Results 241-260 of 428 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will engage with the HSE to identify ways to alleviate the recruitment and retention crisis regarding children's disability network teams in north Kildare. [8947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 359. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the offer from a provider (details supplied). [8892/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Services (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 417. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid in legal costs to each of the top ten legal firms representing plaintiffs in medical negligence cases in to date in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8905/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 418. To ask the Minister for Health the overall legal bill to the State Claims Agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [8906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Services (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 419. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid out in legal costs to each of the top ten named legal firms representing the agency in medical negligence cases in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of cases payments relate to, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Claims Agency (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims ongoing by the State Claims Agency in relation to late diagnosis and missed diagnosis in relation to failings in the CervicalCheck screening programme; the number of cases settled; the total amount paid out in claims to date; and the legal costs of the cases to date. [8908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 422. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE to ensure that Kildare North is future-proofed with regard to its provision of primary care centres, particularly in relation to separate centres for Maynooth and Leixlip. [8945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 423. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a rationale for the HSE expending approximately €2 million on non-emergency vehicles in 2024, if she will examine same in the context of value for money; and if she and-or the HSE produced a VFM report in respect of the expenditure. [8946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (27 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 434. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has received an application for funding in 2023, 2024 or to date in 2025 regarding works to enable the reopening of the Bray-to-Greystones cliff walk; and the heading under which funding is available. [8878/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Last week, the Government published its spring legislation programme. I am interested in the planned reform of the legislation relating to corporate governance in RTÉ and TG4. Governance in RTÉ has been like a terrible soap opera at times. Employment arrangements there are often unacceptable. Our national broadcaster needs to be the subject of ongoing scrutiny. Specifically on...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered in the stud book of an organisation (details supplied) at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds registered with an organisation (details supplied) at whelping stage whose year of birth was 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 227. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 that were subsequently registered on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann traceability system at microchipping stage at 12 weeks of-age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 8,758 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2023 giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (26 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 230. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current economic value of the greyhound racing industry to the economy here not including a figure for the economic value of hare coursing in the island of Ireland, or for greyhound racing and hare coursing greyhounds in Northern Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8289/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: We received a response this week to a parliamentary question on the issue, in which the HSE cites staff vacancy as one of the major issues. That aligns with what the Minister of State says about being able to work with as many children and young people as possible in the State. Are we confident that we are maximising workforce opportunities from the point of view of third level education...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I appreciate the Minister of State's response. That level of detail is very welcome. I offer the full support of the Social Democrats in progressing this in whatever way we can in terms of policy. This is incredibly important. We have spoken quite often in the Chamber in recent weeks about SET and disability services. There is an intersectionality between the two. It is not just about...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline her plans to reform and improve the provision of children’s disability network teams, as outlined in the programme for Government. [8145/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I wish the Minister and the Minister of State well in their roles. Will the Minister of State outline her plans to reform and improve the provision of children's disability network teams as outlined in the programme for Government?

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank colleagues in Sinn Féin for tabling this motion. I will keep my contribution short. We are having this debate in the context of a conversation about carbon emissions and climate change. We are in the midst of a necessarily modal shift. Some 60% of greenhouse has emissions relate to passenger cars. When I hear interesting figures to the effect that 250,000 tests were...