Results 81-100 of 2,156 for speaker:Kathleen Funchion in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (25 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 328. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the lowest, highest and average, geographically of fees actually currently being paid by parents in 2023/2024. [3435/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (23 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 407. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has been waiting 14 weeks for a decision on their invalidity pension claim. [3062/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (23 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 420. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of physical family visits to prisons that took place in 2023, by the number of visits per prison and the number of visits with a child present, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (18 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current estimated parental spend on childcare fees from the 2021/2022 or 2022/2023 Pobal Annual Early Years Sector Profile Report, in tabular form; when he expects the annual report to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2136/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to elaborate on his plans to discontinue the long-standing and well-established pay/pension parity link which retired members of An Garda Síochána share with their serving colleagues in An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1041/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the rationale/process in awarding the recent round of STEM grant funding; the total funding allocated; if a lottery system was used, resulting in a significant number of applications not being examined; her views on whether this is an appropriate process, given the importance of funding to schools applying; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic Violence (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if engagement has occurred between her Department and the Garda Commissioner in relation to the Sale of Alcohol Bill 2022, in particular the need to protect and support women who may experience increased violence as a direct result of the forthcoming Bill (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Sector (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1241. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that the recent changes to the STAR rating/evaluations for the suckler carbon efficiency programme will adversely affect farmers of traditional Irish cattle breeds (hereford and angus); the reason ratings/evaluations were revised after the commencement of the scheme, leaving many farmers, who entered these contracts...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1455. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance is available for a person (details supplied). [56283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1551. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a procedure carried out; and if they can avail of the cross-Border directive, given the circumstances. [56781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1705. To ask the Minister for Health what transport is available to patients with medical cards who regularly have to travel to appointments outside their own county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1423/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2024)

Kathleen Funchion: 1728. To ask the Minister for Health what funding is available to support an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1580/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Communications (14 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will launch a zero-tolerance information campaign across all media, particularly social media, to counteract corrosive anti-immigrant and far-right narratives, which are feeding into aggressive or misdirected protests near places where refugees are accommodated; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 93. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm if the NCS hourly/attendance-based rules are his Department’s policy or a restriction placed on his Department by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54566/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (14 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm a breakdown of new ELC and SAC services that are entirely new services and not corporate acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54567/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (13 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 207. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated first and full year costs associated with the proposed early years and childcare State agency; the status of the establishment of the agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55506/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the total costs of ECCE pay for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [54453/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the total costs of ECCE/ AIM pay (combined) for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular. form. [54454/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Expenditure (12 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 642. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of total core funding for 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [54455/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (12 Dec 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: 643. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide the flat rate paid to all sessional early years services; the number of services in receipt; and the total cost for 2021,2022 and 2023. [54456/23]