Results 121-140 of 146 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I raise the issue of aviation policy. Will the Government consider reviewing aviation policy in light of the fact that aviation policy has not been reviewed since 2015? I raise the matter in particular as a member of the cross-party Shannon Airport Oireachtas group. Shannon Airport is one of the most underused pieces of infrastructure in the State and we need to make much better use of it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister and tentatively welcome his reply. I am from the west of Ireland, as is the Minister of State sitting beside the Minister, and Shannon Airport is critically important to us in the mid-west. It is not something I agree with, but we know that the Government is going to try to lift the passenger cap. It is a fact of life. We need to gain some additionality for regional...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: It is not about being anti-Dublin or anti-Dublin Airport. It is about giving us more options outside of Dublin, both in the mid-west and Cork, to avoid having to travel up the motorway to fly to key European destinations. I welcome the fact the Minister said he will examine the regional airports programme. While Government cannot force airlines to fly from a particular airport, it can...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any consideration in the absence of a license exchange programme to allowing permanent conversion of valid Canadian and US driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 656. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on the panel for executive officer grade within civil service from the most recent EO recruitment campaign. [20247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of refunds sought from parents availing of the school transport scheme in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1158. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to consider setting up a roving workforce to assist local authorities bring vacant housing stock back into use; if he will consider a local authority (details supplied) as a pilot for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18668/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Citizens advice centres in Limerick; and the number employed in each centre and the grade of each employee, in tabular form. [20255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the names of projects within Limerick Garda division that received funding under Community Safety Innovation Fund in 2024; and he amount received per project, in tabular form. [20251/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Department funded youth division projects workers based in Limerick in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20252/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Industry (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1730. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which new markets continue to be established for Irish food products. [20253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1829. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding for disability capital projects drawn down in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1888. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of the staff numbers and grade in each of children's disability network teams in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 1889. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in Limerick, in tabular form. [20257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Inquiries (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2347. To ask the Minister for Health when she will sign off on regulations (details supplied) to allow the enquiry to commence to investigate the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20314/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Hospital Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant vascular surgeons based at University Hospital Limerick in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2327. To ask the Minister for Health the number of optometrists registered with the community optometry scheme in each of the past three years ,in tabular form. [20246/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2614. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects in Limerick that were funded under local enhancement programme in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20249/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Meetings (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 2615. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has met with the Polish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [20250/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the actions he and his Department are taking to ensure properties used for short-term lets are regulated and returned to use as homes; if he has engaged with any of the platforms providing such short term lets in Ireland since his appointment; if there is a target in place for ensuring legislation is in place...