Results 141-160 of 11,655 for speaker:Roderic O'Gorman

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (6 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will take account of the concerns raised by the Board of Management of a school (details supplied) regarding the design of the new modular unit and make some changes to reflect these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10547/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (6 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has made projections for the percentage of the school going population who will need to be accommodated in either a special school or a special class attached to a mainstream school by 2030; if she will outline what the percentage is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (6 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approach Fingal County Council to ask it to allow a school (details supplied) use of Fingal owned land to the north of the school as recreational facilities for the children, as the school’s existing recreational facilities are going to be taken over by a major school extension project; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: School Staff (6 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 382. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be provided with an additional allocation of WTE therapist hours for the new 12 children it is to admit as it has for the existing 36 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the solar PV for the medically vulnerable scheme; if he intends to continue this scheme to benefit new households on the medical priority register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10066/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to prioritise and implement the recommendations of the all-island strategic rail review. [10067/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide maps of all the school planning areas that cover Dublin west. [10061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the allocation and expenditure of the urban regeneration and development fund call 3–tackling long-term vacancy and dereliction €150 million revolving fund, to date, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10065/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times of citizenship applications; the roadmap to the stated goal of a one-year processing time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the citizenship application status of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an expected decision date. [10063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (5 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the citizenship application status of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an expected decision date. [10064/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the poor performance of many bus services provided by a company (details supplied) recently; the way he and the NTA will ensure a better, more reliable service for travellers in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9417/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: In recent weeks the performance of one company, Go-Ahead, which operates bus routes across Dublin, has been widely criticised. At the same time Go-Ahead is being rewarded. It has successfully tendered to operate new bus routes. Does the Minister understand the frustration commuters feel at not getting the service that should be delivered, and at new services being awarded to that same...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: The reputation of this company has taken a real pounding because it is not meeting the services it committed to. The commuter experience is a key part in determining demand for public transport. People are telling their friends and family that they cannot rely on route X or route Y. It is negative in terms of encouraging people to make that shift to public transport. I have always felt...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Sticking on that idea of the commuter experience, one proposal I welcome in the new programme for Government is the proposal for a transport security force. Many of us who have had a negative experience on public transport, particularly because of the location as you can be isolated in a train or Luas carriage, know it can be hard to get out of those situations. That is why we need a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update and timeframe for the introduction of dedicated transport police; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9418/25]

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I will use my time to focus on a few of the recommendations of the Housing Commission’s report. I note there have been some important policy changes in recent years - the introduction of cost rental housing, the vacant property refurbishment grant and the new land hoarding tax – but we still have a dysfunctional housing market. People are still struggling significantly to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (27 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: 91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children who have benefited from the baby boost triple child benefit payment to date; the number his Department estimates will benefit from it in 2025; the estimated additional cost in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8526/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (27 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his election, and I congratulate the Minister on his appointment. Last October, the Green Party and I championed the idea of a baby boost payment of an additional €280 when a new child is born. I was happy to see it included to see it included in budget 2025 and it was implemented in late 2024. Will the Minister give an update on its...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (27 Feb 2025)

Roderic O'Gorman: Getting this idea over the line was surprisingly pretty hard. It was a long negotiation to get full agreement to get this into budget 2025. That surprised me considering that it is quite a small overall cost of €15 million compared with €180 million to do the double payment on child benefit. In light of that fight to get it over the line, I want the Minister's assurance that...