Results 281-300 of 645 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Everyone in this House opposes partition, or at least they pay lip service to that position. Partition was a disaster for our country and the sooner it is ended, the better. That is the viewpoint from which we should approach this debate on presidential voting rights. Irish citizens are denied the right to vote for the President simply because they live in the North. This seriously...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (24 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the further education options available for a person who already possesses a degree or master's qualification and wishes to completely change direction in their career by choosing an area that is lower than their existing qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34543/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Data (19 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 17. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that according to the UN trade database Comtrade, Ireland imported €2.89 billion worth of goods from Israel in 2024, making us their largest trading partner in Europe (details supplied); and what measures he will undertake to reduce this level of trade with Israel. [32228/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (19 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the commitment to reduce consistent poverty to 2% by 2025 in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 has been so badly missed, with the most recent CSO report showing it is at 5%, up from 3.6% in 2023, and the Child Poverty Monitor reporting that consistent poverty among children is at 8.5%, up from 4.8% in...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 349. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason his Department gave all non-EU international students from 'non-visa-required' countries just 90 days’ notice (until 30 June 2025) for proof of €10,000 for courses longer than eight months after arrival in advance of their studies beginning (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to intervene or offer supports to dozens of Brazilian students left in limbo following the sudden closure of an agency (details supplied) at the end of May 2025, which mediates between students and schools, colleges, and universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make SUSI available to students studying full-time online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33003/25]

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: Students are among the most mobile of all renters and will be disproportionately and negatively impacted by this new measure. I questioned the Minister for further and higher education in a committee meeting to ask what measures would be put in place to protect students against the impact of these changes. It was clear that students had not even been taken into account when the changes to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 97. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the pre-election commitment from the Government parties to introduce €200 per month childcare has been scrapped, and charges of €200 per week have been introduced instead (details supplied); and outline what happened to this commitment. [32151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) which is not classified as a DEIS school can avail of European Structural and Investment Funds; the funding that can be provided for sustainable, trauma-informed support structures if they cannot; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an appeals process is in place for homeowners who wish to appeal the awards they have received under the defective concrete block scheme, are appeals currently being assessed; the estimated timeline for appeals from the date of submission to the date of decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to minimise any negative impacts of the new rent pressure zone changes on students, who due to scarcity of purpose built student accommodation, are left reliant on the private rental market. [32148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of teenagers in the State currently awaiting an autism assessment, by county; the length of time they are waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people left the waiting list for CAHMS in county Clare for each of the past four years; the reasons they left the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31825/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 761. To ask the Minister for Health if she can confirm that funding for a psychologist in Ennis day hospital was stopped in September 2024 when the previous psychologist retired, and was not resumed until this February when the process of replacement began; the reason the process was delayed for the intervening months and if lack of funding contributed to the delay; the reason the transition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for programme expenditure to improve a significant decline and to address the lack of consistency in the numbers of output targets for New Research Ireland-funded PhD positions from 310 in 2023 to 200 in 2024, with a slight increase of 220 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for programme expenditure to improve a significant decline and to address the lack of consistency in numbers of output targets for New Research Ireland-funded postdoctoral researchers funded by Research Ireland per annum from 309 in 2023 to 250 in 2024; the reason there is a slight increase of 260 in 2025; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for programme expenditure to address the numbers of invention disclosures from higher education institutes; the reasons there is a significant decrease from 486 in 2021, 400 in 2022 and 361 in 2023; to details of this for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is still only an output target of just one female research professor since 2023 under his Department’s equality budgeting indicator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address the significant decrease in FET learners from underrepresented backgrounds from 23,763 in 2023 to 19,474 in 2024; the reason there was a slight increase of 19,500 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32536/25]