Results 61-80 of 277 for speaker:Ryan O'Meara

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...

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

Ryan O'Meara: 158. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence following his recent comments regarding recruitment and retention in the Defence Forces and his commitment to optimising and making necessary changes to the process, if his Department have reviewed the work of the Study Group on Defence Forces Standards of Colour Deficiency; if his Department has engaged with the Defence Forces with the aim...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be offered a driving test appointment, given they urgently require a licence to meet the entry requirements for a college course commencing September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27084/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (27 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to reduce driving test waitlist times; if steps being are being taken to accommodate students who require licences as part of their education courses (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (27 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of TB reactors for January, February and March 2025; the equivalent figure for January, February and March 2024, formatted as the specific figure for these months and not the rolling average as given in response to Parliamentary Question No. 1872 of 29 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the service available to service users in north Tipperary that suffer from trichiasis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26750/25]

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Ryan O'Meara: I strongly condemn in the most certain terms the brutality Israel is inflicting upon the innocent people of Gaza. Equally, I strongly condemn in the most certain terms the atrocious acts committed by Hamas, particularly those of 7 October 2023. The murder, maiming and unjustifiable terror being waged on innocent people on both sides of this conflict have no place in our world yet they...