Results 21-40 of 123 for speaker:Séamus McGrath

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Séamus McGrath: Will the Minister of State outline the number of applicants for the power up grant who were disqualified because they did not indicate an eligible category of business, the number of applicants that appealed the disqualification decision in total, the number that appealed on the basis of mistakenly indicating the incorrect business category, whether the matter is still being reviewed and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I welcome the Minister's announcement this morning on the appeals mechanism that is being worked through. As outlined by the other Deputies, this will give hope to some businesses that for some reason were categorised incorrectly in their applications for the power up grant. To make a brief wider point, the alignment with the ICOB grant has presented difficulties for many businesses. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Business Supports (1 May 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 20. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the number of applicants for the power up grant who were disqualified because they did not indicate an eligible category of business; the number of applicants that appealed the disqualification decision in total; the number that appealed on the basis of mistakenly indicating the incorrect business category; and if he is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 May 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the specific timeline for the removal of the means test for carer’s allowance as committed to in the Programme for Government; if he intends to significantly increase the income disregard in Budget 2026, as an important first step. [20776/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of visiting teachers to children who have significant hearing loss in primary schools in County Cork (details supplied). [21407/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (30 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 194. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline any reimbursement or subsidy scheme available for the payment of hearing aid batteries (details supplied). [21412/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I thank the Taoiseach. I have a sore throat, so please excuse me being brief. Regarding the first home scheme, the programme for Government sets out the intention to extend that scheme to second-hand homes. It is a critical provision. I would like it to happen as soon as possible. The first home scheme has been incredibly successful for newly constructed homes. It has helped many...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [7772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 300. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position in relation to grant funding under the better energy homes grant, and whether a person can apply for a further grant for the measure of external insulation to their home through this grant, or any other grant available through SEAI, if they already drew down a grant back in 2011 for internal insulation,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 567. To ask the Minister for Finance to reinstate the home renovation incentive tax relief (details supplied). [18957/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the Leaving Cert Covid-related grade inflation for the class of 2025, and how this compares to the class of 2024, as some students from 2024 will be competing for college places in 2025; and how is it considered fair to have different grade inflation levels. [18552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the possible funding options for a secondary school in County Cork (details supplied) to carry essential roof replacement works to its sports hall. [19134/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1024. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for funding to install another prefab to facilitate a second junior infants class in September at a school (details supplied). [20674/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 1326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the number of successful applications for the Croi Conaithe cities scheme in 2024; the amount of funding approved to successful applicants in the same year; the number of apartments involved in the successful schemes in 2024; and the number of applications to date in 2025; and how many have been approved to date...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1327. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline the total number of residential development applications with An Bord Pleanála at present; the number of residential units involved in total in these applications, including all applications, including one-off houses and applications for multiple units; and the average period of time since these residential...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1534. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the fees to apply for Irish citizenship to make them relative to the length of time people have lived here (details supplied). [18961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1874. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide some funding to an organisation (details supplied) providing essential services for those with brain injuries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19989/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1876. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will consider reviewing the national childcare scheme to allow for some flexibility in the operation of the scheme, particularly in relation to the hours children are required to stay at a facility (details supplied). [20070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1986. To ask the Minister for Health how many cataract surgeries have taken place in Cork county in the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and the target number for 2025; the current waiting list for such surgery in Cork county; and the up-to-date average waiting period for patients to receive treatment. [18547/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ambulance Service (29 Apr 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 2166. To ask the Minister for Health if she will engage with the HSE and the National Ambulance Service on the withdrawal of ambulance vehicles from advance paramedics–educational officers and resource managers (details supplied). [19581/25]