Results 141-160 of 291 for speaker:John Paul O'Shea

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (21 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the level of overall funding provided by her Department to the HSE South, Cork and Kerry, for distribution to Section 39 agencies from 2020 to 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26160/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (21 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 186. To ask the Minister for Health if she will outline the supports available for people who suffer from rare diseases in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26354/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (21 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 188. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to introduce genetic testing to help diagnose rare diseases in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (21 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 199. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will confirm the reason there has been a reduction in the funding allocated for a Town Centre First Master Plan in County Kerry (details supplied); if he will confirm the amount drawn down to date by Kerry County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26370/25]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Business of Select Committee (20 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his appointment as Chair of the committee. I look forward to working with all colleagues from all sides of the House on budgetary oversight. We look forward to five years of harmony.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (15 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the payment of a sports capital grant for a club (details supplied) where the works are now complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24985/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 290. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when 2023 and 2024 ACRES payments will issue to a farm partnership in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 291. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on an appeal of ACRES penalties applied to a course provider in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 455. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to revise the criteria for applications for a for primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24424/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 462. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of artists and artists’ works approved by the Office of the Revenue Commissioner for artists’ exemption; if he will provide the total value of these exemptions per annum, including a breakdown of the number of artists availing of exemptions valued at 0 to €10,000; €10,001 to €20,000; €20,001 to...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 463. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a scheme similar to the artists’ exemption scheme for sporting activities such as coaching, refereeing, summer camps, high-performance training and other such activity that enriches sporting life in Ireland; if he understands the current bureaucratic difficulties being faced within the sports sector by clubs...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 464. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of taxation revenue generated and projected per annum following recent changes by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in relation to the treatment of minor transactions for sporting activities such as coaching, refereeing, summer camps, high-performance training and other such activity that enriches sporting life in Ireland; if the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 801. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the roadmap for phasing out the carer's allowance means test, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Reviews (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 802. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the comprehensive review of means tests across the social welfare system, as committed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 803. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of people who have been in receipt of jobseeker's allowance payment for 12 months or longer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (13 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 804. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when he plans to publish draft proposals for consultation on the new working age payment which will ensure that inconsistencies within the social welfare system which disincentivise work are removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23775/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, for his continued engagement. The Minister of State, Deputy Buttimer, who is also from Cork, is well aware of the situation in the county. I agree with the Minister of State that we have many no-shows and this unfortunate. It is important that the RSA comes back and offers young people the opportunity of late cancellation appointments. I know...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 1 April 2025, to provide an update on the number of driving test assessors currently assigned to Cork; the number if the projected doubling of testers at the end of April was achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I ask the Minister for Transport, further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 1 April 2025, to provide an update on the number of driving test assessors currently assigned to Cork; the number if the projected doubling of testers at the end of April was achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. It is a serious issue nationally but particularly acute in Cork.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister of State for his engagement on this matter and his public statement last week asking for the RSA to come back to him with further information on reducing these waiting lists. This is a particularly acute issue in Cork. We have more than 4,000 people waiting for a driving test in Mallow, 11,500 people waiting for a Wilton driving test, and more than 2,000 in Ballincollig...