Results 41-60 of 82 for speaker:Séamus McGrath

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Passport Services (5 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact that the process is under review and that it is being considered in the wider context. The Minister of State mentioned that 200,000 applications are being processed per annum, which is a huge volume. I acknowledge the great work done by the staff of the passport service. We all value our Irish passport. It is our most important document...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Passport Services (5 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister of State for being here. At the outset, I acknowledge the great work done by the passport service and the staff. By and large, they provide a very good service. I wish to raise an issue relating to how passports are processed, and in particular, the verification with An Garda Síochána. All in this House are aware that the Passport Office contacts Garda...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I very much welcome this debate on the significant issue of community policing and community safety. It was a prominent issue for many people in my constituency before the recent general election. I wish the Minister the very best in his role. It is a difficult role and one that involves many demands. Safety, and giving people a sense of safety, is something we as a Government must...

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I, too, wish the Ministers of State well in their roles. It is not an easy task, as I think we all accept. The Taoiseach is on record as saying that disability services will be the defining issue for this Government. I think it will be. We all faced a general election recently, and I would not say I was surprised by the extent to which the issue of disabilities, services and lack...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I want to raise the shortage of GP places. We all appreciate the severe pressure the health service is under. A good robust system of primary care is critical to alleviate pressure on hospitals, particularly at emergency departments. In Cork South-Central, the area both I and the Taoiseach represent, there is a significant shortage of GP places. Many families and individuals are finding...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 24. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [7771/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 822. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment for an autism assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 824. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with speech and language therapy appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8168/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Enterprise Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 8. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the discussions that have taken place between the IDA and Cork County Council with regard to increasing the land available to the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6500/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (20 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in Cork city and Cork county that applied for the Power Up grant; the number of applications in each local authority area that were successful; the total value of the grants approved in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6501/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in receipt of carer’s allowance (details supplied) who works the allowed 18.5 hours per week in the day time, will be allowed to also engage in part-time online study course at night time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 270. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider amending the free travel scheme to allow persons who have a disability and are in employment to be eligible for the free travel scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6825/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (20 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 309. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) in County Cork will be provided with an appointment for an autism assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6841/25]

Mental Health: Statements (18 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: First, like other speakers, I welcome this discussion so early on in the lifetime of this Government. It signals an intent by the Government to address the issue of mental health once and for all. The Minister of State was a strong advocate in the area of mental health in the previous Government and I have no doubt will be such in this Government. Her efforts ensured that it received...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I join my colleague in passing on my condolences to the family of Dan Wallace. As somebody entering politics in Cork, Dan was very much a prominent politician in the area, a person of great integrity and a genuine public servant with the best interests of his constituents at heart at all times. I pass on my condolences to his wife Ethel and family. I very much welcome the Taoiseach's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cork city task force will be established. [2221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (13 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to help borrowers that have had mortgages sold to vulture funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the Ballinhassig flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pensions (12 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the occupational pension entitlements of a teacher (details supplied); to outline the process of when they can receive it; to provide an estimate of the pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5000/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Feb 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans to facilitate home charging of electric vehicles where a property fronts onto a public footpath (details supplied). [3962/25]