Results 101-120 of 124 for speaker:Ciarán Ahern

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Budgets (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of the capital budget allocated for his Department in 2024 that was actually spent. [7280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met the CEOs of Dublin Bus and Go Ahead since his appointment, and the issues discussed. [7281/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a report on the National Transport Authority’s demand need assessment along the H1 bus route. [7282/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects the construction of a new Coast Guard Station at Westport to be completed. [7283/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Metro south west feasibility study as promised in the Programme for Government; if submissions on the proposed route will be sought in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7420/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the severe cuts by a company (details supplied) to its routes servicing large areas of south Dublin and north Wicklow; the way he plans to fill these gaps in service to ensure residents in these areas have reliable and sustainable access to Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 292. 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 Bus Connects 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: National Car Test (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 295. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the current NCT regime is fit for purpose; how he will address current issues with wait times for testing; if he will consider reforming the mandatory completion time for re-tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8170/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 296. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends on fulfilling the commitment contained in Budget 2025 to expand free public transport to children aged five to eight years; if there is a timeline for the roll-out of the scheme; if not, when he expects a timeline to be available; when he expects the measure to be fully implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (25 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a fully completed apartment complex is lying vacant for the past six months on the corner of Grange Road and Nutgrove Avenue, Rathfarnham; and if this development was included in his Department’s figures for housing completions in 2024, notwithstanding the fact that it remains vacant. [7262/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I thank the Minister and it is good to hear he is meeting the board in the coming weeks and that he shares our concern regarding the continuation of the terms and conditions if the sale is to proceed. We also have to look at to whom it is proposed to sell this part of the State company. Killarney Waste Disposal is an unlimited company. There is a complete lack of transparency with regard...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: As Deputy Daly outlined, this is the last remaining domestic waste collection service in public control. We have big-picture concerns with the sale of this and what this means for the State provision of domestic waste collection services into the future. We also have very specific issues with the details of the sale. In this case, it is being sold by way of a share sale rather than an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord na Móna (20 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he intends to intervene to halt the privatisation of Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (20 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the potential use of liquefied natural gas as an energy source in Ireland; if he envisions the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Ireland in the future; if he intends to ban the use of liquefied natural gas as an energy source in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I welcome this debate. Now and in the years to come, AI and how we effectively use and regulate it will be one of the key challenges we face as legislators. As my colleague, Deputy Lawlor, has said, there is enormous potential for Al to have a really transformative and positive impact for workers if it is applied in a fair manner and everyone can benefit from it. It is crucial that Al...

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: I congratulate the Minister and the Minister of State on their new appointments. I look forward to working with them on these important issues. I welcome the opportunity to make a statement on this very important issue. The Labour Party introduced a motion in the Dáil on this very topic in May last year. We did so in the context of a really concerning increase in the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the current status of the BusConnects Limerick project, including the specific timelines for its delivery, given that approximately half of the primary and secondary schools in Limerick city west currently lack any bus service; and if he can provide a commitment to prioritising public transport funding to expedite the...

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: When I am out knocking on doors in Dublin South-West and speaking with constituents, housing is undoubtedly the issue that is raised with me most often. Whether it is young people stuck in a rental trap handing over extortionate amounts of their hard-earned income to a landlord and unable to save for a deposit, parents whose child is unable to move out of a childhood bedroom or older people...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (12 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to protect the interests of Irish charities and NGOs and their beneficiaries which may be adversely affected by the recent decision by the US president to shut down USAID. [4943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (12 Feb 2025)

Ciarán Ahern: 248. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied) who has been awaiting high-priority speech and language therapy in Dublin south city; when this child will be seen by a speech and language therapist; the reason that non-urgent cases can be facilitated currently, but high-priority cases...