Results 301-320 of 4,047 for speaker:Pa Daly

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 301. To ask the Minister for Finance the work, if any, that has been conducted in his Department to estimate the revenue that would be earned by collecting an air passenger duty similar to Britain. [31772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made to transfer the land at Ionad an Bhlascaoid to Kerry County Council for a playground in Dún Chaoin. [31699/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she would consider a special class for autistic learners in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31390/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31731/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated to school transport school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31733/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of an additional 1000 school transport places. [31734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: 374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding that has been allocated to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation (details supplied) broken down by year, in tabular form. [31621/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Murhur National School in Moyvane, in north Kerry, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this week. I wish the principal, Finola Fogarty, and all the school community, staff and past pupils all the best. I am sure the Taoiseach would agree that children with additional needs in rural areas are just as entitled to a full education as those in urban areas. In Murhur there are five children in...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: I have what is more of a general question following on from what Mr. Kinsella was saying. If anyone else wants to respond to it, they should feel free to do so. I thank the guests for all their contributions. I apologise for being late. I was in the Chamber. Mr. Kinsella, in particular, mentioned a few of the schemes, such as ACRES, and the frustration among farmers. All around the...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: CLEAR Report on Lady's Island Lake: Discussion (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Was it the Carra catchment or Carraig?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming in and for their presentations. The method Members of the Oireachtas has for directly contacting the RSA for urgent appointments has worked quite efficiently for us over the year and I thank them for that service. We received a reply to a parliamentary question about driver test waiting numbers between 2021 and 2025. While there was 57,000 in 2021,...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Was it only then that the RSA or the Government decided there was a problem? Clearly going back four or five years, definitely four years, there was a problem with the increased numbers and waiting lists. Was the Government slow off the mark in giving the RSA the sanction for extra?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Therefore, the RSA was looking for it well in advance of when the Government took action and gave it the sanction.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: The RSA statement mentioned the expiry of fixed-term contracts and that people were now being employed on a permanent basis.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: It obviously feels that employment on a permanent basis is a much better way to do business to ensure retention of staff. Is it correct to say that?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Was it frustrating for the RSA that only temporary contracts were being sanctioned by the Government?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Would it have been better for the RSA if it had the-----

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: Temporary contracts were only a stop-gap and not likely to address the increase in numbers.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Pa Daly: On a short term basis, is it?