Results 81-100 of 221 for speaker:John Paul O'Shea

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 463. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a scheme similar to the artists’ exemption scheme for sporting activities such as coaching, refereeing, summer camps, high-performance training and other such activity that enriches sporting life in Ireland; if he understands the current bureaucratic difficulties being faced within the sports sector by clubs...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 464. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxation revenue generated and projected per annum following recent changes by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the treatment of minor transactions for sporting activities such as coaching, refereeing, summer camps, high-performance training and other such activity that enriches sporting life in Ireland; if the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the roadmap for phasing out the carer's allowance means test, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system, as committed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance payment for 12 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he plans to publish draft proposals for consultation on the new working age payment which will ensure that inconsistencies within the social welfare system which disincentivise work are removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, for his continued engagement. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, who is also from Cork, is well aware of the situation in the county. I agree with the Minister of State that we have many no-shows and this unfortunate. It is important that the RSA comes back and offers young people the opportunity of late cancellation appointments. I know...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 1 April 2025, to provide an update on the number of driving test assessors currently assigned to Cork; the number if the projected doubling of testers at the end of April was achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 1 April 2025, to provide an update on the number of driving test assessors currently assigned to Cork; the number if the projected doubling of testers at the end of April was achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. It is a serious issue nationally but particularly acute in Cork.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister of State for his engagement on this matter and his public statement last week asking for the RSA to come back to him with further information on reducing these waiting lists. This is a particularly acute issue in Cork. We have more than 4,000 people waiting for a driving test in Mallow, 11,500 people waiting for a Wilton driving test, and more than 2,000 in Ballincollig...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on discussions between his Department and CIÉ on the calls for former employees in receipt of a CIÉ pension on their longstanding call for an increase in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (7 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to revise the criteria for applications for a for primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23183/25]

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

John Paul O'Shea: 191. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if an SNA allocation and review can proceed at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22493/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna DEIS (7 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all schools in Cork that are currently included in the DEIS programme band 1 and band 2, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22737/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Medical Certificates (7 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the application process for primary medical certificates;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of providers that are enrolled with Bus Éireann to provide school transport services for children with special educational needs in Cork for each of the years 2020 to 2024; the efforts being taken to enrol more providers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (30 Apr 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 201. To ask the Minister for Health the level of overall funding provided by her Department to the HSE South Cork and Kerry for distribution to Section 39 agencies, taking into account inflation costs and statutory sick pay entitlements in which Section 39 organisations have had to endure over recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21464/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Apr 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 243. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the biomethane sustainability charter will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Apr 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 244. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the communications strategy as part of the National Biomethane Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18663/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Apr 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the online information hub as part of the National Biomethane Strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18664/25]