Results 281-300 of 587 for speaker:Naoise Ó Cearúil

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: Ireland has a proud history when it comes to development aid. We are still falling short of the UN target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas aid. The most recent figures show we are at just 0.57%. When domestic supports such as Ukrainian refugee assistance are excluded, the figure drops to 0.41%. How does the Government plan to progress towards the 0.7% target?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to prepare for Ireland's 2026 Presidency and advance key Irish and EU priorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad atá beartaithe aige mar fhreagra ar an imní atá léirithe ag na ceanneagraíochtaí Gaeilge maidir lena gcuid maoinithe ó Fhoras na Gaeilge; an ndéanfaidh sé idirghabháil chun leanúnachas an mhaoinithe a chinntiú do na sé eagraíocht aitheanta Ghaeilge; agus...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered legislating for bioptic driving aids such as bioptic telescopes to allow people with a visual impairment to drive on public roads and to obtain a driving licence. [38405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (10 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 332. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE’s managed access protocol and individual patient approval system is available to adults with spinal muscular atrophy who were previously excluded from treatment solely due to their age at the time of reimbursement approval; and, if so, the process or criteria that would apply in such cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I commend Deputy Byrne on the work he has been doing as Minister of State with responsibility for foreign affairs and, in particular, European affairs. There are two areas that I would like to cover following the European Council meeting: Ukraine and the Middle East. It is critical that Ukraine remains at the forefront of our minds and that we continue to call out the illegal aggression...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I commend the establishment of the infrastructure committee. It is rightly targeting key areas of society: water infrastructure, energy infrastructure and housing. However, I ask that policy on social infrastructure be considered as part of this. I am referring to schools, Garda stations, crèches, playgrounds, etc. When we are considering the development of towns and villages and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 22. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [34039/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: I congratulate the Minister of State on her elevation. She has taken to the role and shown a great interest in artificial intelligence and her wider remit. I thank her for her engagement with me on different policy proposals, particularly on a national AI office, so I welcome her comment that it is an ambition to establish a national AI office. It needs to be a stand-alone office, similar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: It does. I thank the Minister of State for the clarification. Another clarification might be helpful for the committee. There were questions on sandboxes but some members may have misunderstood what is involved.. Sandboxes are essentially a piece of software. Let us take Lotus Notes as an example, which we use here and which is like a CRM system for representations that we get. A...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: That was not from the Minister of State. The follow-up I have relates to innovation. One concern that has been shared here is the potential for job losses across various sectors. One of those sectors that a lot of people have not been speaking about is the technological sector where a lot of the AI emanates from. My fear is that there will be a brain drain. We have attracted top talent to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: On digital literacy, AI is here. There is no getting away from it. There is no pause or stop button. It is about trying to catch up and trying to make sure our citizens can utilise it and not just businesses. Digital literacy is a key aspect of that. I would love to see within the national AI office a key function for digital literacy, particularly around enabling. The local enterprise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the construction of the five new higher education buildings aligns with and supports universities' carbon reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37613/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to consider Ireland’s potential membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which his Department is using ongoing data analysis and local knowledge to identify accident-prone areas and focus road safety interventions where they are most needed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to promote safer driving, following the publication of the 2025 ETSC Road Safety Report, which highlights increased road deaths among young people in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 365. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to improve AI literacy on a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37376/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Jul 2025)

Naoise Ó Cearúil: 509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address long waiting times for allocation of social housing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37195/25]