Results 181-200 of 413 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I strongly condemn the decision by President Trump to impose 20% tariffs on EU exports, especially those that affect Ireland. Let us be clear here: this is not a negotiating tactic but an act of economic aggression by President Trump against our long-standing relationship. Let us call it what it is; it is reckless and short-sighted and will be deeply harmful to Irish jobs and businesses and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Le tús a chur, tá mé chun rud éigint a chur amach faoi Ghaelcholáiste Reachrann. It is still waiting for an update. The Department was saying that the design team is looking at it and it is a priority for the Department. I am in a group chat with 450 concerned parents. All we are asking for is a written update on the current status of the permanent school and an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to giving an increase to CIÉ pensioners, the group have seen no increase for the past 17 years, if he will accept that the current situation needs to be addressed as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Code (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a mechanism to appeal the requirement to pay motor tax arrears in cases where a vehicle was genuinely off the road but was not formally declared as such in advance (details Suppled); if there are any circumstances under which tax liability can be waived or refunded for periods during which the vehicle was not in use; and in...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department will examine how preventative measures to address the increased risk of coastal flooding can incorporate features that also deliver positive environmental benefits, such as enhancing biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated timeline for the progression of the permanent school building project for a school (details supplied), given that planning permission was regranted in December 2023 and the design team is currently finalising tender documents; when the project is expected to proceed to tender and construction; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given the concerns raised by parents about the issue of grade inflation, particularly regarding its impact on the Class of 2025, the steps she is taking to ensure that these students are not unfairly disadvantaged in their pursuit of university places. [18080/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills considering that the adjustments made in response to the pandemic may create challenges for current Leaving Certificate candidates competing against students from previous years, if she will consider measures such as aligning the grading of non-2025 applicants with the adjustments made for this year's candidates for the CAO application...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assurances she will provide to ensure a fair and balanced assessment system that accurately reflects the hard work of the class of 2025. [18082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the policy on incremental credit for post-primary teachers with overseas experience in private schools, given that such experience is recognised for primary teachers but not at post-primary level (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (9 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeline for the introduction in Dáil Éireann of the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021, which has already passed through Seanad Éireann; his position on the protection of the native Irish honey bee apis mellifera mellifera, in light of recent research highlighting the uniqueness of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of the permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will commit to visiting the site to see first-hand the urgent need for permanent accommodation for students and staff. [16959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take into account the findings of a recent survey (details supplied), which received 1,231 valid parental responses representing 2,323 children, in which 73% of respondents expressed a preference for a co-educational school and 59% for a non-denominational model; noting that currently there is no such post-primary option in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the lack of action to provide a co-educational, non-denominational school in the Killester Raheny Clontarf school planning area (details supplied). [12434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 338. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether changes should be made by the NTA regarding the application of the grants process for WAVs; his further views on whether the current system in use is fair and equitable as many drivers have not been able to have access to the system in 2025 (details supplied). [17640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 381. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the National Shared Services Office refusing to post hard copy pay slips on each payment date to pensioners, particularly those advanced in years, some of whom are living alone, who cannot obtain their payslips online as they do not own a mobile phone or a computer, and therefore cannot keep track of payments, and in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Strategies (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 653. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he will take to deal with the expiration of planning permissions in the next five years; the actions that should implemented to urgently activate the planning permissions that are at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17647/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 654. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce schemes that encourage mutual home ownership model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 655. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will deal with the significant decrease in planning permissions, specifically in the three Dublin council areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Inspections (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 656. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a memorandum of understanding or formal data-sharing agreement exists between An Garda Síochána and the Department of Social Protection concerning the transfer of personal data for social welfare investigations; whether such an agreement includes provisions governing data-sharing by An Garda Síochána...