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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I need to raise the issue of delays in the delivery of home care packages to vulnerable people, particularly in the Cork and Kerry region. Across the county more than 5,000 people are waiting for home care packages, with more than 1,000 of them on waiting lists in the Cork and Kerry region. Very often these are people who have been assessed as needing a home care package and the HSE is not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister. Will she outline if all the planned pilot schemes got under way? I understand there are 14 of them, but did all the pilot schemes that were planned get under way? The transport scheme is currently open for applications and parents will be making applications for students in the weeks to come. Often, families are waiting right up to the last minute in September to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Focusing on the specific point again, what kinds of changes are being prioritised for each year? It is reasonable that not everything would be done in one go and the process would be phased in. What kind of changes are being proposed for phase 1 and each of the subsequent phases? Will the Minister give an outline in this regard? In communities where people are making applications now, in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pilot schemes run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-26; the current stage of each pilot run under the revised scheme; when the revised school transport scheme for 2025-26 will be ready; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17170/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: Every day, under the school transport scheme, thousands of students are taken to and from school. It is an invaluable service for many thousands of families. The service relies on rigid rules that, unfortunately, do not recognise, for example, that students may not be attending the immediately adjacent school or are perhaps going to schools their families had associations with over many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her Department’s evaluation of pilots run under the revised school transport scheme for 2025-2026; to provide the next stage in the rollout of the revised school transport scheme 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the provision of free period products will be available in all schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17171/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for details on the next tranche under ICT grant funding; if this will open to schools for application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on any changes in the allocation process for schools for special needs assistants for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if people who were assessed since the beginning of this year could be impacted in the allocation process for schools for special needs assistants for 2025/2026; when pupils assessed can expect a decision on their assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17174/25]

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

Aindrias Moynihan: 770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) will be paid for TB reactors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16966/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for the update. I acknowledge the progress that has been made on the wastewater treatment plant and the works under way there. I will focus on the drinking water and the supply there and the hassle and associated cost for locals who have endured boil water notice after boil water notice each winter. It is essential that those works and the new plant be...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: There is great need to upgrade the drinking water plant in Macroom. The plant in the Castle Grounds supplies water from the Sullane river to over 4,100 people in Macroom and east around Carrigadrohid and Canovee. Boil water notices have been put in place in the area during each of the past three winters. This due to turbidity in the water. This is not just a water quality issue. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 9. To ask the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had to date with the EU Commission and other EU member states on the evolving situation of tariff increases by the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16161/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: The imposition of Trump's tariffs of 20% last night is a deeply serious concern for Irish jobs and costs for so many people. The EU response is being co-ordinated and could add further pressure for people. What engagements has the Minister planned with his EU counterparts and with the Commission as regards this response?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: While Trump's tariffs are only a few hours old, the Minister's officials have been examining various scenarios and preparing reports, some of which have been published. We recognise that the technology, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage sectors are a serious concern. In my own area in Cork, pharmaceuticals and food and beverages are a major concern. Will the Minister be making the case...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Relations (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: I thank the Minister. With 10% tariffs on the UK and the higher 20% tariff on the EU, there is a particular concern about the all-island economy and how people in the Republic will be impacted by the tariffs versus those in the Six Counties. Is there space within the Windsor Framework to deal with this? Will the Minister put the all-island economy as a priority to his EU counterparts when...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking on his report on the potential macroeconomic effects on the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the up-to-date position on advancing flood defence works in the Upper River Lee area of County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16160/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (3 Apr 2025)

Aindrias Moynihan: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for the up-to-date position on delivery of a new purpose-built Garda Station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12874/25]