Results 1-20 of 296 for speaker:Séamus McGrath

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the strength of the permanent Defence Force as of 31 May 2025, or the latest date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he is taking to improve retention levels in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (12 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of pension entitlements for a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [31523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (12 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 407. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delayed waiting times for the granting of a short-term stay visa for South African citizens; the reasons for the length of the processing times; the measures he intends to take to improve processing times in order that visitor applications can be processed in time; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I wish to raise the issue of Garda numbers in Cork city. I know it is a concern shared by the Taoiseach. There are 668 gardaí serving in Cork city. This is 9% down on the position three years ago. Despite the fact that many public representatives have raised the issue, including in the Dáil, the situation has got worse. After the recent attestation from Templemore, we received...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on plans to facilitate kerbside home electric charging points for residents who do not have a driveway (details supplied). [30138/25]

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

Séamus McGrath: 215. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Legislative Process (11 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 358. To ask the Minister for Health when it is intended to fully implement the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31051/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I thank the Minister for facilitating this debate. I do not want to focus on individual issues, initiatives and schemes. I will focus on the big picture in terms of the acute housing crisis we are in. To me the only solution is ramping up supply across all forms, whether new builds, reuse of existing buildings and better utilisation of existing buildings such as over office, over shop and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I thank each of the witnesses for coming in and joining us online today. It is greatly appreciated. I thank them for their work on the Housing Commission as well, which is also very much appreciated. It was a very extensive body of work setting out more than 80 recommendations and so on. It was a very substantive piece of work. It is all about housing output, housing activation and how...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: There is a strong team coming through in terms of certainty and longer term planning.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: My question was broad and goes to the heart of the report in terms of a series of different actions. I hope to come back in again later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: How much time have I got?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I will try and focus on two specific items, if I can. I will go back to Dr. Lyons first. Deputy Ó Broin, in terms of the scale of the challenge, stated that it is not realistic to turn the corner in five years necessarily but if you take away the deficit, what is the annual demand for housing? What would Dr. Lyons put the figure at? Setting aside the deficit, what is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: The output now is not reaching the demand now and, therefore, the deficit is growing. That is the scale of the challenge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: My time is going here, if Ms King does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I am sorry for interrupting Ms King. The scale of the issue is one thing but I wanted to focus on apartment building because if we are to achieve anywhere near the kind of output we need, we have to get development of density. We need traditional houses, semi-detached family homes, etc., but we also need apartment blocks to start happening, and they are not happening. Across Europe,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: I want to pick up on the issue of viability again, which I raised previously. I heard Mr. O'Flynn refer to subsidies for apartment blocks and so on. That is needed because of where we are now. In the long term, though, if we cannot make development viable, then we are doomed to failure. That is the bottom line and the nub of the issue. If it is not viable to build, we are in trouble. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Report of Housing Commission: Housing Commission (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: Therefore, the deficit is growing.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 Jun 2025)

Séamus McGrath: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on a new school building for a school (details supplied). [29068/25]