Results 101-120 of 392 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 77. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the policy position in relation to planning permission for farmers, and arming families who wish to build a home on their farm holding, in order to allow them to reside closer to their work and maintain the viability of their farming enterprise; if his Department has considered the particular challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to publish the sanction letter and conditions attached to the €200,000 advance payment made to an organisation (details supplied) in August 2024, together with the balance paid in November 2024; the way in which his Department has verified compliance with those conditions; if there was a connection between this exceptional...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (24 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 144. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied the advance funding in 2024 was used for agreed purposes and none of the advance funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2024 was applied towards legal settlements, redundancy payments, or merger costs without prior Departmental approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50627/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 563. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for a team for north Dublin in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to complete the nationwide rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50138/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the operation of the school transport pilot scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the implementation of phase three of the Government’s 2024 school transport report, which recommends reducing distance eligibility criteria on mainstream schemes in stages to 2 kilometres for post-primary students from the 2025-26 school year, eliminating the nearest school rule, and maintaining existing...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 1177 of 8 September 2025, which stated that funding remains, if he will clarify the tenant-in-situ scheme for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49780/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider making the wage subsidy scheme more flexible by reducing the current minimum requirement of 15 hours per week, to enable persons with disabilities who may only be able to work fewer hours to avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49831/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (18 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 316. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the arrangements that are in place to ensure that regional ISPCA facilities, such as the Donegal Animal Rehabilitation Centre, are safeguarded under the new National SPCA structure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Vaccination Programme (18 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the rollout of the badger BCG vaccination programme as part of the national bovine TB eradication strategy; the number of badgers vaccinated in each of the past three years; the number culled over the same period; the geographic areas where vaccination is currently taking place; the expected timeline...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will commit to commencing the reduction in the student to teacher ratio from 23:1 to 19:1 in Budget 2026 as outlined in the Programme for Government; the measures she will introduce to prevent splitting classes in a school (details supplied) if the ratio remains at the current 23:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48171/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 985. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a timeline for the transfer of policy and legislative responsibility in relation to the Dog Breeding Establishment Act 2010 to his Department; if there are any existing plans to enact any policy or legislative changes in respect of the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school teachers employed on temporary contracts, in tabular form for each of the years from 2020 to date in 2025; the measures introduced to offer teachers on temporary contracts full-time positions in response to the shortage of fully qualified teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider directing local authorities to systematically collate and publish data on the number of families presenting with a housing need as a result of domestic violence; if he will ensure that women and children residing in domestic violence refuges are formally recognised as homeless and included in the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1177. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person was directed to Fingal County Council regarding the Tenant in Situ Scheme by his Department; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the allocation of €20 million for the scheme had already been exhausted within the first six months of the year; his plans to allocate supplementary funding...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1350. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his views on the disparity whereby from budget 2026 the flat rate maternity benefit of €289 per week will be lower than the new jobseeker’s pay related benefit, which can provide up to 60% of previous earnings; if he will introduce a pay-related maternity benefit to ensure fairness, gender equality, and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1778. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to strengthen equine identification and traceability systems, including the enforcement of microchipping regulations, in order to improve animal welfare, prevent fraud and ensure compliance with EU standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46118/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1779. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has undertaken or plans to undertake a review of the current legislation relating to carriage horses, with a view to ensuring that the highest standards of animal welfare, safety and regulation are being applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has completed the final review of the control of horses legislation; if so, when the findings will be published; and the measures being introduced to strengthen enforcement and support local authorities in the management of horse welfare and public safety issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 1863. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when she will publish the findings and recommendations of the Advisory Group on Administrative and Regulatory Simplification for the Early Years Sector, which met during 2023 and 2024; to outline the actions that have been or will be taken on foot of the group’s work to reduce the administrative burden on providers; and if...