Results 221-240 of 277 for speaker:Shane Moynihan

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

Shane Moynihan: I have several more quick questions. I have heard reports from constituents that bots are being used to skip queues on the sites. What is the RSA doing to be proactive in dealing with this? Has the RSA noticed anything in the relationship between pass rates and the length of time someone is waiting for a test? My theory is that bad habits are picked up by people who have not been tested...

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

Shane Moynihan: The witnesses have already clarified that the planned centre for south Dublin county will be in Sandyford. I missed when they said it would be up and running. I have general questions on the overall state of driver behaviour. One thing we have seen anecdotally, and people report back us, is that they feel that, at times, driver behaviour is not where it is needs to be. What is the RSA's...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on climate action, environment and energy will next meet. [29737/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Core to our transition to a green economy will be ensuring that the workforce has the skills necessary to enable it. A recent SOLAS report shows that, of all the jobs in the workforce, 75% require some sort of green or sustainability-based skill and that there are more than 400,000 people in employment in green occupations. Green jobs are an area of growth for the future, especially as...

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

Shane Moynihan: 113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to ensure childcare facilities delivered through housing developments are made operational and accessible to providers at viable rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24730/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 807. To ask the Minister for Health when medication known as givinostat will be made available in the State, given the role it can play in treating Duchenne muscular dystrophy in young boys. [32084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 821. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations in place with regard to the use of sunbeds, especially by minors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32174/25]

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Is mór agam an deis seo labhairt ar an mBille seo agus ar na himpleachtaí a bheidh ag baint leis do thionóntaí ar fud na tíre agus an éifeacht a bheidh aige ar mhargadh na gcíosanna. Gan amhras, tá an géarchéim thithíochta ar cheann de na géarchéimeanna is mór atá...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Like other colleagues, I want to raise not only the awful deteriorating disease that is Duchenne muscular dystrophy, but also the need for an approach to an early access programme along the lines of what is in Belgium, the UK and the US. In my constituency, there are two very unique and special boys, Conor and Dean Thompson, who have been spearheading the Build for the Boys campaign....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (18 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Luas-to-Lucan project; if it will be brought to a stage where planning permission will be sought in the lifetime of the 34th Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the overall state of progress of the BusConnects scheme nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (19 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider streamlining jobseeker's benefit claims during holidays for school bus escorts and other seasonal education workers to ensure timely payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33237/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Industrial Relations (24 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the plenary meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum which he chaired on 4 April 2025. [33558/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Industrial Relations (24 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: We have often discussed the importance of policymakers recognising the effort and energy that goes into running a business and sustaining high levels of employment. The plight of SMEs in particular has been raised on the floor of the Dáil, as has the need for policies to make sure we encourage and incentivise SMEs to scale up to be able to pursue research and innovation for their own...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Policy (24 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I congratulate my colleague, Deputy McAuliffe, on his advocacy for Finglas Luas. The Minister will know Luas Lucan is very important to me. I am keen to know about the overall set of plans identified by the NTA for extension of Luas lines around Dublin. Will he consider putting a standing Luas project office in place to think of continued expansion of light rail? It is fair to say we have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Tá fáilte roimh na finnéithe inniu. Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom fáilte ó chroí a chur roimh an bhfócas atá á dhíriú isteach ar an intleacht shaorga agus an réabhlóid dhigiteach agus cinntiú go mbeidh an Ghaeilge agus an Ghaeltacht mar lárchuid den réabhlóid dhigiteach. Mothaím...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: An bhfuil freagraí á bhfáil ag an údarás ó na comhlachtaí sin? Nuair a théann an t-údarás ag idirghabháil leo, an dtéann siad i ngleic leis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish-Speaking Community: Clár Oibre agus Tosaíochtaí Údarás na Gaeltachta: Plé (24 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Sin iontach agus thar a bheith dearfach. Tá cúpla ceist eile agam. Baineann ceann dóibh le cúrsaí scileanna. Ceann de na spriocanna a léim amach dom ón méid a luaigh lucht an údaráis ar maidin agus ón obair nuálach atá idir lámha acu ná go bhfuil iarrachtaí á ndéanamh daoine a bhfuil Gaeilge acu...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if the Belgian model is being examined in the context of the programme for Government commitment to investigate early access schemes for rare disease treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34617/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: The Minister is no doubt aware of the cases of those who suffer with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a matter which has been raised in the Dáil a number of times, as well as with the Minister directly, not least because of the Thompson boys in my own constituency. This has brought into focus the need for an early access scheme for rare disease drugs. I know there is a commitment to this...