Results 81-100 of 124 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1406. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has considered amending the childminding services regulations 2024 to allow childminders employ assistants, or have emergency cover, for incidents in which the childminder is unavoidably occupied such as for medical appointments or illness; if not, the reasons why; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Public Sector Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the functions, roles and services carried out and delivered by Civil Service or State agency workers; the cost to the State of each contract since the implementation of the Building Momentum public service agreement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12436/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1572. To ask the Minister for Health if given the Labour Court Recommendation 22780 which awarded pay parity for medical scientists with biochemists, and which was implemented with the national wage agreement on the 1 January 2024, including for the pensions of those who retired after that date, she will take steps ensure that parity of pension entitlements is applied to medical scientists...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 1900. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the academic scholarship programmes available to Palestinian students in each of Ireland’s higher education institutions; the funding available for each programme; the amount of spaces available and occupied in each programme; and the qualifying criteria for each programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: Creidim go bhfuil malartú cultúrtha agus meas nua tagtha ar ár dteanga dhúchais le blianta beaga anuas. Tá Pop-Up Gaeltachtaí, leabhair nua, podchraoltaí cosúil le "Motherfoclóir", ceol Kneecap agus a leithéid sin ag cabhrú leis an nGaeilge a chur chun cinn. Tá suim sa Ghaeilge ag daoine óga na linne seo, agus tá ár...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: It is encouraging to hear that. To the extent the Minister might be considering refreshing the EV grants, I hope it will be purely for EVs rather than hybrids. The transport sector is wildly off course. We feel there is a need for accelerated and urgent demand management measures and the implementation of ambitious active travel and public transport measures that can bridge the emissions...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way he will ensure that the pipeline of road transport projects he plans to fund in 2025 are individually and cumulatively assessed for their impact on the transport sectoral emissions ceiling set under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9528/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: What will the Minister do to ensure the pipeline of road transport projects he intends to fund in 2025 are individually and cumulatively assessed for their impact on the transport sectoral emissions ceiling set under the climate Act 2021?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Projects (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: It is really important that they are cumulatively assessed and not just on an individual basis. The Government has inherited an overshoot in the transport emissions budget as well as our broader carbon budgets. Due to the climate imperative, the previous Government had a spending ratio of 2:1 for public transport versus roads and invested €1 million a day in active travel...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the decision by Dublin Bus not to tender for the outer Dublin metropolitan area routes on the BusConnects network in Dublin; his views on whether the tender on these routes has been awarded to a company (details supplied) notwithstanding the major service delivery problems experienced by that company on its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he will take to implement the recommendations of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Climate Change Advisory Council in their respective annual national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, reviews, and GHG projections to ensure that the transport sector meets its sectoral ceiling of 54MtCO2e for the budget period...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the Commission for Regulation of Utilities’ (CRU) assertion that the provisions of section 15 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 are insufficient to enable it to mandate explicit emissions reduction and offsetting measures for data centres; whether the decision to allow data...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he still plans to bring a memo to Cabinet recommending an LNG facility for Ireland given that the consultancy firm which originally recommended a facility is now reviewing its findings; when he expects the latest analysis to be complete; when it will be publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the importing of liquified natural gas is consistent with the Programme for Government commitment to take decisive action to radically reduce Ireland's reliance on fossil fuels; if he will ban the importation of liquified natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9001/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Gas Networks Ireland report, as commissioned by his predecessor, that outlines the challenges and risks of bringing a floating storage regasification unit into Ireland, will be released for public consultation. [9004/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how frequently the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in any proposed State-led floating storage and regasification (FSRU) unit will need to be replenished, given the inevitable boil-off of LNG over time; if he will provide clarity on the countries this gas will be sourced from; the measures taken to ensure an FSRU...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to consider expanding the cycle to work scheme to school children; the work being taken on such a measure; the cost such an expansion would involve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9195/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the roll out of contactless fare payments on all public transport to commence, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9196/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (4 Mar 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 610. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that should be taken by a parent in Dublin south west when no childcare places are available for children under two years-of-age; how she intends to increase the number of affordable childcare places in the constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9231/25]

Driver Test Waiting Times: Motion [Private Members] (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: My thanks to Deputy Daly and Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. The Labour Party will be supporting it. I take this opportunity to congratulate the new chair of the RSA, Anne Graham. I wish her well in her role. I hope she is listening. I am of the belief that we should be doing everything we can to encourage people to use greener, more sustainable modes of transport....