Results 61-80 of 270 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: At what point would contingency measures be considered?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Regarding the new test centres, two new locations were mentioned. Is consideration being given to expanding further in the years to come?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I think it comes down to personal preference and whether people believe they are ready to take the test in the short term or to hold off for longer. I suggest there should be more ambition going forward beyond September.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: There is a ten-week target for September. As mentioned earlier, the ideal scenario is that it would be possible to get a driving test within three to four weeks at every test centre. Going beyond September, is Mr. Walsh ambitious in this regard? Is it hoped to reduce the waiting time further?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to ensure that there is a full committee overseeing the operation of the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951; the actions he is taking to ensure that there is appropriate governance of the scheme especially through the role of the Interim Pensions Administration Body (IPAB); the correspondences he has had with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether it is an offence for a driver of a motor vehicle to overtake a school bus while it is stopped to board or disembark students; if so, the penalty that is incurred by the driver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to transition our flexible electricity generation portfolio away from fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, to low-carbon alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is undertaking to address the energy price increases that Irish households are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the expansion of data centre electricity demand; his further views on the impact this increase in data-centre demand may have on Ireland’s electricity-generation capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30222/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on the removal of vegetation on the Western Rail Corridor between Athenry and Claremorris in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 433. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider providing the OPW with the necessary resources to take ownership of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, County Galway, to restore to it use as a tourist and heritage site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Bodies (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 460. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of current vacancies, by job title at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29555/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Enterprise Support Services (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 467. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grant schemes or supports available for a small-scale enterprise in County Galway (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Galway in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29561/25]

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

Louis O'Hara: 846. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the decision not to provide funding to Galway County Council to take ownership of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30412/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Forensic Science Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1014. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian forensic accountants attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29559/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1177. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of need liaison officers employed in CHO2 area as of 31 January 2023 and 28 May 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all vacancies for intellectual disability nursing posts within CHO2; and the locations of these vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1380. To ask the Minister for Health the reason evorel patches, which are being dispensed in place of estradot due to an ongoing shortage, are not covered under the new free hormone replacement therapy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1381. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure hormone replacement therapy (HRT) medicine alternatives such as evorel are included in the free HRT scheme, especially given the possible long-term unavailability of estradot; if her Department or the HSE plans to reassess the coverage of such alternative HRT medication under the free HRT scheme to ensure continuity of care;...