Results 281-300 of 955 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing temporary drone restriction zones in residential areas such as (details supplied) pending the finalisation of the national drone policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department intends to develop specific youth-focused road safety measures or targets under the Road Safety Strategy 2025 to 2027, given the disproportionately high number of road deaths among 16-to-25-year-olds, as reported in the European Transport Safety Council's 2025 report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has undertaken an analysis of Ireland's declining ranking in EU road safety performance, specifically in relation to the high rate of road fatalities among drivers aged 18-to-24 years of age; if he will outline any policy responses under consideration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37392/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with the Road Safety Authority in response to the findings of the 2025 European Transport Safety Council Road Safety Performance Index, particularly the reported increase in the proportion of road deaths among people aged 16 to 25; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will commission an updated evaluation of the Essential Driver Training programme to determine its impact on young driver safety outcomes since its introduction in 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 293. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 2 July 2025, the steps his Department has taken to develop a new needs-based, grant-led scheme for vehicle adaptations, as proposed under the national disability inclusion strategy; when this new scheme is expected to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37825/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 309. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider making it a requirement that all taxi drivers operating wheelchair-accessible vehicles are properly certified to use the ramp and equipment, so that passengers with disabilities are not left without transport; if he will clarify the current rules in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37904/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 17 June 2025, if the Revenue Commissioners is under inquiry or investigation in relation to its destruction of millions of call recordings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37085/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 338. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising the price cap of the help-to-buy scheme given the continuing increases house price inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider extending the teaching hours extension scheme, which currently applies to post-primary schools, to include primary schools also; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37261/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to give an explanation that of the 399 new special classes due to open in September, only two are designated for students with mild general learning disabilities at post-primary level; the reason both are being established in the same school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37905/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will prioritise the establishment of additional special classes in mainstream post-primary schools for students with mild general learning disabilities, including those with Down's syndrome; if she will address the current shortfall in such provision, given the majority of existing classes are focused on students with autism; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will develop a specific plan to support parents of children with Down's syndrome who are seeking a place in a special class in a mainstream post-primary school (details supplied); if she will respond to concerns that some students are currently not being accommodated in the existing system; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Reviews (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has any plans to amend the Status of Children Act 1987 to allow for court-ordered DNA testing of individuals other than alleged parents in appropriate cases, subject to suitable legal safeguards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 881. To ask the Minister for Health the lessons that have been learned to date from the Laura Brennan HPV vaccination catch-up programme to inform its future development; whether there are any specific areas of improvement that have been identified to increase uptake rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 882. To ask the Minister for Health if, given that the HPV vaccine is currently available, free of charge, to gbMSM and people living with HIV attending public STI clinics, PrEP and HIV services, there is an intention under the new National Sexual Health Strategy 2025-2035 to make the HPV vaccine available to gbMSM through primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37823/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Common Agricultural Policy (3 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 84. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of funding uptake and participation levels by scheme under Ireland's Common Agricultural Policy strategic plan to date; how these supports are being geographically distributed and monitored for environmental impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the community response team in an area (detailed supplied) is being considered for permanent status; if he will provide data on arrests and incidents since its establishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (3 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide data on the number of seizures, arrests and prosecutions related to the illegal use of electric bikes and mopeds over the past 12 months; and if he will outline whether Operation Meacan or similar initiatives are active in the Dublin metropolitan region north; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Action Plan (3 Jul 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the specific climate action measures implemented under mission 1 of Food Vision 2030 to date; if he will outline the key performance indicators being used to track progress toward the 2030 targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36635/25]