Results 101-120 of 676 for speaker:Eoghan Kenny

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I realise that we have just had a debate on this. I seek an update on the programme for Government to continue to reduce the student contribution fee over the lifetime of the Government, as of July 2025.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I do not doubt the Minister's bona fides on this. It spans - the Minister referred to it there quite lightly - a number of Departments. We have significant challenges in housing. We have significant challenges in a different cost-of-living crises in terms of paying for groceries, for example, running a car, and the different type of relationship one has with parents at home on whether they...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Third Level Fees (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: The debate the Minister referred to in his first contribution is essential. It is important and we all need to contribute towards that. The only question I have in relation to the student support facility that is in place is that the emails I am receiving tell me that they cannot afford this new measure and this new cost. I then go back to people and ask them whether they have applied...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I welcome the motion brought forward by Sinn Féin. I begin my own contribution by welcoming all the students in the Gallery, who came out in force this evening against this €1,000 increase in the student fees. I put on the record that I have great respect for the Minister, but I absolutely think this is an argument and a fight that the Government is losing. I say that because...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: He made that assertion.

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: I appreciate that, and I would appreciate if that was taken back because he made that assertion about people like me. I am not using this as a political football. This is genuine. I am the youngest Member in this House. I came out of college and the only reason I went to college was that I had access to a SUSI grant, but 80% of people across the country do not have that same access to a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement he and his Department have had with stakeholders regarding pay rates for PhD researchers students, as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plan for a renewed action plan to succeed the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; if the new action plan will have a focus on apprenticeships through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37311/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the programme for Government commitment to ensure student accommodation leases align with the academic year, making it easier for students to secure housing only for the months they need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions his Department is taking to remedy delays in the processing of citizenship applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data on the processing times for citizenship applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 638. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide data on the processing times for Stamp 4 visa applications as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline his plans to improve capacity issues in the Irish prison service given The Irish Penal Reform Trust has identified that the prison population is exceeding capacity and it is leading to cramped and undignified conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 640. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to recruit at least 5,000 new Garda recruits and additional Garda staff over the next five years as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 641. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to review allowing Garda trainees to undergo part of their training course in regionally based universities or technological universities as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Strategies (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 642. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to publish a new Rural Safety Strategy, as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 708. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to examine a mechanism to engage with stakeholders on the design of national agriculture schemes as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Supports (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 709. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to review the eligibility criteria for the succession planning advice grant to ensure better take-up as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 710. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the programme for Government commitments to ensure sufficient employment permits to support the agrifood sector, including the equine, dairy, horticulture, fish and food processing industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (8 Jul 2025)

Eoghan Kenny: 711. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for Government commitments to ensure sufficient employment permits to support the agrifood sector, including the equine, dairy, horticulture, fish and food processing industries; what engagement he or his Department has had with officials in the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of the efficient...