Results 61-80 of 932 for speaker:Catherine Ardagh

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider removing the means test for the fuel allowance for individuals aged 70 and over, this will also make them eligible for free home energy upgrades (warmer homes scheme), from which they are currently excluded, allowing all elderly citizens to live more comfortably in their own homes; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: The tenant in situ scheme funding allocation to Dublin City Council in 2025 was reduced to €95 million, a significant decrease on last year. Coupled with the new exclusions that a property cannot be in need of refurbishment and has to have been in HAP or RAS for the past two years, this has limited the council's ability to work. There are currently more than 100 tenants with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 2. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [14730/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 411. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of plans to initiate an independent feasibility study into continuing the MetroLink from the city to south-west Dublin, including details of any provisional discussions or issues that may be causing delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 412. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details on the provisional costings for the MetroLink from the city to south-west Dublin, including details of available funding for the project and estimated costs of the line for St. Stephen’s Green to Charlemont; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Rail Network (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 413. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to confirm if the route for the MetroLink from the city to south-west Dublin has been confirmed, or if this decision will be opened for public consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19461/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 630. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of vacant OPW-owned buildings in County Kildare on 1 April in the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide details of the current processing times for immigration applications for citizens of Brazil, Pakistan, and Nigeria for each of the past five years on 1 April, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19439/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 1570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there is a delay in the processing of immigration applications, with some applications from 13 July 2023 still being processed as of 1 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19440/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 2062. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant HSE-owned buildings in County Kildare from 2020 to 1 April 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19054/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 2462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in each local health centre and primary care centre in the CHO7 area with a month-by-month breakdown of the total from 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 2463. To ask the Minister for Health the immediate steps she and her senior officials are taking to ensure that public health nursing staffing levels in the Dublin 12 area are returned to a level that can meet demand and deliver child health and development assessments again; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21163/25]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (10 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Paul Lawless - To discuss the wastewater treatment plant in Newport, County Mayo. Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the shortfall in home care provision in Kerry. Deputy Gary Gannon - To discuss accommodation options for...

Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: The Independent Technical Group has 12 minutes. I call Deputy Gogarty.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide details (as at 1 October 2024 and as at 1 April 2025) on the number of persons working in any capacity on the helpdesk to assist with the creation of enduring powers of attorney at the Decision Support Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18050/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide details of the level of funding that was provided to the Decision Support Service during 2024, and any such additional funding that has been provided during 2025, for the purpose of facilitating the engagement of additional staffing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18051/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 246. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans developed to reduce the existing six-month time period that it takes the Decision Support Service to process an application to create an enduring power of attorney; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Assisted Decision-Making (9 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 245. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide details of the expenditure incurred, broken down by year, on developing social media videos on topics relating to the services provided by the Decision Support Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18052/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (8 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 155. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children nationally, and specifically in Dublin, that will not have a school place this coming September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Apr 2025)

Catherine Ardagh: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the Government commitment to return therapists, such as speech and language therapists and occupational therapists, to schools has not been fulfilled; the reason responsibility is being shifted between Departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16852/25]