Results 41-60 of 394 for speaker:Donna McGettigan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he will take to minimise any negative impacts of the new rent pressure zone changes on students, who due to scarcity of purpose built student accommodation, are left reliant on the private rental market. [32148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the number of teenagers in the State currently awaiting an autism assessment, by county; the length of time they are waiting, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people left the waiting list for CAHMS in county Clare for each of the past four years; the reasons they left the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31825/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 761. To ask the Minister for Health if she can confirm that funding for a psychologist in Ennis day hospital was stopped in September 2024 when the previous psychologist retired, and was not resumed until this February when the process of replacement began; the reason the process was delayed for the intervening months and if lack of funding contributed to the delay; the reason the transition...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for programme expenditure to improve a significant decline and to address the lack of consistency in the numbers of output targets for New Research Ireland-funded PhD positions from 310 in 2023 to 200 in 2024, with a slight increase of 220 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32532/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for programme expenditure to improve a significant decline and to address the lack of consistency in numbers of output targets for New Research Ireland-funded postdoctoral researchers funded by Research Ireland per annum from 309 in 2023 to 250 in 2024; the reason there is a slight increase of 260 in 2025; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 965. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for programme expenditure to address the numbers of invention disclosures from higher education institutes; the reasons there is a significant decrease from 486 in 2021, 400 in 2022 and 361 in 2023; to details of this for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Gender Balance (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 966. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is still only an output target of just one female research professor since 2023 under his Department’s equality budgeting indicator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 967. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to address the significant decrease in FET learners from underrepresented backgrounds from 23,763 in 2023 to 19,474 in 2024; the reason there was a slight increase of 19,500 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32536/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be capping the current Solas admin, capital and general expenses to the welcome increase of €30,164 in 2025 from the previous €25,231 in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32537/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be capping the current grants to Solas for further education and training, to the welcome increase from €537,474 to €589, 221 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no consistency in numbers from his Department of Skillnet Ireland learners from the 2023 outturn target of 96,646 to the 2024 output target of 82,800 to the slightly increased output target of 84,000 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32540/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department’s programme expenditure has decided to decrease the outrun target numbers of places for Skillnet Ireland learners upskilling who are unemployed from the outrun target of 2,650 in 2023, 1,800 in 2024 and only 1,500 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Inquiries (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason his Department has continued to decrease the number of Springboard places available from the 2023 outturn target of 9,245 places; 8,225 places in 2024 and just 8,000 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 973. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for detailed information on the six further education building projects marked as output targets for 2025; the reason there were no building projects planned for the years 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 974. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has in addressing the numbers of SOLAS beneficiaries on training courses for those seeking employment, which significantly decreased from 78,502 in 2021 to 64,426 in 2022, in tabular form for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 975. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has to address the shortage and dramatic decrease of QQI-registered further education and training providers from 345 in 2021, 317 in 2022 and just 176 in 2023; to provide updated details for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans his Department has to address the shortage and dramatic decrease of the number of QQI-registered further education and training providers that issued certification/certificates within the years 2021 (251), 2022 (216) and 2023 (169); if he will provide updated details on certification numbers for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be an increase of funding from the National Training Fund for training grants to industry from the current amount of €6,500 since 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Donna McGettigan: 978. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department plans to increase the current estimate of funding from the National Training Fund for Springboard of €27,550 since 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32591/25]