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Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I want to make another point regarding supports available to survivors who are not living in this jurisdiction. I recently visited the Coventry Irish centre, which provides all the supports for survivors in the English west midlands. Unfortunately, the Government only commits to funding schemes. The centre has difficulty in that it funded its own premises, which is on Eton Square near the...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I do not have any difficulty with most of the technical amendments, but I will make a few points about the wider issue. This is the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 and it has the word "support" in its title, but it includes little in the way of practical support for former residents in its contents. It is more virtue signalling and promising something...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Following on from the question raised by Deputy Boland, I know the NTA is working to have a weekly fare for children. There was a review at the end of April and some fares have increased while others have reduced. Are there plans to realign those so that the increased fares are brought back to where they originally were? That is a "Yes" or "No" question.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: We all agree that there has been a large increase in the number of people using public transport, which is a good thing and can help to keep fares low. In response to an earlier question, Mr. Creegan mentioned the 20% cut, the €2 cap and the 50% reduction in fares. It was reported in a briefing note to the Minister, Deputy Chambers, in February that reduced fares are creating...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: Is the NTA adequately subsidised to keep the fare levels as they are at the moment?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: The NTA, therefore, is not adequately funded at the moment to keep fares as they are.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I have a question relating to ghost buses and the carrot and stick approach. Does the service level agreement with some of the private operators include enough sticks to ensure that ghost buses are limited as much as possible? I know this happens a lot. Deputy Currie mentioned west Dublin. I know students from Kerry who get a bus home from the University of Limerick, UL, on a Friday...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, published a report this morning stating that we are going backwards in respect of our emissions targets. Is Mr. Creegan happy that the NTA can meet its 2030 targets? I know there has been some reduction since 2018. Does Mr. Creegan think we will hit the targets? Is the NTA taking steps to ensure we do?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: Does Mr. Creegan think it is unlikely we will meet those targets?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I will ask about the no left turn on Pearse Street in Dublin. Some concerns have been expressed by disability campaigners and people who drive those kinds of vehicles over the fact that they cannot turn left and join the buses and taxis. Does Mr. Creegan have any view on that? Might that decision be reviewed?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: There are no plans at the moment to allow disabled drivers to turn left.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: Following on from what I said previously, I was not suggesting that any of the local rail services had a large overrun on cost. In fact, Iarnród Éireann has always delivered and I think it should be considered for the Luas contract when it comes up. Regarding the left turn coming from Westland Row, I omitted to mention that the removal of disability car parking spaces was an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full-year cost to employ a FTE climate action officer employed in a local authority, by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 13. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to employ climate action officers in local authorities in each of the years 2020 and 2025 to date in tabular form broken down by local authority and the total cost overall. [28272/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to double funding available for climate action officers in local authority, by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28168/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the full year cost to employ a FTE climate action officer employed in a local authority by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28169/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authorities (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost to employ climate action officers in local authorities by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28170/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to estimate the cost of including properties with HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [28274/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 15. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade working in MARA and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28275/25]