Results 41-60 of 263 for speaker:Ryan O'Meara

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make additional funding available for schools if the capitation and ancillary grant does not cover the cost of a cleaner and caretaker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29202/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 742. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 951. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any social welfare benefits available to self-employed parents (farmers); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 1123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the Deer Management Strategy and the establishment of local deer management units; if the locations of each of these units has yet been finalised; if a unit will be located in the north Tipperary area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 1473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days outpatient services were suspended in Nenagh Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Jun 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 1558. To ask the Minister for Health if she has received the HIQA Report in relation to accident and emergency services in the mid-west region; when she intends to publicly publish this report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30189/25]

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I want to start with neutrality. Senator Craughwell touched on it already and the Chair mentioned something along these lines at the outset about the number of emails members are getting on the triple lock. People are talking about neutrality and how this will destroy our neutrality and that we no longer will be a neutral country. I also get a lot of emails on Gaza, rightly so, and...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: Are there areas in the world where we probably would be sending troops but we are not even attempting to so do? Are there areas where we are asking what is the point because we know we will not succeed and not that we are attempting and failing?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: Will we no longer be a neutral country if we remove the triple lock?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: Does the triple lock prevent us from joining some of those other organisations Ms Maguire said we would not be joining by removing the triple lock?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: When I asked if we would no longer be a neutral country, the witness mentioned that this legislation would not result in us joining other international organisations whatever ones they might be. Would the triple lock, as it currently stands, prevent us from joining any of those other organisations?

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: The witness mentioned earlier about how the principles of the Treaty on the European Union would guide where we would be sending peacekeepers in the event of no longer having the triple lock.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 342. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether primary schools will be paid the minor works grant before the end of the current academic year; specifically, if a school (details supplied) will be paid the minor works grant before the end of the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28431/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 538. To ask the Minister for Health whether any changes are planned for the long-term illness scheme; if consideration has been given to extending the list of conditions, given the extremely limited list currently in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28467/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 539. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to adding asthma to the list of conditions included under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28468/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (29 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the immediate opportunities available to a student looking to commence a level 8 course in September 2025 but currently fails to meet the maths requirement for enrolment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28482/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 89. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28357/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (28 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 408. To ask the Minister for Health if a local volunteer health and wellbeing group (details supplied) will be able utilise a space in Nenagh Primary Care Centre for their sessions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if it is Government policy to support 100% community owned renewable energy projects in the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence following the conclusion of the Study Group on Defence Forces Standards of Colour Deficiency’s work, if the recommendations made have been considered by relevant personnel in the Defence Forces; if they have considered a pass in city university colour test, considered a ‘grade 2’, being sufficient for entry; and if these...