Results 81-100 of 485 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (30 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 995. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a rural regeneration and development fund (RRDF) application (details supplied) will be expedited; when he expects to announce the RRDF funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51465/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tourism Promotion (25 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department’s efforts to promote tourism in east County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50283/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for his decision to remove the credit option for the household benefits package from December; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware of cases where persons who commenced a self-employed role in 2023 and subsequently became unemployed in 2025 are facing issues with accessing jobseeker’s benefit due to the move to pay-related jobseekers benefit this year; whether his Department has any plans to assist this cohort of people; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (25 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he has concerns about the quality of meals being provided under the hot school meals scheme; if he has concerns about the amount of food provided under the scheme being binned due to these issues; if he has engaged with meal providers regarding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50996/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: We all have a common goal when it comes to road safety and reducing the number of road deaths. My question concerns specimen testing. The figures for 2024 were outlined. Is the number of specimens being collected increasing or decreasing in comparison with previous years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Could Mr. Quigley talk about the time periods in which specimens must be tested? If a specimen was taken from me right now, how many hours or days does the bureau have to test it to ensure the result is accurate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Regarding the alcohol interlock devices, I know that one of the actions in the road safety strategy published earlier this year involved a proposal for possible mandatory use of alcohol interlock devices alongside rehabilitation as a sanction in drink driving cases. Does Mr. Quigley have any views on that and on what might be required to install these types of devices?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: On regional development, there was a brief section in the review on the need for regional balance. Obviously, there are no specific details yet. In the west of Ireland, there are many important projects, including the western rail corridor, the Galway ring road, the double-tracking of the Athenry to Galway route and the Gluas project, that need to be progressed. Our current infrastructure...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: We will wait and see. On the process going forward, the Minister mentioned that the drafts of those plans will be submitted by late October and announced in November. Does this mean that his Department might adjust some of the plans that are submitted? Will there have to be business cases submitted for each project? The reason I ask is that the western rail corridor, for example, is...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: There is a focus on water services in the plan, which is welcome. Again, going back to my constituency we have a lot of housing development that is being held up or stalled because so many towns and villages do not have adequate capacity in terms of wastewater and so on. On 70% of the lands in County Galway that are currently zoned for housing development we cannot have new homes built...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: My question specifically relates to that co-funding contribution requirement of the local authorities.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus ticket application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50712/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 93. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dental benefits a person in receipt of carer’s allowance or carer’s benefit can avail of; whether his Department plans to expand the range of free dental services that carers can avail of, such as the services available under the dental treatment services scheme recipients; and if he will make a statement...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: The school transport scheme is an annual crisis for families, students and bus drivers who are left in the dark at a time when they should be focused on the return to school. One case that really highlights the chaos of this scheme is that of a man living near Loughrea whose two children attend a school in Ballinasloe. They have been left without school transport since the school year...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (23 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 69. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline her Department's efforts to improve accessibility in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Family Resource Centres (23 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 81. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she intends to increase the core funding for family resource centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50209/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Infrastructure (18 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: In recent weeks, I have attended a number of different community meetings in my constituency relating to proposed energy projects. These are causing a lot of concern and are very divisive. They are all being led by private investors. To give a few examples, in Athenry, Bord Gáis Energy is proposing to build the Cashla peaker plant 2.5 km from Athenry town. This is an open-cycle gas...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Energy Infrastructure (18 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: It is unacceptable that the review of wind energy guidelines has taken several years. It is a dereliction of duty from the Government while these developments are causing such unease in our communities. We all recognise that this is something that will never be perfect. There will always be controversial developments, but the Government, at the very minimum, needs to step in to put some...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Commemorative Medals (18 Sep 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process for the awarding of historical IRA medals to families of volunteers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49282/25]