Results 441-460 of 5,542 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1152. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new TIS guidelines allow for older people and people with disabilities to be considered under the scheme even in cases where they do not have children living with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for an older person who needs a new roof but does not have insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1532. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if mechanisms have been considered to redact an individual’s address from a safety order if it is requested by the person requesting the safety order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18933/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1678. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason commonage framework plans prepared under the last CAP for the townlands of Ballyconneely, Galway, are no longer publicly accessible; and if there is any change in policy on making such plans publicly available. [18710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Directives (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his department have no records on file for an appropriate assessment or a natura impact statement as required under the EU habitats directive for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 1870. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to remarks made by An Taoiseach while in Washington DC regarding the Government's approach to IPAS centres (details supplied) that "we didn't want hotels, particularly the last hotel in a given town, to be used for housing asylum seekers,"; and how she intends to implement this in coming months. [19876/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Dental Services (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 2021. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the dental treatment services scheme; the current number of dentists registered in the scheme and the number of dentists registered in the scheme in April 2024, by county, in tabular form; the work her Department is doing to increase the number of dentists who are not only registered in the scheme but willing to take on new...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Patient Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 2195. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider allocating funding for a transport service to a day care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19677/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 2500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Ukrainian students who were included in the free fee scheme in the year 2023 and 2024, and the cost of funding related to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with the ESB to improve energy infrastructure and prepare for future catastrophic storms as seen during storm Éowyn. [17755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (10 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the retrofit scheme; the number of homes that have benefitted from the scheme to date; and the work he is undertaking to meet the target of retrofitting 500,000 homes by 2030. [17754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (10 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to invalidity pension, if a change has taken place with regard to the application criteria from ‘incapable to work for the following 12-month period’ to ‘incapable to work permanently’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18094/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a school (details supplied) following extensive damage caused by storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17845/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (9 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans for the basic income for artists; the amount of funding that was allocated for the scheme in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17657/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (8 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I concur with what my colleagues said. It shows the importance of this issue, which spanned three different Dáil terms. Colleagues from political parties and Independents have come together on this issue because it is so important for the people of Connemara. It has progressed but I have been advised by the Minister for Health in a response to a parliamentary question that it was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (8 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I appreciate the Minister of State's response and how genuine it was. I think the other Deputies will agree we saw progress when we raised it as a Topical Issue a number of years ago with former Minister of State, Anne Rabbitte. She took it upon herself to get things moving, so that shows the role the Minister of State can play in this. Let us hope we can get progress as a result. I...

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend my colleagues Deputies McDonald and Ó Broin on tabling the Bill. Taking part in the movement to ensure Irish water services were not privatised and water charges were not introduced was an important part of my political life, as it was for many others throughout our communities. Almost a decade ago, I marched during the height of the movement. I also protested when I was...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: I have always believed that when it comes to those who are working and seeking promotion, if you are able enough, you are old enough. By the same token, I have always felt that when it comes to the matter of retirement, if you are able enough, you are young enough. Sinn Féin has long argued that there needs to be a choice. We have long called for the abolition of mandatory retirement,...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Social Insurance (8 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 213. To ask the Taoiseach if he can provide the total social insurance contributions in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and total contributions as a percentage of GNI* and GDP (current prices), in all years, in tabular form [16557/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (8 Apr 2025)

Mairéad Farrell: 744. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review a case of a young woman (details supplied) who has been resident in Ireland for most of her life, has earned university qualifications in this country and is unable to work due to lack of progress on her application for Stamp 4 status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17451/25]