Results 11,881-11,900 of 11,997 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for join family visas processed in Dublin HQ given the 72-day processing time stated by him in previous parliamentary questions is not in line with processing times stated on the ISD website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no ability to track when visa applications have been sent from an embassy abroad to visa HQ in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason postal queries sent to visa HQ are taking upwards of six months for replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify his Department’s new policy to not refuse visas in the first instance and instead RFI with a 15-day deadline, and the impact of such on processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department are working on queries which are received through the new DCC portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if AI is being used to answer queries received through the DCC portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which migrants with urgent queries should contact his Department, given queries submitted through the new DCC portal are taking 3-6 weeks for replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the non-EEA join family policy document will be completed. [35958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Greyhound Racing Ireland still have no strategic plan in place two-and-a-half years after the last plan expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the indicators and targets, as stipulated in the Code of Practice for the Governance of Stare Bodies that are being used to measure the performance of the Irish greyhound industry in the absence of a strategic plan for the past two-and-a-half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 665. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are financial supports available from the HSE, or other sources, for people who want to return to education to undertake a postgraduate conversion course as a therapist including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, which would deliver additional therapists into our services more quickly; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 904. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the town and village renewal scheme, including details of the percentage of applications to the scheme that get approved and rejected, the value of approved and rejected applications and the primary reasons for any rejections; if he will provide this information broken down on an annual basis for every year...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: How can the United Nations be expected to take the Taoiseach's words about protecting our oceans seriously when he is dumping the laws that would actually do so? Last month the Taoiseach attended the World Ocean Summit, at which he said that he looked forward to "joining with fellow world leaders over the coming days to discuss and collaborate on ways to secure the future of our oceans and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Trafficking (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department has taken on foot of the US Department of State 2024 Trafficking in Persons report to seek to improve Ireland’s ranking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36458/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers who have taken up the TAMS grant to enable them to install solar panels on their farm, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the overall value of TAMS grants to support the installation of solar panels on farms to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Investigations (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to deal with pollution in Lady's Island Lake; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Environmental Investigations (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 131. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is aware of the Environmental Protection Agency's Coastal Lagoons: Ecology and Restoration Report; the actions his Department is taking of foot of it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36511/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 132. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how Coillte now takes biodiversity into consideration in its work following the closing of Coillte Nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (3 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the regulations enforcing and protecting disability parking spaces on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36972/25]