Results 1-20 of 71 for speaker:Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: The economic model and approach of successive governments, whereby they put all our eggs in one basket, has today left us exposed and vulnerable. In Wicklow and Wexford, we certainly are as we have no fewer than nine pharmaceutical companies and our local struggling agricultural sector cannot afford any more cost increases. Recent governments in this State failed to properly invest in...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome his acknowledgment of common sense in repurposing existing buildings. From an economic and environmental point of view, it makes sense. I also welcome his comments in relation to Gorey Hill School and the establishment of special classes in Wexford and Wicklow. As he pointed out in his remarks, five more schools will be built in other counties....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: This June, a school in my parish, Ballyfad National School, will sadly be closing its doors, as the current sixth class student will move on to second level and the remaining student has secured a place in another school for sixth class next September. The Diocese of Ferns notified the Department of Education about the impending closure of Ballyfad school in recent weeks. It is a school in...

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Uisce Éireann has failed miserably so many villages in our counties of Wexford and Wicklow. Recently in Aughrim and previously in Camolin, I met builders who are ready to build desperately needed housing but Irish Water's failure to invest in wastewater treatment plants in both villages means they cannot proceed. Householders and small businesses, whether in Bunclody, Gorey, Arklow,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students in counties Wicklow and Wexford who have diagnosed special needs for both primary and secondary level, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a specialist class; the percentage of those schools declined; the reasons given for these refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford that expressed an interest in opening a special education class in the past two years; the number of applications that were refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children carried on school buses entirely comprising concessionary tickets due to the change in school transport scheme policy for all schools in counties Wicklow and Wexford, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes planned for the 2025-2026 school year regarding the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA posts funded in Budget 2025; the level of support this will provide in the planned new special classes and special schools for counties Wexford and Wicklow, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address the issue of some schools' SNA applications status currently unknown; the actions that have been taken to ensure that schools receive the necessary SNA support to meet the needs of students with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 814. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria and processes being used to assess a proposed IPAS centre (details supplied); if an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate the effects of establishing another IPAS centre in County Wicklow, noting that the county has approximately 1,600 IPAS residents to date; when the findings of this...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 815. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of IPAS centres approved in counties Wicklow and Wexford, by year, for the past five years; the number of applicants who have resided, or are residing there; if her Department has done an assessment on the impact of establishing IPAS centres in these counties; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 818. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of IPAS centres located in counties Wexford and Wicklow; the number of IPAS centres located in an area of deprivation according to Pobal, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Immigration Support Services (8 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 819. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of communication his Department has with communities in relation to proposed IPAS centres prior to granting permission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16946/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: As a County Wicklow man, the Tánaiste will be very familiar with the small, rural town of Carnew. This town is somewhat isolated, lacks basic facilities and services and has insufficient public transport. This week, local people were alarmed to learn that an investment fund, Quest Retirement Solutions, is applying to install an International Protection Accommodation Services , IPAS,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if sufficient funding has been provided to Wicklow and Wexford County Councils for refurbishment of properties that are purchased under the tenant-in-situ scheme; if so, the amount allocated to each local authority, in tabular form; where no funding has been provided the details of same; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm when part 3 of the Policing Security and Community Safety Act 2024 will commence in order to allow community safety partnership committees to form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (1 Apr 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 646. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding a childcare centre (details supplied), the reason only six days’ notice was given to notify the service of the decision to remove food provision at this facility; if the core funding can be adjusted to facilitate food services; what supports are available to childcare facilities facing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (19 Mar 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what progress has been made to date regarding the procurement of a new site to construct a fit-for-purpose Coast Guard station in Courtown, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10695/25]