Results 141-160 of 485 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1614. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on Galway County Council’s social housing waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2347. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that early years educators are having difficulty accessing mortgages due to having to sign on to jobseekers during the summer months; if she is considering any measures to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2460. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 July 2025, or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment of need from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for the CHO2 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43350/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2461. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list in county Galway; the length of time they have been on this waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43351/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2462. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need in CHO2 in each of the years from 2020 to the latest data in 2025; the number overdue for completion; the number completed with a service statement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43352/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 3124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons and the average wait time on the waiting list for CAMHS in CHO2; and a breakdown of this waiting list by age category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 3125. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula University Hospital, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 3126. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for CHO2, as of 1 July 2025 or latest date available, in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (29 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 3127. To ask the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO2 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43349/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the treatment of abuse survivors and the need for a redress scheme for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Disability Services (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the rationale given for mandating that disabled parking permits have a validity length of two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person can avail of the vacant property refurbishment grants (croí cónaithe) if the property title is held by a limited company rather than the individual's name; if he will review an application (details supplied) refused on this basis by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Mother and Baby Homes (17 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 479. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review advancements in the science of DNA testing with a view to extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40276/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I am not rejecting them. I am just about talking about guidelines for where they should be going in.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I wish to raise the issue of energy developments in County Galway. My constituency has seen some of the highest concentration of wind energy projects across the State. There are proposals for a large solar project in Monivea and two large-scale gas-fired generation plants in Athenry and Portumna. These projects are causing huge unease in communities. They are extremely divisive and they...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: We have wind farms, a solar project in Monivea and two large-scale gas-fired generation plants being proposed in Athenry and Portumna.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: In general, yes. All these projects are very divisive. They are all being led by private investors that are only interested in extracting a profit from local resources and are not interested in the communities around them. The public consultations on these projects are nothing more than box-ticking exercises. There is no input from communities and many large-scale projects are in close...

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Access to dental services is fundamental to a person's overall health. A person's income or means should not be a factor as to whether he or she can access the dental services he or she requires. However, we have seen a total collapse in the school screening programme, while adults with a medical card find it increasingly difficult to access care under the dental treatment services scheme,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I thank the witnesses for their time. I will focus on the role the IAA has in consumer protection. I know of many cases where people have had difficulties securing their entitlements from airlines where there have been flight cancellations or delays. I was engaging with the IAA quite recently on a case where a family’s flights for a family holiday were cancelled by Ryanair. I will...