Results 201-220 of 549 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Since taking up employment, my parliamentary assistant, who has a disability, has had his travel allowance and disability allowance removed. There are key steps in the programme for Government. Will this Government provide for a universal, non-means-tested payment in respect of disability allowance? We all know the cost of disability. There are huge costs to people with a disability. We...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Tánaiste agus an Aire. Yet again - and I see why people get frustrated - the Tánaiste did not answer my question. Will the Tánaiste and the Minister commit to a visit to Gaelcholáiste Reachrann before the end of the school term? Will they commit to that? That is all I am asking for - a commitment. The school is waiting. I will drive them...

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: There is a commitment, is there?

Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: Táim ag labhairt inniu ar son na dtuismitheoirí, na ndaltaí agus na múinteoirí i nGaelcholáiste Reachrann i nDomhnach Míde. Tá an scoil ag feidhmiú i bhfoirgnimh shealadacha le breis agus 20 bliain. Tá sé ráite go minic ag an Rialtas go bhfuil an tionscadal ag dul ar aghaidh ach níl sé. I raise yet again a matter that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I welcome the fact there is movement on this, but at the heart of the issue is a simple question of fairness. Workers who come to Ireland on employment permits are legally present in the country, paying taxes and contributing to our essential sectors, such as those mentioned by the Minister of State, but once they arrive, they find themselves tied to a single employer under rigid rules that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I welcome the fact the Minister of State is engaging with these industries and he should continue to do that. I would also like his Department to examine the fee migrant workers are paying. Off the top of my head, it costs €200 yearly. It is an unfair fee and should be reduced because these people are struggling. They are coming here to work. Workers should not have to choose...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the process being put in place to fulfil the programme for Government commitment to "Examine ways to facilitate people who are on work permits to move jobs more easily and legally, while protecting the integrity of the immigration system"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21619/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I am asking for an update on the commitment in the programme for Government to examine ways to make it easier and more transparent for people on work permits to change jobs legally. Last week, I visited the Migrant Rights Centre. I had a great discussion with it and met many people who had come to this country with the intention to work. There is a matter of basic fairness and of upholding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review whether current core social welfare rates are meeting people’s basic needs, particularly in areas like Dublin Bay north where the cost of living continues to rise and many families are struggling with rent, energy bills, and food costs; to consider targeted increases for those on the lowest incomes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the significant delays in processing disability allowance, carer’s allowance, and domiciliary care allowance applications for residents in Dublin Bay north, with many constituents waiting in excess of 14 weeks for decisions; the actions being taken to recruit additional staff, streamline the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: An Garda Síochána (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the recent increase in unaccompanied learner driver offences in the Dublin Metropolitan Northern region, where Garda figures show a rise from 200 incidents in Q2 2023 to 324 in Q2 2024, with vehicle seizures also rising from 142 to 203; if he will consider the introduction of a pilot Learner Driver Support Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department will take to address the widespread and unacceptable practice of cars and vans parking on footpaths, including in areas marked with single or double yellow lines, which create significant physical obstacles for people with disabilities and older persons, particularly those who are visually impaired or who use...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department will take to tackle the widespread and unacceptable practice of cars and vans parking on footpaths, including in areas marked with single or double yellow lines, particularly around access points to schools and hospitals such as Beaumont Hospital, including Ballyshannon Road and Trim Road, where such parking...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Care Services (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the proposed abolition of the means test for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has evaluated the true at-risk-of-poverty rate for people with disabilities when accounting for the extra cost of disability; whether his Department will adjust poverty measurement tools or set new targets in light of this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will reform the State’s equivalence scales or poverty metrics to formally include a “disability weight” reflecting the higher living costs associated with disability; and if he will outline any plans to adopt such adjustments. [21964/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the review of the family reunion policy, which was due to be completed last year; if consideration will be given to amending the policy to allow individuals in full-time employment to have their family with them from the start; when it is envisaged that this review will be finalised and the review...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when meaningful progress will be made on the childcare cost commitments made by all major parties during the 2024 general election, particularly regarding the promised reduction to a cap of €50 per week; and the specific steps being taken to honour these commitments and provide relief to families facing...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: The NPF is a critical tool in how we shape our housing infrastructure, services and communities. I welcome the revision placed before the House following public consultation and a comprehensive review. However, we need a plan that reflects the major changes our country has seen in recent years. Planning is not just about numbers and maps; it is about the kind of people and communities we...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: When I raised this through a parliamentary question on 10 April, I welcomed the Government's commitment to special needs assistant numbers with new posts by 2025 but good intentions are not enough. I asked the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, how the numbers were proposed to be distributed, and specifically for me how they would be allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North where families...