Results 141-160 of 195 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not entitled to a general payment or a work-related payment; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1352. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews on applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not eligible for the provision without charge of health services to him or her; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1353. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not eligible for the provision without charge of health services...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews on applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not entitled to a health support payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1355. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have been made because the office of the chief deciding officer has determined that the applicant is not entitled to a health support payment; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1356. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews on applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have resulted in a change to the notice of determination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11260/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1357. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have resulted in a change to the outcome of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11261/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1358. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of notice of determination reviews on applications to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have resulted in no change to the notice of determination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11262/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1359. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of appeals disputing a review of a notice of determination on an application to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme that have resulted in no change to the outcome of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11263/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1360. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will amend the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023, to allow all applicants to request a review of their notice of determination and to appeal the decision of that review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1361. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the fact that section 19(1) of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Act 2023 states that ‘a person who considers that he or she is a relevant person may make an application...to the Chief Deciding Officer’, she will instruct the office of the chief deciding officer to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered amending the childminding services regulations 2024 to allow childminders employ assistants, or have emergency cover, for incidents in which the childminder is unavoidably occupied such as for medical appointments or illness; if not, the reasons why; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the functions, roles and services carried out and delivered by Civil Service or State agency workers; the cost to the State of each contract since the implementation of the Building Momentum public service agreement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1572. To ask the Minister for Health if given the Labour Court Recommendation 22780 which awarded pay parity for medical scientists with biochemists, and which was implemented with the national wage agreement on the 1 January 2024, including for the pensions of those who retired after that date, she will take steps ensure that parity of pension entitlements is applied to medical scientists...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1900. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the academic scholarship programmes available to Palestinian students in each of Ireland’s higher education institutions; the funding available for each programme; the amount of spaces available and occupied in each programme; and the qualifying criteria for each programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: Creidim go bhfuil malartú cultúrtha agus meas nua tagtha ar ár dteanga dhúchais le blianta beaga anuas. Tá Pop-Up Gaeltachtaí, leabhair nua, podchraoltaí cosúil le "Motherfoclóir", ceol Kneecap agus a leithéid sin ag cabhrú leis an nGaeilge a chur chun cinn. Tá suim sa Ghaeilge ag daoine óga na linne seo, agus tá ár...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: It is encouraging to hear that. To the extent the Minister might be considering refreshing the EV grants, I hope it will be purely for EVs rather than hybrids. The transport sector is wildly off course. We feel there is a need for accelerated and urgent demand management measures and the implementation of ambitious active travel and public transport measures that can bridge the emissions...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will ensure that the pipeline of road transport projects he plans to fund in 2025 are individually and cumulatively assessed for their impact on the transport sectoral emissions ceiling set under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: What will the Minister do to ensure the pipeline of road transport projects he intends to fund in 2025 are individually and cumulatively assessed for their impact on the transport sectoral emissions ceiling set under the climate Act 2021?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: It is really important that they are cumulatively assessed and not just on an individual basis. The Government has inherited an overshoot in the transport emissions budget as well as our broader carbon budgets. Due to the climate imperative, the previous Government had a spending ratio of 2:1 for public transport versus roads and invested €1 million a day in active travel...