Results 21-40 of 42 for speaker:Aisling Dempsey

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 143. To ask the Minister for Health the way it is planned to enhance services at Our Lady's Hospital Navan; the number of additional nursing staff have been taken on at the hospital over the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10203/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (5 Mar 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: In light of the commitment made in the programme for Government to continue to significantly increase the income disregard for carer's allowance in each budget and, ultimately, phase out the means test, will the Government reconsider cases of people whose carer's allowance has been removed because they had to increase their income to provide private therapies for their children? I have a...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I thank the Minister for the proactive work he has done in his brief, which I have no doubt will continue as we deliver on our programme for Government commitments. There is little doubt this Government and our Fianna Fáil party are putting law and order at the centre of our work for the next five years. The nature of the crime faced by our citizens is constantly changing....

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 29. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [6493/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I know the issues of our children and young people and their education, special education and disability are of the utmost importance to the Taoiseach, as they are to me as a representative of the people of Meath West. I look forward to that committee making progress. We need to keep moving forward on our policy, our legislation and our funding of these important areas. The situation is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 279. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the Dublin Airport passenger cap; and to provide an update on any discussions he has had. [9707/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (27 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give a progress report on the school campus promised at a location (details supplied); and if she will confirm all the schools that will be located there and any sporting or other facilities that will be co-located there. [8603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will authorise a school bus service for children in the Rathcore area of County Meath attending second level schools in Trim, in accordance with the recommendations of the school bus review published last year. [8602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (27 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to examine what modifications or changes may be made to support women who currently fall outside the existing schemes to qualify for a State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of newborn baby grants that have now been made to parents in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8252/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (26 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will be divested to Meath County Council. [8585/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Healthcare is one of the major issues affecting the people I represent in Meath West and I would like to ensure that this Government gives an unequivocal commitment to the retention of services in Our Lady's Hospital Navan, as did the previous Government. A commitment should be given by this Government to the extension of the services and further...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 18. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [6494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (25 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to examine what modifications or changes may be made to support women who currently fall outside the existing schemes to qualify for a State pension. [7908/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social Welfare Eligibility (18 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 507. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will suspend all reviews of current recipients of carer’s benefit given that the programme for Government indicates a change in the assessment procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 822. To ask the Minister for Health when it is proposed that the frontline staff in the Irish Blood Transfusion Service will receive their pandemic payment; the reason for the delay [6310/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (13 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 102. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the plans for the proposed new visitor centre development at Trim Castle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5129/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (11 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport books and cards issued to Meath applicants in 2024; the estimated number expected to issue in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4384/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (11 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I wish the Tánaiste well in his role as Minister for Foreign Affairs at this turbulent time. What was the number of passport books and cards issued to applicants from County Meath in 2024? What is the estimate for the number that is expected to be issued in 2025 and will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (11 Feb 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I thank the Tánaiste for his reply. As a councillor and now as a TD, like many others, a good percentage of queries I receive from constituents relate to issues with passports. It can be an emotive issue in a stressful time for them. We see a lot of criticism of public services, such as the Passport Office, but it has excelled in recent years and it is a different situation from the...