Results 81-100 of 202 for speaker:Aisling Dempsey

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (8 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 732. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of day services for people with disabilities that charge people for their transport to and from their service. [37443/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (8 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 733. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a matter (details supplied). [37444/25]

European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (3 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: Before I call on the Minister to open the debate, I remind Members that three separate motions are being debated in this slot, namely the motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 as regards the establishment of a list of safe countries of origin at Union level, the motion re proposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I thank all the witnesses for being here and for their really informative opening statements. As a public representative and in my more important role as a mother, it is very difficult to hear their personal stories and those of the parents who fed into Ms Carmel O'Shea's report. It is particularly difficult for the parents. As was already said, as a new TD this room can be quite...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: Sorry, it was my fault.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I thank the witnesses for being here. We had, as they are probably aware, other bodies in earlier and some parents’ representatives. I can safely say the message we got loud and clear was that parental engagement is key to solving the issues in the system. I was glad to hear some of the comments in the opening statement, but concrete efforts need to be made to engage with those...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I know, sorry; I got carried away.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 Jul 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 636. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider implementing a streamlined approach for assessment of needs reports to ensure that each report completed is done to the same standard and with consistent use of language and terms. [35349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 84. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to provide additional supports for GP practices in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34810/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (26 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 99. To ask the Minister for Health how she intends to provide targeted supports for newly qualified GPs and to GP practices that take on newly qualified GPs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34811/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (25 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 142. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider extending the right to citizenship to great-grandchildren of Irish citizens, without the need for their parent to have attained citizenship before they were born.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34779/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (24 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Meath west as an IPAS centre. [34276/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to suspend the periodic means test reviews for carers in receipt of carer's benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33130/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I ask the Minister his plans to suspend, or indeed abolish, the periodic means test review for carers in receipt of carer's benefit.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire for that and the very welcome news he has given us in terms of the income disregards. That will be very beneficial to many across the country, I am sure, but specifically in my area of Meath West. Many families have been in touch with me about this matter. I was this morning in a meeting of the committee on children. I am very privileged to have been...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: Again, I thank the Minister for his response. Our ambition and our goal is to get rid of the means test completely, and this is a really significant part of it. These people save us untold money every day in the care they provide in their own families. For example, in one family in my area the mother works part-time just for her own mental health, just to have a little breather from the...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Children's Rights Alliance (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: I thank the witnesses for attending. I suppose it is very difficult to read the child poverty monitor and find anything positive in it. As has been referenced already, it is quite heartbreaking reading. The huge increase in numbers in 12 months is quite shocking. Not to try and find a positive in it but to ask a genuine question, are there measures that have been brought in in the last 12...

Committee on Children and Equality: Engagement with Children's Rights Alliance (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: Foster care was referenced quite a bit in the opening statement. We had the Minister here last week, and it was top of her agenda, which was wonderful to see. We had a lot of contributions on it from the floor as well. It is one of our main focuses. We talked about their pension rights. This week we saw the back-to-school allowance being extended to foster carers. Does Dr. Corbett think...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when a new mid east enterprise plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33033/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Development (19 Jun 2025)

Aisling Dempsey: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in Meath currently supported by Enterprise Ireland and by the IDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33034/25]