Results 201-220 of 3,838 for speaker:Pa Daly

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Climate Change Policy (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the infrastructure, climate and nature fund; to report on the progress to disperse these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28218/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 323 of 8 April 2025, if there was ever a report published regarding the outcome of the mid-term review; if not, to provide justification; to outline the parameters of the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28433/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Exchequer Payments (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of any exchequer funding received by Kerry airport in each of the years since it was established, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28435/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to bring down motor insurance premiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26455/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 305. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the public sector climate action mandate applies to the OPW; if so, the measures that have been taken by the OPW to comply with this mandate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26456/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has considered the ongoing genocide in Gaza as part of the public procure strategy for government departments and public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 311. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of State-owned properties that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and contracts signed; the reason they are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 546. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of properties owned by the HSE that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and contracts signed; the reason they are vacant, in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 547. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of vacant properties owned by the HSE; the number of months they have been vacant for; the number that have identified new occupiers, by county; the mean, median and mode of time it took to identify a new occupier; the number still vacant in each of the years 2015 to 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 548. To ask the Minister for Health the plans being made for the buildings that will be vacant when the new children’s hospital opens; to provide a breakdown of the number of buildings this will affect; the plans that have been made for new occupiers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (29 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the accommodation crisis at University Limerick; the steps being taking to address the matter; if he is aware of students from Kerry having to commute up to six hours per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/25]

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I want to make another point regarding supports available to survivors who are not living in this jurisdiction. I recently visited the Coventry Irish centre, which provides all the supports for survivors in the English west midlands. Unfortunately, the Government only commits to funding schemes. The centre has difficulty in that it funded its own premises, which is on Eton Square near the...

Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I do not have any difficulty with most of the technical amendments, but I will make a few points about the wider issue. This is the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024 and it has the word "support" in its title, but it includes little in the way of practical support for former residents in its contents. It is more virtue signalling and promising something...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. Following on from the question raised by Deputy Boland, I know the NTA is working to have a weekly fare for children. There was a review at the end of April and some fares have increased while others have reduced. Are there plans to realign those so that the increased fares are brought back to where they originally were? That is a "Yes" or "No" question.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: We all agree that there has been a large increase in the number of people using public transport, which is a good thing and can help to keep fares low. In response to an earlier question, Mr. Creegan mentioned the 20% cut, the €2 cap and the 50% reduction in fares. It was reported in a briefing note to the Minister, Deputy Chambers, in February that reduced fares are creating...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: Is the NTA adequately subsidised to keep the fare levels as they are at the moment?

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: The NTA, therefore, is not adequately funded at the moment to keep fares as they are.

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I have a question relating to ghost buses and the carrot and stick approach. Does the service level agreement with some of the private operators include enough sticks to ensure that ghost buses are limited as much as possible? I know this happens a lot. Deputy Currie mentioned west Dublin. I know students from Kerry who get a bus home from the University of Limerick, UL, on a Friday...

Committee on Transport: National Transport Authority: Engagement (28 May 2025)

Pa Daly: The Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, published a report this morning stating that we are going backwards in respect of our emissions targets. Is Mr. Creegan happy that the NTA can meet its 2030 targets? I know there has been some reduction since 2018. Does Mr. Creegan think we will hit the targets? Is the NTA taking steps to ensure we do?