Results 261-280 of 1,163 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Harbours and Piers (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 3 July 2025 if he will provide further details in respect of clarifications sought by his department, outcome of requests and if he will provide an update in respect of the advancement of the project. [46273/25]

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

Aidan Farrelly: 1354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an estimate of the cost of increasing the capital disregard for the jobseeker’s allowance means test from €20,000 to €30,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the schedule of fixed charge notices and category of same issued in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 issued in respect of road traffic offences to persons not ordinarily resident in this jurisdiction; the vehicles registered outside of this jurisdiction to include country of origin; and the number of fixed charged...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Community Care (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1964. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an estimate of the average annual cost of moving individuals from institutional, or congregated, settings to their own homes in the community with the support they need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46009/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1984. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare settings that have withdrawn from the core funding scheme and the number that have signed up to core funding scheme, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1994. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date on which she will publish an action plan for the reform of the early education and childcare sector; and if she has been provided with an update on the consultation and-or a draft of the plan to date. [46657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (29 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 665. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 314 and 315 of 24 June 2025, if he will provide revised answers to those questions in the same manner as he did for Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 6 September 2019 (details supplied), which indicates that such a minimum effective tax rate does exist within the Irish personal income tax system, or did within the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 884. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to explain how funding for Microfinance Ireland is accounted for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025, given that only €1,000 is assigned to MFI while it approves several million euro in loans each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 1776. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected cost in 2026 of increasing the income disregard for carer’s allowance to €750 (single) and €1,500 (couple); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41415/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (29 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 2322. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 329 of 3 July 2025, to provide a further breakdown of the €42 million allocated in 2025, explaining how much was spent on each of the spending lines noted. [41393/25]

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I will keep it very brief. My apologies for coming in between speakers. I thank everyone for giving of their time and experience this morning. During the sessions we have had, it has been quite consistent that the Add the 10th Alliance has been part of many people's contributions. I was struck by the submission that made an attempt to define what socioeconomic status would look like. I...

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I do not want to put words in the mouth of Mr. Bowes but is he saying the broader it is, the better?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the witnesses for being here. Their opening statement and contributions have been very informative, I appreciate that. I will start with Mr. Colfer. Is it correct that he, in his role, has powers of prosecution?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Mr. Colfer does in his role.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Given the experiences and reflections we have shared on the two Emeis properties, why are they still open?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: There is still potential that those properties could close.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: How many Emeis sites has HIQA visited since the RTÉ documentary was aired?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: How many Emeis sites?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: To carry on from Deputy Geoghegan’s point about the calibre of the inspectors, I have a query about the nature of those inspections. How many night-time inspections does HIQA complete? What would be the percentage, roughly?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: Would the 24% of inspections that were out of ours have all been unplanned? The providers would not have been given notification that the inspectors would visit at, say, 9 p.m. or 10 p.m.? They would all have been unplanned? They were done on foot of a concern.