Results 281-300 of 544 for speaker:Shane Moynihan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 493. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline plans to increase the supply of affordable and social housing in the Saggart and Citywest areas, in light of ongoing population growth and housing demand. [36081/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Traffic Fines (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a county-by-county breakdown of the number of fixed charge notices/parking fines issued for parking in disabled parking bays over the past two years, in tabular form. [36068/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 661. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the shortage of childcare places in the Citywest and Saggart area; and to set out what action her Department is taking to address it. [36088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 669. To ask the Minister for Health when the community mothers scheme will be reintroduced.. [36165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 838. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the provision of primary healthcare services and infrastructure in the Saggart, Rathcoole and Citywest areas, specifically plans for new GP clinics or health centres. [36084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 839. To ask the Minister for Health to provide the current GP-to-patient ratio in the Saggart area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 840. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the recruitment of public health nurses, specifically in the Dublin mid-west region; and if she will outline the measures are being taken to address staffing shortages and ensure adequate community nursing services are available to meet local demand. [36090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (1 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 906. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what funding has been and will be provided by his Department for community centres, libraries and recreational amenities in the Saggart, Citywest and Rathcoole areas. [36086/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 7. To ask the Minister for Health if the Belgian model is being examined in the context of the programme for Government commitment to investigate early access schemes for rare disease treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34617/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: The Minister is no doubt aware of the cases of those who suffer with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a matter which has been raised in the Dáil a number of times, as well as with the Minister directly, not least because of the Thompson boys in my own constituency. This has brought into focus the need for an early access scheme for rare disease drugs. I know there is a commitment to this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: It is great to hear about the progress that has been made in implementing the recommendations of the Mazars report on this subject that was published some years ago. That goes to the heart of the extra resourcing that the Minister spoke about. She is right; there needs to be a partnership between industry and the State to make sure that these applications are put through immediately and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medicinal Products (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I appreciate the efforts of the Minister in this regard and I have conveyed that to the families involved. I am very grateful for the Minister's proactive approach. The beauty of getting an early access scheme right is that it does not necessarily rely on the proactivity of the State to be involved in that process but, rather, the partnership is hardwired into every piece of the system and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Clinical Trials (26 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 55. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase clinical trials and better support clinicians, researchers and staff to focus on clinical trial activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34618/25]

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I thank the Minister and his team for coming in. I have a few topics. I will start with something that will not surprise the Minister, which is light rail, the Luas and generally. Going through the Estimates I did not see a line item on the number of new trams. Maybe that is covered under one of the headings. I would like clarification on that, because this is in acute demand in my area....

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Okay.

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I move to cycling and active travel. I am encouraged by the commitment to active travel I see in the Estimates laid before the committee, and which have been detailed in the Minister's brief. I am particularly encouraged to hear about the Minister's support for the safe routes to school programme. That is an important programme. One things that brings that into more acute focus is that...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Absolutely. I compliment them on their public transport safety action days that they have been pioneering recently as well. Moving to the area of roads, I am pleased to see the increase in expenditure on roads. Public transport needs good roads to operate on, which is often lost in this debate about the false dichotomy between public transport and roads. With regard to roads...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: On the area of driver testing, I have been encouraged by the Minister’s leadership on this in the past few weeks in making sure that we get the RSA up to the space where it is. I note the data in the in the Estimates that was shared with us is only up as far as 2023, so it is before the Minister became Minister. There was a reduction in the issuing of penalty points and the issuing...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Finally, I am very happy to get the good news about the judicial review on the DART+ West being withdrawn this week and very happy that the Minister was able to announce the start of tendering for enabling works for DART+ South West. In a constituency like mine, where bus is the predominant mode of public transport, opening up access to things like rail and light rail is really important to...

Select Committee on Transport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (25 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Great. It is encouraging to hear that. I am encouraged to hear about the Minister’s commitment to the transport security force. That was a core commitment of our party in the recent election and it is good to see it held up as priority in the programme for Government. It is great to hear about the progress, especially in the past few weeks, in furthering that. Does the Minister...