Results 61-80 of 1,142 for speaker:Catherine Ardagh

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

Catherine Ardagh: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans for a comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50710/25]

Statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion (24 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I move: That Dáil Éireann take note of the Statement of Estimates of moneys required in respect of ongoing expenditure for the period beginning on 1st January, 2026, and ending on 31st December, 2026, prepared and published by the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission in accordance with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Acts 2003 to 2024, which was laid before Dáil...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 601. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to introduce an independent regulator for dentistry in Ireland that will oversee the registration of dentists, which is currently handled by the Dental Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (23 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 602. To ask the Minister for Health the process to be registered as a dentist with the Irish Dental Council, including the number of applicants that are accepted each year; the criteria to select applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49779/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I join my colleagues in expressing sympathy to the family of Patrick Gerard Murphy, who was a friend to a lot of us. Today, I raise the issue of mild general learning disability schools. Department of Education and Youth officials have a widespread misunderstanding of exactly what they do and they are now being forced to redesignate. There are 29 mild schools in the country, 14 of which...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [46847/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (17 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of care facilities that cater for those with complex mental health needs, including the number of spaces currently available to new patients, as many are forced to travel to the UK for care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families and the the number of children that received the newborn baby grant, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46769/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carers that qualify for the carer’s allowance in the wake of changes to income disregards, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will detail the number of homes that currently qualify for the fuel allowance, in tabular form, on a county by county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47082/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (8 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1882. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider amending Ireland’s parental leave legislation to address the disparity faced by one-parent families, whereby children in such households are effectively entitled to only half the parental leave available to children in two-parent households; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 2212. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the number of persons who have been involuntarily detained under the Mental Health Act 2001 in each of the past five years whose primary or secondary diagnosis was autism spectrum disorder and severe or profound intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 2327. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the issue whereby recommendations from speech and language therapists who are registered with CORU, but operate privately and not directly under or on behalf of HSE services, are not accepted for accessing funding under AIM level 5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41480/25]

Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: It is very welcome to see the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025, also known as the right to be forgotten Bill, now before the House on Second Stage. It is a significant moment for cancer survivors across Ireland and for all those who have campaigned for fair treatment when it comes to access to mortgage protection and financial products following a cancer diagnosis. It is also a meaningful...

Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Before proceeding, I welcome the Norwegian ambassador, H.E. Mr. Aslak Brun, to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery.

Proceeds of Crime and Related Matters Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Before I call Deputy Quinlivan, I welcome our guests from Cavan. They are the guests of the Minister of State, Deputy Niamh Smyth.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: We know HIQA was established in 2007 to ensure service users across residential settings live in dignity, in a clean and safe environment, with purpose and in high-quality accommodation. The most important people in the picture are the service users across the country, whom HIQA and we serve. Following on from Deputy Dolan in relation to the failure to prosecute, why have no prosecutions...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: There is nothing stopping HIQA prosecuting and stopping a registration. Is this correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: Does the law allow HIQA to do both at the same time?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023: Health Information and Quality Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I thank Ms Cliffe.