Results 121-140 of 6,255 for speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1203. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total number of local authority home loan applications, by local authority; and the number of successful applications, in tabular form. [19247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total number of units retrofitted, by local authority area for each of the past five years. [19248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the breakdown of the total spend on retrofitting of housing units by local authority, in tabular form. [19249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Road Projects (29 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1206. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the progress of the regeneration of the Noonan's Road and surrounding streets regeneration. [19250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the number of affordable houses, cost rental and cost purchase, homes planned for Cork City and County Council and on the targets he has set for same. [19251/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1996. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and timeline for an appointment for a person (details supplied). [18623/25]

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tá an plean atá ag Uachtarán Mheiriceá, Donald Trump, gan loighic, gan chiall, gan phlean agus le himpleachtaí an-dainséarach agus an-dáiríre do mhuintir Mheiriceá sa chéad áit, ach do phobail thar timpeall an domhain freisin. The imposition of tariffs by President Trump are illogical, arbitrary and, in many respects, without any...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate that. I will make a couple of points and I hope the Minister of State will take as much of this as possible back to the Minister. I welcome the fact that the Minister was in Cork recently. I understand he also met the chamber of commerce and that is a good thing. It is important that the Commissioner meets with public representatives in Cork. The business organisations in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will raise a point of order. I say this with the greatest respect for the Minister of State, Deputy Healy-Rae, and it is not any reflection on him. He is doing the job he has been asked to do but it was the custom - I acknowledge this is the general responsibility of the Office of the Ceann Comhairle - that where a Minister or Minister of State from the relevant Department was not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That is a very different point.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not against the Minister of State, Deputy Healy-Rae, it is against the Department and its failure to provide a relevant spokesperson.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: An Garda Síochána (8 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is important to make the point. I will set the context first. The small numbers coming to the Cork city division from Templemore from each cohort has been a source of significant contention in Cork for a considerable number of years. On some occasions it has been as little as one, on others two or three and sometimes it has been none. On one recent occasion there was an increase...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with additional needs waiting for a school place in Cork for the upcoming school year; if she will commit to ensuring that each child that needs one has a place in a special school or an ASD class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17343/25]

Diverting Young People from Criminal Activity: Statements (2 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This is a crucially important area. When it is properly supported, the difference it makes is profound. I have seen in the community where I live the difference it makes when there is a good community garda and a good youth diversion project, and what it achieves in respect of the trust and relationship between the young people in an area, a community garda and a youth diversion project. ...

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thought it was two and a half minutes. I will finish on this point. We are talking about minimum house prices of between €310,000 and €326,000 and maximum prices of €365,000. For people who are on a single income of €40,000, €50,000 or €60,000 and do not qualify for social housing, it is still out of reach for those people.

Housing Emergency Measures: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: When the Minister's predecessor entered office, there was a debate about whether there was a housing crisis. Ultimately, he accepted that there was a housing crisis. In truth, we have had a housing crisis and a housing emergency for seven or eight years, maybe longer, but we have never had an emergency response. The Minister may protest about that, but, as a society, we have had emergency...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Foreign Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his current priorities in terms of Irish-US relations, with particular regard to Irish-US economic interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Foreign Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle. I appreciate that. I was listening to the debate on a similar matter between the Tánaiste and Deputy Smith. I do not think there is any desire for histrionics or panic anywhere in the Chamber, but we could be facing a sobering situation tomorrow, and it is no exaggeration to say that there are workers who have been listening to the media over the last...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Foreign Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Obviously, a significant part of this, and something that could, depending on the sector that people are in, have as much an impact on Irish workers and Irish jobs as the American tariffs, will be the potential for retaliatory action by the European Union. I understand that the process led by the Commission invited member states to submit their observations and lists, for want of a better...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh (Atógáil) - Priority Questions (Resumed): Foreign Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We are obviously not in a position to control precisely what Donald Trump will do, but there are things, coming off the back of this, that we can do on a simple, practical level. It is known to us which companies are exporting to the United States. That is information we have. It seems to me that it is possible that the State contacts all those companies off the back of this and identifies...