Results 1-20 of 65 for speaker:Ann Graves

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (11 Jun 2025)

Ann Graves: 188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare payments open to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31049/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Ann Graves: The housing emergency is the biggest challenge facing people in Ireland today. There is no leadership or strategy from the Government. Its response has been flip-flopping, chaos and confusion. This has a direct impact on public services with teachers, gardaí, firefighters and nurses unable to afford rent and unable to get a mortgage. It is time for this Government to wake up to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (10 Jun 2025)

Ann Graves: 412. To ask the Minister for Finance if she will consider amending the criteria by which persons are assessed for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers (tax concessions) scheme 1994; if she will amend to include autism and ADHD as currently the Disabled Drivers Medical Board can only assess for physical disability. [30312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Jun 2025)

Ann Graves: 1425. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a necessary medical procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29607/25]

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

Ann Graves: 1426. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in stroke medicine at Beaumont Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [29608/25]

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

Ann Graves: 1427. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting placement under the fair deal scheme as of 28 May 2025 in CHO9. [29609/25]

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

Ann Graves: 1428. To ask the Minister for Health if consultant paediatric neurologists or paediatric neurologist registrars are on call at CHI Temple Street on a 24-7 basis. [29610/25]

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

Ann Graves: 1429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE speech and language therapists based in each primary care centre within CHO9 as of 28 May 2025. [29611/25]

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

Ann Graves: 1540. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that her Department will take to ensure that medication is made available to persons who need it (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30092/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 May 2025)

Ann Graves: We have gone beyond the stage of debate and discussion on the genocide being carried out by Israel in Gaza. Gazans are now being subjected to forced starvation. We see evidence of the crimes against humanity being carried out every day on our television screens, social media and right across all networks. There is no hiding from the evidence. Israel must be held to account for these...

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Ann Graves: Carers and front-line health workers are the backbone of our care system. I want to acknowledge the hundreds of thousands of home carers in Ireland who are our unsung heroes. Carers enable people to care and to live independently in their own homes with dignity for as long as they can. This is hugely important for people's quality of life and it greatly reduces the pressure on our...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ann Graves: This Government has once again failed the most vulnerable. A total of 15,296 children are overdue for an assessment of need. It is nothing short of a scandal. It is a priority for Sinn Féin. We and the combined Opposition have come together to table a motion during Sinn Féin's Private Members' time, demanding that the Government moves urgently on this matter. Children are...

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Ann Graves: I thank the Deputies for introducing this Bill. It goes to the core of how workers can defend and improve their pay and conditions of employment. Workers need a Government that is on their side. For far too long, workers and their rights have just been an afterthought. Right now, Ireland, disgracefully, has what is among the most restrictive trade union legislative regimes in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (14 May 2025)

Ann Graves: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ask Dublin Bus to review the practice of cancelling buses in order to arrive at the terminus on time, which practice appears to be occurring regularly on a route (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (13 May 2025)

Ann Graves: 1061. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of dialectical behaviour therapy, DBT, teams operating in Fingal East; their remit, inclusion and exclusion criteria; the number of staff employed in each team, and the time they are allocated to DBT work specifically; the waiting list for accessing such services and rates of referrals that are rejected; and if she will make a statement...

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Ann Graves: The education of our young people is hugely important. We need to ensure it is carried out in a supportive and inclusive environment. Sinn Féin has a long-standing policy on choice and diversification in education. In our manifesto in 2024, we committed to developing a new strategy to support existing and emerging demands for diversification of patronage in school. This includes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Ann Graves: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to examine the case for a review of the TFI fare structure due to its impact on service users, such as a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22964/25]

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Ann Graves: The early years education sector is in crisis. It is not serving the interests of parents, children or providers. It is in serious need of investment and adequate funding. Parents are paying the equivalent of a mortgage for services. In some cases, they cannot access childcare even if they could afford it. My office in Swords responds every day to people caught up in this crisis....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Ann Graves: Tackling the causes and consequences of the drug crisis has to become a political priority. The new national drugs strategy is the opportunity for the Government to do this. To ensure success, those at the heart of the drugs crisis need to be at the core of the process. Ignoring them is simply not an option. The Government must commit to working and engaging with families, communities and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (7 May 2025)

Ann Graves: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps needed to access a SUSI grant for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22058/25]