Results 201-220 of 413 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

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

Barry Heneghan: 689. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, when an individual is making an application for an additional needs’ payment, State redress payments are considered when means are being taken into account. [17641/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Alcohol Sales (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 747. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he intends to publish the second Bill arising from the General Scheme of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, specifically dealing with the regulation of distance selling of alcohol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17646/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 792. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will commit funding in Budget 2026 to establish a community neurorehabilitation team for the north Dublin area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Reviews (8 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1050. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider amending the forthcoming alcohol labelling regulations to allow for a standardised approach to wine labelling commencing with the 2026 vintage; if she will remove the requirement for per-container nutritional information, which conflicts with existing EU legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17645/25]

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: When we talk about crime and antisocial behaviour among young people, we often focus on the consequences but we need to ask what is causing it in the first place. It reminds me of a story I heard at an event by Peter McVerry. It is a story I come back to which goes, if you see people floating down a river, you jump in and rescue them. Then you see another person floating down, and you jump...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 22. To ask the Minister for Finance the other tariffs that the United States could impose that could deeply impact the Irish economy, excluding pharmaceutical exports. [16086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 31. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations his Department has undertaken to protect the Irish economy from potential US tariffs, specifically those that target the pharmaceutical industry. [16085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 148. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the employment rate of people with disabilities across the civil service. [6434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to review or update the integrated pension scheme, not only for Defence Forces personnel but also for other frontline public sector workers, including Gardaí, firefighters, and nurses, given ongoing concerns that younger members of these professions may not receive their full pensions upon retirement due to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s response to the devastating earthquake in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide greater details of plans to set up a local government taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Pollution (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will commission a report to investigate the benefits of using oyster farms to tackle water pollution in Dublin Bay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Parking Provision (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 331. To ask the Minister for Health whether she supports free car parking for patients attending hospital; whether the Government could provide the income that would be lost if this measure was implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (3 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of the 20% recruitment target in the Official Languages ​​Acts for the State system, if his Department has spoken to any university regarding third-level courses through the medium of Irish, and training in the language available to students across the country; and if so, when we can expect that at least 5% of...

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Deputy O' Flynn said there are no Government TDs here. Have you not been calling me a Government TD for the last three months? It is ridiculous. I do not have sympathy-----

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I am here now. I do not have sympathy-----

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: The Minister has a huge task ahead of him and I wish him the best of luck in his role. I urge everyone from all sides of this House to work together as we see in the committees. We are here for one reason, which is to work for the Irish people. As a newly elected TD, it is ridiculous what have seen in here for the last few months. There is something clearly wrong with regulations where...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I also thank the Minister of State for coming to the cross-party meeting on autism. When I raised this matter with him, he looked at it straight away. All the TDs in Dublin Bay North have raised this matter because they have been fighting for it since before I was elected. There is a prefab pandemic in Dublin Bay North, as those involved with running Gaelchólaiste Reachrann have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: It is great to see a united party effort on this issue. We all attended the information evening in Belmayne. It is very clear we need another special school in Dublin Bay North. The issue is the option for phase 2 of the Belmayne Educate Together school has been offered by the school. It is clearly a better solution than putting these kids into prefabs. On the night we were all there, we...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of coastal flood defences in Dublin Bay; the amount that has been allocated to improving coastal defences over the next ten years given the increased threat of coastal flooding due to climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16265/25]