Results 41-60 of 118 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the commitment to delivering the MetroLink project, particularly in relation to its role in improving public transport access for north County Dublin; if he will provide an updated timeline for its approval and construction; if he will outline any measures being taken to prevent further delays and cost escalations;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that children are accessing access and inclusion model support in early years settings, if she will clarify that these figures are being used when determining allocations for primary school ASD classrooms, special needs assistant support and resource teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13861/25]

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans being considered to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are in receipt of the State pension, given that disability-related expenses do not cease at 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13873/25]

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech and language assessment; the immediate steps that will be taken to address the excessive waiting times for children requiring essential developmental support; if the child will be given urgent access to speech...

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 669. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage level of staffing in each Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in Fingal; the average wait time, in months, for a first appointment for a child referred to each CDNT at the current staffing level in Fingal; and the estimated average wait time, in months, for a first appointment for a...

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Mark Wall, on bringing forward this important motion. I stand here on behalf of thousands of young carers throughout Ireland, children, teenagers and young adults who take on immense responsibilities at home, often at great personal cost. They provide essential care for family members with disabilities, illness, mental health conditions and addiction....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I would like to talk about infrastructure in north County Dublin. As the Tánaiste knows, Fingal is the fastest growing and youngest local authority area in the country. Rush has doubled in size and Lusk has quadrupled in size in 20 years. I was delighted to invite my former students from St. Joseph's Secondary School here. They are a genuinely lovely bunch. However, they and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 468. To ask the Minister for Health in regard to the primary health care centre in a location (details supplied), to outline future plans for the installation of X-ray and scanning facilities to treat minor injuries in the north county area and relieve stress on hospital accident and emergency departments in the wider region, similar to the Bantry local injury unit; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 469. To ask the Minister for Health if she will consider carrying out a GAP analysis or similar analysis at the primary health care centre in a location (details supplied); the facilities that could be located at the facility in comparison with the facilities currently in situ at the facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13111/25]

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the poor performance of the 33 and 33A buses; if he and the National Transport Authority will ensure a better, more reliable and frequent service for commuters in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10843/25]

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 326. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the increasing overcrowding on commuter trains along the northern line, serving the towns of Rush, Lusk, Balbriggan, and Skerries; if, given the population growth in these areas and the development of new residential estates, there are plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11590/25]

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 361. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the deadline for a decision on DART Coastal from An Bord Pleanála has been pushed back from February 2025 to October 2025; the reason this much needed project for north Dublin has been delayed again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 608. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the urgent measures being taken to ensure that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are not left without a suitable school place, in particular in the case of a child (details supplied) where a child due to start school in September has been refused from 15 schools with ASD classrooms; the steps she is taking to address the shortage of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 780. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the delivery of a swimming pool in Balbriggan, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 802. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be made available for the development of a public swimming pool in Rush, County Dublin, under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund or any other relevant funding schemes; if Fingal County Council has submitted proposals regarding such a facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12239/25]

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 818. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will announce the funding allocations and sanctioned number of acquisitions that will be designated to local authorities under the tenant-in-situ scheme for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Personal Injury Claims (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the Judicial Council’s recommendation to increase personal injury awards by 17 per cent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10988/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has viewed the Charities Regulators Report 2024 into a charity (details supplied); if further payments will be made to the charity in advance of the publication of the report; if the €200,000 advanced to the charity in August 2024 was sanctioned without any knowledge of the details of the report; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of the advanced grant of €200,000 to a charity (details supplied) in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (19 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list all current trials and research under way by bodies under his aegis into the use of seaweed supplements for the reduction of methane in ruminants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/25]