Results 381-400 of 762 for speaker:Barry Heneghan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cybersecurity Policy (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I welcome the fact the Tánaiste will engage with the universities. As I have seen growing up and going through the education system, mol an óige agus tiocfaidh sí. If we do not invest in education and universities and give them the option, they will go. As the Tánaiste mentioned, cyberdefence depends on highly skilled personnel. I welcome the fact the Tánaiste has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: It is great to hear that the Minister of State will be coming to the club. Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club has a significant history of producing Olympians not just for the northside but for all of Ireland, such as Dick Hooper, Mick Clohisey and Sophie Becker as well as paralympians Orla Comerford and David McNally, and Brian Fay, who I went to school with. With over 850 members, the club...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I welcome the fact that the Minister of State said that. Regarding the lack of running tracks and the number of Olympians, maybe northsiders are just better runners. I ask that the capital plan that, please God, will go to Raheny Shamrock Athletic Club not be a one-time investment. If Dublin City Council could do this, it could charge people, which would build revenue for the council. We...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he and his Department officials will visit a new clubhouse development (details supplied) to speak with the board. [22889/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: I rise today to raise an issue on which the Minister of State has already engaged with me regarding Raheny Shamrocks Athletics Club and a development that the board of the club has been working really hard on. I welcome the fact the Minister of State has been speaking to the board. I ask him to comment on the fact that the northside needs more investment in this club and in running tracks...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to introducing a learner driver support programme in Dublin Bay north, in view of the current driving test waiting times of 29 weeks at Raheny and 23 weeks at Killester, both of which are significantly above the Road Safety Authority’s ten-week target, and the corresponding low pass rates of 52.6% and 35.8%...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 150. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are plans for the installation of an all-weather pitch and running track in St. Anne’s Park, Dublin, given the large number of cancelled matches last year and the need to improve youth and public fitness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22888/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Disaster Response (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 169. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on progress in enhancing our capacity to respond to climate-related emergencies, including through the role of the Defence Forces in civil defence and disaster response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18130/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 223. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban and any future solid fuel regulations as part of the clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22904/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the forthcoming clean air Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22905/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 225. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the maximum fine administered for breaches under the Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 529 of 2022); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22906/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 226. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency by local authorities in each of the years 2019 to 2025, and to date in 2025 under the updated solid fuel Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22907/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air and Water Pollution (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 227. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of enforcement notices and prosecutions as reported to the Environmental Protection Agency by local authorities in each of the years 2018 to 2024, and to date in 2025, under the updated solid fuel Regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22909/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost for retrofitting a social housing unit as part of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23145/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes retrofitted and heat pumps installed to date as part of the National Retrofitting Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 234. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will set out the Government’s plans to significantly expand Ireland’s interconnection capacity with Great Britain and continental Europe; if there are plans to fast-track key interconnector projects before 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23162/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will detail the actions being taken to enable profitable exports of surplus renewable electricity from Ireland, including reforms to electricity market structures and agreements with neighbouring countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23163/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 236. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of progressing private wire legislation as mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23164/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of electric vehicles in Ireland to date in 2025; the number of electric vehicles registered annually in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (8 May 2025)

Barry Heneghan: 276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cars and percentage of the national vehicle fleet powered by fossil fuels in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23151/25]