Results 61-80 of 11,652 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

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...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Official Engagements (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 208. To ask the Taoiseach if he met with any US fracked gas communities (details supplied) during his time in the United States; and if not, the reason therefor. [15517/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the proposed N8 bus route, linking Blanchardstown with Dublin Airport under BusConnects, has been delayed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15518/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 304. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide details regarding the use of 'near-miss technology' for monitoring accidents on Irish roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 305. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a breakdown of the amount allocated to each local authority for active travel measures in each of the years 2021 and 2024; the amount actually spent by each local authority and the amount allocated for 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the reopening process and timeline of Kilmallock train station, given its specific mention in first draft of the all-island rail review and the final report's commitment to open "new stations on lines to/from Dublin"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Student Accommodation (1 Apr 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans in relation to introducing protections for students that are entering digs-style accommodation; if he will work with opposition parties to progress the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024 which lapsed with the dissolution of the 33rd Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15521/25]

Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Today, we discuss a significant but overdue change in our social welfare system that seeks to address a long-standing injustice. The social welfare Bill we are discussing is a direct response to the Supreme Court ruling in the O’Meara case delivered in January last year. That ruling exposed the very real inadequacies in the current law. It also reaffirmed the need for a system that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Coillte has got rid of Coillte Nature, its not-for-profit climate division. We are told it is being absorbed into the wider organisation. We are told that the need for a separate nature team has been superseded by the overall Coillte strategic vision, which was published in 2022. Yet, that strategic vision - that very document - spotlighted Coillte Nature as delivering nature projects at...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Did Coillte tell the Minister that it was doing it?

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (26 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I welcome the fact that this motion has been brought to the House today. Its passage will bring clarity and certainty to the 37,000 Ukrainians who are currently in homes supported by the accommodation recognition payment, ARP, and the thousands of Irish people who have provided them with accommodation. It is worth recalling that the ARP was conceived at a time of extreme crisis, when...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: lreland’s neutrality with regard to participation in armed conflicts, our position in not joining military alliances and our commitment to the specific ideals of the UN Charter have always allowed us to exercise a significant voice towards building and achieving peace as a resolutely non-aligned nation. I think on all sides of the House, there is agreement that the value of this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: North Korea.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (25 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13575/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (25 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the general scheme and regulatory impact assessment of the air pollution Act (amendment) Bill 2024 will undergo pre-legislative scrutiny; when that will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13428/25]