Results 41-60 of 330 for children speaker:Michael McNamara

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: 478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much his Department has paid to date in 2023 in respect of accommodation provided by IPAS; how much his Department currently expects to have paid in respect of accommodation by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: 480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how many bed nights were paid for by IPAS each night of 2023 and how many persons were residing in accommodated paid for on each night of 2023. [53503/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides accommodation to persons whose protection application has been determined and is no longer the subject of any legal challenge to that said determination; if so, to how many such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: 481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides accommodation to persons granted Labour Market Access Permission; if so, to how many such persons; how much they contribute to the cost of their accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (5 Dec 2023)

Michael McNamara: 482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how many persons were residing at the Lakelands Hotel Scariff, County Clare on each day since 1 June 2023; how many bed nights were paid for on each night since 1 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McNamara: .... Ms Hardiman said she did not receive the letter and there was no discussion of springs at the meeting. When was the first time she became aware that springs were being used in spinal surgery on children?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (4 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting appointments and assessments with early intervention services in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary; the average waiting time for persons on the list in each county on 1 June 2022 and 1 June 2023, respectively, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (4 Jul 2023)

Michael McNamara: 525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what additional staffing resources have been provided to the Clare children’s disability network team for the purpose of reducing waiting lists in County Clare since 2021; to confirm what measures will be taken to further improve service delivery in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...

Home Care and Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (21 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...look for care early in the morning and late in the evening and that this poses difficulties in terms of the attractiveness of employment because many carers deal with their own families, including children, parents and dependent relatives, at these times. People like to work an eight-hour shift. It makes it difficult to provide a service on two occasions per day, 12 hours apart, if...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Jun 2023)

Michael McNamara: 255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will expedite a residential service for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 665. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which agency or body approved the use of Magowna House to accommodate applicants for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24304/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 666. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Clare County Council was informed of the proposed change of use of Magowna House to accommodate applicants for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24305/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Magowna House had been deemed unsuitable for recipients of temporary protection in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24746/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider more flexibility with the ECCE hours to accommodate parents on shift work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Apr 2023)

Michael McNamara: 1243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what additional staffing resources have been provided during 2022 and to date in 2023 to the Clare children’s disability network team for the purpose of reducing waiting lists in County Clare; if he will confirm what additional measures have and will be taken to further improve service delivery in...

Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...comes to people letting out their house on a short-term basis, and it was always on a short-term basis, and who need to move back in or even people who had enough money to buy an apartment so their children could live in it when they went to college so they would not have to commute from Clare to Dublin or Clare to Cork. I went to college in Cork. It simply would not have been possible...

Eviction Ban: Motion [Private Members] (21 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: ...to another part of the country. We want them to let out their houses but, equally, they will not let out their houses unless they can get them back. People who buy a house or apartment for their children, and have done in the past, in order to send them to college are privileged - certain people in this House despise privilege - which I acknowledge. However, we have a right to private...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Online Safety (21 Mar 2023)

Michael McNamara: 380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has any plans to block access to pornography on computer devices, and in particular, smart phones registered to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12592/23]