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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: No, they are not.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: They know what it is about.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (25 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the impact that US President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid is having on a number of Irish charities; the steps he is taking to ensure that Irish registered charities which are affected by the US decision are able to continue their full operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (25 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 685. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the position of sports facilities (details supplied) under new alcohol licence laws contained in the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; if he intends to streamline the process to make it easier for these facilities to apply for licences to sell alcohol; if he intends to amend the draft legislation to include these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (27 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the increases in pension payments that have been approved or are pending for former An Post employees; if he is satisfied that these increases are appropriate in view of the cost-of-living crisis and recent rates of inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8707/25]

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

Denise Mitchell: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to sanctioning and funding an SLD reading classes in the Artane area of north Dublin; the steps that are being taken to ensure children with severe dyslexia are being accommodated in north Dublin; if, given the increased demand for places in SLD classes, she will sanction additional funding for a temporary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (26 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to instances of the practice of schools requiring a non-refundable payment to accompany completed letters of acceptance to secondary schools; if the description of these payments as an ‘administration fee’ or ‘processing fee’ is in keeping with section 64 of the Education (Admission...

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

Denise Mitchell: Labhróidh mé leis an Aire faoi Ghaelcholáiste Reachrann i nDomhnach Míde. Cuirfidh mé ar an taifead go bhfuil Gaelcholáiste Reachrann i measc na nGaelcholáistí is fearr in Éirinn. Is scoil í atá tar éis duaiseanna a fháil sa cheol, sa drámaíocht, sa pheil agus san fhiontar. Téann an chuid is mó dá...

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

Denise Mitchell: It is a very challenging time, particularly in Dublin, when it comes to policing and justice. We hear stories every week about assaults and violence on our streets, and people simply do not feel safe. The fact is that we do not have enough gardaí. Back in 2009, in my local Garda station in Coolock, for example, there were 123 gardaí. Today, the number is slightly lower. Between...

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

Denise Mitchell: I might follow up with the Minister of State on the last point.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 326. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Community Gardaí assigned to the DMR north district, per year from 2015 to date in 2025; and the breakdown of these Gardaí by station within the DMR north area, in tabular form. [10305/25]

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: The housing and homelessness crisis has been getting worse under successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments, so this decision to further restrict the tenant in situ scheme, which has prevented so many people from becoming homeless, is bizarre. On top of these new restrictions, we also have delays on applications going back months because the Government could not get its act...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: I want to raise the issue of policing. In Dublin Bay North, we have a very fast-growing population and Garda resources are already stretched. In 2019, the then Minister for Justice had a photo op outside Coolock Garda station, during which he announced a new station that would be a regional headquarters and would cover Belmayne, Clongriffin and the surrounding areas. This population is...

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

Denise Mitchell: 280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a review into the restriction on drivers aged over 70 from operating school transport is planned; if he has engaged with Bus Éireann in relation to easing this restriction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9714/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (4 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action she will take to ensure a student (details supplied) can secure a place in a local special school; the alternative provisions that can be made temporarily for this child who has to date been unable to secure a place in any local special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (4 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 578. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any exemptions on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides were issued in 2024; what measures the Department are taking to ensure the EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides is complied with across the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (4 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; what secondary legislation or amending legislation is required for the Act to take effect in its fullest form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (19 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the suspension of economic sanctions by the European Union on Syria is appropriate given the latest instances of appalling violence being carried out by Syrian government security forces and affiliated militias against men, women and children of minority communities in western Syria; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (19 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the correspondence or discussions he has had with representatives of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to that country’s formal withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (19 Mar 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 255. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail any instances in the past twenty years of a UN peacekeeping mission in which Ireland was to partake, being blocked or not proceeding due to a vote, or the use of a veto, at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12308/25]