Results 61-80 of 3,398 for speaker:Pa Daly

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Services (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 517. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of all the public bus routes that are now operated by a private contractor, by county; for a breakdown of the dates on which the transition to operation by private contractor took place; for a breakdown of any public bus routes in which there are plans to transition to operation by private contractor, by county,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Services (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 518. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proportion of bus routes that are operated by private contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Greenways Provision (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the South Kerry Greenway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20969/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Bus Services (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 548. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on local links; if he plans to increase the number of stops and or increased flexibility for drivers to stop more frequently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Ministerial Responsibilities (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 1213. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his responsibilities as they relate to biodiversity and nature restoration; to report on where this is detailed in his ministerial brief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 1338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the marine protected areas legislation; to provide an update; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 1414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to take rent and mortgage costs into account when a person is applying for supplementary welfare allowance weekly payment as not allowing for same is placing people in financial hardship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19263/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on energy security; what the Government means when it refers to a "State-led" LNG facility; what "State-led" means in this context; if there will be a commercial element; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17837/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: The question is to ask the Minister what he means when he refers to a "State-led" LNG facility. What exactly does that mean, and will there be a commercial element? The Tánaiste was in the United States recently and is there at the moment. Did the question of buying gas from the United States or from friends of Donald Trump come up at that meeting? The Minister mentioned legal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply and I am somewhat reassured by the answer, but there is a lot of fear out there at the moment. Some of it comes from the geopolitical situation but some of it has not been helped by a heightening of fear within the Government. With wars, tariffs and the slide into right-wing extremism that is going on, people are apprehensive. The President of the United...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: We understand that the Government must keep the lights on and that it is important, if it is justifiable in those reports, that the reserve must be in place. The Government, however, also has a responsibility to ensure that costs do not spiral out of control. To take the experience in Germany, when it introduced its strategic LNG reserve it invested heavily in four terminals in 2022,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the transition to renewable heat; if he has considered measures to increase the use of biofuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17836/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I ask the Minister for an update on renewable heat and whether he has considered measures to increase the use of biofuels because, when it comes to our transition to renewable heat, alarm bells should be ringing. No matter what way you look at it, Ireland has no hope of meeting its targets. For years, the Government has been acting as if heat pumps were the only show in town, but experience...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister is probably aware that we have retrofitted only 12% of our BER B2 target for 2030 and 5% of the heat pump target. I acknowledge that the Minister stated heat pumps represent the optimal approach. For newer, efficient buildings, heat pumps are the obvious choice but the cost of making people's homes pump-ready makes an immediate switch impossible. Some 70,000 people rely on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister know when that assessment will be completed? The grants are clearly too low and will not suit people who do not have €50,000 to invest in their home. There are many people, particularly older people, who have been using some sort of liquid fuel to heat their houses for many years. They are not going to leave their homes for a few months, rent somewhere or stay...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is taking to reduce household energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on offshore wind; the measures his Department is taking to accelerate delivery of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17831/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his Department has taken to extend or (re)negotiate State aid for the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the development of long-duration energy storage in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work his Department has carried out to ensure that our infrastructure is resilient to climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16102/25]