Results 621-640 of 730 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 354. To ask the Minister for Health the number of mental health liaison nurse positions attached to University Hospital Waterford; the number of these positions that are currently vacant; the duration since each current vacancy has occurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Administrative Arrangements (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 386. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to reconfigure his Department; the timeline for completion of this reconfiguration; the title of this Department, if he will provide an organisation chart for the reconfigured Department, to include name and contact details for the senior official in each section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 387. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all the agencies and other bodies under his aegis; and to detail the total budget, or part thereof, funded by the Exchequer in 2024 for each, in tabular form. [6955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 388. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list all the agencies and other bodies under his aegis for which he has responsibility for appointing board members or directors; and to provide the current board vacancies for each, in tabular form. [6956/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 389. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will detail his Department's various capital funding schemes, including the total of each fund in 2025, in tabular form; the timeline for applications (calls and deadlines); the general focus of each scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6957/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 390. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will reverse the cuts in funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme, which took effect during the years of economic austerity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Strategies (20 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plan to develop a successor to the Strategy for the Community and Voluntary Sector 2019-2024, and to resourcing that strategy to deliver on commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/25]

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I want to start by sharing the experience of a constituent of mine who has travelled from Waterford today, alongside other mams and dads, to be in the Public Gallery as we debate this motion. Her name is Rebecca and she is the mother of Jay, one of 20 children in west Waterford who have been left without a special school space. I raised this previously with the Minister of State and twice...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ministerial Responsibilities (18 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 880. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 733 of 11 February 2025, the exact date his Ministerial brief will be published; and the uniform resource locator (URL) for same. [6384/25]

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: When we speak about road safety, speed is one of the key talking points. Undoubtedly, one of the major causes of accidents on our roads is people driving too fast. However, we cannot ignore the impact on road safety of the quality and standard of our roads. In my constituency of County Waterford, I see it all too often. A major contributing factor to accidents, including very serious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans, schemes or supports he and the Office of Public Works have in place to offset the risk of damage to life and property in areas prone to flooding in severe storm conditions, such as Tallow, County Waterford. [4186/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Gabhaim buíochas leis na hAirí. Déanaim comhghairdeas leo beirt ar a gceapachán. What plans, schemes or supports do the Minister of State and the Office of Public Works have in place to offset the real risk of damage to life and property in areas prone to flooding in severe storm conditions, such as Tallow, County Waterford? I reference Tallow because during Storm Babet...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit as an bhfreagra sin. I thank the Minister of State for that answer but it will be cold comfort to residents of West Street in Tallow who are grappling with the fact that no structural works are proposed by the OPW to the Glenaboy and the Bride rivers. We are all aware that the ferocity and frequency of these winter storms and severe weather...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Relief Schemes (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: I welcome the commitment to keep an open mind on these things. I think we all acknowledge that local authorities are the first port of call, especially for minor works. I understand from the representations I have received that Waterford City and County Council wants to do these structural works. However, the Office of Public Works has not recommended structural works at this location....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Regulatory Bodies (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 16. To ask the Minister for Finance if he considers the Central Bank’s mortgage measures are in need of review, particularly the loan-to-value limit deposit requirement given the catch-22 situation many renters find themselves in being unable to save for a deposit due to high rents, which in many cases are far in excess of the mortgage repayments they would expect to pay; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if any impact study is carried out by his Department ahead of carbon taxes increases to adjudge the financial impact on householders, including those in or at risk of poverty and isolation. [4188/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for the National Development Plan review mentioned in the new Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the moves by the authorities of Australia and New Zealand to question Israeli citizens seeking to enter those countries regarding involvement in the Israeli military and the commission of war crimes, human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Human Rights (13 Feb 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions his Department or the bodies under his aegis has made for the identification, apprehension, and arrest of persons subject to arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court that may enter Ireland, or transit through Irish territorial waters or airspace. [5363/25]