Results 61-80 of 160 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he will take to address the amount of food waste and single-use disposable plastic packaging under the Hot School Meals programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13319/25]

Young Carers: Motion [Private Members] (20 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I commend my colleague, Deputy Wall, and his staff on all of their work in producing this important motion. I especially commend the young carers who are with us in the Visitors Gallery this evening, and who shared their powerful testimonies with us in the audiovisual room this afternoon. They should not have to be here, but the reality of our broken system of care is what makes this motion...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number primary and secondary schools in Tallaght that have expressed an interest in opening a specialist class in the 2024/2025 academic year; the number of these applications that were accepted and refused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13105/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Tallaght that were approached by the National Council for Special Education to open a specialist class; the percentage of those schools that declined; and if her Department can provide insight into the reasons given for these refusals. [13106/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (20 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 437. To ask the Minister for Health if the commitments made in the 2020 Programme for Government regarding the implementation of an informed consent model of care for hormone replacement therapy, simplifying the process for 16 and 17 year old trans people to acquire a gender recognition certificate, and ensuring that Government bodies use a trans or non-binary individual’s correct...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Mar 2025)

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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected total capital cost of the strategic gas reserve; the estimated annual operating cost; to outline the future mechanism for recouping the costs of the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected annual additional cost on a domestic natural gas bill to fund the provision of a strategic gas reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 146. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been provided with estimates of the amount by which the standing charge for a domestic natural gas bill will increase in order to fund the provision of a strategic gas reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10930/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will identify the location for a floating strategic gas reserve; the agency that will be responsible for securing planning permission and operating the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10933/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the conditions he intends to apply to the source of the natural gas stored in any strategic gas reserve; if it will be filled from the existing network through the interconnector or use an LNG carrier to refuel/refill the facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total volume of natural gas used in Ireland in each year since 2016, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the volume used for electricity generation, household and business use; the projected volume requirement for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated additional volume requirement of natural gas for electricity generation and data centres for each of the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many electricity and gas customers were in arrears on their energy bills based on the most recently available figures; if he will outline what reporting his Department receives on those in arrears; how the most recent figures compare to those from the same date in 2024 and 2023 respectively; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he projects the first new offshore renewable wind energy to become available on the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much new gas-fired electricity generation will be added to the grid in 2025; how much was added in 2024 and if he will provide a breakdown by project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how much natural gas was used respectively by data centres and large industrial processes respectively in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11241/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity storage available on the grid; the plan to add more over the next five years; if he will confirm if pumped hydro storage is included; to outline the current location of electricity storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to list the functions, roles and services that were carried out and delivered by civil service or State agency workers; the cost to the State of each contract since the implementation of the Building Momentum public service agreement, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12440/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will engage with Electric Ireland on poor communication levels with businesses regarding power outage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12744/25]