Results 41-60 of 474 for speaker:Aidan Farrelly

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Indonesia in 2024 and to-date in 2025. [21506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the bilateral meetings he has had with his counterparts to date in 2025. [21504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers employed by the Department as of 24 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 30 April 2022, in tabular form. [21500/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Data (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 149. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products seized by his Departmental officials at Dublin Port and Dublin Airport to date in 2025; and the penalties that apply to persons that fail to declare that they are bringing in commercial amounts of food products. [21505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 162. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behaviour therapists and early intervention specialists employed in North Kildare Children's Disability Network Teams in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 202. To ask the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO7 that currently have vision testing services. [21501/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 203. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the Centre of Obesity Management; and the average waiting time for access services once a referral has been made. [21503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (30 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of clinical psychologist courses and places that are currently in the third level educational system; and what plans are in place to increase this number. [21499/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate that. It ultimately boils down to governance. When we are talking about such significant sums of money given to wonderful groups that are based in our communities and doing important work, these issues will be rare. At the same time, we may see evidence of or signposts towards grave concerns in terms of the end product. The Minister of State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister of State for being here. The community sports facilities fund, CSFF, is seen by clubs and groups throughout this country as a vital cog in the revenue raising machine, specifically when it comes to development or expansion works that sports clubs might require in order to grow. I know that in County Kildare, the fund is very much relied upon for the development of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update regarding the way in which she has initiated the lowering of the cost of childcare in the State since she took office as Minister; and the steps she has taken for broader reform of the childcare model. [21093/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The programme for Government outlines an ambitious plan to progressively reduce the cost of childcare to €200 per month, and commits to a review and increase of core funding, a reduction in the administrative burden on providers, capital investment to build State-owned childcare facilities and so much more. What steps has the Minister taken to progress these actions? Will she outline...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: I thank the Minister for her reply. The Social Democrats believe that solving the systemic problems facing the childcare sector in Ireland will not happen by doing more of the same. A triple threat is facing the sector. We cannot ignore that any longer. A dearth of places faces children and young people. There is a real capacity issue in many counties. There is also a lack of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: The scale of what the Government is proposing, and what parents are demanding and what the sector deserves, is very significant. To see that type of growth and investment requires strategic cross-party thinking on this. I wrote to the Minister a couple of weeks ago proposing that we establish a special select time-bound committee, páistecare, which would perform a similar role to and...

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

Aidan Farrelly: 120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will set out her plans to implement in full 'Opportunities for Youth: the National Strategy for Youth Work 2024-2028'. [7553/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 443. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for driving licence restoration that were granted, by county, in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19862/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 445. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for each year from 2010 to date in 2025, of the successful applications for driving licence restorations recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, the number of cases in which the applicant had received a second or additional disqualification order of two years or more within the ten years prior to their application for driving...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 444. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of driving licence disqualifications, by county, that were granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19863/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Illicit Trade (29 Apr 2025)

Aidan Farrelly: 589. To ask the Minister for Finance the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and State and private airports and ports of entry in the State, by location in the 2023, 2024 to date in 2025; the amount of cash and high-value items seized at same within the timeframe; and the amount of cash and high value items returned to persons on...