Results 101-120 of 397 for speaker:Francis Noel Duffy in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (3 May 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to tackle the shortage of teachers in primary and post-primary schools; her plans to incentivise the return of teachers from abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (3 May 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection criteria and tendering process for new retrofitting centres; the progress of establishing these new centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the croí cónaithe refurbishment grant scheme will be extended to include properties for rent; and how landlords can apply for this. [19520/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to alleviate the high rates of vacancy across children's disability services, which is affecting the role of the children's disability network teams. [18777/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (18 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 816. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the acquisition plans submitted to his Department by each of the local authorities. [17526/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 Apr 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 817. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People 2022-2027 Implementation Plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17527/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (28 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approve the lease agreement between DDLETB and the Church of Ireland to allow the delivery of SEN modular classrooms in a school (details supplied). [15420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (28 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make a decision on the ASA application for a school (details supplied) to allow for the provision of another modular classroom and two SET rooms for September. [15421/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (21 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 926. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason children's disability network team 2 Ballyboden is not able to use the local primary care centre in Ballyboden, Dublin to offer its services. [12925/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 162. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing the MICA redress scheme to allow for penalty-free downsizing to encourage smaller, energy-efficient homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11737/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (9 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of cost-rental units in 2022; and if he will provide a breakdown of units delivered by approved housing bodies, the LDA, and local authorities. [11738/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (8 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered extending the validity of NCT certification to two years instead of one year to relieve the pressures and backlog in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11735/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (8 Mar 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered the vacant former HSE site on a site (details supplied) for the purpose of accommodating IPA applications and or Ukrainian refugees. [11736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (28 Feb 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that people are struggling to obtain appointments at their local Intreo offices in order to obtain their PSC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9551/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Feb 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an assessment will be carried out on the need for a new Garda station in Citywest, Dublin 24; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of free GP care for six and seven-year-olds. [4347/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (26 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has any plans to review the legislation outlined in Section 34 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 as regards sale of homes as grounds for termination of tenancies in view of the recent headlines that report over 1,800 renters were at risk of homelessness in the past three months (details supplied); and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (26 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 170. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the recent legislation in the Netherlands which regulates embodied carbon in the built environment; if he will consider introducing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3227/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (18 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) hosted a women's safety week to make young women feel more comfortable in the community; and if this is something that she will consider supporting in the future. [63698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2023)

Francis Noel Duffy: 736. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the ASD unit will be opened in a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63950/22]