Results 281-300 of 432 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (8 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the corrective actions he will take to ensure that the transport sector meets its emissions reductions targets by 2030 and does not exceed the sectoral emissions ceilings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18068/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the roll-out of the proposed transport police force; and if he will make a statement on the matter.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (8 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 285. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand eligibility for the disabled drivers and passenger’s scheme to include people living with scoliosis and recipients of corrective spinal fusion surgery who have been left with permanent impairments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23065/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of EV charging points in each Irish Rail car park, in tabular form; if there are plans to increase this number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22341/25]

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

Ciarán Ahern: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocation for Iarnród Éireann security personnel at stations in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22342/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to ensure that children in publicly funded schools are not required to attend religious instruction against the wishes of their parents, in line with the constitutional right to freedom of conscience and Article 44.2.4 of the Constitution; if she supports children's constitutional rights not to attend said...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 222. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital budget allocation for Tourism Ireland in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí based in the Garda Mounted Unit, by rank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22344/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 323. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated full-year costs to recruit an additional 300 prison officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 327. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the visa application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22399/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE stroke clinical nurse specialists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 481. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in each public PrEP service in 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of vacancies in each of those PrEP services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (7 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general surgeons with a special interest in colorectal surgery based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Inquiries (1 May 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is aware of the recent increase in anti-social behaviour and the consequential public safety concerns at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21853/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Policies (29 Apr 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 170. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of work undertaken by his Department to implement the ten recommendations contained in the report of the Dublin City Taskforce launched in October 2024. [19044/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (29 Apr 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ban imported fracked gas in Ireland, given the fact that in the High Court judgment [2024] IEHC 555 concerning the planning application for Shannon LNG it is noted that “the Proposed Development does not depend on fracked gas and the Applicant is confident it can source gas from non-fracked sources;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 251. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the analysis of the UK’s North Sea Transition Authority to the effect that the additional energy requirements associated with LNG relative to natural gas supplies, including the additional energy expended on liquification, transport and regasification, mean that LNG imports are on average over...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (29 Apr 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question 2 of 10 April 2025, if he accepts that given An Bord Pleanála’s requirement to ‘have regard’ to Government policy, his decision to overturn the moratorium on LNG introduced in 2021 has been the primary impetus behind Shannon LNG receiving planning approval to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (29 Apr 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 327. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will grant a contract extension of three months to those projects funded by his Department under the community climate action programme from the end of September 2025 to the end of December 2025, in order to enhance the impact of the projects without altering the financial framework established in the original...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Transport Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 408. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the work undertaken by his Department regarding the introduction of a dedicated transport police service as proposed in the Programme for Government; when he expects the necessary legislation underpinning the establishment of a dedicated transport police service to be published; if he anticipates that the transport...