Results 41-60 of 26,196 for speaker:Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I find myself in large agreement with Deputy Daly. Like the Taoiseach, I was born in 1960. Back in the sixties, for entertainment we had a very strong diet of American movies, TV programmes and sitcoms. That might have helped us come to the view of the US as the land of opportunity, a champion of democracy and human rights on the world stage and, if you like, a self-appointed world police...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the EU leaders' informal retreat on 3 February. [4524/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: As a Member who fully appreciates the need for us all to drive, and drive enthusiastically, the development of the renewable energy sector, I am very conscious that the concentration in recent years has been on the offshore energy sector. It would be beneficial to all of us to have a clearer understanding of the timescales involved in the development of this sector. We have spoken about...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 256. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is aware that illegal encampments on the Curragh Plains have resumed; the measures that his Department is taking to bring this situation to a halt; the steps that have been taken to implement the Programme for Government commitment to provide for a new management system for the Curragh Plains; when he intends this management system /...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 257. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of habitable residential units under the control of his Department; the location of these units; if they are occupied or unoccupied, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 258. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number and location of residential units under the control of his Department that are considered to be currently uninhabitable; the location of these units, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12507/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 259. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will indicate, notwithstanding Department policy, the number of residential units under the control of his Department which have the potential to be refurbished and brought back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 384. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding tax credit certificates (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 630. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the case of a child in need of an ASD place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11344/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1264. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a young farmer (details supplied) who applied for TAMS 3 young farmers in 2024, following a successful application for national reserve and complementary income for young farmers in 2023, and who has a 33% shareholding in the family farm, has now been refused due to the share type and denied young farmer funding; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding core funding financial reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1428. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to enact key commitments outlined in the Programme for Government (details supplied) in relation to childcare provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1571. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) cannot continue to get buscopan on prescription, taking into consideration the significant health issues he has; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1665. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the shortage of certain medicines (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 1926. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding disparity in pay for apprentices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12246/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: I congratulate the Minister on his return to the Department of Finance. I raise a matter related to that raised by Deputy Duncan Smith. We have heard a lot in recent years about the fact that the planet's poorest people have suffered as a result of the ravages of climate change but the geopolitical situation that we find ourselves in now has rejuvenated and turbocharged the arms race. As...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (4 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to schools, or other bodies under the aegis of his Department, who are providing educational support to women and girls in Afghanistan suffering under the Taliban regime which limits females access to education; if this is an area where more can be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (4 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports Ireland can give either unilaterally, or working with European partners, to help women and girls in Afghanistan who are suffering under the rule of the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland can take, acting unilaterally or in tandem with European partners, to support the democracy building work of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarussian opposition leader living in exile in Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9698/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (4 Mar 2025)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: 225. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide the establishment figures for the permanent Defence Forces in each of the years 2000 to 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9695/25]