Results 101-120 of 432 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (8 Sep 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 2454. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that average wait-times in the Tallaght University Hospital emergency department have risen by 43% since 2020; the actions she is taking to remedy the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46177/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 2475. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant nephrologists based at Tallaght University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46228/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 2476. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE paediatric occupational therapist posts that were actually filled within primary care system within CHO7 in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46229/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 2477. To ask the Minister for Health the current vacancies, by job title within older persons services within CHO7; the estimated timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46230/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 175. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration will be given to changing regulations to allow household solar PV energy generation in the event of a power cut, provided a changeover switch is installed and thereby isolating the property from the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41338/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 540. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he would consider the introduction of targeted EV grants for rural communities experiencing “public transport poverty”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the new feasibility study for a metro for Dublin South-West as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43118/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 531. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of contactless payments on public transport; when he expects the roll-out to be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 532. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the roll-out of the Dublin BusConnects programme; when he expects the remaining five phases of the redesigned network to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43120/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 533. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the bus fleet across all operators that has been electrified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public transport passengers who have used the 90-minute fare in the year to date; whether he intends on maintaining the 90-minute fare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43122/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 535. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers across all bus and rail services in Ireland in each of the past five years; the number recruited during the year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43123/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 536. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of complaints received by the NTA regarding delayed, cancelled or ghost buses in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43124/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to clarify whether footage captured by road users, including motorists and cyclists, using dash cameras or any similar video recording equipment is subject to the provisions of the Data Protection Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43126/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 538. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of EV grant funding drawn down, by constituency, in each of the last three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43145/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 539. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of public EV charging facilities available nationwide in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 541. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he is taking to ensure equity in access to EV cars, particularly with regards to apartment dwellers, renters or those living in homes without driveways, who cannot easily install home charging facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 542. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to increase EV grants in the next budget to bridge the affordability gap experienced by lower income households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his response to reports that current EV grants disproportionately benefit better off households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43150/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (29 Jul 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has conducted a review of the effectiveness of EV grants in increasing EV adoption, and to provide a report on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43151/25]