Results 401-420 of 432 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I am going to focus on the climate and energy aspects of the budget. I will start by giving some credit to the Minister, Deputy O'Brien. There have been some positive steps from a long-term emissions reduction perspective. For starters, I am glad he has convinced the Minister of State, Deputy Healy-Rae, of the need for carbon taxes. The funding given to EirGrid and the ESB for grid...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I did not mention anyone.

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: No problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I disagree fundamentally. Go on, anyway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: But not through the importation of electric cars.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I have two quick questions. The first is for the motor industry. We heard from a lot of speakers about incentives and promoting EV sales. I acknowledge that there is a constituency out there that has to drive. If more people take public transport, there will be more room on the roads for people who have to drive, but a lot of the EVs being sold now are huge, heavy SUVs with significant...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: The move has been towards car growth over the past decade or two.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: There are fixes for that. You can get car seats for the full back seat.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 102. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail plans to have a new 10 a.m. Monday to Saturday Dublin Heuston to Westport train service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53604/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 103. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of each category of tickets that Irish Rail sold for Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53605/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 104. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the new wheelchair accessible DART carriages that will be in service with effect from early 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail plans to have undercover ticket inspectors onboard intercity rail services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53607/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I have one last question for the NTA. One of the challenges the NTA has put down is public acceptance and buy-in to change. On a constituency level, it just feels like more public engagement is required when it comes to the welcome changes we are making to our bus routes via BusConnects and things like that. I cannot tell you the amount of time my office spends explaining the changes in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that international English language students over the age of 25 are being told that they no longer qualify for a student LEAP card; if he is aware that the denial of access to a student LEAP Card has meant that the cost for monthly public transport use has doubled for those affected; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (9 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that students at the King’s Inn have been excluded from the student Leap card scheme despite having been eligible in previous years and despite students in similar institutions such as the Law Society being eligible; the reasons for their exclusion; if he will ensure that students at the King’s Inn are...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Policies (9 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 236. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the use of online bidding platforms and countdown clocks in house sales; his views on whether they are a positive innovation in the housing market; if he will seek to ban or regulate their use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54528/25]

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: Hear, hear.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (14 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide from returns made to the FSSU the total amount paid to Uisce Éireann by primary and post-primary schools in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54829/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (14 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the concerns expressed by schools which are financially challenged in relation to the receipt of substantial water charge bills from Uisce Éireann despite not being funded to meet such bills; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54831/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (15 Oct 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed introduction of additional time during State examinations for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55801/25]