Results 121-140 of 681 for speaker:Liam Quaide

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (23 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: 245. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to launch a national employer awareness campaign on supported employment, with associated benefits and financial incentives for employers similar to the Workable NI model, to encourage the recruitment and retention of people with disabilities in line with Government targets under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy; and...

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

Liam Quaide: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to alter the eligibility criteria for the local authority home loan where long-term State benefit payments may only be considered as repayment income where more than 50% of the income source is of an earned nature, to allow two applicants on long-term State benefit payments to avail of the scheme; and if he will...

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

Liam Quaide: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will ensure that the Pathways to Work strategy includes dedicated funding for disability-related transport costs, beyond the free travel scheme, to reflect additional costs faced by persons with disabilities, including those in rural areas, and to provide parity with the Access to Work (NI) scheme, which covers extra...

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

Liam Quaide: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider funding and resourcing a national umbrella organisation for supported employment, to provide staff training, best practice standards, policy development and coordination between supported employment service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49700/25]

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

Liam Quaide: 528. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding status for SOS Kilkenny’s respite services; to outline when the funding that has been promised will be released; the way in which his Department will ensure sustainable, multi-annual funding for specialist respite provision for people with intellectual disabilities in Kilkenny; and if she will make a statement...

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

Liam Quaide: 529. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the resource needs of Ukrainian organisations in Ireland working on integration, mental health support and community development; if she will consider multi-annual funding mechanisms to ensure continuity and sustainability of these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49705/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: 624. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the availability of free HRT products beyond the treatment of menopause symptoms to transgender people as part of gender-affirming healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49933/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Data (23 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: 720. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department will outline the funding streams currently available to Ukrainian-led community organisations to support integration initiatives, including language classes, employment support and cultural exchange projects; and if consideration will be given to developing a ring-fenced fund for migrant-led organisations to...

Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I commend Sinn Féin on its motion. At the Committee on Disability Matters this morning, the Minister of State told us that the number of children without a special education placement for this school term was in single digits. It is fair to say there was some respectful scepticism among committee members about that claim. I raised with the Minister of State the fact that there is a...

National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030: Statements (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I thank the Minister for being here. The Government's newly launched national human rights strategy for disabled people is strong on aspirational language but we have yet to see any details on implementation such as funding commitments, staffing benchmarks or timeframes to back it up. For a sector that is so deep in crisis across all areas, including educational placements, access to...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: The Minister of State and colleagues are very welcome. I will use my time to again highlight to him the clear need for increased special education provision in the Youghal catchment area of east Cork. I will go into quite a bit of detail but he will be very familiar with the case from previous engagement on it. As the Minister of State knows, I have been working with a parents' campaign...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I appreciate the broader picture. Could the Minister of State make a commitment to meeting with them in a reasonable timeframe?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: The Minister of State said the number of children without a special class placement for this school term is in single digits. It is fair to say that took us all by surprise. There is more complexity behind that figure, as alluded to by Deputies Keogh and Ó Murchú. It is a very different experience having a school placement in the community where one lives compared with having a...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: My question was whether we have data on the number of children travelling outside their locality. I mentioned earlier that there are 22 children from the Youghal catchment area travelling to Dungarvan, County Waterford. Do we have data on that situation nationally?

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: That information is crucial to gaining a more meaningful picture regarding appropriate school placements. For children in Youghal, it is very different having a school placement in the town versus having to go to Waterford city or Cork city. To be considered for admission to a special class or special school for the 2026-27 academic year, all applicants must have a letter from the NCSE...

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: It sounds like there is some flexibility there. In relation to the SENOs-----

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: I had another question that was not answered.

Committee on Disability Matters: Inclusive Education for People with Disabilities: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: Is the new letter that is required from the SENO confirming the diagnosis and recommendations purely for data purposes?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received for the school term 2025-2026 for a special education class, in a mainstream school or a special school; and the number of children who are projected to not be able to access a school place in the community in which they live. [48157/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Sep 2025)

Liam Quaide: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of taxis in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 transporting children to special education placements due to a lack of provision in their locality, broken down by geographical area. [48158/25]