Results 61-80 of 6,508 for speaker:Ruairí Ó Murchú

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if plans are in place to collect data on the number of people waiting for disability home support and personal assistance services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for funding and for a carer for HSE home support in each month of 2025, by CHO and LHO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18196/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (10 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for funding and for a carer for HSE home support in CHO 8, by LHO and by whether a person is waiting for a new package or more hours on an existing package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (10 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 394. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in CHO 8 for longer than one month; longer than three months, longer than six months and longer than twelve months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (10 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 395. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of hours allocated to a home care package in each LHO in CHO 8; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18199/25]

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: While many of us have had many differences about multiple American administrations over many years, we recall fondly Bill Clinton's necessary involvement in the peace process in Ireland and much more beyond. We are well removed from that now. We now have Donald Trump and his very simple formula. He took his country's trade deficit with each country and divided it by two. David McWilliams...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There is absolute logic for school-based therapies. That is where the need is. It is about providing the service and assessment where the need is. I am aware the Minister has had engagement with the parents of Senan Maguire. That child is out of school at the moment. We need to ensure there is a solution for primary school-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: ------and also a solution for secondary school. I will also bring up the issue of Tallanstown National School, which is facing the fact-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Very briefly, the school could be dealing with one class that might have 37 children, including one with Down's syndrome, next year because it will lose-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I raise the issue of Scoil Bhríde, Sheelagh. It relates to an application it made at the end of 2023 for additional school accommodation, which was submitted to the planning and building unit. This was put in mothballs. It was sanctioned for two ASD classes and is afraid it will not be able to deliver on the second class. There seems to be a communication issue with the Department as...

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It has already been straightforwardly put to the Minister by my colleagues that if he has no intention whatsoever of introducing water charges, then it would make sense for him just to agree with us. We should agree the Bill and then create a scenario where there is absolutely no doubt with regard to introducing water charges and it becomes an impossibility to do so. We all know it was of...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This is one of those Bills on which there will be a large degree of agreement. It is work that needs to be dealt with. I do not think anyone agrees with the fact that people have been forced into retirement. Deputy O'Reilly stated that on some level this is about restoring the State pension to the age of 65. She was not the only one, but she stated that has always been her view, as it has...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----those with disabilities and additional needs to stay in further education. An interdepartmental review is needed to inform this. I spoke to the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science who said that he would follow up with a meeting-----

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----with personal assistants and that needs to be delivered on.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 17. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [15161/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Many of us have brought up the infrastructural deficits we are talking about here, namely housing, Uisce Éireann, the electricity grid and communications. The recent Storm Éowyn showed serious pressures and the need to deal with this. Housing is just a crisis that has, in no way, improved for those who are impacted. We also know we are under severe pressure in respect of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We all wish Deputy Boyd Barrett the best of luck. It is apt to do this during Questions to the Taoiseach because if ever there was a Deputy who made very great use of Questions to the Taoiseach, it was Deputy Boyd Barrett. When we talk about child poverty, we are all aware of the added costs of dealing with children with additional needs. The issue of special school places and the fact...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (8 Apr 2025)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the progress made by his Department in reducing child poverty and promoting well-being. [13487/25]

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional space will be provided at a Louth primary school (details supplied) to accommodate an extra classroom and additional ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16890/25]

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

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to keeping a teacher at a primary school in Louth (details supplied) as its projected pupil numbers will be higher in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16889/25]