Results 961-980 of 4,787 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to be unworkable; if she will request the Department of Social Protection to review the rates to bring them in line with current economic circumstances; and her views on extending the scheme to make it available to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the school meal allowance scheme should be funded and administered by her Department. [63287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the education system that operate a shorter day for infants' classes than the rest of the classes. [63645/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to be unworkable; if she will request her Department to review the rates to bring them in line with current economic circumstances; and her views on extending the scheme to make it available to all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the school meal allowance scheme should be funded and administered by the Department of Education. [63286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved safepass organisations providing safepass training for each of the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of safepasses that were certified for each of the years 2018 to 2022; his plans, if any, to increase the volume of certified safe passes to be granted in 2023; if he will address the delays in accessing safepass courses and registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1662/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1053. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight he has in the pricing of safepass courses and to account for the significant increase in cost in accessing some safepass courses over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1663/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1080. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for naturalisation of a child born in Ireland where their parents are non-EU citizens and legally resident in Ireland. [63608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any review of the Garda vetting system to avoid a situation where the same person is required to go through more than one vetting by different organisations within 12 months to fulfil the criteria for different roles, such as a person qualified and vetted to be a counsellor who has also been required to get...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (15 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Ireland could have 146 data centres if all approved projects and projects seeking planning permission go ahead. If all of these projects are completed, the power demand capacity will triple. The disorganised nature of this rapid growth in the sector is problematic for our climate ambitions and for families who are worried about the lights and heat going off this cold and dark winter. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (15 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Minister knows, demand for gas for electricity generation, heating and other uses must fall by 40% this decade and by a further 80% in the 2030s if we are to meet our climate commitments. Despite this, we continue to prepare to build new gas-fuelled electricity generation plants. Even if all future data centres were to run on renewable energy, it would leave shortages of clean energy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Data Centres (15 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: What are the Minister's plans to ensure confirmed data centres connections will not increase emissions? What are his plans to ensure that such connections do not lock in higher gas demands?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: As the Minister knows, the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, has made it clear a methane emissions reduction of almost 30% is required to achieve a 22% reduction in agricultural emissions, and we all remember the row over the summer in regard to emissions savings. We would have liked to have seen a commitment closer to a 30% reduction. The lower ceiling which is in place instead was...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I agree with the Minister. Our country is heartbroken this morning. More will be said about that later but I join with the Minister in his condolences with the family of the lost soldier. Will the Minister make a statement on the ways in which the ongoing review in energy security will integrate sectoral emissions ceiling and carbon budget obligations, his plans to ensure that as-demand...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Labour Party has concerns partly because briefing documents prepared for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy McConalogue, which were obtained under freedom of information, reported in The Business Postat the weekend, stated it is not feasible for Ireland to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030. We are particularly concerned to see this concession made by the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of current waiting times for driving tests for B category vehicles in all north Dublin test centres, to include the number of persons awaiting a test at each centre; and the number of weeks that they are currently on the waiting list, broken down into four-week periods 0-4, 4-8, 8-12, 12-16, 16-20 and so on in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sports Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with the Minister for Finance to ensure that joint ventures operating all weather pitches such as a company (details supplied) owned and operated on a not-for-profit basis by a soccer club and a GAA Club, will be eligible for the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sports Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if joint ventures operating all weather pitches such as a company (details supplied) owned and operated on a not-for-profit basis by a soccer club and a GAA club, will be eligible for the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61770/22]

Dublin Bay Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The Minister is in enough hot water.