Results 21-40 of 428 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the recommendation from an organisation (details supplied) to increase the uptake of battery electric vehicles, by introducing grants of up to €10,000 for lower income households, particularly in areas with limited access to public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his plans to develop a new scheme to support people with disabilities to access personal transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by counselling psychologists. [34542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will report on progress on completing and publishing the study on benchmarking and indexing working-age social protection payments committed to in the Mid-Term Review of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 602. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update on his Department's examination of the concept of income adequacy as a lever to take people out of consistent poverty in the context that our social protection payments are not linked to the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide an update in relation to MESL 2025; the steps that are necessary to ensure that Ireland's obligations under the European Pillar of Social Rights and the UN Sustainable Development Goals are met regarding providing everyone with an income that allows them to live with dignity; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 609. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visit family/friend visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 6-8 weeks; the number of visas processed which exceeded the target processing time in 2024; the number of tourist visas processed by the South Africa visa desk within the target processing time of 12 weeks; the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the progression of the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022; his plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to enact legislation to update licensing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on making a national programme to reduce the risk of re-offending mandatory for sexual offenders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Legislative Programme (24 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 740. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to enact legislation to include socio-economic disadvantage as a ground for discrimination under equality legislation, particularly in light of a report (details supplied) which showed that one of the highest categories of discrimination was on the basis of socio-economic background; and if she will make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I acknowledge the supports the Minister mentioned, but we have not seen sufficiently ambitious targeted measures and strategic investment in recent budgets designed to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty. It is critical, therefore, that there is a focus in budget 2026 on breaking that cycle. The cumulative impact of continued rising costs of living has created a landslide effect...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a report on child poverty (details supplied); his plans to address the rising number of children living in consistent poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33108/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: I would like to ask the Minister for his response to the recently published child poverty monitor report and his plans to address the rising number of children living in consistent poverty. The findings of that report make for very grim reading and should focus the minds of the Government on a major change in policymaking.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Child Poverty (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: The stark and ever-worsening reality of child poverty is laid bare in the child poverty monitor and wider research. The Children's Rights Alliance has issued a stark warning that unless ambitious action is taken by the Government it will take Ireland four to five generations to break the cycle of poverty. The report found that the number of children living in consistent poverty rose by a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on plans to introduce a permanent annual cost of disability support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his plans to address the gap between the better off and those on the lowest welfare and work incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of individuals or groups who lobbied the Government to include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the Programme for Government. [33397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of individuals or groups who lobbied the Government to include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the Programme for Government. [33398/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by educational psychologists. [33409/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2025)

Liam Quaide: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the National Council for Special Education accept clinical diagnosing of autism in assessment reports completed by clinical psychologists. [33410/25]