Results 421-440 of 762 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Work Permits (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I am asking for an update on the commitment in the programme for Government to examine ways to make it easier and more transparent for people on work permits to change jobs legally. Last week, I visited the Migrant Rights Centre. I had a great discussion with it and met many people who had come to this country with the intention to work. There is a matter of basic fairness and of upholding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review whether current core social welfare rates are meeting people’s basic needs, particularly in areas like Dublin Bay north where the cost of living continues to rise and many families are struggling with rent, energy bills, and food costs; to consider targeted increases for those on the lowest incomes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the significant delays in processing disability allowance, carer’s allowance, and domiciliary care allowance applications for residents in Dublin Bay north, with many constituents waiting in excess of 14 weeks for decisions; the actions being taken to recruit additional staff, streamline the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: An Garda Síochána (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has reviewed the recent increase in unaccompanied learner driver offences in the Dublin Metropolitan Northern region, where Garda figures show a rise from 200 incidents in Q2 2023 to 324 in Q2 2024, with vehicle seizures also rising from 142 to 203; if he will consider the introduction of a pilot Learner Driver Support Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department will take to address the widespread and unacceptable practice of cars and vans parking on footpaths, including in areas marked with single or double yellow lines, which create significant physical obstacles for people with disabilities and older persons, particularly those who are visually impaired or who use...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department will take to tackle the widespread and unacceptable practice of cars and vans parking on footpaths, including in areas marked with single or double yellow lines, particularly around access points to schools and hospitals such as Beaumont Hospital, including Ballyshannon Road and Trim Road, where such parking...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Care Services (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 275. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the proposed abolition of the means test for carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has evaluated the true at-risk-of-poverty rate for people with disabilities when accounting for the extra cost of disability; whether his Department will adjust poverty measurement tools or set new targets in light of this disparity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Poverty Impact Assessment (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he will reform the State’s equivalence scales or poverty metrics to formally include a “disability weight” reflecting the higher living costs associated with disability; and if he will outline any plans to adopt such adjustments. [21964/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the review of the family reunion policy, which was due to be completed last year; if consideration will be given to amending the policy to allow individuals in full-time employment to have their family with them from the start; when it is envisaged that this review will be finalised and the review...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when meaningful progress will be made on the childcare cost commitments made by all major parties during the 2024 general election, particularly regarding the promised reduction to a cap of €50 per week; and the specific steps being taken to honour these commitments and provide relief to families facing...

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: The NPF is a critical tool in how we shape our housing infrastructure, services and communities. I welcome the revision placed before the House following public consultation and a comprehensive review. However, we need a plan that reflects the major changes our country has seen in recent years. Planning is not just about numbers and maps; it is about the kind of people and communities we...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: When I raised this through a parliamentary question on 10 April, I welcomed the Government's commitment to special needs assistant numbers with new posts by 2025 but good intentions are not enough. I asked the Minister of State, Deputy Moynihan, how the numbers were proposed to be distributed, and specifically for me how they would be allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North where families...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken to address the situation in certain areas of Ireland where no waste collection companies are providing services, particularly in cases where elderly and disabled individuals are left without any viable means of disposing of household waste, the supports or interventions being considered to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the reinstallation of the shelter on the southbound platform at Killester DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21656/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rights of People with Disabilities (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 261. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which she plans to address the shortcomings in oversight and monitoring of foster care placements for individuals with disabilities, as highlighted by the prolonged neglect experienced by Grace as outlined in the Farrelly Commission report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has conducted a review of the effectiveness and availability of community-based services for adults with eating disorders; and if so, to provide the findings and planned follow-up actions. [21661/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 263. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of inpatient beds currently available for adults with eating disorders; the average occupancy rate of each facility over the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (30 Apr 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 264. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding allocated to adult eating disorder services in each of the past five years; the amount of funding drawn down and spent in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21663/25]