Results 81-100 of 219 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I am sharing time with Deputy Duncan Smith. Europe Day is one of the forgotten holidays. Many people do not know what or why it is, or even that it is being celebrated on 9 May. There is some idea that there is a vague connection with the Ode to Joy all right, but that is where the interest stops. I was lucky that at my old school the German teacher, Anita Irwin, makes a point of...

International Workers’ Day: Statements (1 May 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: It was 30 years ago that the Labour Party, while in government and supported by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions and Irish Congress of Trade Unions, made May Day a bank holiday, but its roots go much deeper than that. The Labour Party has always stood by the trade union movement. The connection is not symbolic - it is practical, principled and rooted in the shared belief deserve power,...

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

Robert O'Donoghue: 64. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will enact legislation to enforce paying of royalties for musical artists whose compositions are used for training on artificial intelligence systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10142/25]

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I welcome the parents and activists in the Gallery and thank my colleague, Deputy Eoghan Kenny, for bringing this important motion forward. In my constituency, Fingal West, I regularly hear, like all Members do, from families deeply concerned about the severe shortage of appropriate education placements and supports for children with special needs. Accessing school settings remains a major...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (30 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Good morning, Minister of State. It has always been the Labour Party's vision to invest in public transport, to continue to progressively reduce the cost of public transport and to focus on increasing the reliability of our train services. In general, it is great to see the fare reductions and the expansion of the commuter zones that have come in this week. This is a positive step forward...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (30 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: I thank the Minister of State for his response. This is a good scheme but there are idiosyncrasies in it that need to be ironed out so the constituents of Dublin Fingal West will be encouraged to use public transport. I understand that distance travelled is one of the criteria in establishing zones, but it seems incredibly unfair that the fares of students travelling two stops from...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 760. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe and date for the installation of the promised prefab building at a school (details supplied); if this prefab building will be installed on time for the September 2025 intake of children as promised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Standards (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will acknowledge the disadvantage facing this year’s Leaving Certificate students compared to students who sat the Leaving Certificate in previous years if her Department’s proposed changes to the Leaving Certificate grading system are introduced; if her Department will proceed with these proposed changes despite these...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review the staffing allocation for the 2025/2026 school year at a school (details supplied), where the loss of a mainstream teacher will result in a merged 3rd and 4th class of 39 pupils, well above her Department’s average class ratio size of 23:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1092. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if, in light of the Government’s decision to delay the introduction of a content levy on international streaming platforms under the revised Broadcasting Bill requiring Ministerial sign-off before any levy can be imposed, he will outline how the Government’s decision to delay the introduction of a content levy on...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1093. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an assessment has been made of the cultural and economic impact of postponing a revenue stream that could generate up to €20 million annually for investment in Irish film, television and digital media; the rationale for excluding RTÉ and TG4 from eligibility for the new media fund; how the Government intends to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1094. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will commit to engaging in urgent consultation with Coimisiún na Meán, content creators and public broadcasters to develop a future-focused media strategy that protects consumers while holding global streaming platforms to account; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19574/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Broadcasting Charge (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1095. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will publish the Coimisiún na Meán viability report into the content levy without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19575/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1801. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the average rates of pay for each grade or role within the early childhood education and care sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1932. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware of the growing frustration among a union (details supplied) and early years educators due to the lack of progress on the new employment regulation order; if she has engaged with the employer representatives on the Joint Labour Committee to stress the urgency of concluding this process; the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1935. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is still facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech and language assessment; the immediate steps that will be taken to address the excessive waiting times for children requiring essential developmental support; if the child will be given urgent access to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 2252. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a community neurorehabilitation team for central and north Dublin, as promised in 2019, and in line with the Programme for Government commitment and recent calls (details supplied), given the ongoing disadvantage faced by patients discharged from national centres who currently have no access to such a service locally; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medicinal Products (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 2416. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the current HSE funding criteria for access to the weight management medication saxenda, in cases where it has been prescribed for clinically significant health reasons ; if she will consider allowing more compassionate and flexible discretion in individual cases, particularly where patients with serious chronic conditions such as COPD,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Cards (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 2464. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department will revise the current means testing system for medical cards to formally include the "cost of disability" as an allowable expense category in determining eligibility for the medical card. [21164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 2494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student attending a school (details supplied) qualifies to apply to the CAO as a Gaeltacht applicant, in light of previous indications that students at boarding schools may not be eligible for this status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18787/25]