Results 121-140 of 1,950 for speaker:Denise Mitchell

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1265. To ask the Minister for Health when the freeze on public health nurses conducting developmental checks for all children in the Killester/Millmount area in Dublin will end; what steps are being taken to ensure the timely resumption of this vital service; the measures being taken to ensure adequate staffing levels within the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently outsources cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles to private companies; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, or any body under its aegis, currently directly employs cleaners and/or service officers; if so, the number of staff employed in each role; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1407. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department or any body under its aegis currently outsources cleaning services and/or service officer/security officer roles to private companies; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3203/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Contracts (5 Feb 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1408. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department or any body under its aegis currently directly employs cleaners and/or service officers; if so, the number of staff employed in each role; the value and length of any related contract, by body, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Jan 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the engagement his Department or the National Transport Authority has had with the residents of Ayrfield, Dublin 13, in relation to the proposed BusConnects plan which would see the removal of a section of the estate boundary wall between Ayrfield Drive and the Malahide Road; if the Minister is aware of the serious safety concerns...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Jan 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any forthcoming ASD units; the units under development in planning for any primary schools in Howth or surrounding areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1124/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 Jan 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 623. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the overall costs associated with the purchase and installation of prefabricated classrooms at a school (details supplied); associated ancillary and maintenance costs, by year, since 2001, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Jan 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 624. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in providing permanent school buildings for a school (details supplied); to outline where the process currently stands; the timeframe for the completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1567/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (22 Jan 2025)

Denise Mitchell: 1628. To ask the Minister for Health his plans, if any, to make the medication lumateperone available via the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1872/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (7 Nov 2024)

Denise Mitchell: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects the increases to Eir and An Post pensions as agreed earlier this year to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45532/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (5 Nov 2024)

Denise Mitchell: 660. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any plans regarding legislation to change the criteria for the widow’s pension following the O’Meara judgement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44323/24]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (22 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: The notion of affordable housing in this State under this Government is a myth. It is a Government soundbite that has no foundation in reality. Look at the Oscar Traynor Road development. Prices were initially proposed at €475,000 for a three-bedroom semi-detached house. After the initial outcry, this was reduced to €360,000, with the State taking a higher stake in the...

Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (22 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: Unfortunately, the Government has missed a huge opportunity with this Bill. It has taken what the Supreme Court found and interpreted it in the narrowest of ways. Seanad reform has long been talked about, but the Government has done all the talking and taken no action. Let us be honest; it only moved on this Bill because it was bounced into it. We in Sinn Féin are not in a position...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will intervene with all relevant bodies to ensure that repeatedly promised and delayed essential improvements in access to the east side of Clongriffin train station are delivered without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41625/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (15 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: 712. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the dog control statistics for 2023 will be published by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41308/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (10 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: I welcome everything the Minister of State said about the funding. I echo what my colleagues said. We are all on the same page. We need to get these girls back playing football. We need to work together in whatever way we can to make sure we deliver this by January at the latest.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sport and Recreational Development (10 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: It is important that the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, finds a solution to this. As Deputy Andrews said, 400 girls across Dublin and Meath have been left high and dry following the collapse of the Metropolitan Girls League. In my area, three clubs, St. Columbans SYC, Darndale FC and Artane Beaumont FC, have been directly impacted and dragged into this. At the end of the day, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: I raise the BusConnects project, in particular, a plan in the area where I live to remove a wall between the Malahide Road and Ayrfield estate in Dublin 13. There is a green space behind this wall where children play daily. There are real concerns about the safety of children in the area. Residents have raised their concerns with the NTA as well as elected representatives. The removal of...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (10 Oct 2024)

Denise Mitchell: It has not.