Results 101-120 of 2,722 for speaker:Paul Gogarty

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected timescale for opening the fourth primary school at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11282/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 625. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the interim plans in place to expand a school’s (details supplied) Junior Cycle capacity in advance of the completion of the 32-classroom building on a third named site, earmarked for an eventual doubling of classroom space; if this will involve temporary modular buildings or any type of buildings at the fourth named site; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 626. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the third and fourth primary schools at a location (details supplied) will be designed to facilitate multiple autism classrooms as well as pre-school and after-school capacity for the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Appointments (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when he will announce a new strategic policy committee member; if there is any guarantee that the application of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10910/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Appointments (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how the citizenship application of a person (details supplied) can be rejected on grounds of a national security threat, when the individual concerned owns an Irish passport and had no issues arise under a personal data request from An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1322. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she is aware that a preschool (details supplied) is being forced to vacate from its current location; if her Department can liaise to ensure that this important facility remains open at this location through whatever creative means necessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10867/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1323. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the proactive steps being taken to provide additional ECCE places in the Lucan and Adamstown area given that four businesses have closed down in recent years and given that a preschool (details supplied) is under threat; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10868/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1324. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to expedite community-based childcare in the Lucan and Adamstown and Clonburris areas, to supplement existing businesses, given the significant shortage of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10869/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1325. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial supports in place to aid the parents who have children in childcare, when their crèche has withdrawn from the core funding agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1362. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to stop the significant number of withdrawals from the core funding scheme, including several in Dublin Mid-West, which is adding unaffordable cost increases to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: 1363. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the core funding scheme is being reviewed in light of the significant number of operators withdrawing due to inability to operate solvently, which is adding additional costs to parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11286/25]

International Women's Day: Statements (Resumed) (6 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: On this occasion of marking International Women's Day, I wish all the very best to mná na hÉireann, and to women across the world. Despite this being the second quarter of the 21st century, we have so many issues that still need to be resolved. It is absolutely shocking. It needs to be called out at any level. Obviously, women are well able to do it for themselves, but there is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: I said “significant”.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: We import in excess of €6 billion in energy every year. From a strategic point of view, given the dangers that we are facing in the world, energy self-sufficiency is more important than ever, yet there is nothing tangible in the programme for Government and we have done very little on wave energy investment. We are lagging behind Scotland, Australia and Portugal. There are huge...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: In my limited time to talk about policing community safety, I will focus on a couple of key points. The first is pay for gardaí. We need to create total pay restoration to the levels before the economic downturn. As I have mentioned in respect of nurses, if we are to have gardaí posted in urban areas, they need a Dublin allowance as an incentive. Otherwise we will be unable to...

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Deputy Tóibín did not want to give too many examples but it is important to keep ramming the examples home. Just over the past three years, there have been several instances which have highlighted concerns regarding the mismanagement and waste of public funds by the Irish Government bodies and agencies. There was a seven-year inquiry into NAMA’s €1.6 billion Project...

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Is feidir leis an Teachta críochnú.

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. Agus Seachtain na Gaeilge ar siúl faoi láthair, tá sé tábhachtach gur ardaíodh an t-ábhar seo. Aontaím go mór leis an rún. Is tábhachtach go n-aithníonn an Rialtas an obair seo mar beidh mé ag labhairt faoin Aire i gceann tamaill. Maidir leis an díograis agus an...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Paul Gogarty: The Irish people are a generous people. We recognise the need of so many people fleeing persecution and war who come to this country. Long may that continue. People have said to me on the doorsteps that they recognise the fantastic contribution being made by people from various countries around the world in, for example, our healthcare system. However, there is concern about people who...

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Gogarty: Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine three years ago was a terrible attack on a sovereign nation, escalating into a conflict that has killed more than 1 million people, created 7 million refugees, displaced 3.7 million people internally and put almost 13 million people, including more than two million children, in dire need of humanitarian aid. Tens of thousands of children were also...