Results 41-60 of 12,579 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 367. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1490 of 19 March 2025, his views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14919/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the possibility of allowing the Foynes to Limerick rail line to be used as part of a Limerick metropolitan rail network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13613/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review examination of track access charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a timeline for the delivery of the N69 Limerick to Foynes project, which needs to be completed by 2030 to ensure Foynes port remains on the European TEN-T network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13619/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (25 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 281. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider the introduction of a mortgage interest relief scheme, similar to what was available to individuals who drew down mortgages from 2008 to 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to review the policy which states that remote teaching and learning are not provided when schools are closed due to unforeseen circumstances, such as a severe weather event; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (25 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 512. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a person (details supplied) is entitled to back-dated arrears to 2017 after being awarded a contributory State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13631/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to report on the extra €265 million funding recently announced for housing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties approved for a vacant property refurbishment grant, by local authority; the number of grants paid in each local authority area; the total value of the grants paid in each local authority area, since July 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of graduates he expects to pass out of Templemore this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12373/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of valid applications received for the latest Garda recruitment campaign; the number of these from applicants aged over 40 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12372/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Development Agency (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Land Development Agency to begin delivering houses for Limerick, given it has yet to lodge a planning application for direct delivery in Limerick since their inception, despite being active in Limerick since 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (20 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Government-funded approved housing bodies (AHBs) are competing with potential owner occupiers to buy houses, and in Limerick analysis suggests that AHBs buy six out of every ten new homes, which is totally distorting the market; if there is a strategy in place to ensure a good mix in future housing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 345. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans any regulations requiring cyclists and scooterists to wear a high-vis jacket at night-time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 360. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide funding to local authorities to implement noise mitigation action plans on major roads such as the M7 and M20 motorways, where they are adjacent to residential areas in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12386/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 874. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an application for the tenant-in-situ scheme was rejected for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 875. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason an application for the tenant in situ scheme for a person (details supplied) was rejected.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Process (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 884. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Planning and Development Act 2024 to be implemented; if safeguards to prevent frivolous or vexatious objections, appeals and judicial reviews are provided for within the Act; if any rules relating to the distance an objector, appellant or submitter of a judicial reviews must be from the subject site of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 993. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made by his Department’s appeals office in relation to a request for an oral hearing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Mar 2025)

Willie O'Dea: 1015. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for working family payment (details supplied) that was submitted in November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11355/25]