Results 61-80 of 3,520 for speaker:Martin Kenny

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the summer works scheme for schools; when the scheme will open for 2024 applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16370/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide some clarity on the removal of funding for an ASD unit in a Leitrim school (details supplied) after physical accommodation was unable to be sourced. [16371/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 22. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide a breakdown of the number of Croí Cónaithe grants (including the vacant property refurbishment grant) paid out across Sligo and Leitrim since the beginning of the scheme. [15675/24]

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: I am very glad these hearings are happening. Anything that gives us an opportunity to speak about this and try to tease out the difficulties and how we can progress all of these projects is very welcome. Ultimately, we need to see the western rail corridor fully developed the whole way along. This is the ambition of the vast majority of people living in the west and we recognise this. We...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: I am sure that in County Mayo the pathway for the greenways being developed required deviation from an old railway line. I know this happens in many areas. There are negotiations with farmers to enable it to happen. In my experience, there is always a solution to be found if people come to these things with a solution-focused mindset and try to find a way around it. This is certainly the...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: One of the first things that jumps to mind with regard to efficiency is that we would probably be employing one set of engineers rather than two. This is one of the big costs I always see when any of these things come into play.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: It is feasible and more practical to do it in this way.

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: The issue that comes to bear in all of this is that there has been a legitimate campaign to have a greenway on the rail line and there has been an equally legitimate campaign, and in my view a more urgent campaign, to see the rail line fully reopened. It would do more for the area. It would provide something that is crucial to link economic centres such as Sligo to Galway and down to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (11 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 25. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can provide a breakdown of the number of units across Sligo and Leitrim available under the cost rental scheme and affordable purchase scheme; if he can outline any plans to add units in the coming 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15676/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has any plans to introduce a levy on private jets using Irish airspace or landing at Irish airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what planning he has carried out to ensure there will not be an increase in road fatalities and injuries as a result of the forthcoming proposed changes to alcohol licensing hours; if he will publish the evidence on which any such plans are based; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14007/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the current number of applicants awaiting a driving test, by county and the length of time. [14677/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of hiring an additional ten driving testers. [14678/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of hiring an additional ten NCT testers. [14679/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of any plans to increase toll costs again this year; the estimated cost of deferring such a move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14682/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the status of the Dublin-Navan rail line upgrade, including the cost of work completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14683/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can provide an update of the current stages of the Connecting Ireland rural bus scheme, including how many routes have been rolled out and which are yet to be rolled out, by county, in tabular form. [14836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the N2 upgrade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the summer works scheme will be opened for applications; if a school (details supplied) will be prioritised in this scheme, as it has been refused funding under emergency works scheme, citing that the work was more suited to the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13707/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (9 Apr 2024)

Martin Kenny: 618. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include homes built in County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13939/24]