Results 141-160 of 220 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review of a school’s (details supplied) SNA allocation is valid given the timing of the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a special class or ASD unit can be opened in a school (details supplied); her department’s exceptions process for funding of modular buildings to allow mainstream schools to obtain space in order to open special classes and ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Parliamentary Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 959. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 19 March 2025, if an update on a SENO review could be provided to parents (details supplied). [20043/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 976. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to examine an appeal for the retention of a mainstream teacher in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if extra funding could be provided to an athletics club (details supplied). [19990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Turf Cutting (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1157. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position in relation to a person (details supplied) who formerly cut turf in a bog; if new arrangements will be put in place when the compensation scheme ends next year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1568. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a legal requirement to inform a prisoner’s family members when they are being released from prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19434/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 1576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who was the victim of a serious offence was not informed that the perpetrator of this crime had been released from prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Medical Cards (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2324. To ask the Minister for Health if melatonin will be made available under the medical card scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20242/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Mental Health Services (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2384. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to implement the recommendations of the Mental Health Commission’s report into the level of mental health services provided in hospital emergency departments across all health regions in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2602. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an application (details supplied) to the rural regeneration and development fund will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19623/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 2605. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding allocations for the 2025 Local Enhancement Programme will be made; if an application (details supplied) will be approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19805/25]

Uisce Éireann: Statements (10 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: One of my greatest frustrations with Irish Water is the difficulty in accessing information or getting a response to representations. I am aware this is a major source of frustration for my constituents also. It was particularly an issue in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn, when very little information was provided by phone or email on disruptions to water supply. In recent weeks, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the safety and environmental regulations in place for battery energy storage system facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (10 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the efforts made in recent months to restore broadband and phone infrastructure following storm Éowyn; if consideration will be given to establishing a system to update people on outages in their area, similar to the ESB Powercheck system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16414/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will have their numbers of SNAs cut by more than half; how this decision was arrived at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17959/25]

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: No one trusts the Minister on this issue, given what has happened in the past. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael cannot be trusted when it comes to water charges. The fact that the Minister is opposing this Bill confirms we are right to have those suspicions. Water is a human right. Water charges punish the likes of pensioners and people on low incomes. They push people into water poverty....

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: Funnily enough, this was not mentioned during the general election campaign because the Minister knows this is something the Irish public does not support. This has never been about conservation or tackling excessive use from the Government’s point of view. It is simply an attempt to bring domestic water charges in through the back door. If it was about conservation, we would have...

Employment (Contractual Retirement Ages) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: As we know, many workers who have a contractual retirement age lower than the pension age are being forced out of their jobs and this can lead to significant drops in income for workers. It is also insulting to people who have worked their entire lives to be forced out of their jobs before they can access the full pension. This has caused significant hardship for many older citizens. Many...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Apr 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16412/25]