Results 441-460 of 2,034 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25721/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the practice in which employers that pay top-up to maternity benefit can force an employee who moves employment to repay their maternity pay; his views that this practice should be banned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Joint Labour Committees (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will ensure that the decision to reduce the VAT rate for the hospitality sector to 9% until 2023 is conditional on obliging employers in this sector to engage in collective bargaining for pay rises through the Joint Labour Committees ensuring the benefits of the VAT cuts are shared with employees; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to publish the report on the introduction of a living wage submitted by the Low Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has carried out research on the impact on the labour market if stamp two visa holders whose visas expire on 31 May 2022 were forced to leave the country; his views that the best solution for the workers, the employers and the industry is for those visas to be extended until September 2022; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of adult education tutors and the lack of engagement from his Department and the Department of Education on aligning them onto a public sector pay scale, despite clauses in numerous national agreements and an outstanding Labour Court recommendation from March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm, following his announcement of a policy on future funding, when the oversight group will meet to discuss the detail behind this policy; if trade union representatives will be invited to take part in this engagement; if so, the details of their intended membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to automatically link increases in the rates of SUSI grants to increases in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to cases in which students are being excluded from SUSI grants on the basis of income from the pandemic unemployment payment; if he can clarify the measures that are in place to prevent students who otherwise would qualify for a SUSI grant being excluded on the basis of pandemic unemployment payments; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his plans to ensure Dundalk Institute of Technology becomes a technological university; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Site Acquisition (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that her Department is taking to work with the Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage and Fingal County Council to resolve the delay in providing a permanent site for a school (details supplied) due to the failure of a planning application on a site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25434/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the controversy over the refusal of an early intervention centre for autism in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25487/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Student Visas (18 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to significant delays being reported by students who have applied for a J1 student visa through a private company (details supplied); if there is any role his Department can take to assist students in resolving the situation [25405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Youth Unemployment (17 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific measures that her Department is taking to tackle youth unemployment. [18633/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (17 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that are under way to bring maternity benefit to a standard available to workers elsewhere in Europe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost to restore the standard capitation rate for pupils in primary schools to €200. [23612/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a 10% increase in the ancillary services grant for primary and special schools; the costings broken down to cover the cost from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023 and for the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. [23613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Crime Prevention (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work or measures that her Department plans to take to address anti-social, behaviour and drug dealing on school premises outside school hours in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23611/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date for the results for leaving certificate 2022; if the date will be issued in sufficient time in order to meet the deadlines for students who have offers from universities overseas to confirm their results; if she will address the fears of delayed commencement dates for first year students in Irish higher education institutions due to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 161. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the serious concern among parents of children attending special schools that their children will not receive adequate summer provision; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that home-based programmes are considered the least effective means of delivering the scheme; if, 80% of children who attended...