Results 181-200 of 18,286 for speaker:Brendan Smith

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that persons are not denied the opportunity to apply for some jobs in the public service because they do not have a degree; if he will ensure that necessary changes are made to that criterion without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46565/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: International Agreements (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 414. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has outlined clearly at the EU Agriculture Council his opposition to the proposed Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on an application for a school (details supplied) to open a fifth class for students with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46530/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 535. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of delivery of a new building for a school (details supplied) that has faced over a decade of delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46685/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 661. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will issue in respect of a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1988/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 662. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that DEIS status will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1989/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 779. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide assurances that the issues impacting the Oscar Traynor Woods developments will not be mirrored in housing developments currently under construction in the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 780. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to open an investigation to ensure that no housing developments currently under construction by a developer (details supplied) in the Fingal area have any underlying issues as seen at the Oscar Traynor Woods development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1341/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for carer’s allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1525/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that adequate personnel are assigned at local level to administer community welfare services and ensure as existed, prior to administrative changes in recent years, reasonable access for persons to such services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 972. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the removal of security clearance for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46771/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 992. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the naturalisation of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Agreements (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 995. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify any regulations surrounding an individual who has overstayed a visa in Ireland but has subsequently left the country, and who then applies for a visitor visa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1185/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 1101. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 323 of 17 November 2022 and 601 of 22 November 2022, the additional measures that have been implemented to ensure that there is an adequate inspection programme concerning maintenance of forests, both in public and private ownership; if the Forestry Standards Manual 2015 was reviewed and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 1102. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will convene as a matter of urgency a working group comprising of officials from his Department and other Departments and statutory agencies to deal with the recurring problems of fallen trees causing damage to ESB transmission lines, resulting in power outages and huge inconvenience, costs and hardship to communities; and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Nitrates Usage (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 1121. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions taken to date, and proposals advanced, regarding the need to retain the nitrates derogation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1970/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (22 Jan 2025)

Brendan Smith: 1122. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all valid 2023/2024 applications for ACRES are finalised, and payments issued without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1971/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jan 2025)

Duncan Smith: 1367. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a drug shortage (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to address this shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46537/24]