Results 701-720 of 4,780 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the minor requests to be made for exams (details supplied), and the digital papers pilot in particular, which would greatly enhance accessibility for visually impaired students; and if she will contact the State Examinations Commission regarding these requests. [17512/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she acknowledges that in communities that have been identified as suffering deep and embodied trauma (details supplied), there is a need to go beyond general health and well-being practices and to also acknowledge that teachers working in such communities would benefit from expert support in integrating trauma informed and recovery...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is planning to support schools identified as having high levels of socially generated trauma in the school community, to integrate trauma-informed and recovery practices into their pedagogies and behaviour management approaches; and the teacher supports and teacher professional development opportunities she has identified to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 798. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the status of Irish Water's plans as regards treating wastewater with ultraviolet light or equivalent technology to prevent the discharge of contaminated water into Dublin Bay. [17336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 799. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on what future infrastructure investment is needed to protect Dublin coastal and river water quality; and the measures he is taking to ensure those investments are made in a timely fashion to protect the rivers and seas from increases in wastewater generated by population growth and increases in housing numbers....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Quality (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 800. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the poor results from water quality testing in Dublin Bay; the measures his Department has taken to remedy the situation; the work that is being undertaken by his Departments to protect the bathing water quality in Dublin Bay and across the Dublin coastline; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 966. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the last review of the financial thresholds for qualification for legal aid from the Legal Aid Board took place; his views on whether the current income threshold of €18,000 is outdated in view of inflation; and if he will sanction a review of the current system to examine the income and disposable asset...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 983. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware that many Bolivian citizens travelling to Ireland to commence English language studies are being denied boarding their flight to Dublin, with airlines reporting that they are acting on instructions from the Irish immigration authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17349/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 994. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of serving gardaí who have had complaints against them, upheld and not upheld, in the past ten years, by the number of complaints, in bands of five, in tabular form. [17513/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1026. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of pregnant women who were cared for in prison in 2022; the number of babies born to pregnant women in prison in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18158/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1027. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average custodial sentence length for those committed to prison under sentence in 2022, broken down by gender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1213. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many young adults with an intellectual disability on the northside of Dublin are on the waitlist for day services. [18155/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1214. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unfilled posts in the disability services area; the proportion of those posts that are full time permanent contracts; and what proportion that are fixed term or temporary contracts. [18162/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Measures (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend the appropriate statutory instrument to allow suitable professionals registered with the Physiotherapists Registration Board to refer patients for an x-ray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1585. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for genetic testing services for rare diseases in Ireland; and the measures his Department plans to take to improve access and speed of results for patients in need of genetic testing services. [17342/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Apr 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1594. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of reports of a market shortage of a semagluetide under a brand (details supplied); if he is aware of the causes of any shortage; and the measures his Department is taking to remediate the situation. [17397/23]

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We had good engagement with the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and we have had positive engagement here, but it needs to come to a point of agreement and we cannot delay this forever. We are sticking strongly to our view that we need to have it as a stand-alone offence. We will work with the Minister on Seanad amendments and if that is not successful, we will introduce a stand-alone Bill. We...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I will take the Minister at his word. We have to accept the world in which we live and the very damaging effects of the act to which this amendment relates. I know the Department is always concerned with having too much law and believes that there is enough existing law to do the business that courts have to do but I do not think you can have too much law in this area. As I said earlier,...

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I move amendment No. 3: In page 15, between lines 4 and 5, to insert the following: “Administering a substance with intent (“spiking”) 20.The Act of 1997 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 12: “12A.(1) A person who administers to or causes to be taken by another person (‘C’) a drug or other substance- (a)...

Education and the School Building Programme: Motion [Private Members] (29 Mar 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Your speech was great though, Rose.