Results 61-80 of 253 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (11 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 108. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of a proposed development (details supplied), originally announced in 2022 with an estimated investment of €300 million and the potential to create approximately 1,500 jobs; if he is aware of the reasons for the apparent delay or stalling of the project; whether any departmental engagement has taken place...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria necessary for an organisation (details supplied) to be ratified as the body for official translations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29684/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 189. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter concerning the Passport Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 219. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the eligibility criteria for the solar panel grant scheme administered by the SEAI, in light of concerns that the grant is only available through registered solar companies (details supplied); if, given that an individual with professional experience in solar installation, who is capable of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 660. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timeline for the tender process and the commencement and completion of construction works in respect of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30192/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 705. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the new State commemorations committee will include any member with experience of the labour or trade union movement or its history; if this was considered when appointing members; if not, whether he will rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 716. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any existing or any upcoming plan for an indicative timeframe from his Department for the approval of the submitted documentation for the Capital Sports Grant for an applicant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 948. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 28 May 2025, for an explanation of the numbers contained in the table; how the number of claims awarded and rejected each year exceeds the number of claims registered; whether there was a change in resources in 2021 that caused a rise in the average time to award; the reason it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1093. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the costing and a detailed breakdown of the costing for the funding provided by his Department to the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust care centres in County Kildare and County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Priorities (10 Jun 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1432. To ask the Minister for Health if she has any plans to remove the age restriction barriers to accessing life-saving medications (for example, spinraza) for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29643/25]

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Roads, schools, hospitals, and homes: none of these exists in Gaza anymore. What was once a densely populated strip, already suffering from decades of siege and blockade, has now become a graveyard of rubble, broken lives and broken dreams. Entire families have been erased and communities have been turned to dust, yet the world continues to watch on. We have entered an era where genocide...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (28 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the policy in relation to overpayments; if it is mandatory to repay all social welfare overpayments or if they are written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will supply the number of carers allowance applications received in each years 2020 to 2024; the number of such applications that were approved on first examination; the number directed to review and changed on review; the number directed to appeal and changed on appeal; the average waiting time in each of those years...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to removing the obligation on special needs assistants to undertake an additional 72 hours of work annually, in light of widespread concerns raised regarding the implementation and potential misuse of this requirement, as documented by representative organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure parity of health and safety leave entitlements between special needs assistants, SNAs, and teaching staff; to explain the rationale for the existing 21-day cap on such leave for pregnant SNAs, a restriction not applicable to teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26815/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to the introduction of a statutory entitlement to family illness leave for special needs assistants, in line with provisions available to other school staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26816/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider the removal of the cap on paid leave for special needs assistants, following incidents of assault, as outlined in Circular 0062/2017 (Scheme for Leave of Absence Following Assault for Special Needs Assistants in Recognised Primary and Post-Primary Schools); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a clearer and more timely system of communication in respect of contract renewals for special needs assistants, as many SNAs report not receiving confirmation of continued employment until the commencement of the school summer holidays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ongoing review of the special needs assistant contract will be completed; if this review will include consideration of updated qualification and skills requirements for the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26819/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (27 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual cost to the State of funding an individual student in secondary education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27085/25]