Results 1-20 of 56 for kerry speaker:Ossian Smyth

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...Black Valley last week when fibre broadband was being connected to the Black Valley. This is a sign of the Government's commitment to bring good infrastructure all around the country, including Kerry and Killarney. I thank the Deputy for giving a very detailed geography of the issues facing people using the existing road and the need for upgrades. This is all useful information. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (18 Sep 2024)

Ossian Smyth: The proof that road projects are proceeding and being completed in Kerry is shown by the Listowel bypass, which was completed this summer. This year, €4.7 million was allocated for the construction of new national roads in Kerry and another €9.7 million was allocated for the improvement of the existing network. This is in addition to approximately €119 million in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Cycling Facilities (22 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...of 2024. Beyond that, I do not have information about the other stages of the project or what its likely completion date is. Projects around the country have been completed in Waterford, Mayo, Kerry and so forth throughout the country. There is a good bank of experience in the delivery of greenway projects. Infrastructure projects that are unusual or a once-off are the ones that are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...the halfway mark for the project and will complete by the end of 2026. We will complete on time and on budget. Later this year we are going to connect to the Black Valley in neighbouring County Kerry, one of the hardest to reach areas in the country for infrastructure. They will have full fibre broadband for everybody in the valley who wants it by later this year, in the next couple...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Ossian Smyth: ...is sovereign and more self-sufficient, and that is exporting electricity. It is a huge change from being a country that is dependent on others for energy to being an exporting country. Clare, Kerry and the Shannon Estuary will be a centre of this. A lot of power will be generated there. This is the region of the country where we first had our electricity generation a hundred years ago,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (8 Nov 2023)

Ossian Smyth: .... On average, two thirds of patients seen by Pathfinder following a 999 call have remained at home rather than having to be brought to an emergency department. Pathfinder was launched in Kerry in 2023 and also serves west Cork. An intermediate care service currently operates in the Bantry area of west Cork seven days a week. It provides low acuity inter-hospital patient transfer and...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...can earn the money to pay the mortgage. It is creating jobs in villages and towns around the country and revitalising them in a way that was not expected. I had the pleasure of cycling the Ring of Kerry. I went through Killarney National Park. At the west side of the park, I cycled through the Black Valley. The latter is famous for being the last place in Ireland to be reached by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (28 Sep 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...think there is any room for legal challenge and I do not expect there to be a challenge to what happened. If there is, I expect that challenge to fail. There really is a great opportunity for north Kerry and the whole region to achieve a long-term and successful energy future with economic activity based on renewable energy and storage. That will happen in the area. It will not happen...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Office of Public Works (27 Jun 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...and buildings and more than 2,300 ha of historic parks, botanical gardens and designed landscapes, which include an extensive range of habitats. For example, the dunes and coastal area at Derrynane, County Kerry, are of great ecological value and form part of two Natura designations of international significance, namely, the Kenmare River special area of conservation, SAC, and the Iveragh...

Seanad: Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (9 Mar 2023)

Ossian Smyth: ...Eamon Ryan, received applications from the ESB for designated development at Shannonbridge power station site, County Offaly, and from SSE for a designated development at Tarbert power station, County Kerry, under section 4 of the Act of 2022 for an approval under section 7 of that Act. As is required, the Minister, Deputy Ryan, has arranged for An Bord Pleanála to carry out the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (15 Nov 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...by the OPW for 212 individual projects across 27 local authorities. Of these, the highest funding approval, €2.2 million, was granted to Galway County Council. Cork County Council was allocated €2 million, Kerry County Council, €2 million, and Fingal County Council, €1.4 million. Over this time, five of the 212 applications from local authorities were for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (26 Apr 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...underway, with almost 172,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are now connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and almost 64,000 premises are available to order and pre-order across 22 counties.  In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Mar 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...survey underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and almost 60,000 premises are available to order and pre-order across 22 counties. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (1 Mar 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...have survey underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and almost 55,000 premises are available to order and pre-order across 22 counties. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (24 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and over 54,500 premises are available to order and pre-order across 22 counties. Further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (23 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...or have survey underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and over 54,500 premises are available to order and pre-order across 22...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (23 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...or have survey underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and over 54,500 premises are available to order and pre-order across 22 counties. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (22 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...or have survey underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and over 54,500 premises are available to order and pre-order across 21 counties....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...across all counties. NBI has also advised that over 34,000 premises are passed with high speed fibre broadband and nearly 7,000 are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and over 54,500 premises are available to order and pre-order across 21 counties.  To...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Feb 2022)

Ossian Smyth: ...underway, with over 157,000 premises constructed or under construction across all counties. NBI has also advised that premises are connected in 16 counties; Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Laois, Limerick, Louth, Monaghan, Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Wexford and Wicklow and over 54,500 premises are available to order and pre-order across 21 counties.  Further...