Results 261-280 of 730 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to the introduce an employer PRSI rebate for small firms or any other plans that might support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties such as Waterford. [28983/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any upcoming supports, such as a PRSI rebate, may include businesses that are not paying commercial rates, such as businesses that are renting their workspaces as opposed to those that own their premises. [28984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 1170. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her position on the recognition or otherwise of university-level social worker qualifications from other EU member states by CORU and TUSLA, and if she considers that refusals or delays in recognising such qualifications is hindering the recruitment and retention of social workers. [29355/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Social Workers Register (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 1365. To ask the Minister for Health is she is aware of recognition and registration issues impacting a social worker (details supplied), whose principal social work qualification is from a university in another EU member state, if she will intervene to ameliorate this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 1593. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will undertake their ADHD assessment in a timely manner and if she will engage with the child’s parents on the matter. [30354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Relations (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to offset the potential negative impacts of a trade war with the US on the life sciences sector in Ireland, in particular the pharmaceutical industry; and the engagements he has had with workers and employers, and the representatives, in this regard. [26755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the comments of an tUachtarán at the recent National Famine Commemoration that the General Assembly of the United Nations should exercise its powers under ‘Uniting for Peace’ to bypass the Security Council and authorise collective action to preserve life in Gaza in the face of Israel’s genocidal...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to fast-track the approval of funding for an outside modular unit to provide an additional special class at a school (details supplied). [28856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (29 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps he will take to ensure that the Legal Aid Board is properly funded and resourced, so as to be able to hire temporary replacement staff in cases where existing staff are on maternity leave. [28470/25]

Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I see we have skipped over the Government slot. Time and again, workers in the State have been left high and dry when companies collapse, not only through sudden unforeseen insolvency but, all too often, through a deliberate and tactical decision to shut down, to strip assets, to walk away from obligations to staff, to hide assets in corporate mazes, to deny workers what they are owed....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: It is all about the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Anti-Racism Measures (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 3. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215, 216, 217, 218 and 441 of 29 April 2025, if he is aware of the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism as a tool by groups and colleges in other countries to ban and penalise events being organised in universities and other non-state bodies that promote and reference Palestine or Palestinians or...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure that the bus route serving an area (details supplied) will reset the pick-up point; if her Department will undertake to engage with the parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to changing a bus route servicing an area to a school (details supplied) to ensure that students can be picked up and dropped off at a location that is safer for them than the present designated point; if her Department will undertake to engage with the parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (28 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 383. To ask the Minister for Health the steps her Department will take to ensure a fair deal applicant (details supplied) can receive long-term care in a location that best caters to their needs and ensures cohesion with their family. [27855/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Gnó an Chomhchoiste (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Ar dtús, cuirim mo chomhghairdeas a chur in iúl don Chathaoirleach as a ceapachán. Ní ball don choiste áirithe seo mé ach tá mé ag súil go mór le bheith i dteannta na mball chomh minic agus is féidir agus páirt a ghlacadh ann. Teastaíonn uaim chomh maith mo bhuíochas a chur in iúl don iarChathaoirleach, an Teachta...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extension of the Cork to Midleton railway line to Youghal, given the significant commuter population in this town and its hinterland, the existence of sufficient space on the line adjacent to the Greenway, the positive impact for tourism in the area, and the benefits of public transport. [26708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with Irish Rail, the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland or Cork County Council regarding the extension of the existing Cork–Midleton railway line to include Youghal. [26709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding mechanisms his Department, or the agencies under its aegis, could potentially provide to extend the existing Cork-Midleton railway line to include Youghal. [26710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (27 May 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Rural Transport Programme Policy Review commissioned by his Department, carried out by Indecon; the major findings and recommendations of this review; when he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/25]