Results 21-40 of 82 for speaker:Séamus McGrath

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: The Minister of State's words of commitment are welcome. Issues relating to additional staff for local authorities are very important. There is a fundamental issue in respect of affordable housing that very often when proposals come to local authorities, the default position seems to be to fall back on social housing delivery rather than affordable housing. That mindset needs to change....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: The programme for Government specifically references to starter homes. There is a very strong challenge in housing generally to deliver increased supply but the provision of starter homes to give individuals and families the prospect of owning a home is something we need to deliver on as a Government. Will the Minister of State outline his targets on this?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: Yesterday, we saw the figure for house price growth of 8.1% last year. The Minister of State will understand there is a lot of concern among first-time buyers, both individuals and families, that the prospect of owning their own home is getting further and further away from them. That is something the Government needs to be acutely aware of. While I welcome the provisions in the programme...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: The target of 15,000 a year is significant and something that the Government will do its level best to achieve. The specific measures I outlined earlier are very welcome. I want to raise one specific point about the first home scheme. It is an important vehicle for home ownership. It is a form of affordable housing, without doubt, but many new properties are falling outside the limits...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for ramping up the delivery of affordable purchase homes and his targets for the coming years. [12532/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: This also relates to affordable housing. There will be full agreement across the House on the need to increase our delivery of affordable housing. I am pleased that in the city and county of Cork many developments have been brought forward by the city and county councils. My question relates to the ramping up of delivery of affordable housing. It is a critical vehicle for those seeking...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I welcome the Government’s commitment. One particular group to whom I have committed to being a strong voice in the House is those prospective purchasers who find themselves falling between the supports. They are those individuals, couples and families who are outside the social housing income limits. Their income is over those limits so they do not qualify for social housing....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the income eligibility rule for social housing support, which assesses income over an average of the past 12 months, as discretion should be allowed to account for significant changes to income, such as the loss of a job or a medical issue. [12533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline plans for the further rollout of body camera equipment for members of An Garda Síochána. [12525/25]

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister for being here for the debate. We have already spoken at length since the formation of this Dáil about the housing crisis. We all accept that the one thing we can all agree on is that it is a very acute crisis. Certainly, it is a crisis that has deepened in recent years and we must find solutions to it. We will agree that whatever about individual measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 400. To ask the Minister for Finance to examine the case for a review of the rules governing insurance premiums (details supplied). [11216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding a redress scheme for victims of historical child sexual abuse in Primary and Secondary schools; if a similar approach will be adopted for victims of abuse in Primary and Secondary Schools to that of the previous redress scheme for victims of abuse in Industrial and Reformatory schools as the Government has been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann on the rule that drivers on school transport must be under 70 years of age (details supplied). [11967/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on plans to reform the school transport system, particularly the eligibility criteria and likely timeframe for the implementation of changes. [12639/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider changes to the grant scheme available for upgrading septic tanks (details supplied). [11997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1066. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the Bereaved Partner’s Pension Bill; and when he anticipates the pension will be available to eligible applicants. [12360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1597. To ask the Minister for Health if she will investigate the case of a patient (details supplied) of the mental health service who has been accommodated in an emergency homeless hostel for a prolonged period. [11182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (19 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 1655. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised by a person (details supplied) in Cork city in relation to type 1 diabetics who have been refused CGMs based on a prior incorrect diagnosis of type 2 will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11448/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (6 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance the safeguards in place to address increasing insurance costs across a number of different products, including motor, home and business insurance; the level of oversight that exists on insurance companies; and if he will provide details of the increased premium costs, in percentage terms, in recent years across a number of the main insurance products....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (6 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will update the current policy for providing funding to schools for the installation of solar panels to allow for ground-based panels as well as roof-mounted panels (details supplied). [10435/25]