Results 81-100 of 159 for speaker:William Aird

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (13 May 2025)

William Aird: 190. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for additional beds for people with Dementia at Shaen Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (13 May 2025)

William Aird: 205. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update regarding the provision and location of a primary care centre for Mountrath, County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (1 May 2025)

William Aird: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has examined with other Government colleagues the possible assistance that Irish SMEs would require given the impact on tariffs and other measures by other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15188/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (1 May 2025)

William Aird: 212. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reopen the increased cost of business grant scheme, as a vital measure for small and medium businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21932/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (1 May 2025)

William Aird: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of S.56 family reunification applications on hand at the family reunification unit; the current processing times of applications; the number of FTE staff in the unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (1 May 2025)

William Aird: 336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the criteria used to include some institutions in the mother and baby homes institutions payments scheme; the reason selected institutions (details supplied) where children were accommodated for extended periods, were not identified as a relevant institution and were omitted from the scheme; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 May 2025)

William Aird: 362. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will engage with a company (details supplied) that has completed a HTA, for the provision of treatment for adults with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21933/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (1 May 2025)

William Aird: 363. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update regarding the location of a primary care centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21936/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Apr 2025)

William Aird: An issue of growing concern in recent months is the sharp rise in the number and sophistication of scams targeting people across Ireland, from phishing texts to fake texts and online fraud. These scams are causing real distress and financial loss to many, particularly the vulnerable and our older citizens who are often primary targets. We have heard reports of people losing their life...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of two modular units for additional classroom accommodation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17219/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how the issue of grade inflation in recent years and the potential impact on Leaving Certificate students graduating in 2025 will be addressed by her Department to ensure that no Leaving Certificate 2025 student is disenfranchised by historic grade inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of Irish Rail workers (apart from gatekeepers) that are working for Irish Rail after the age of 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16544/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all Irish Rail workers have the right to choose to work until the age of 70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16545/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 152. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on National Development Plan Projects in County Laois; the progress of each to date; the projected timelines for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16096/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to commit to ensuring that all buses in the school transport schemes for primary schools provide a bus escort to ensure the safety, supervision, and well-being of young children during their journey to and from school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital funding his Department provided to Laois County Council for the purchase of fire applicants and or emergency equipment for Laois Fire Services in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [16430/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 262. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he will take to ensure that food produced in Ireland will be included in the first instance for hot school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16432/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a speech and language assessment will be provided for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 283. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an assessment of need will be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16428/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (3 Apr 2025)

William Aird: 281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16425/25]