Results 661-680 of 12,266 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 790. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will assist an early years service (details supplied), which is now without a room as its current room is being developed by the school as an ASD special class; if her Department will help provide an alternative location for the early years service; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 833. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps her Department is taking to make provision for the early years service (details supplied) which is now without a room as its current room is being developed by the school as an ASD special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17263/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (3 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Climate Action Fund - Strand 1: Community Climate Action Programme – Building Low Carbon Communities, will be available in 2025; how much will be provided in the fund, and when will applications open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (3 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams available via her Department and or through the SEAI to support schools who want to reduce their energy use, specifically, through replacing existing light fixtures with LED lights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16480/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Local Authorities (3 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has asked or advised local authorities to produce outdoor recreation plans; if so, what the plans are supposed to cover; and if he will supply a copy of any circular offsite in this regard. [16478/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 64. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the Cabinet Sub Committee on Water Quality and Nitrates, if the subcommittee has been convened and started its work [15857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract for the new Enterprise fleet of trains will be awarded; when they are expected to be delivered; and when they are expected to be in service. [16185/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when red-light infringement enforcement cameras will be rolled out. [16187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when bus lane infringement enforcement cameras will be rolled out. [16188/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the potential for extra train services on the Waterford to Limerick Junction rail line; the timeline for when these could be delivered given the ongoing delivery of new railcars to the Irish Rail fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16189/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Local Authorities (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to increase the local authority borrowing envelope or to separate local authority borrowing for housing projects from the overall borrowing envelope. [16186/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 106. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the implementation and transposing of The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, as currently enacted; the commitments under the business and human rights strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the funding crisis faced by a school (details supplied); if her Department will contact the school and offer them meaningful solutions to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine the funding crisis faced by a school (details supplied); if her Department will contact the school and offer them meaningful solutions to this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16290/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to consider allowing a school (details supplied) receive its capitation grant early so they can address the funding shortfall they are facing on an interim basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 195. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he plans to raise the weekly rate of the under-66 widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension from €249.50 as it is less than the Central Statistics Office’s "at risk of poverty" threshold of €318 per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if eligibility for the living alone increase could be provided for those under 66 years who receive the widow’s, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension; the reason it is not provided currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gambling Sector (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the means by which the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland protect children from gambling exposure in greyhound stadia, under the new Gambling Regulation Act, 2024; if he will amend the act to ban children from that environment as in other betting venues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (2 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications have been received by the International Protection Office in response to its open call for applications for assignment to the International Protection Panel and Repatriation Panel in each of the past nine months; the number of such applications that have been invited for interview in each of the...

Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: A Government's majority is a mandate to govern, but it is not a mandate to dilute and make less effective the long-established principles and rules of how this House operates, the very basis for our democratic exchange functions. The Government is held to account by the Opposition. That accountability must be honest, rigorous and searching. It will work only if it is independent of the...