Results 521-540 of 4,774 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of plans to cut up to 20 courses from the Technical University Dublin; what support can be given to ensure that courses with strategic importance, such as geospatial surveying or architectural timber technology, can be identified and protected, even where there are lower numbers of students at present; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SALI professorship awarded to TU Dublin has been advertised and filled. [41239/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that there are limits to what the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, can do in this regard, but he does have the soft power to discuss this issue with Irish Rail. The Minister of State can appreciate that residents are completely exasperated and have no trust in any private provider that is providing what is essentially public access. We have a situation where a private...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for being here to discuss this matter, which has gone on for years. It relates to Clongriffin DART station on its Baldoyle side and the Myrtle estate at The Coast. I will share an email with the Minister of State that I received on Monday. This does not just go back to this week. I visited the site in August 2018 and, since then at least, issues have...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We in the Labour Party welcome this Bill. Exorbitant revenues and profits have been taken in by energy companies over the past number of years, while more and more people have been plunged into energy poverty. Coupled with the broader cost-of-living crisis in the areas of housing and grocery prices, the situation has been dire for far too many people. All the while, the cash kept rolling...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the CAO process to ensure that students do not get excluded without warning due to clerical errors, such as missing exam numbers. [40748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what mechanisms, if any, are available to him to prevent third-level institutions from increasing rents in college-controlled accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40747/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It does not allow for statements.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: You did that yourselves. Answer the question.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding has been approved for school safety zone for schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40128/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the proposed school build project for a school (details supplied) is due to commence; and what the next steps are to provide a permanent building for the school which is currently in temporary accommodation. [39863/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding for a school (details supplied) will be approved. [40129/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Equality Issues (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of research (details supplied) on non-religious teachers; what plans, if any, she has to legislate to protect all teachers from religious discrimination, giving teachers the same protections under the Irish system as in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (20 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1050. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that an increase in the State contribution towards graduate entry medicine from a rate of €11,950 per student in the 2021/2022 academic year to a new rate of €14,500 has not led to a decrease in cost to the students, and that, combined with the withdrawal of the only graduate loan programme for such students, it...

Investment in Football: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises that: — football, the "beautiful game", is the most popular sport in the world, and the number one participation team sport in Ireland with 220,000 people playing for Irish clubs and schools, but Ireland has historically never invested in our domestic league, and exported our best players abroad; — football has traditionally...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Prison Service (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 60. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to introduce legislation in the Houses of the Oireachtas to put the Prison Service on a statutory basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34002/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to report on progress on the new Garda station for Dublin 7-Dublin 13. [34004/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 49. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current operational strength of An Garda Síochána; if she will include a breakdown of new recruits, retirements, resignations, gardaí unavailable for duty and any analysis on the projected numbers of gardaí over the next 18 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34000/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 81. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status on the review of the culture within An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34001/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (11 Jul 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how long it is taking to process naturalisation applications for citizenships; if she will present data showing the percentage of successful cases processed within six, seven, eight, nine, ten, 12 months, and longer than 12 months, and similar data for decisions where cases are refused or abandoned; and if she is satisfied...