Results 221-240 of 762 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the critical shortage of speech and language therapists, SLTs, across Ireland, her Department will engage with CORU and other relevant bodies to fast-track the recognition of qualified professionals from abroad; and if she will address the current two-year delay for foreign-trained SLTs to receive approval to work in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on special education classes in second level schools that are provided for children with Down’s Syndrome; if she will give a commitment that her Department will plan to expand this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31283/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I have a question for the Taoiseach that is especially personal to me as my sister and her wife are expecting their child. Real fear and frustration is being felt by the LGBTQ+ parents who are still not legally recognised as their children's parents. As it stands, the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024 risks leaving families behind, especially those born through surrogacy or...

Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: What everyone has said today is completely true. We are witnessing one of the darkest moments in modern history. In Gaza, the population is being bombed, starved, displaced and deprived of the most basic human rights. When I met a young man who lives in my constituency whose parents are still in Gaza, I could not look him in the eye and say I am not doing everything I can to help him...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 75. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing is expected to meet next. [25323/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 97. To ask the Taoiseach the date for the next planned census. [25324/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action Plan (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government how his Department is coordinating climate action across all Government Departments to ensure Ireland meets its emissions targets under the Climate Action Plan and legally binding carbon budgets. [30319/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 127. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures being taken by his Department or in collaboration with the CRU and SEAI to ensure that the operation and expansion of data centres in Ireland are aligned with national climate goals; if his Department is engaging with the sector on the deployment of best-in-class sustainability practices, including advanced...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 158. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current status of legislative and regulatory measures aimed at enabling private wire connections between renewable energy generators and end-users; if he will detail any interdepartmental workstreams or stakeholder consultations that have taken place since the last update to Dail Éireann; the indicative timeline...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 268. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will outline the actions his Department is taking to enhance the resilience of Ireland’s energy transmission and distribution infrastructure in response to the increased risk of disruption from extreme wind events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 269. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will clarify the proposed maximum height, including blade tip height, of the turbines planned for a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30737/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Flood Risk Management (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 735. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the development of national hazard maps for surface water and groundwater flooding, as recommended in the National Climate Change Risk Assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30735/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 830. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the role of local authorities in the regulation of commercial drone delivery operations, including their responsibilities in respect of planning oversight, noise impact assessments, operational parameters such as flight times and routes and public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30002/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Coastal Protection (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 870. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail the measures being taken to address coastal erosion and coastal flooding risks in Dublin and along the east coast, particularly in light of projections indicating increased intensity under all climate scenarios (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30736/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1304. To ask the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to discuss the promotion of bilingual food labelling in Ireland; if so, the outcomes of that engagement; and if not, whether she will commit to such coordination to ensure that future discussions on EU food labelling policy reflect the State’s obligations in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the remit of the inter-departmental group on the Food Information to Consumers Regulation to include the issue of bilingual labelling, in light of the State’s legal obligations to promote the Irish language under the Constitution and the Official Languages Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Language (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1306. To ask the Minister for Health if she will support the inclusion of bilingual labelling as part of Ireland’s national position on future revisions to the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation, even if such provisions are not currently included in the draft EU proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1641. To ask the Minister for Health if she will initiate a comprehensive review of the long-term illness scheme, in view of the fact that the list of eligible conditions has remained unchanged for over 50 years, despite major advances in chronic disease management; if she will ensure that such a review includes consideration of high-burden chronic and rare diseases that require lifelong...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1642. To ask the Minister for Health if she will ensure that any forthcoming review of the long-term illness scheme will explicitly address the equity gap for patients with lifelong chronic or rare conditions who face substantial out-of-pocket costs despite not qualifying for the drugs payment scheme or a medical card; if she will acknowledge that these fallback mechanisms are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 1519. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the commencement of the proposed pilot programme to improve HPV vaccine uptake rates among underserved communities; to outline the proposed methodology and geographic locations for this pilot scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30004/25]