Results 1,981-2,000 of 5,098 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Flexible Work Practices (18 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 476. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department will provide funding for towns in rural areas to develop remote working hubs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (17 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 37. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the asset allocation of the National (Surplus) Reserve Fund, disaggregated by asset type and location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (17 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 239. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of residential care service for adults with disabilities; the number of persons currently waiting for this service, by county, in tabular form; if his Department is looking at opportunities for developing new residential facilities for adults with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 25 April 2023, when he will issue a circular to local authorities setting out the guidelines for the tenant-in-situ scheme for common situations where a tenant receives their HAP payment from one local authority, but it is a different local authority that wishes to purchase the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department’s policy to remove a social housing applicant from choice-based letting for a year following a first refusal of a housing offer and to remove the applicant from the housing waiting list for a year following a second refusal of a housing offer, or if this is up to the discretion of individual local...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for disability allowance in each year since 2018; the number of these which were considered long-term/whole-of-life disabilities; the number considered rehabilitation appropriate applications; the number of successful applications under both categories, in tabular form; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are operational guidelines for medical assessors and social welfare inspections to allow for assessment of applications for disability allowance with a view to rehabilitation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22410/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 679. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 8 February 2023, if he will investigate the reason a person (details supplied) has yet to receive their pandemic recognition payment. [22832/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has anymore plans to encourage the use of more online learning given the accommodation crisis facing students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has had any engagement with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to bringing forward legislation with regards to accommodation used as student digs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Abortion Services (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the health units in the various universities that are currently offering on-campus abortion services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22568/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who dropped out of university in 2022, disaggregated by university name, course family, (i.e. engineering, arts/humanities, science, and so on), stage of departure (i.e. 1st year, 2nd year, and so on) and EU vs non-EU student, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (16 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a list of universities which currently have an Irish language strategy/scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (11 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he and his Department support the conservation of invasive coarse fish and invasive pike in Ballyquirke Lough (part of Lough Corrib SAC), under the Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006 respectively, to the detriment of the marginalised native...

European Year of Skills: Statements (10 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Yesterday marked the start of the European Year of Skills, which will run until 8 May 2024. It is an important European initiative that ties together many of the different efforts being made in Europe, including, of course, a kind of European green new deal. It will attempt to raise awareness by matching people's aspirations with the available job opportunities. That is significant for...

Planning and Rural Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Ardaím go rímhinic na deacrachtaí atá ag daoine óga lonnú, nó athlonnú, ina gceantair dhúchais. Feicimid go rímhinic é freisin dóibh siúd a théann thar lear, b’fhéidir mar nach raibh post acu nó nach raibh deiseanna acu ina gceantar dúchais féin. Ansin tagann siad abhaile agus deir siad leo...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will detail the consent permit required to transfer raw sewage from one Údarás na Gaeltachta facility to another; the competent authority with the statutory function to grant such consent; the reference number and date of issue of the consent permit granted to Údarás na Gaeiltachta to transfer raw...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 647. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 433 of 8 February 2023, the status of the pandemic recognition payment for a person (details supplied); if this matter will be escalated to the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21694/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 721. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of further reducing third-level fees to €1,000 in 2023-2024, and subsequently to abolish these fees in 2024-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21115/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (9 May 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total estimated yearly cost to the Exchequer of abolishing apprenticeship registration fees, broken down by consortia-led and craft; the average cost per apprentice, broken down by craft and consortia-led apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/23]