Results 41-60 of 276 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Public Transport Experience: Motion [Private Members] (18 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: As the Minister of State is aware, Athenry has been without bus services to Galway city for nine months since the previous operator ended its service in September 2024. This is an unacceptable situation for a town of the size of Athenry. It is an enormous loss that has caused real difficulties for workers, students, people accessing hospital appointments and so on. It has caused particular...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (18 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: The issue is not just the purchase of the castle but also bringing it up to a safe standard. As outlined, Galway County Council estimates that could cost millions of euro. The grant schemes the Minister of State has outlined, such as one offering €100,000, will not be sufficient for Galway County Council to acquire the castle and bring it back into use. The Minister of State...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (18 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Dunguaire Castle is an iconic cultural and heritage landmark in Kinvara on the Wild Atlantic Way but it remains closed off to the public. That is a huge loss for Kinvara and south Galway as a whole in terms of tourism, heritage and employment. This loss is being felt as we enter the summer months. Dunguaire is a 16th century castle with great history, but it has been closed for two years....

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Week in and week out, I have people in my clinics who are distraught because they cannot afford the cost of rent. A woman had to leave her home due to domestic violence and found herself and five kids moving in with elderly parents. A couple have to leave their home in two weeks' time and do not know where they will leave their personal belongings or their pets or whether they will be able...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions she is taking to expand capacity in the childcare sector, particularly in rural areas; the actions she intends to take to address long waiting lists for childcare facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline her Department’s efforts to improve accessibility in rural towns and villages. [32258/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Honours (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 177. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which a person can apply for a posthumous medal for a family member who was a member of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Republican Army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32000/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the powers the Irish Aviation Authority holds to address situations where an airline knowingly misleads customers about their rights under EU law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31795/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions his Department or the Irish Aviation Authority can undertake to ensure that an airline honours its obligations under Article 9 of EC261/2004 by reimbursing the cost of meals for a passenger whose flight has been cancelled (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31796/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Grant Payments (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 270. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are any grant funding schemes in place to support car adaptations for people with a disability or medical issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31999/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the allocation of SNA posts for the 2025/2026 school year; to outline the redeployment process in schools where surplus SNA posts have been identified; to outline the appeals process available to schools where SNA posts are identified as surplus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31871/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school transport can be provided for a child (details supplied). [32005/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Commissions of Investigation (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the work of the commission into historical sexual abuse in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32048/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school's (details supplied) SNA allocation will be reviewed in light of the fact that an increased allocation was recommended by the SENO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32360/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 473. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the next Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund will allow for site purchase and the planning for essential swimming pool infrastructure in towns where a swimming pool does not already exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31873/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authority tenants, living in a part V home, can purchase their home under the tenant purchase scheme; if he intends to review this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on schools’ SNA allocations for the 2025-26 school year; to outline the process involved in making allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30984/25]

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I thank our guests for their time today. In relation to the reduction in the estimated waiting times, is this just an estimate based on the new testers coming on board or have we seen progress in recent times, in the short term? The RSA mentioned earlier that a lot of the testers are taken up with training and things like that at the moment. Has there been any progress in the short term,...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Are the numbers on the waiting list decreasing?