Results 161-180 of 253 for speaker:Robert O'Donoghue

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for each year since 1 January 2020, the cost of operation of e-college; the number of Solas staff who work on e-college projects; the process for evaluating value; the completion rate and number of participants in each course; the cost per head of each course per completing student; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15486/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 846. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will undertake one of the shorter e-college courses so that he might better understand the user experience of the platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15487/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 847. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether subsidiary companies of universities and colleges also fall under his aegis; whether such entities are considered public sector bodies; whether public sector procurement and pay rules apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15488/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Apr 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any public bodies or publicly funded bodies under his aegis are not compliant with Part V of the Disability Act 2005; whether Part V applies to subsidiaries of universities and colleges; whether, in cases where it does not, he has the powers to extend such a requirement, either through Ministerial order or through funding requirements;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (27 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 390. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list the recommended services that should be available in a primary health care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14776/25]

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Independent Ireland will support this Bill and the idea of simplifying the law to make it more accessible to the general public. The aim is to reduce compliance costs for businesses and bodies which interact with our legislation regularly. It is the stated policy of our party to achieve this across the public sector and beyond. I wish to record our admiration for the sterling work of...

Statute Law Revision Bill 2024: Second Stage (26 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: Deleting obscure, outdated and often bizarre laws is something we are pretty good at in this country. We are world beaters, in fact. Between 2003 and 2016, we got around 60,000 of them off the books and this legislation will remove over 3,000 more laws and proclamations that remain on the Statute Book as a legacy of empire and a reminder of some of the country's darkest days. The orders...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (26 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline the Government's plan to introduce a maximum fee of €200 for early childhood and education places; how her Department intends to manage this fee reduction; and what measures will be in place to support providers to implement this while maintaining quality and ensuring affordability...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: All this just for Deputy Michael Lowry.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given that women have always been integral to the family farm but that their crucial role has often not been fully recognised or acknowledged, if he will implement the recommendations of the report “Highlighting Pathways to Empower Rural Women to Have Sustainable and Equitable Livelihoods in Farming"; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the ongoing funding deficiencies in State marine infrastructure, particularly in counties like Donegal, which has 155 piers and harbours to maintain (details supplied); to outline plans to increase investment in marine infrastructure to support both local economies and tourism development; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Prices (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 145. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the significant disparity between the forward malting barley price offered by a company (details supplied) of €240/t and the €300/t sought by growers, and considering the fears raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding transparency in the pricing mechanism, if he will direct the Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to address concerns around declining numbers of young people entering farming, particularly in light of financial uncertainty and environmental pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 158. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the ongoing delay in updating the TAMS reference costs, which has been flagged by an organisation (details supplied) as creating uncertainty and delaying investment in essential farm infrastructure, to provide a definitive timeline for the completion of this review; the measures his Department will take to ensure that grant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment given that our country has banned fracking due to its well-documented impacts on public health and the environment, how he justifies the importation of fracked gas from the United States, where communities have suffered severe health and environmental consequences from this practice; if he will ensure that our energy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the commitment to delivering the MetroLink project, particularly in relation to its role in improving public transport access for north County Dublin; if he will provide an updated timeline for its approval and construction; if he will outline any measures being taken to prevent further delays and cost escalations;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills given that children are accessing access and inclusion model support in early years settings, if she will clarify that these figures are being used when determining allocations for primary school ASD classrooms, special needs assistant support and resource teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 517. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans being considered to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are in receipt of the State pension, given that disability-related expenses do not cease at 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason an eight-year-old child (details supplied) is facing an 18-month wait for an initial speech and language assessment; the immediate steps that will be taken to address the excessive waiting times for children requiring essential developmental support; if the child will be given urgent access to speech...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (25 Mar 2025)

Robert O'Donoghue: 669. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the percentage level of staffing in each Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) in Fingal; the average wait time, in months, for a first appointment for a child referred to each CDNT at the current staffing level in Fingal; and the estimated average wait time, in months, for a first appointment for a...