Results 21-40 of 263 for speaker:Ryan O'Meara

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (18 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I say again that housing is the number one issue affecting my generation. It was the biggest issue by far and away for me on the doors, whether I was speaking to people my own age; getting messages from people on social media saying they would love to be able to come home and afford a home; parents who said when I knocked on doors that their adult children were still living at home, as I am...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: Both Cloughjordan and Silvermines in my constituency need playground facilities for young children. Both of these local villages have dedicated, skilled and ambitious voluntary committees that have been working on this for a number of years. Both have secured lands, namely, the Thomas MacDonagh Memorial Garden in Cloughjordan and the parish field in Silvermines. Both have considerable sums...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I thank the Minister for attending with her officials. I would like to start with school financing. It is a major issue coming up for me across north Tipperary and north-west Kilkenny, but also nationally and among the representative bodies that are in contact with me. The burden and stress being put on principals in many cases is intolerable for some of those who have contacted me. I...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I will start with children with mild general learning difficulties. One class in north Tipperary has, as far as I know, been in existence since the 1970s catering for such children. That school is now getting two extra special classes and that room is being repurposed for the special class, meaning we are losing that space. Parents who I know quite well emailed me today. They have secured...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Security (17 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 20. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [29817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider removing ‘km/hr’ from road speed signs and display numerical speed limits only, in line with the practice in many other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32554/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (17 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 460. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the plans to build SET classrooms during the summer holidays (details supplied). [32710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (17 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 884. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department to encourage the provision of bilingual labelling on food packaging, which would promote the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32547/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 940. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug, victoza, also known as liraglutide, is available under the drugs payment scheme (DPS) for patients who have had it prescribed for weight loss; if not, whether there are alternatives available under the DPS that a patient may instead discuss with their GP; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (12 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 53. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department's plans for the old military barracks on Summerhill in Nenagh. [30794/25]

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: Housing is the single greatest issue facing my generation. I start with an issue I have raised in this Chamber a number of times, and will continue to raise, which is modern methods of construction, modular homes, log cabins or whatever we want to call them. I recognise the Minister of State's position on it. I welcome the work done to date by Government on planning exemptions relating to...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [29817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 250. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he intends to publish information on the social climate plan, considering that this is a key action of the National Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30185/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 251. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a public consultation will take place in relation to the social climate plan that his Department is currently drafting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30186/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: EU Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 252. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will be working to progress continued, simplified and dedicated funding, through the next EU budget for energy communities, considering they are building a secure, local and sustainable energy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30187/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 368. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of primary and secondary schools in Tipperary that expressed interest in the safe routes to school programme; for a breakdown of schools that have had works completed by Tipperary County Council to date; for a breakdown of Tipperary schools awaiting selection for future rounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 369. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to re-open the safe routes to school programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30447/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 414. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has given consideration to extending the help-to-buy scheme to include second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30635/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of mild general learning classes in north Tipperary; the number of classes she anticipates there will be in September 2025; if there are plans to open any other mild general learning classes in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29312/25]