Results 341-360 of 674 for speaker:John Paul O'Shea

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Infrastructure (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 221. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, how his Department intends to address the safety and regulation concerns that are now widespread in communities across the country where new electricity storage installations are proposed (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension to a school (details supplied), which was approved in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37184/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the publication of the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland in July 2024, the engagement that has taken place with his Department and the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management, local planning authorities and An Bord Pleanála in relation to addressing the safety and regulation...

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

John Paul O'Shea: 584. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of applications received by his Department under the humanitarian assistance scheme in respect of Storm Éowyn; if he will confirm the total value of applications received and the total value of applications approved; if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications approved, by county, and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of extending access to the State pension to foster carers so that they can receive contributions for time spent caring for vulnerable children; if the Minister has commenced work on this Programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 582. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of self-employed people who have availed of carer's benefit since it was extended to the self-employed; if he can provide a breakdown by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 583. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the fuel allowance to working family payment recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 585. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the average processing time for applications under each payment scheme in his Department; and how this compares with the Department's own targets for processing times for each payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37526/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 586. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of live social welfare appeals which have been waiting for a decision for one year or longer; if he can provide a breakdown by payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37527/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 587. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the number of oral hearings held by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37528/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the ESRI's proposal for a second tier of child benefit; his views on whether the ESRI's proposal could give rise to work disincentives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37529/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 589. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if some families currently in receipt of the working family payment would receive a lower payment under the ESRI proposal for a second tier of child benefit; if his Department has any estimates on the number of families who could see their payment reduced under this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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

John Paul O'Shea: 590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on whether changes to expand the working family payment and the child support payment could be more effective at reducing child poverty than introducing a second tier of child benefit; if his Department has carried out any analysis in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37531/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the child poverty rate according to the survey on income and living conditions for each year 2005 to 2025, in tabular form; if he will further outline progress on reaching the current child poverty target of 2.8%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37532/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an accommodation recognition payment overpayment to a person in County Kerry (details supplied) will be reviewed given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Horse Racing Industry (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 694. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Horse Sport Ireland will accept a late horse registration application from a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 697. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on TAMS grant payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 887. To ask the Minister for Health the reason some GP surgeries are implementing charges on medical card holders for various tests such as blood tests, urine sample testing and changing of dressings as an example; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37876/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I stand here today to respectfully request that additional funding be allocated to the local improvement scheme, LIS, in 2025 to address the long waiting list for the scheme in every county across Ireland, particularly in my home county of Cork. There are currently thousands of applications on hand within local authorities, many dating back five years or more. I urge the Department of Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36838/25]