Results 21-40 of 219 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I thank the Minister of State. Last week at COSAC, there was a surprising amount of general agreement on many issues. When we discussed enlargement, many states were concerned that expansion without the reform of institutions and how they function would be problematic, particularly in terms of use of the unanimity rule, given the conduct by Hungary and our efforts to cajole and control it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of a primary school (details supplied) where due to a loss of a teacher, the school will be required to manage three or more class levels in a single classroom—such as arrangements where one teacher is responsible for junior infants, senior infants, and first class, or for second, third, and fourth class; the steps her...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (18 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 99. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on whether Fingal local authority will be included in the defective block scheme; the timeline as to when the decision will be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32913/25]

Fisheries: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I am thankful for the opportunity to speak on this issue that is vital not only for our coastal communities but to our national identity. I refer to the future of fishing in Ireland. Once the backbone of coastal communities, the fishing industry is now facing shrinking incomes, rising costs and dwindling fish stocks. At the same time, our oceans are coming under increasing pressure from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the timeline on the tendering process for the construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied) now that planning permission has been granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31407/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Properties (12 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are any concrete timelines for implementation of the proposed exemptions to planning regarding detached cabins and modular homes as referenced earlier this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31392/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (11 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of a proposed development (details supplied), originally announced in 2022 with an estimated investment of €300 million and the potential to create approximately 1,500 jobs; if he is aware of the reasons for the apparent delay or stalling of the project; whether any departmental engagement has taken place...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria necessary for an organisation (details supplied) to be ratified as the body for official translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29684/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter concerning the Passport Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the eligibility criteria for the solar panel grant scheme administered by the SEAI, in light of concerns that the grant is only available through registered solar companies (details supplied); if, given that an individual with professional experience in solar installation, who is capable of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for the tender process and the commencement and completion of construction works in respect of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30192/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 705. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new State commemorations committee will include any member with experience of the labour or trade union movement or its history; if this was considered when appointing members; if not, whether he will rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 716. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any existing or any upcoming plan for an indicative timeframe from his Department for the approval of the submitted documentation for the Capital Sports Grant for an applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 948. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 28 May 2025, for an explanation of the numbers contained in the table; how the number of claims awarded and rejected each year exceeds the number of claims registered; whether there was a change in resources in 2021 that caused a rise in the average time to award; the reason it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the costing and a detailed breakdown of the costing for the funding provided by his Department to the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust care centres in County Kildare and County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to remove the age restriction barriers to accessing life-saving medications (for example, spinraza) for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29643/25]

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Roads, schools, hospitals, and homes: none of these exists in Gaza anymore. What was once a densely populated strip, already suffering from decades of siege and blockade, has now become a graveyard of rubble, broken lives and broken dreams. Entire families have been erased and communities have been turned to dust, yet the world continues to watch on. We have entered an era where genocide...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the policy in relation to overpayments; if it is mandatory to repay all social welfare overpayments or if they are written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will supply the number of carers allowance applications received in each years 2020 to 2024; the number of such applications that were approved on first examination; the number directed to review and changed on review; the number directed to appeal and changed on appeal; the average waiting time in each of those years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to removing the obligation on special needs assistants to undertake an additional 72 hours of work annually, in light of widespread concerns raised regarding the implementation and potential misuse of this requirement, as documented by representative organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...