Results 141-160 of 234 for speaker:John Connolly

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Foras na Gaeilge (6 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht na hiarrachtaí atá á dhéanamh aige chun an méid iomlán maoinithe a chur ar fáil do Fhoras na Gaeilge i mbliana chun a gcuid gníomhaíochtaí reatha a choinneáil i bhfeidhm; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [10165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (6 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 92. To ask the Minister for Health if tenders have been sought and assessed for the provision of primary care centres at locations within County Galway, such as An Spidéal, Oranmore, Claregalway and Galway city west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9897/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (6 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 124. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has procured the architectural led design team and project control team for the design and progression of the new elective hospital at Merlin Park, Galway; if she can provide an update on the progress of their work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9898/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (6 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review was undertaken of the Brexit fish processor transition scheme following its conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10258/25]

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: Tá a lán ráite ag na Teachtaí Ward agus McGuinness atá fíor. Rud a cheap mé féin le píosa ná go bhfuil orainn athrú meon ó thaobh úsáid na Gaeilge a bheith againn sa tír. Is é sin an dúshlán, go bhfuil ar chuile dhuine an méid Gaeilge atá aige nó aici a úsáid chomh minic agus...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (5 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 60. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered the development of a specific scheme to compensate small and medium enterprises that continued to renumerate staff in the aftermath of storm Éowyn while the business could not operate due to outages of power and water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (5 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for details of any scheme being proposed to provide financial incentives to teachers who enrol voluntarily to learn Irish and sit language proficiency examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10212/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: I welcome the establishment of the Cabinet committee. It will do important work and no doubt its work will complement that of the child poverty and well-being programme in the Department of the Taoiseach. There has never been a greater awareness of the importance of well-being and wellness in enabling learning and educational progress. I have found in my professional experience that...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (4 Mar 2025)

John Connolly: 37. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [9480/25]

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

John Connolly: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans within his Department to realise the recommendations of the All-Island Strategic Rail Review to re-instate the Western Rail Corridor between Claremorris and Athenry and to double the rail track between Galway city and Athenry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8165/25]

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

John Connolly: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm that the Galway Roads Project Office, consisting of Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Galway County Council and Galway City Council, will lodge the updated information to An Bord Pleanála for the reassessment of the Galway city ring road project prior to the April 2025 deadline; if the project continues to enjoy...

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: Like those in every other portfolio and in every other role, I wish the Minister well. I wish every Minister who has some part to play in resolving this issue well. It is our greatest challenge. We have had a number of debates in recent times on the health service and mental health service, and there are significant challenges in all those areas. However, resolving the housing issue will...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: The accident and emergency unit at University Hospital Galway has been the subject of much political commentary for many years. Many taoisigh and health Ministers have recognised the facility is not meeting the needs of the large population it is designed to serve and it is of a substandard nature. The Tánaiste will be aware of his own time as Minister for Health. The facility is now...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: 15. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to establish a new DEIS plus scheme, as per the programme for Government commitment. [8506/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: The commitment in the programme for Government to establish a new DEIS plus scheme for schools is very welcome. What steps will be taken within the Department to develop that scheme? The existing scheme has been reflected on very positively by both schools and teachers who participate in what are currently considered DEIS schools and it has had independent verification of its success by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: The Minister's comments on closing the gap between DEIS and non-DEIS schools are interesting because in a number of our schools, the teaching personnel observe a level of disadvantage among pupils that is probably not recognised under the scheme. This is even in terms of how the existing scheme is calculated, for lack of a better term, or how schools are assessed for their inclusion. One...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: One of the advantages DEIS schools enjoy over non-DEIS schools is the position of the home school community liaison teacher. This is a valuable position that would be valued in any school. The Minister might look at closing the gap between DEIS and non-DEIS schools and providing additional roles. We could arrive at a position whereby a home school liaison officer might work with several...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps will be taken to operationalise the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a new national small schools project for all 1,300 small primary schools to protect these school communities and develop new administrative supports. [8505/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: Another welcome initiative in the programme for Government is the extension of a pilot scheme that has been running in several smaller schools that have come together to seek the synergy of their operations within the community and how they might get administrative support from the Department. The schools involved in this scheme went about their business in different manners and different...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Education Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

John Connolly: We all recognise the importance of small schools within communities, particularly in communities that might have suffered the loss of other services. We are all familiar with towns and villages throughout the country that might have lost banking and post office services. There is always an outcry rightly when these things occur but the school should be sacrosanct within that. If we can...