Results 61-80 of 446 for speaker:John Paul O'Shea

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 634. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of people in receipt of fuel allowance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38989/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 635. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the cost of a €1 increase in each of his Department’s payment schemes, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of a €1 increase in jobseekers’ payments; the cost of a €10 increase in jobseekers’ payments; the cost of a €12 increase in jobseekers’ payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 637. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people, by county, who have availed of jobseeker’s pay-related benefit since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 671. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there are consistent delays in processing South African visa currently; if he can outline his plans to address these delays, improve communication to existing applicants and Oireachtas members making representations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38663/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 672. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on visa applications for a family who applied in August 2024 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38664/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (15 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38699/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Tánaiste. I compliment the passport staff. The many passport service staff I have dealt with in my role as a TD for the Cork North-West constituency have been very helpful at all times. It is great to see that a new passport office in opening in Cork in the autumn and that there will be additional staff in that office. I know this matter has been brought up locally in my...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider opening a passport printing office in Cork to assist with printing passports in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38241/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Will the Tánaiste consider opening a passport printing office in Cork to assist with printing passports in a timely manner? I ask him to make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: As the Tánaiste said, there are two publicly accessible passport offices, one on the South Mall in Cork and one on Mount Street in Dublin, in addition to a passport printing facility in Balbriggan. Of these three buildings, only two print the passports, with one printing facility in Dublin city centre and two printing presses in Balbriggan. There is no such facility in Cork. Given...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the opening of an embassy in Moldova; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Men's Sheds (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the setting up of a National Women's Sheds Network similar to the Irish Men's Sheds Association; if he will provide funding similar to the Men's Sheds to the Women's Sheds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38246/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an up-to-date position regarding the updating of the funding map associated with the Clár Programme, which is recognised of being out of date and in need of updating, as per the Pobal Deprivation Index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Emergency Accommodation (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 282. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm the status of an accommodation centre (details supplied), if it is the intention of the Department to use this accommodation centre into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38556/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 333. To ask the Minister for Health for an updated list of dentists who participate in the treatment benefit scheme for the Cork-Kerry-Limerick area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38383/25]