Results 441-460 of 4,708 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (3 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if records are kept in her Department of all outstanding school construction works, including snags, to be undertaken associated with new school builds or major school renovations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42794/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Oct 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is sponsoring a vaccination campaign for a vaccination against shingles; if so, if the vaccination is available on the medical card and or drug payment scheme; and if not, if he will consider adding it to those schemes. [42173/23]

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency Bill 2023: Second Stage (28 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The purpose of the Bill is to establish the domestic, sexual and gender-based violence agency as a stand-alone statutory body under the Department of Justice with responsibility for tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. The establishment of this agency is welcome and the Labour Party very much welcomes it. It is in line with the State's international treaty obligations on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 222. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what mechanisms he is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the current shortage of teachers; if teaching can be added to the critical skills list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Labour Market (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 232. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what mechanisms she is examining to make it easier for teachers from outside Ireland to access teaching positions, in view of the current shortage of teachers; if teaching can be added to the critical skills list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ask her Department to investigate the case of a post-primary teacher (details supplied) whose request for incremental credits was refused in view of the fact that incremental credits have been allowed to primary teachers for service within the same school; and if she will review the procedures concerned to give equality between...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the case of a pupil (details supplied) whose school place has been delayed opening of their class but is currently not receiving any tuition as home tuition is not suitable or available; if she will confirm if the school will open in November 2023; and if an SNA in a mainstream school could be made available in the meantime....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any way for a school (details supplied) to be added to the hot school mealsprogramme for primary schools for this year. [41019/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the criteria and policy for which a parent is paid children’s allowance where custody is shared, with particular reference to instances where children spend equal time with each parent; and to outline the reasoning behind the policy. [41500/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 396. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and name of each of the Garda Youth Diversion programmes currently operating in each of the Garda divisions in the Dublin Metropolitan area; the number of officers assigned to the juvenile liaison teams and to set out, in tabular form, the numbers for each of the following years - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 509. To ask the Minister for Health what measures he will take to increase the awareness of the danger for abuse and misuse of the drug pregabalin among the medical community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40993/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 510. To ask the Minister for Health if she will make pregabalin a controlled substance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40994/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 613. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the issue created by the technological universities where posts in disciplines which are heavily industry focused remain unfilled due to targets set for PhD-qualified staff (details supplied); if he will review the TU legislation to see whether a more appropriate balance between professionally experienced staff requirements...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 614. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of plans to cut up to 20 courses from the Technical University Dublin; what support can be given to ensure that courses with strategic importance, such as geospatial surveying or architectural timber technology, can be identified and protected, even where there are lower numbers of students at present; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (26 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the SALI professorship awarded to TU Dublin has been advertised and filled. [41239/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I appreciate that there are limits to what the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, can do in this regard, but he does have the soft power to discuss this issue with Irish Rail. The Minister of State can appreciate that residents are completely exasperated and have no trust in any private provider that is providing what is essentially public access. We have a situation where a private...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the Minister of State for being here to discuss this matter, which has gone on for years. It relates to Clongriffin DART station on its Baldoyle side and the Myrtle estate at The Coast. I will share an email with the Minister of State that I received on Monday. This does not just go back to this week. I visited the site in August 2018 and, since then at least, issues have...

Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Cap on Market Revenues) Bill 2023: Second Stage (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: We in the Labour Party welcome this Bill. Exorbitant revenues and profits have been taken in by energy companies over the past number of years, while more and more people have been plunged into energy poverty. Coupled with the broader cost-of-living crisis in the areas of housing and grocery prices, the situation has been dire for far too many people. All the while, the cash kept rolling...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (21 Sep 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the CAO process to ensure that students do not get excluded without warning due to clerical errors, such as missing exam numbers. [40748/23]