Results 161-180 of 652 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I commend Deputies Connolly and O'Rourke on their amendments to the proposed legislation. Many younger Deputies, myself included, may not be too aware of the State's involvement in residential institutions, which finally closed in Ireland from the late 1980s up to the mid-1990s. I have watched recordings of Deputy Connolly in previous Dáileanna setting out, or painting a picture if you...

Gaza: Motion (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: It is deeply harrowing to witness the devastation unfolding in Gaza, as every Deputy has said. As we speak infants are starving. Families are without clean water or basic medical supplies. According to the WHO, nine out of ten people in Gaza now face crisis-level hunger. I have heard Deputies across the Chamber refer to the Great Famine but it is actually the great genocide that our...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 55 of 14 May 2025, the reason the number of unauthorised or unlawful destructions of personal data by the Revenue Commissioners for each year from 2013 to 2024, in breach of the National Archives Act 1986 and data protection legislation, is not available; if he will confirm whether the number of such destructions...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 117. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 14 May 2025, if he will provide the number of phone call recordings destroyed by the Revenue Commissioners for each year since 2018 without the certified authorisation required under section 7 of the National Archives Act 1986; if he will confirm whether the number of such destructions exceeded 10 million; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Data Protection (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 118. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 56 of 14 May 2025, if he will confirm whether the pre-recorded message on the Revenue Commissioners’ local property tax helpline in 2024 stated that calls would be recorded and may be used for verification purposes by callers; if he will explain the reason such recordings were deleted six months later, despite...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional supports or supplementary payments available to individuals on maternity leave, including access to the supplementary welfare allowance or mortgage interest supplements; if he will review the current rate of maternity benefit and the potential introduction of a mandatory employer top-up scheme to better...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied), if he will consider the impact of COVID-19 restrictions on older workers’ ability to re-enter employment post-2018; whether any discretion or compassionate grounds can be applied in cases such as this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (28 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to promote greater flexibility in crèche drop-off policies, in view of concerns that rigid enforcement of arrival times, such as refusing entry for minor delays despite prior communication places undue pressure on working parents and fails to accommodate the realities of family...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 33. To ask the Taoiseach the timeline for when the disability unit in his Department will be fully operational. [24159/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 98. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form. [26564/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 98. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form. [26564/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Staff (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 98. To ask the Taoiseach the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form. [26564/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Travel (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to visit the United States within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the National Transport Authority on the installation of bus shelters for public transport operators and location of same, in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26792/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent by the National Transport Authority on the installation of bus shelters for public transport operators and location of same, in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26793/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans added to the Coolock and Raheny Garda districts in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of marked and unmarked Garda cars and vans withdrawn from these districts during same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will conduct a technical review of the recently introduced online citizenship application portal, in light of widespread reports that it fails to provide accurate or up-to-date information for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will introduce clear service standards for responses to queries submitted to the citizenship division, including timelines for reply and protocols for resolution and follow-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a public update on the operational status of the new citizenship application portal; if he will acknowledge recent issues raised by applicants regarding its functionality and reliability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (27 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints or queries submitted to the citizenship division over the past 12 months; the number that were closed without a written reply or resolution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26956/25]