Results 1-20 of 159 for speaker:William Aird

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (12 Jun 2025)

William Aird: I am here today following the disturbing revelations uncovered by the "RTÉ Investigates" programme concerning the residential nursing home in Portlaoise. We must be absolutely clear that what was exposed was not just one failure in one private institution. Rather, it was a systemic failure of oversight, communication and, ultimately, duty. Frail and vulnerable old people were left...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (12 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will use her discretion to prioritise increased funding for the UBU allocation to the Laois Offaly Education and Training Board, to provide much-needed essential targeted youth services and supports for young people in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30677/25]

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Social Protection Issues: Minister for Social Protection (11 Jun 2025)

William Aird: I will be very brief. I apologise because I had to leave for a while to attend an online meeting with HIQA. I wish the Minister well in his new brief. I thank the officials accompanying him today. Could we have a sliding scale for payments? I am new as a TD but I gave more than 40 years' service as a councillor on Laois County Council. There was always a cut-off point, which was...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Conservation (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the current waiting list for the warmer homes scheme in County Laois; how this compares to waiting lists in other counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if any new or expanded funding supports are planned to assist Laois County Council to develop district heating schemes as part of Ireland’s climate and energy goals; if he will provide details of any such commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 264. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funds that have been provided to local authorities and approved housing bodies for initiatives aimed at reducing fuel poverty over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 265. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will seek a solution to the increasing energy costs in Ireland; if there is potential for a cap for businesses that are now struggling to keep up with increasing energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30639/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 382. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to prioritise the 1951 CIÉ superannuation scheme; if he will address the concerns of retired members of the scheme who have not received a pension increase since 2008; to consider the particular hardship these pensioners face, especially given that many are not entitled to the State pension due to their civil service terms of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 692. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will liaise with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform to grant public-service status to school secretaries to enable them to have access to the single public pension service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30646/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 693. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will be given DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30647/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 957. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures in place to support and promote employment opportunities for people with disabilities; the progress made under the comprehensive employment strategy for people with disabilities; the new initiatives planned to improve access to the workforce for those with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new tillage scheme outlined in the food vision tillage report will be in place before cover crops are sown in July 2025 and oilseed rape is planted in August 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30648/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1138. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the strategies and actions his Department is taking to ensure that the Government meets its target under the Climate Action Plan to increase the tillage area to 400,000 hectares by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1139. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will seek to remove the crop diversification rule from the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1140. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is seeking to ring-fence the €32 million paid to the tillage sector as part of Budget 2025 for the next five years, and for Budget 2026 in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide funding for a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands in Budget 2026, in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to complete the national rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30641/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1250. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department provide urgent nurse-led respite care services for children with complex need in Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1251. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current capacity of respite care for children with disabilities in County Laois; the number of children provided with respite care each week; her plans to increase capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30642/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1252. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department will provide urgent nurse-led respite care services for children with complex need in Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Jun 2025)

William Aird: 1366. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the timeframe for the launch of the next phase of the HSE funding for IVF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29358/25]