Results 21-40 of 4,528 for speaker:Pa Daly

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Is there a timeline for that, given that one of the 32 recommendations is to continue to benchmark and monitor service quality and continuous improvement? Service, in my view, is being able to buy a bottle of water on a train on a four-hour journey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Will Ms Considine have an answer before Christmas?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Ms Considine has spoken about the challenges Irish Rail has. Is there any particular project she would like to bring forward but the funding has not been granted? What would be the first in line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Would it be fair to say that if the funding was available for the western rail corridor, Irish Rail would do that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Iarnród Éireann (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: It is frustrating that it is not there.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 16. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when Ireland will transpose the Renewable Energy Directive (EU) 2023/2413 (RED III); and the interim measures which are in place to ensure renewable energy projects are not delayed due to this transposition being overdue. [57541/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Generation (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 17. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether a national policy framework is being developed to facilitate the lifetime extension of older wind farms and repowering where relevant. [57542/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 138. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the number overdue for completion; the number completed with a service statement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57503/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 139. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of assessments of need completed by each children's disability network team, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [57504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (22 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 140. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting times for assessments of need completed by each children's disability network team, by area, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [57505/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I appreciate that he is only standing in for his ministerial colleague. He said there has been significant investment but we are just not seeing that locally in Kerry, which has one of the lowest numbers of early intervention classes in the State. An early intervention class includes a qualified primary school teacher and SNAs teaching the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: The education of children with special needs is one of the most frustrating and distressing situations for parents in County Kerry. They look on and see potential and achievable progress denied. As one mother said to me, the early years system is broken and the lack of appropriate services will have lifelong impacts on her son. Everywhere we turn we see that services have huge waiting...

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: Despite 100 years of partition, the ties that bind us together remain strong. Many of us have family ties across the Border, such as my family ties in Enniskillen, Belleek and Derry. Those cousins are just as Irish as I am. Some 20,000 to 30,000 people cross the Border every day to work. When my club, Na Gaeil, plays in the latter stages of the all-Ireland club championship, we have to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Common Travel Area (21 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 521. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether UK pensioners residing in the Republic of Ireland (details supplied) are entitled to receive the UK winter fuel allowance under the provisions of the common travel area arrangements between Ireland and the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 522. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has engaged with, or intends to engage with, the UK department for work and pensions regarding the recent changes to the winter fuel allowance eligibility criteria; if his Department will seek clarification on whether UK pensioners residing in Ireland under the common travel area will be afforded...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting list for driving test applications; the number of driving testers; the waiting list for HGV tests; the number of driving tests taken; the number of HGV driving tests taken in 2020 to 2025, by month in the past 24 months, by test centre, and by county, in tabular form. [56078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Service Level Agreements (16 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the fines charged to each bus operator for not meeting their service level agreements; the reasons for the value of each fine in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [56253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (16 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail and the NTA in relation to opening up catering services on additional routes; the progress being made in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56254/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 234. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the number of early intervention class places available broken down, by county in each of the years 2020-2025. [56255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (16 Oct 2025)

Pa Daly: 374. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all consultants that have been engaged as part of the North Kerry CAMHS lookback review; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; any reports produced; and the cost associated with their services. [56286/25]