Results 61-80 of 681 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (7 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline his engagements in respect to new proposals for a ‘drone wall’ on the EU’s borders to detect, jam or possibly shoot down drones that cross into the territories of member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53918/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (7 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to address Russian-affiliated 'shadow fleet' vessels passing through Ireland’s maritime Exclusive Economic Zone and being used to help Russia circumvent sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53919/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (7 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to alter the status of tutors working under the home tuition scheme in terms of their recognition and inclusion within the broader education system, and their entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 122. To ask the Minister for Health whether the proposed 50-bedroom mental health facility on the grounds of St Stephen’s hospital, Glanmire, is compliant with the UNCRPD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing benchmarks she is aiming to implement in primary care services for young people where waiting lists across disciplines are in crisis; if she will accordingly suspend the Pay and Numbers Strategy and undertake a comprehensive recruitment drive based on those benchmarks, as well as recruiting additional staff in the short and medium term to help...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project is identified within the current NDP/National Investment Framework; what, if any, indicative capital envelope is provided for the scheme; and whether any previous 2013 era allocation or provision lapsed or was re-profiled. [52900/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project (formerly the Kilkenny Northern Ring Road Extension), including the stage reached under the infrastructure guidelines/public spending code; the expected timeline and key milestones to complete the options stage and proceed to planning; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will publish the strategic assessment report, the updated project outline document and any 2024-2025 traffic and junction analyses for the Butts Green area; and to place these documents in the Oireachtas Library and Research Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52896/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amounts allocated to the Kilkenny Northern Transport Project in each of the years 2024, 2025 and projected for 2026; the specific deliverables attached to the €200,000 provided in 2025; whether multi-annual funding will be committed to bring the project through options selection, environmental surveys and statutory planning;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 256. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a project is now titled the 'Kilkenny Northern Transport Project'; whether its scope extends beyond a ring road link (such as active travel or public transport components); if any change in scope has contributed to the restart at early appraisal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52898/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline his Department's and TII's engagement with Kilkenny County Council since 2022, including direction given on compliance with updated infrastructure guidelines and the transport appraisal framework; if he will provide target dates agreed with the council for submission of the preferred option; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (2 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the €44 million announced in July 2013 for completion of the Kilkenny ring road was formally allocated, drawn down or ring-fenced; if not, when and why that position changed; and to provide a chronology of Departmental and TII decisions from 2013 to date, including the effect of the 2014 An Bord Pleanála approval and...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: Thank you, Deputy.

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I was nine or ten years old when I first read about the Holocaust. I vividly remember what a profound impact it had on me at the time. I learned of unthinkable acts committed by people against other people and it shattered the rather innocent view I had of human nature up until that point. I recall going into a very dark state of mind, something akin to what the novelist Martin Amis later...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank all my colleagues who supported our motion. The Minister, Deputy Calleary, emphasised in his response to the motion that he will not be opposing it and that there is "nothing between us", regarding the means test for carer's allowance. Yet, there is a major difference between abolishing the means test for carer's allowance in budget 2026 and abolishing it in budget 2030. Within...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: I move: "That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the invaluable contribution of family carers, who provide full-time care to family members with disabilities, chronic illnesses, or age-related care needs, often at great personal, financial and emotional cost; — that family carers play a critical role in the Irish care system, providing unpaid labour that saves the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (1 Oct 2025)

Liam Quaide: 261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to recent changes in the eligibility criteria for funding of current PhD candidates who commenced their research prior to 1 September 2025; his views on the impact this will have on this cohort of candidates who would have had a reasonable and legitimate expectation of being able to apply for funding given the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I visited CDYS in Mitchelstown on two occasions recently and I was hugely impressed by the work it does with young people, not just from north Cork but also from parts of counties Limerick and Tipperary. It also works closely with young people from the asylum-seeking and refugee community living locally. The staff exhaust all grants available to them to maintain an innovative, diverse range...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the Chair for allowing me to attend as a guest today. I also thank the witnesses for being here. There is a very striking pattern of non-compliance by North Cork Creameries outlined in the interagency report. This was referred to in the EPA's opening statement, by Senator Noonan, by Deputy Eoghan Kenny and by Mr. Arnold in his opening statement. Given those repeated breaches in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: How would Mr. Ryan rate the responses of North Cork Creameries to the EPA's enforcement actions to date? Mr. Ryan mentioned that they are now compliant but are operating at reduced capacity. Compared with earlier this year, how reduced is capacity? When exactly did this reduction in operations take place?