Results 11,461-11,480 of 11,997 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the regulatory system for the recycling of used clothes, the role that clothes ‘bring-banks’ play in that system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6794/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department is supporting the roll out of water fountains across the country to lessen plastic bottle waste; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that his Department will be taking to advance district heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6793/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline his Department’s plans to reduce waste from disposable cups; if he plans any initiatives to support the update of keep-cups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6795/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and children passport renewals currently being processed by the Passport Office in 2025, as of 31 January 2025. [6855/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on each of the projects funded under the 2024 active travel scheme within the Fingal County Council area; and if he will provide a list of the projects to be shared, in tabular form. [6849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Projects (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safe routes to school project will re-open later this year for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6850/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: EU Funding (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current and capital projects under the remit of her Department that received EU funding in 2024; and the percentage of the funding that was actually covered by the EU in each of those projects, in tabular form. [6848/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region west roads policing unit as of February 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figure as of 31 December 2021, in tabular form. [6851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 285. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to the Garda K district as of 31 January 2025. [6852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 296. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of racing greyhounds microchipped between 1 October 2023 and 31 December 2024, in tabular form. [6856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 332. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses based in each primary care centre in CHO7 as of 31 January 2025, in tabular form. [6853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (20 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE audiologists, by grade, employed by the HSE within older persons’ services in CHO7 in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6854/25]

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I support the motion and I thank Deputy Coppinger for using her first opportunity in Private Members' time to raise this absolutely critical issue. There can be no equivocation when it comes to assessing our efforts to end violence towards women and girls in this country. We are simply not doing enough. I say that as a former Minister for equality, I say it as a politician with a...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The last decade has seen a big shift in public policy towards childcare in this country. The State now recognises that the first five years are a critical developmental time for young children and has built a range of supports for parents and children so they can give their children the best start in life. As part of those supports, the State now seeks to make early learning and care...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I thank the Taoiseach. From my experience over the past four years, I am well aware of those complexities but I am also of the strong belief that if we just continue to pump money into the existing system and continue our reliance on the existing system, we are not going to be able to deliver the sea change we need to ensure every child has access to the quality early learning and care he or...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: We are now in the last week of February and, as yet, the climate action plan for 2025 has not been published. Under the climate action Act, the Minister has to present the climate action plan annually. The draft action plan for 2025 was ready for publication in December last year but Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael took a political decision not to publish it until the new Government was...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I notice the Taoiseach is not answering the question.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is ready to go. Why can it not be published?