Fine Gael TD for Galway West & Mayo South

Category Archives: Parliamentary Questions

Parliamentary Questions (PQs) may be submitted by a TD for oral answer in the Dáil or, as in the majority of cases, for written answer. TDs may put questions on any topic to the Taoiseach or any minister, subject to conditions and procedures as outlined in standing orders.

By convention Ministers do not usually table PQs. As Minister of State for Community Development, Natural Resources and Digital Development I answer questions in the Dáil on issues relating to Communities, Natural Resources and Digital Development.

PQ No. 550 – 3rd February – Evaluating and Extending Springboard

To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the evaluation of Springboard; if the evaluation reports are made available; if she will report on the group charged with evaluating the programme; and her plans to increase the number and scope of the courses available to jobseekers – Seán Kyne. Freagra:… Continue Reading

PQ Nos. 488 & 489 – 3rd February – Investigating Care Standards at Facilities for Persons with a Disability

QUESTION NOS: 488 & 489 488. To ask the Minister for Health the way he will address the disturbing revelations of the unacceptable and poor standards of care at certain parts of Áras Attracta, County Mayo. 489. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are in place to ensure the highest standards of… Continue Reading

PQ 293 – 3rd February – Social Employment Clauses in Public Sector Procurement

  To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of evaluating the use of social employment clauses in public sector procurement under the devolved schools programme; and if such an approach will be rolled out across public sector procurement. Reply: Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin:  As the Deputy is… Continue Reading

PQ 229 – 3rd February – Social Welfare Supports for Self-Employed Persons

To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans to alter the tax collection structure in a manner which would enable self-employed persons to make contributions which would provide income support in the event of business failure in view of the fact that the current social insurance system does not provide non-means tested… Continue Reading

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