Results 361-369 of 369 for speaker:Ryan O'Meara

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Irish Language (17 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I will touch on the inability of so many Irish people to converse in our national language on leaving secondary school after 14 years of education. This is obviously something a lot of people talk about but I am concerned about whether we are actually addressing it and enhancing the ability of all of us to communicate as Gaeilge. Will the Minister consider introducing a three-week mandatory...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Irish Language (17 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: After 14 years of education, it seems like the whole purpose is to get to the leaving certificate exam and to get as many points as possible out of it. That is the sense among a lot of students when they leave school. The instant the oral is over and the paper is written, they feel they are finished with Irish and stop practising it. The love of it and the whole point of why they are...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Irish Language (17 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: The Minister has lined up my final point perfectly in terms of immersive experiences. Gaeltacht courses for student teachers are free for primary teachers but are costing post-primary teachers about €2,000 when they have to do them. It has been raised with me numerous times in Mary Immaculate College in Thurles by the staff and particularly by the students there. It is an obstacle...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 9 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if sustainable management of water and other environmental resources will be a key priority of the new National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the increased cost of business grant and power-up scheme appeals process that was recently approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40371/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Economic Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 133. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the IMF's annual review of the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 306. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the second phase of the proposed speed limit changes, that will see the introduction of a 30km/h speed limit in urban areas, will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (15 Jul 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 519. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the allocation of special needs assistants (SNAs) for moderate general learning disability classes is not on par with the SNA allocation in autism spectrum disorder classes given that the social-emotional and medical needs are complex in these classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39702/25]