Results 121-140 of 357 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plan to develop a successor to the Strategy for the Community and Voluntary Sector 2019-2024, and to resourcing that strategy to deliver on commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/25]

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I wish the Minister and Minister of State well in their roles, especially my constituency colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Cummins. The Report of the Housing Commission declares the current housing situation a crisis of unprecedented scale that demands immediate and decisive action. It identifies the significant and sustained shortfall in housing supply as a core issue requiring a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Family Resource Centres (25 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that the town of Dungarvan, County Waterford, has no family resource centre; her views on whether it is appropriate that a large town such as Dungarvan would be without important community infrastructure of this type; and if she will commit to working across party lines and across Government to...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (25 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 701. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of payments under ACRES that are currently delayed; the number of individual farmers impacted by delayed payments; when the delays first began; the plans he has in place to address these delays and ensure farmers get their payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7259/25]

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

Conor McGuinness: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the situation faced by parents and children in Dungarvan and west Waterford whereby 22 children have been placed on a waiting list for the local special school; if he understands the anxiety, anger and anguish of the parents of these children; if the Government will commit to drastically expanding special school capacity in...

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Tá an Ghaeilge fite fuaite lenár n-aitheantas mar náisiún agus mar phobal. Is teanga bhríomhar bheo í le stair ársa agus todhchaí geal. I mo chlann agus i mo phobal, is í an Ghaeilge ár dteanga laethúil, ár dteanga chumarsáide, ár dteanga tuisceana, ár dteanga ghrinn agus ár dteanga ghrá. Is fíor seo...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Notwithstanding what the Minister and my colleague Deputy Cullinane said, Waterford feels like the poor relation when it comes to roads funding if we consider active travel in the county, moneys for road maintenance across the city and county, the N24 and the R672 that Deputy Cullinane also mentioned. The N25 is widely regarded as the most dangerous national road in the State and is in dire...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Tá cathú orm chuir isteach ort. Ní dóigh liom go bhfuil córam againn.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: An bhfuil córam againn? Tá mé díreach ag iarraidh a chinntiú go bhfuil córam againn sa Teach.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Tá cathú orm chur isteach ort, a Aire.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Okay.

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach Gníomhach. Tá sé de phribhléid labhairt inniu faoinár dteanga náisiúnta, an Ghaeilge, teanga an oileáin seo agus teanga na nGael. Tá mé mórtasach agus bródúil go bhfuil mo theanga féin á labhairt agam anseo inár bParlaimint náisiúnta. Labhair le haon...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 9. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá á dhéanamh chun dul i ngleic leis an ngéarchéim thithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. [10111/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Tá ceist curtha síos agam mar gheall ar an ngéarchéim tithíochta sna ceantair Ghaeltachta. Ar ndóigh, tá an ghéarchéim tithíochta fud fad an Stáit ag cur an-chuid daoine, go háirithe clanna óga, i gcruachás ach is bagairt eiseach nó existential threat í dár bpobail sna ceantair Ghaeltacht. Cad atá...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as an bhfreagra sin ach ní inniu ná inné a thit an ghéarchéim seo amach. Táimid ag feitheamh le freagra agus le gníomh ón Rialtas agus ón Rialtas a bhí ann cheana féin. Is athrá ar na geallúintí a bhí sa chlár Rialtais deireanach atá sa chlár Rialtais reatha....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: An bhfuil an tAire ag rá go bhfuil an srian agus an bac ar fhoilsiú na dtreoirlínte pleanála Gaeltachta bainteach leis an Roinn tithíochta agus nach bhfuil sé ag teacht ó Roinn na Gaeltachta? Is nuacht é sin domsa. Mar dhuine atá ag maireachtáil sa Ghaeltacht agus a bhfuil clann á thógáil aige i nGaeltacht na nDéise,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 71. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Waterford and across rural Ireland about the shortage of GPs and the consequent difficulties being experienced by many patients accessing timely GP care, especially in rural communities. [10113/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: What are the Minister's views on the worry and deep frustration of families and individuals in County Waterford, and rural Ireland more generally, about the shortage of GPs, and the consequent difficulties experienced by many patients in accessing timely GP care, the distance they have to travel to access it, the delays in accessing it and the impact on their health and well-being?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: These measures are not being felt in the communities I represent in towns and villages from Tallow to Dunmore East, Portlaw, Dungarvan, Lismore, Cappoquin and Kilmacthomas. Capacity is not keeping pace with demand for GP services. Retirement, as I know the Minister is aware, creates difficulties and has created particular difficulties in west Waterford for people accessing GP services. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (6 Mar 2025)

Conor McGuinness: To pick up on what my colleague, Deputy Cullinane, said about Cappoquin, this is a case in point. We are trying to get GPs into rural communities. This GP practice is seeking to become a training centre for GPs. Because of the delays with this, it is unable to do that. That is creating downstream issues. Dungarvan lost a GP to retirement a number of years ago. I, the Minister of...