Results 301-320 of 485 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Do they have time as it stands to properly assess the cases that come in to try to get judgments in a short timeframe? There are obviously a lot, from European directives to national legislation and so on. Is there a risk to the quality of decisions that are being made at present?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: The opening statement mentioned an expedited procedure for the strategic infrastructure cases. Will the witnesses outline how that works and how much quicker these cases are heard?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I thank Ms Duffy very much.

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Access to dental services is fundamental to a person's overall health. A person's income or means should not be a factor as to whether he or she can access the dental services he or she requires. However, we have seen a total collapse in the school screening programme, while adults with a medical card find it increasingly difficult to access care under the dental treatment services scheme,...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I wish to raise the issue of energy developments in County Galway. My constituency has seen some of the highest concentration of wind energy projects across the State. There are proposals for a large solar project in Monivea and two large-scale gas-fired generation plants in Athenry and Portumna. These projects are causing huge unease in communities. They are extremely divisive and they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: We have wind farms, a solar project in Monivea and two large-scale gas-fired generation plants being proposed in Athenry and Portumna.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: In general, yes. All these projects are very divisive. They are all being led by private investors that are only interested in extracting a profit from local resources and are not interested in the communities around them. The public consultations on these projects are nothing more than box-ticking exercises. There is no input from communities and many large-scale projects are in close...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I am not rejecting them. I am just about talking about guidelines for where they should be going in.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of a successor scheme to the disabled driver and passenger scheme; if there is a timeline for the introduction of this successor scheme; the engagement ha has had with advocacy groups regarding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 178. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of the pay claim which regional administrators of the Citizens Information Service are bringing to the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 203. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam as a result of advancements in the science of DNA testing since the Bill was enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39878/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 134. 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. [38943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the treatment of abuse survivors and the need for a redress scheme for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale given for mandating that disabled parking permits have a validity length of two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person can avail of the vacant property refurbishment grants (croí cónaithe) if the property title is held by a limited company rather than the individual's name; if he will review an application (details supplied) refused on this basis by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review advancements in the science of DNA testing with a view to extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40276/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 347. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale given by the Minister, or his Department, for the differential treatment of childless individuals under the terms of the capital acquisition tax when compared to individuals with children; whether the Department has any plans to review the arrangements for childless individuals under the capital acquisition tax; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (15 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of vacant educational psychologists with National Educational Psychology Services, as of July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38716/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Forensic Science Ireland (15 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 of 10 June 2025, if he has received the necessary information from An Garda Síochána in order to answer this PQ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38720/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 858. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians based at Gort health centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38710/25]