courses for the occupation of healthcare assistants, if healthcare assistants who have nursing qualifications from outside of Ireland (QQI level 7 and 8), will be required to...