Results 161-180 of 1,037 for speaker:Conor McGuinness

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 81. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he shares the concerns of community development workers regarding resourcing of this critically important discipline. [38528/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Baineann mo cheist le hoibrithe forbairt pobail agus na buarthaí atá orthu i dtaobh acmhainní. My question relates to the critical and important role of community development workers and their concerns around resourcing, both pay and conditions, and also resourcing within organisations. The Minister of State will appreciate from his engagement with community development...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Voluntary Sector (10 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Cuirim fáilte roimh an gcomhairliúchán sin. It is good that consultation, with a view to arriving at a new strategy, is taking place. However, this comes down to a question of resources and to the level of Government funding. There is a huge amount of training and accreditation going on and the bursaries are very welcome. However, it is about creating a situation and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing of training for example minister, secretary general, principal officer and so on. [38343/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 101. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing of training for example minister, secretary general, principal officer and so on. [38342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 153. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing of training for example minister, secretary general, principal officer and so on. [38344/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: With respect, if Government policy excludes a thriving, oversubscribed naíonra providing the only service of its type in a large urban catchment area, that already has secured a site and that has huge community backing, then the policy is not working and the prioritisation is not right. I ndáiríre, tá a fhios agam go bhfuil an tAire Stáit ag tabhairt na...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Before I speak on the substantive issue, I commend and thank my colleague, Deputy Crowe, for raising the previous issue and add my support to it. We need to do all we possibly can and more to halt, as best we can, the genocide that is taking place in Gaza. It is truly an affront to our collective humanity. My Topical Issue relates to the provision of a premises in Tramore for...

Student Fees: Motion [Private Members] (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: Students were protesting outside the gates earlier demanding answers. Their families are demanding answers. Students are young people trying to enjoy their summer holidays after finishing the leaving certificate and beginning college. Families across Ireland who are sending youngsters back to college and those who may be in their final year and looking to knuckle down to get their degree...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: We are in the middle of a deep and escalating housing crisis. House prices, rents and homelessness are all rising. Social and affordable housing targets are being missed again this year. Tá an ghéarchéim tithíochta ag cur todhchaí na Gaeltachta i mbaol ach fós níl na treoirlínte pleanála Gaeltachta feicthe againn agus níl faic déanta i...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: School secretaries and caretakers have served their schools and communities for years and, in many cases, decades. They are the glue that holds our school system together and they do not want to go on strike. They just want fairness when it comes to pay and conditions but this Government has shown no such fairness. There has been zero engagement. Fórsa trade union has made numerous...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 13. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [35041/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 173. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [37003/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 174. To ask the Taoiseach his Department’s expenditure on beauticians, make-up artists or hairdressing professionals, stylists or personal shoppers, specifying if such expenditure was on a contract or retainer fee basis, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [37022/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Advertising (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 175. To ask the Taoiseach his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37040/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 176. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the firms contracted to provide training; and the position or grade of those availing of training, for example, Minister, Secretary General, principal officer and so on. [37057/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 177. To ask the Taoiseach his Department's expenditure on media consultancy in each of the years 2015 to 2025; the consultancy firms involved; and the nature of each contract, in tabular form. [37075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Conor McGuinness: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s expenditure on hairstyling, make-up, personal grooming and general cosmetic expenses, in each of the years 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [36995/25]