Results 1-20 of 52 for speaker:Ann Graves

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Ann Graves: As this is my first time to speak, I take the opportunity to thank my family for their ongoing support - my daughter Christine, sons Paul and David, grandson Noah, and Mary and Alana. I remember my husband, who passed away last year and who was my strongest supporter. I also thank the people in Dublin Fingal East who came out to vote for me and put their trust in me. I intend representing...

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Ann Graves: I will just add that investment has been lacking under successive Governments and we need it now.

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Ann Graves: I thank the Ceann Comhairle.

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

Ann Graves: Dublin is a great city. Our people, history and rich culture make it a great place to live. Everyone has a right to feel safe. Every community should be a safe and welcoming place in which to live, work and visit, but unfortunately not everyone feels safe here in Dublin. Every community is different but the challenges are the same. The lack of a visible, accessible, reliable and...

International Women's Day: Statements (6 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: I am honoured to speak here today to mark International Women's Day. As a life-long trade unionist and activist, I see a clear link between the struggle for women's rights and the struggle for workers' rights. International Women's Day grew out of the labour movement in the US and workers' struggle for better conditions. It was marked for the first time by the UN in 1975. In December...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Substance Misuse (5 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were sentenced to custodial sentences for possession of a controlled substance for personal use in each of the years 2004 to 2024, in tabular form. [10004/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (5 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 128. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of addiction counsellors and related practitioners employed in each of the prisons; and the waiting list for each of the prisons to access the relevant service. [10005/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (5 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 200. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which her Department will be increasing funding for drug addiction services including local drug and alcohol taskforces to improve their effectiveness; the amount each task force will receive; when this finding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10047/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 72. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider making additional funding available to drug and alcohol task forces in Dublin to help assist addiction services respond to the increased number of clients presenting with crack cocaine addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10100/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 148. To ask the Minister for Health the amount by which her Department will be increasing funding for drug addiction services, including local drug and alcohol taskforces, to improve their effectiveness; the amount each taskforce will be receiving; when this funding will be released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10101/25]

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: I acknowledge the members of the commission for producing such a detailed and thought-provoking report. It offers a serious critique of the previous Government as well as the current one. The commission's report states that there have been systematic failures and ineffective decision-making in the Government's housing policy but this only confirms what we already know. The report also...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: I welcome this motion. The carer's allowance is a hugely important issue that needs to be addressed. The means test must be scrapped. Members of this Government should hang their heads in shame. In the run up to the recent general election, the Government promised to scrap the means test. Four months after the election, absolutely nothing has been done. There is no plan, detail or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (4 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 740. To ask the Minister for Health the average wait time by facility from referral to admission for addiction rehabilitation and detox; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (4 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 741. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe and process for developing a new National Drug Strategy; how each of the sectors will be included in this consultation process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Services (4 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 742. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to making extra funding available to drug and alcohol task forces in Dublin to help assist addiction services respond to the increased number of clients presenting with crack cocaine addiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Substance Misuse (4 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 743. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to action the recommendations from the Joint Committee on Drug Use report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for additional services on a bus route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10814/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 600. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to construct additional classrooms to accommodate the large increase in demand made for places in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to address the lack of school places for children with additional needs in the Donabate area; the options that will be open to parents who do not get a school place in September; and if a series of queries (details supplied) will be addressed. [12127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Ann Graves: 1116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will ensure that the funding for the role of community prison links worker with an organisation (details supplied) remains in place in order that the job vacancy can be filled as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/25]