Results 261-280 of 11,687 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (12 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 233. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 11,698 non-coursing greyhounds whelped in 2022, giving a detailed breakdown into active, inactive, exported, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4912/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (12 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 253. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Budget 2025 made provision to fund the HSE for the refurbishment, operation and staffing of existing hydrotherapy pools that are currently closed; if so, when the services benefitting from this funding will be identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5026/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: What is the Government's policy on the use of reading schools and reading classes in our education system? Reading schools are special schools with low pupil-teacher ratios that are designed to meet the needs of children with severe dyslexia. Due to their success, a number of reading classes have been set up. These are attached to mainstream primary schools and perform the same function....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (11 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for details on the establishment of a regulatory system for district heating that ensures consumer protection; when he will establish a district heating regulatory framework; when his Department will publish the heads of the proposed heat Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on measures to improve recycling rates of glass bottles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (11 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to bringing forward primary legislation to require the regulation of the commercial operation of airborne drones by private companies for delivery purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Assisted Human Reproduction (11 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 708. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department still plans to bring forward legislation to amend the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; the elements of the Act that the Bill will amend; when she expects the Bill to get Cabinet approval and be introduced in Dáil Éireann at second stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4829/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Ireland has shown strong and compassionate leadership over the last year by pledging €20 million extra to UNRWA at a time when other key donors were withdrawing their support. I recognise the role that the Tánaiste and the Taoiseach played in swiftly pledging support for UNRWA last year. This funding has allowed the organisation to meet the urgent need of Palestinian refugees in...

Situation in Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: We must use this debate to burst the myth being peddled by the Government that we have to start the occupied territories Bill from scratch. This is a tactic being used by Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Independents to avoid doing something that, before the recent general election, they all indicated they would do. Senator Frances Black's occupied territories Bill needs some amendment....

Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I would like to begin by recognising the dramatic impact on people's lives, the destruction of homes and property, the impact on businesses and indeed the loss of life that Storm Éowyn has caused. Storm Éowyn was an exceptional weather event, breaking all-time wind-speed records and causing unprecedented damage to our critical infrastructure and disruption for the second time in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the urgent diplomatic actions the Government is taking to prevent the execution of a person (details supplied), a Kurdish humanitarian worker and civil society activist sentenced to death in Iran; and whether he will publicly condemn this sentence while engaging with his Department to apply diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline, given the risks posed by the discharge of toxic chemicals and the proposed 17-storey mine waste facility in the Sperrins AONB gold mine project, the measures the Government is considering to ensure that the Environmental Protection Agency is fully involved in the review of this project and its potential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the drafting and approval process for the heat Bill, including the expected timeline for its introduction to the Government; and the steps taken to amend legislation to extend the CRU’s regulatory role to all district and communal heating systems, including existing gas-fired schemes, in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure has formally notified the Government of the gold mine application in the Sperrins AONB, as required under the Espoo Convention and EIA Regulations, given the shared waterways between both jurisdictions. [3305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 560. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a formal notification has been made of the gold mine application in the Sperrins AONB; when this will be published in a national newspaper in the Republic of Ireland to ensure full public awareness, particularly regarding potential impacts on the River Finn SAC and species such as the Atlantic salmon. [3306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 561. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps the Government will take to ensure that proper transboundary environmental impact assessments are conducted for the Sperrins AONB gold mine project, particularly concerning water quality and ecology in the River Finn SAC, as required under the Habitats Directive. [3307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Mining Industry (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the length of time the public consultation period in the Republic of Ireland will last for the Sperrins AONB gold mine project; and what efforts will be made to engage relevant environmental authorities and the public, given the significant potential environmental and health risks associated with the proposed gold mine and...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 624. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received responses from the four Dublin local authorities to his letter of 18 October 2024 regarding Ireland’s Obligation under the EU Birds Directive; for an update on the work the four bodies are undertaking with the National Parks and Wildlife Service on a comprehensive review of inland sites used by...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Reviews (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to the Department HLGH Working Group review of the current engineering qualifications declared under s160 of the Local Government Act 2001. [3519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Planning Issues (5 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 997. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the use of a private residential dwelling home as a residential care home for children in the care of the State, where that care is being provided by a private provider contracted to Tusla, requires a change in either the planning status of the private residential dwelling, or a change in its planning use;...