Results 1-20 of 228 for speaker:John Clendennen

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a review of utility infrastructure deficits in rural towns and villages; how these deficits are currently limiting the delivery of rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36137/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: Is the Department undertaking a review of utility infrastructure deficits in rural towns and villages and on how such deficits are currently limiting delivery of rural housing? Will the Minister make a statement on that?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: I appreciate the reply but I want to give an example of a rural town in my area. Edenderry has a population of 8,000 and is within commuting distance of Dublin. Towns within its environs have grown, yet there will be no development from Uisce Éireann there until 2029. There is a key issue whereby theory and practice are not aligned. Offaly County Council referred to the delivery of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: I welcome the developer-led initiative, but a viability element has to be taken into consideration. Where developers are expected to provide an interim measure, Uisce Éireann has to engage and liaise with them to ensure that it remains economically viable for them to do so. The Uisce Éireann website is not developer friendly. The capacity register on the website provides an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to advise on his Department’s approach to the Programme for Government commitment to “consider the use of sustainable biofuels to reduce emissions from existing home boilers where deep retrofits are not possible in the short term”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Programmes (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 194. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to advise on his Department’s position on both the use of HVO for fuel home heating systems and the Programme for Government commitment to “improve traceability in HVO procurement to ensure the product is from sustainable sources”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 195. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set-out the supports available to support homeowners who currently rely on turf for their home heating to transition to renewable heating systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 196. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to set-out the supports available to support homeowners who currently rely on turf for their home heating to transition to renewable heating systems; if supports for this cohort will be provided by the way of Ireland’s Social Climate Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36238/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 197. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide data on the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the burning of turf in private homes in Ireland, both in terms of overall volume and as a proportion of total Irish greenhouse gas emissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36239/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 433. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being considered to ensure that utility infrastructure capacity does not become a long-term barrier to rural housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36138/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Meetings (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when the new Countryside Forum for Nature is to hold its first meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wildlife Legislation (1 Jul 2025)

John Clendennen: 504. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to address anomalies in wildlife legislation relating the size of fox snares and the use of crow decoys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36241/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: This weekend, a tractor run at Ballybrit in my constituency will see over 200 tractors and drivers of all ages take part. For over a decade, the Road Safety Authority has referenced a tractor driving framework and testing for young drivers but there is currently a void of uncertainty. Farmers and contractors are committed to safety and open to initiatives that will enhance it, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (26 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the introduction of e-health records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 107. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in transforming the health service into a seven-days-a-week service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34812/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (26 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered taxi and hackney licences in operation in Offaly in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (26 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications received by the National Transport Authority from Offaly based operators for the 2025 electric small public service vehicle (eSPSV) grant scheme when it launched in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35176/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (26 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of successful applications for the 2025 electric small public service vehicle (eSPSV) grant scheme awarded to Offaly based operators in the first round of applications, which was launched in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35177/25]