Results 401-420 of 12,266 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the addition of a new train station on the Maynooth line between the existing Coolmine and Clonsilla stations to facilitate the ongoing development of lands for high-density residential use at Kellystown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35799/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made on enabling members of the public to use electric vehicle charging facilities in Government Departments’ car parks as indicated by the former Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 274. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are regulatory measures that can be taken to address the failure of certain banks to pass on ECB interest rate cuts to customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the majority off all join family visa applications are being sent to visa HQ in Dublin when several embassies hold powers to process in-house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for join family visas processed in Dublin HQ given the 72-day processing time stated by him in previous parliamentary questions is not in line with processing times stated on the ISD website; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is no ability to track when visa applications have been sent from an embassy abroad to visa HQ in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason postal queries sent to visa HQ are taking upwards of six months for replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify his Department’s new policy to not refuse visas in the first instance and instead RFI with a 15-day deadline, and the impact of such on processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in his Department are working on queries which are received through the new DCC portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if AI is being used to answer queries received through the DCC portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Support Services (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which migrants with urgent queries should contact his Department, given queries submitted through the new DCC portal are taking 3-6 weeks for replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35957/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Reviews (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review of the non-EEA join family policy document will be completed. [35958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 616. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Greyhound Racing Ireland still have no strategic plan in place two-and-a-half years after the last plan expired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 617. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the indicators and targets, as stipulated in the Code of Practice for the Governance of Stare Bodies that are being used to measure the performance of the Irish greyhound industry in the absence of a strategic plan for the past two-and-a-half years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35803/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 665. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are financial supports available from the HSE, or other sources, for people who want to return to education to undertake a postgraduate conversion course as a therapist including occupational therapist, speech and language therapist, which would deliver additional therapists into our services more quickly; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 904. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the town and village renewal scheme, including details of the percentage of applications to the scheme that get approved and rejected, the value of approved and rejected applications and the primary reasons for any rejections; if he will provide this information broken down on an annual basis for every year...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Earlier this month, the Public Accounts Committee of the UK House of Commons published a report on the Sellafield nuclear power plant in Cumbria. The report suggests that the Sellafield nuclear waste reprocessing plant is basically falling apart. The site contains one building called the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo - a dramatic name. The Public Accounts Committee inquiry heard that this silo...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (26 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 22. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on plans to relocate the Rotunda Hospital to the Connolly Hospital campus in Blanchardstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (26 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 69. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to implement commitments contained in the national maternity strategy regarding co-locating all remaining stand-alone maternity hospitals with adult acute services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34326/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artists' Remuneration (26 Jun 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the next steps for the basic income for artists scheme following the completion of research indicating its success; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34317/25]