Results 181-200 of 276 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Living Wage (1 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 21. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the decision to delay the introduction of a living wage will be reconsidered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20784/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the means test for the carers allowance will be abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority regarding the outsourcing of bus services to private operators where there is capacity for Bus Éireann to provide the service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 233. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an ASD class at primary school level will be provided in Gort, County Galway and surrounding areas given the lack of any such classes at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21865/25]

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: This framework will have a significant influence on the development of major strategic projects in the State. It should show ambition for future balanced regional development. As a TD from the west of Ireland, however, I think this development plan fails to address the current regional imbalance between the greater Dublin area and the rest of the country. If anything, the population growth...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I thank the Labour Party for bringing forward this important motion. I want to use the opportunity to raise an ongoing allocation review in Lisheenkyle National School in my constituency, which is due to be completed in mid-May. The school currently has ten SNAs, who are a fantastic support to the children there. Parents have been informed by the SENO and school staff that the review is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Engagement is no good after a decision is made. That is not consultation. Communities cannot be kept in the dark on these proposals and treated with utter contempt. It is a recipe for disaster. Stating that the sole hotel policy does not apply to hotels like the Merriman is a cop-out. It is a hotel. It is the only one in the village. This is a tourist village, and the loss of this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Public representatives were made aware of a contract having been signed to provide international protection accommodation at the Merriman Hotel, Kinvara, on 18 March. This was the first anybody had heard about this. It has caused enormous anger in the local community. I need to stress that the people of Kinvara have always been very welcoming to refugees from different parts of the world...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will put plans to provide an IPAS centre in a facility (details supplied) on hold to allow for engagement with the local community; if she can provide clarity on the future of the current Ukrainian residents of the hotel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20782/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department's efforts to make towns and villages more accessible for people with disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20781/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Test (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 362. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current wait times for driving tests in each test centre in Galway city and county; the number of people on waiting lists for driving tests in each test centre in Galway city and county; his Department’s plans to address long waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 606. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the help-to-buy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 688. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a timeline for the publication of an action plan for collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how an appeal can submitted against SNA hours allocated to a child in a mainstream school; to outline the appeal process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria a child must meet to access SNA supports; if this is reflected in SNA allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 850. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if SNA supports are provided to children with behavioural issues; if this is reflected in SNA allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of a school’s (details supplied) SNA allocation is valid given the timing of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special class or ASD unit can be opened in a school (details supplied); her department’s exceptions process for funding of modular buildings to allow mainstream schools to obtain space in order to open special classes and ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parliamentary Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 19 March 2025, if an update on a SENO review could be provided to parents (details supplied). [20043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine an appeal for the retention of a mainstream teacher in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20243/25]