Results 21-40 of 113 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 397. To ask the Minister for Health her views on the co-location of Limerick University Maternity Hospital to the Dooradoyle University Hospital Limerick campus; to provide an expected timeframe for co-location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the home birth service in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14806/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 399. To ask the Minister for Health her views on whether the strategic infrastructure development planning process needs to be reformed; her views on whether the HSE should be able to submit planning applications directly to local authorities for hospital developments of over 100 beds; if the new planning and development Bill, when enacted, will address this; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 400. To ask the Minister for Health when the UL Hospitals Group will submit a planning application for an additional 96-bed unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (27 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 401. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant posts in the UL Hospitals Group, by job title; the cost of filling these vacancies; the estimated timeframe in which each of these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 404. To ask the Minister for Health the status of, and her views on, the interim HIQA briefing she received into emergency care capacity in the mid-west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14833/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The Taoiseach is very selective.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (25 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on a request by the Shannon Airport Group from 2022 seeking financial support to establish a route to Amsterdam under a Public Service Obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reintroducing the regional uplift for film production; if he will implement a similar scheme to incentivise film production in the regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13303/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 677. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the work of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group; when the group’s recommendations are expected to be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13304/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I welcome our visitors to the Public Gallery. I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive response. It would be remiss of me to speak about young carers without acknowledging our 2024 Limerick Person of the Year, Ellen Gannon from Newcastle West who cares for her two brothers, nine-year-old twins Andrew and James, both of whom are autistic. Today we heard very powerful testimony...

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

Conor Sheehan: We still have not had a proper rationale as to why the Minister has decided to curtail this scheme. Now that single people are excluded from it, and we know single people are not moving on the housing list at the speed we would like due to the shortage of available units, can the Minister outline what new measures the Government will be bringing forward to stop them from entering...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I did not hear anything specific in the Minister's reply in regard to what the Government is actually going to do to get us out of this quagmire we are in. I want to follow that up by asking about apartment delivery. We have a specific issue with apartments. It was revealed this morning in The Irish Times that the croí cónaithe city scheme had only delivered 17% of its target....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm if he intends to review the housing completion target for 2025; the number of new homes his Department estimates will now be completed in 2025; the additional measures he plans to take to increase housing construction; the engagement he has had with the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Will the Minister confirm whether he intends to review the housing completion target for 2025, how many new homes does his Department estimate will be completed in 2025, what additional measures does he plan to take to increase housing construction, and what engagement has he had with the Departments of Finance and public expenditure on new taxation and expenditure measures to boost delivery?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (20 Mar 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Regarding targets, there has been a great deal in the news in the past of couple of months, including yesterday, to show that the Government showed will not reach its stated targets for the next three years. We have 250,000 too few homes for the population and the Housing Commission report is very clear. How does the Minister intend to make sure we reach the housing targets as set out in...

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

Conor Sheehan: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in situ properties acquired in 2024; the number he expects to be completed in 2025; to provide a breakdown of the €265 million announced for housing acquisitions, including unit allocation, by local authority; if the allocation of funding for tenant in situ includes funding for refurbishments; and...

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

Conor Sheehan: 44. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for a timeline and action plan for meeting the targets to work towards ending homelessness, as agreed in the Lisbon Declaration; the additional policy measures he intends to take; if he will consider amending the Housing Act 1988 to oblige local authorities to take into account the best interests of a homeless child, as...

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

Conor Sheehan: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to confirm when he will establish the Strategic Housing and Infrastructure Delivery Office, as outlined in the Programme for Government; if the office will be underpinned by legislation or sit within the existing structures of his Department; if he has developed the criteria and detailed job description for the chief of the...

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

Conor Sheehan: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the local democracy task force will be convened; if he intends to review the number and distribution of councillors across local authorities; if there will be a review of the boundaries used for local authority elections in advance of the next local elections; his timeline for the establishment of town councils; if there...