Results 161-180 of 4,672 for speaker:Aodhán Ó Ríordáin

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 258. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the final numbers for recruitment, resignations and retirements in An Garda Síochána for 2023. [2283/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are any protections for deposits placed by customers with participants in schemes supported by the SEAI for solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1029/24]

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

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the concerns expressed by an organisation (details supplied) of a threat to a discontinuation of a pay/pension parity between retired members and serving gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56393/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Usage (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 482. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and second level schools that are dependent on fossil fuels for their heating requirements; and his Department’s plans to make the Irish school system fossil fuel free. [56531/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 483. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD and special school spaces at primary school level and at secondary school level, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 484. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD and special school spaces by primary school level and by secondary school level in Dublin, by post code, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56533/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what mechanism can be used to ensure that pupils such as a pupil (details supplied) moving from a junior national school to a senior national school can be assured of maintaining the same level of SNA support after the move. [57124/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Building Energy Rating (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 595. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the BER ratings of publicly funded primary and secondary schools in Ireland respectively; when the last audit of the energy efficiency of school buildings was taken; how much funding has been allocated in each year since 2016 for specific retrofitting of existing schools; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Fire Safety (17 Jan 2024)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 995. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if owners of units covered by the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 are entitled under legislation to access fire safety reports; if she is aware of cases where sales of apartments are being delayed by refusal of management companies to provide such reports to owners; the steps she can take to ensure that fire safety report...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the terms of reference for the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education will be published. [55922/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (14 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to integrate children’s voices into the Citizens’ Assembly on the future of education to ensure they are adequately represented at the assembly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55923/23]

Increased Fossil Fuel Divestment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank my colleagues in the Independent group for bringing forward this motion. We in the Labour Party are happy to support it. It is a sensible motion. It is not asking for any great new interventions. It simply asks that we close the loopholes contained in existing legislation. The Fossil Fuel Divestment Act 2018 is good piece of legislation, at least insofar as its intentions go....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 5 December 2023, if the data on the use of prefab buildings by 455 schools could be broken down on a county basis, providing the number of schools and spend per county. [55521/23]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I object to that.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have five minutes of injury time. I will do my best with it. Football is probably one of the most powerful games we have. It is the most effective anti-racism, anti-addiction and anti-poverty tool we have. Traditionally, it has been unloved by the political system. Notwithstanding the importance of the governance issues that have been raised, I am taken by the comments by Sport...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Football Association of Ireland's Facility Investment Vision and Strategy, and Governance Issues: Discussion (13 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: Yes, I thank the Chair.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The numbers are down by 25. I appreciate that, as the Minister said, there was a period in which gardaí were not being trained in Templemore because of the pandemic. I accept that but, still, we are not where we were. I believe, as I hope the Minister does, that there is no more important garda than a community garda. Most young people will get to know the local community garda and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: The pandemic period was profoundly damaging to young people. They lost their ability to socialise for the guts of two years and they spent a prolonged period online, where many were attracted to bad actors. Social cohesion has been put under massive strain during and since the pandemic. Schoolteachers, principals and community leaders are all saying that. It is much more difficult now to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what progress has been made on the development of the Garda station in Dublin 13-Dublin 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55126/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I again raise the issue of the proposed Garda station, also mooted to be a divisional headquarters, in the Dublin 17 and Dublin 13 area. Will the Minister give me an update?