Results 121-140 of 3,919 for speaker:Steven Matthews in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); if a timeline for completion can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46939/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the expansion of young adult leap cards to include 24- and 25-year-olds; a timeline for the introduction of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46604/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the IT grant for primary schools; the timeline for when schools can draw down this funding for this school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding funding to support primary schools with the cost of cleaning following the cessation of the Covid supports to assist with this expense; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the €60 million funding for cost-of-living supports for schools announced in Budget 2024; how this will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the expansion of the hot school meals programme to non-DEIS primary schools; how schools can register their interest for this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46247/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on how the sports capital programme will support sports clubs to invest in projects that will reduce their emissions and lead on climate action within their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any Department-led initiatives that seek to improve the integration of people fleeing the war in Ukraine into sports clubs and sporting activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issues in providing a school bus service (details supplied); if efforts are ongoing to resolve this issue; if a timeline for a resolution can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45926/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to reconsider the timeline for the expansion of the children's allowance to include 18-year-olds in full-time education; if the basis for decision to delay this change to September 2024 could be outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed industrial action by some Section 39 workers related to pay disparity disputes; if his Department is engaging with representatives of these organisations to seek to avoid this escalation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45496/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s efforts to promote the safety of civilians on both sides in the ongoing Israeli/Palestinian conflict at an EU level; how these diplomatic efforts are being carried out in practical terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 475 of 11 September and 160 of 20 September 2023, if he will consider an amendment to the Finance Act 2024 that would eliminate the anomaly in the approved retirement fund legislation whereby, upon the death of an ARF holder, foster children are treated under the ‘others’ category rather than the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to conflicting information related to a planning matter as stated (details supplied); the analysis which he or his Department has carried out on the planning permission in question; how the conclusion was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by (details supplied) regarding the staggered increase in foster care allowance; if the final increase proposed for Q4 2024 can be brought forward to January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45038/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the proposed change of the legal status of childminders that would allow parents that use these services to avail of the cuts in childcare fees announced in the two most recent budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44978/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 544. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the 49 recommendations set out in the Mental Health Commission's report regarding Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44900/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (12 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review existing supports available to those in receipt of the State pension to include financial supports for those that are coeliac to assist with the cost of their dietary requirements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (10 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 127. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department maintains an updated list of the number of vacant units deemed ineligible for the vacant homes tax as they are uninhabitable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43981/23]