Results 161-180 of 808 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1310. To ask the Minister for Health if a labour water pool is planned for Mayo University Hospital (details supplied), given Limerick University Hospital has a labour pool since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students ordinarily resident in the State who enrolled in third-level education institutions; the number of international students who enrolled in third-level education institutions in each of the past five academic years; the total revenue generated by the State from student fees during each of those years; the total revenue...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether the derogatory wording used in RSA advisory materials regarding wheelchair users on public roads (details supplied) will be amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44624/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 491. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason there is no existing tax credit available to support disabled individuals, such as wheelchair users, with the significant costs involved in purchasing essential mobility equipment, like a new wheelchair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 613. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to examine when a decision will be made regarding a pension for a person (details supplied), which has been under review since 19 November 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 623. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of expenditure incurred by the Office of Public Works (OPW) on conservation and preparatory works at a location (details supplied) from the commencement of preparatory works in Autumn 2019 to the present date, including; the cost of all works undertaken during this period; the amount spent on preparatory works...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the new distance regulations for Bus Éireann school bus catchment areas, 2km/1km, will be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 782. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the new policy measure announced on 21 April 2025, under which teachers may become eligible for a permanent contract after one year in post, applies exclusively to newly qualified teachers or extends to all teachers appointed to their first teaching contract. [44835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she will provide the circular or official guideline outlining the eligibility criteria, implementation procedures, and any associated timelines. [44836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to review or amend the use of section 5 exemptions in the context of IPAS accommodation, particularly in relation to ensuring community consultation and transparency in planning decisions affecting local areas. [45737/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a full breakdown of what the development contribution fee is intended to fund, and for details of how these services are delivered to applicants in rural areas where public infrastructure is not provided. [47059/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for clarification on who directly benefits from the development contribution fee, and for an explanation of why individuals building in areas without access to roads, lighting, water or sewage infrastructure are required to pay the same rate as those in serviced urban zones. [47060/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any mechanisms or discretionary powers available to local authorities to waive or reduce development contribution fees in cases where the applicant receives little or no benefit from the services the fee is intended to support. [47061/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any plans of his Department to introduce a rural exemption or tiered contribution model for development fees, in recognition of the disparity in service provision between urban and rural applicants. [47064/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department monitors the consistency of development contribution fee application across local authorities, and for details of any guidance issued to ensure fairness and transparency in how these fees are calculated and enforced. [47065/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for details of any review undertaken by his Department into the impact of development contribution fees on rural housing viability, and whether such fees have contributed to delays or cancellations of rural builds. [47066/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the rationale behind the national waiver introduced in 2023 for development contributions and water connection charges, and for details of what specific challenges that waiver was intended to address. [47062/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what policy or infrastructural improvements have occurred since the introduction of the 2023 waiver that justify its expiration, and for details of any review undertaken to assess its impact on rural housing development. [47063/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1352. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will extend the back-to-school allowance to all children in State care by removing means testing for foster families, including the requirement to be in receipt of a qualifying social welfare payment, in recognition of children's rights under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and Equal Status Acts...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Process (8 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeframe for the enactment of legislation implementing the Supreme Court decision in a case (details supplied); whether this legislation will be enacted with retrospective effect from January 2024, or if it will apply only from the date of enactment. [46297/25]