Results 361-380 of 1,458 for speaker:Michael Cahill

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1429. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the provision of social housing stock and affordable cost-rental homes for vulnerable and low-income households, inclusive of new builds and vacant housing, and provide an additional investment of 10% of capital expenditure in budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a homeless prevention budget amounting to 20% of all homelessness expenditure, including provision for a prevention support worker in each local authority, and a HAP rent arrears fund to support low-income households experiencing financial difficulty and at risk of losing their tenancy due to rent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41663/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Architectural Heritage (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide assistance as a matter of priority towards the cost of thatching a landmark building in Dublin (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a detailed progress report in regard to the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the long overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; if he will explain the lack of progress to date and confirm when will work commence on this long overdue...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when work will commence on a scheme for which funding was announced over 19 months ago by his Department; his views on whether this is now a major health and safety issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41671/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a detailed progress report regarding the €6 million in funding that was announced by his Department on 7 December 2023 for the overdue sewerage scheme for Beaufort village, County Kerry; the reason Uisce Éireann is responding that it will take another seven years to complete, bring the completion time of a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to broaden the scope of the septic tank grant, to allow all households who cannot afford to repair or replace problematic or unworkable septic tanks avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41845/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of septic tank grants allocated in each county since the scheme was first introduced, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41846/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will increase core social welfare rates by €16 per week as part of the Government’s target to reduce consistency rates to 2% nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41045/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1757. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will increase the index-link of the income disregard for the one-parent family payment and jobseeker’s transitional payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41046/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1758. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will increase the living alone allowance to ensure a targeted measure to support single adult households, in line with MESL research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41048/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1759. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will work towards aligning the child support payment to the primary social welfare payment and increase the payment by €6 per week for children under 12 and €15 per week for children 12 and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41049/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will increase the roll-out of free hot school meals to all children and ensure ongoing evaluation of their nutritional content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41205/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure households are able to purchase the essential energy they need to stay warm and well, and raise the fuel allowance by €9.50 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41208/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government and extend the fuel allowance to recipients of the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41209/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will introduce a weekly cost of disability payment of €55 to cover the additional costs facing people with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/25]

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

Michael Cahill: 1822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a detailed response will issue to a carer’s allowance case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Status (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 1949. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will intervene and expedite a join family visa application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (29 Jul 2025)

Michael Cahill: 2159. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the overdue compensation payments for a person (details supplied) for loss of livestock due to TB infection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41333/25]