Results 61-80 of 220 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (22 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 78. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an rural regeneration and development fund, RRDF, application (details supplied) can be expedited given the declining condition of the building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25392/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (22 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Can the RRDF application submitted by Galway County Council in regard to the redevelopment of Gort convent be expedited? It is an urgent project, given the declining condition of the building. It is important to the local community and I urge the Government to approve it as soon as possible.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (22 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: This application is about progressing plans to transform the convent into a remote working and cultural and community hub. I acknowledge the work of the Gort Town Team and other local groups on this project. There are many active groups in the area that would like to make use of such facilities, including the resource centre, the forge and many more that do fantastic work in the area. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Regeneration Projects (22 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I welcome the Minister's engagement with the council and the town team. I emphasise the declining condition of this building and its historical significance. It cannot be lost. There is much urgency around this. The plans the council and the local community have would be transformational for the local area. It is an exciting project but, obviously, funding is needed to progress it. I...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Road Projects (22 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 87. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline his Department's efforts to address the backlog of local improvement scheme applications with Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25391/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mother and Baby Homes (22 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 332. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a mother and baby institutions payment scheme application will be reviewed (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26463/25]

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Carers and front-line healthcare workers are the backbone of our care system, enabling people with high-care needs to live with dignity at home. Home care workers and family carers bring significant improvements to people’s health and well-being, reduce pressure on hospitals and deliver enormous savings for the health service but we know that many vulnerable people are not receiving...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I thank the officials for their time. I have a couple of questions on the infrastructure division and the accelerating infrastructure task force. Will the officials speak a bit about how those two will interact with each other?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: It was mentioned earlier how the outside groups with the expertise will be identifying some of the barriers to delivering projects. This is clearly a significant issue. In my constituency, the route for the Galway ring road was published ten years ago but still has not received planning permission. Has there been engagement so far on the barriers? What do the officials see as the...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Up to now what kind of engagement have the officials had with those industries?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: One of the barriers to housing delivery referenced earlier was the area of water and electricity infrastructure. Has the Department done any mapping of where there are constraints on capacity in relation to those infrastructure issues when it comes to housing?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Mr. Moloney noted that there will be €15 billion of capital investment in 2025. There is approximately €14 billion in the Apple escrow account. Has Mr. Moloney been provided with an update by the Department of Finance on the distribution of this fund and a timeline for its allocation?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Large-scale Capital Projects: Discussion (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: That is 100%. I thank Mr. Moloney.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Parking Provision (21 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of disabled parking permits granted from 2018 to 2024, including the total value of administration fees charged in each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26313/25]

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I am regularly contacted by parents in my constituency expressing their frustration and despair at the assessments of need process, the lengthy delays and the fact that parents have to fight every step of the way to get an appropriate assessment for their child. One mother told me how her daughter waited nearly three years for an assessment and received no supports in the meantime. She...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (20 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 266. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of registered taxi and hackney vehicles in operation in each county in each of the years 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (20 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 355. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to improve the management of the River Shannon; his plans to tackle the issue of flooding in the Shannon Callows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the decision to stop a school bus service (details supplied) will be reconsidered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25080/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (20 May 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 847. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the two ambulance crews in Tuam, County Galway, are at Tuam ambulance base while not out on calls on a weekly basis for the years 2024 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25750/25]