Results 1-20 of 460 for speaker:Albert Dolan
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Education Needs (12 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on the allocation of a special needs assistant, SNA, for a school (details supplied); when the subsequent appointment of the SNA will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30791/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Education Needs (12 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: I am looking for an update on the status of a request for SNA support for Gurteen National School in County Galway. Gurteen has applied, gone through the process, had its review and was hopeful that over the Easter break it would have been able to interview people. Can I please get an update on the status of that application for SNA support?
- Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Education Needs (12 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: That is fantastic news for Gurteen. I thank the Minister of State and the Minister for their commitment to special education. It is vital and the needs have to be met. The most important thing is that every child have a fair chance in school and get the support he or she needs to thrive. I attended the Irish National Teachers' Organisation, INTO, briefing yesterday. Its proposal for...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Appointments Service (12 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 304. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of recruitment competitions run by the Public Appointments Service that have utilised ‘reserve panels’ before the interview stage in the past three years; if he will list the competitions where this process has been used; the number of candidates currently on such...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm that qualified members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service can enter promotion competitions for chief of staff and both deputy chief of staff positions. [29447/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 275. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will confirm that qualified members of the Army, Air Corps and Naval Service were previously able to serve as assistant chief of staff but that this is no longer the case. [29448/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Defence Forces regulations were amended prohibiting suitably qualified members of the Air Corps and Naval Service from filling the role of assistant chief of staff; the rationale for this decision; and if, in view of the emphasis of the Commission on the Defence Forces on the need for truly joint high-level leadership and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 394. To ask the Minister for Finance the reasons recent interest rate reductions by the European Central Bank have not been passed onto customers by Ireland's retail banks, particularly in relation to variable mortgage rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29293/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the current criteria and period a teacher must meet in order to be offered a permanent contract; if there are any plans to review or revise this process to ensure fair and timely access to permanency for qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29446/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 1167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the Government's plans to further reduce the cost of childcare for families under the national childcare scheme; the timelines in place for the implementation of any additional cost-reduction measures; and the specific steps being taken to prevent the closure of early years and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 1352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for excluding evorel 100mcg patches from the new hormone replacement therapy (HRT) scheme, given its widespread use as a substitute for estradot, which has been in long-term short supply; the measures being taken to ensure continuity of HRT care for those impacted by the supply shortages of estradot, including the potential inclusion of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 1609. To ask the Minister for Health if pelvic osteotomy hip dysplasia operations carried out in Galway by consultants from Children’s Health Ireland will be included in the scope of the current review into paediatric orthopaedic surgeries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30518/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (10 Jun 2025)
Albert Dolan: 1648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being considered to provide greater financial supports for PAYE families who are just above the threshold for SUSI grants and are bearing significant higher education costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29294/25]
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: I thank everyone for their attendance. I know it is not an easy task but we greatly appreciate it. We all have a role to play here. Our role is to ensure the public are getting value for money and that anybody who is in a position to expend public moneys is held to the highest standards. That is what we expect across this House. I also thank the Comptroller and Auditor General for the...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: The Arts Council has gone from a budget of €75 million in 2019 to €140 million in 2025 and from 50 full-time staff up to a staff complement of 120. It is a huge expansion. Will Ms Kennelly explain why the headcount at the Arts Council has grown so much?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: Does Ms Kennelly believe the organisation needs to be as big as it is?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: There is a reason I ask that. Is there any artists' or small arts organisation that has doubled in size in the past five years?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: I just feel it is an organisation that may have run away with itself and has now expanded to a point where it has lost control. Governance is now more important than ever before. Beyond the €6.7 million IT write-off, what were the associated staff costs for that project? How many people in the Arts Council were directly working on it? Are there any other strategic project costs...
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: Who prepared the workforce plan?
- Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Financial Statements 2023: Arts Council
Financial Statements 2023: National Gallery
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2023
Chapter 10 - Measuring the Performance of Arts and Sports Spending (29 May 2025) Albert Dolan: Did the Arts Council have a consultant prepare the workforce plan?