Results 61-80 of 3,348 for speaker:Pa Daly

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Budgets (3 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the capital carryover in his Department in each of the years 2015 to date; the proportion of the total capital allocation that had to be carried in each of those years; the proportion of the capital allocation of that year that was carried over from the previous year; the reasons for capital carryover in each of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (3 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 258. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the lengthy delays in processing appeals by the Social Welfare Appeals Office as compared to the timelines in 2023 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (3 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 259. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average waiting time for processing an appeal by the Social Welfare Appeals Office in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16365/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (3 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 260. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delays in processing an appeal for a person (details supplied) by the Social Welfare Appeals Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16366/25]

Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I wish to discuss the overall Bill. I was recently in Liverpool, and in one of the local chip shops, there was a message on the glass screen that read: Cash is our preferred method of payment. With cash, we retain 100% of its value. The card processing companies get 0%. Big banks get 0%. Keep cash alive and support local businesses. Over recent years, organisations that should...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution: Value Added Tax (2 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Ordinary workers, families and businesses the length and breadth of the country are crippled by exorbitant gas and electricity bills. Week in and week out, people come to our office who are struggling to afford to keep the lights on and heat their home. Often, we have no choice but to send them to apply for an additional needs payment or to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. That is why...

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Storm Éowyn devastated entire communities. Households, businesses and farmers suddenly had their access to essential power, heat and water cut off. Many were waiting weeks for it to be restored. People could not wash, turn on the lights or heat their homes. For some, the lack of water and power posed a real risk to their lives. I commend my colleague Deputy O'Reilly on tabling the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 246. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to “Commission an independent review into the speed and level of passthrough from wholesale prices to retail prices, with an additional assessment of the overall price dynamics and an overall focus on the competitiveness of the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Regulatory Bodies (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 247. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to “Emphasise that low costs for households and businesses are a central tenet in the updated mandate of the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU)”; if he intends to update the mandate of the CRU; what said updates will consist of; to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 248. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the climate action plan for 2025 will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15030/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 249. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to “Ensure a policy is put in place to streamline repowering and life extension of existing onshore wind farms that are nearing end of life”; when he anticipates this policy will be published; the work being done to develop said policy; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Guidelines (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 250. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to “Fast-Track Offshore Wind Development by prioritising the publication of Designated Maritime Area Plans (DMAPs) and ensure the relevant agencies are sufficiently resourced to accelerate these developments”; the steps he is taking to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (1 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 259. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the EU Commission's Action Plan for Affordable Energy (details supplied); his views on the proposal to decouple electricity prices from gas prices; his position in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15368/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Communities Abroad (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. The support that is provided in the scheme, which is administered by the Department of foreign affairs is very much appreciated. It is appreciated by the clients, the survivors and elderly Irish people from all over the midlands and also by the staff who help them with their needs. However, the policy within Government is that the Government...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Irish Communities Abroad (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I am thankful for the opportunity to raise this issue. Coventry was once the most Irish city in England and in the early 1960s, there were 20,000 Irish-born people living in Coventry. The industries there attracted Irish people who worked in factories, on the buses and in hospitals. They built the ring road, housing estates and the new cathedral. The Irish community flourished. People...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I am glad the Minister brought up the town centre first approach because I see it was in the last programme for Government and it is in the current one. If it was the case there was a priority for town centre first, then the Department of Justice or the Courts Service would not be deciding to close the current courthouse in Tralee and to move it to another side of town without any plan to do...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: 83. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the town and village renewal scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I would like an update on the town and village renewal scheme. Will the Minister make a statement on that?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. It will be particularly relevant to towns in Kerry, particularly Listowel, Dingle, Kenmare and Cahirciveen Since Covid, many people have been returning to rural towns to live. However, town centres in Kerry, maybe with the exception of Killarney, are under severe pressure. There is a lot of dereliction in them. Is the Minister satisfied with the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (27 Mar 2025)

Pa Daly: Going over the statistics since 2017, as the Minister referenced, it seems to me that Kerry County Council and the roads department there have been quite efficient. I believe that €5,000 less than the full allocation was spent in one of those years. It seems that it was €21,000 less than the full allocation in 2020. It does seem to me that when we subtract the 2024 amount...