Results 1,861-1,880 of 5,098 for speaker:Mairéad Farrell

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (15 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials have any future plans to delist Lough Melvin in the Border counties of Leitrim and Fermanagh as a Special Area of Conservation and Natura 2000 site considering that the SAC holds a stock of vulnerable Atlantic salmon (EU Habitats Directive Annex II) and unique brown trout subspecies of sonaghen, gillaroo and...

Our Rural Future Policy: Statements (14 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Bhí an ceart ar fad ag mo chomhghleacaí, an Teachta Daly, nuair a dúirt sé go bhfuil chuile cheantar tuaithe difriúil. I mo dháilcheantar féin, is é ceann de na ceantair is iargúlta ann ná ceantar Gaeltachta. Tugaim rud amháin faoi deara sa Seomra nuair a labhraím i nGaeilge go minic, is é sin, go mbím orm é a...

National Minimum Wage (Equal Pay for Young Workers) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: I commend Deputy Paul Murphy and People Before Profit on bringing forward this Bill. It has always struck me as completely and utterly unfair that young workers, those under the age of 20, have a lower rate of the minimum wage. A 19-year-old, for example, will earn just 90% of the minimum wage. An 18-year-old will only earn 80% of the minimum wage and a 17-year-old will receive just 70% of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá cúpla ceist agam i dtéarmaí cén bhealach a n-oibreoidh sé go díreach. Cén uair a bheas an fochoiste ag casadh ar a chéile? Sin í an chéad cheist. Cén bhealach a n-oibreoidh sé leis na hionadaithe ó na hoileáin? An mbeidh toghchán ann nó an mbeidh daoine ainmnithe? Cé mhéad ionadaithe ó...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá cúpla rud maith ansin. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach go mbeadh ionadaithe ón bpobal agus ó na hoileáin air mar tuigeann siad cén bhealach atá sé a bheith i do chónaí ar oileán chuile lá beo. Tá a fhios againn go bhfuil easpa infreastruchtúir cuí ar na hoileáin, ach go háirithe na...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is committed to ensuring that an interdepartmental committee meets every three months to review projects and targets included as part of the Our Living Islands policy, and that there will be representatives from the islands on the committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28310/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: This is relates to the subcommittee. I understand that a question has already been asked about it but I ask the Minister to detail that initially.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Island Communities (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the work her Department is doing to ensure the sustainability of island communities in terms of necessary infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28309/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 359. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of increasing the current amount of tax relief of €7,000 that can be claimed per person for postgraduate fees, including the student contribution, to €8,000, €9,000 and €10,000, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27382/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 360. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of allowing tax relief on the first €1,000, €1,500 and €2,000 spent on tuition fees, including the student contribution, for full-time students, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27383/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 361. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of allowing tax relief on the first €500 and €1,000 of tuition fees, including the student contribution, for part-time students, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27384/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 368. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing an income tax relief at a rate of €2,000, €3,000 and €4,000 for those tutors training craft apprentices in the education training boards, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27613/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to add Korean as a curricular language for the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 645. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses in Galway city and Galway county that have been upgraded through the retrofitting programme for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27058/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 819. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are supports available for mortgage-holders who have lost income due to long-term illness or disability to help them stay in their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27856/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1021. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is his intention to organise work done by speech and language, OT and physio professionals who work with ASD classes around the class as a whole rather than individual students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27234/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1113. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the plan to regulate the psychology profession under CORU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 940 of 23 May 2023, if he will provide the full-and first-year cost to the Exchequer from the one-off reduction in the student contribution fee that was enacted in the academic year 2022/2023 as part of the cost-of-living response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of the gap that was closed via Budget 2023, following his Future Funding in Higher Education report published in June 2022, in which a core funding gap of €307 million was identified and it stated that this would be closed with "additional investment over a number of budgets"; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (13 Jun 2023)

Mairéad Farrell: 1338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 722 of 9 May 2023, the total number of craft and consortia apprenticeships currently in the system, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/23]