Results 1-20 of 3,348 for speaker:Pa Daly

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 265. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if work has commenced on a new State aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23074/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts he is making to improve the experience of commuters on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23024/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: What efforts is the Minister making to improve the experience of commuters on public transport? The performance of public transport operators is closely monitored by the National Transport Authority, NTA. The Minister previously said on certain routes buses were late and even not turning up at too great a frequency and that the NTA was carrying out a review of the incidents that had taken...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. We have seen that, where services have been provided, the increase in passenger numbers has been up to 50% on some routes. People want services to be affordable, accessible and reliable. I spoke recently to some students from UL who travel up and down to Kerry. On a Friday, the Dublin coach regularly does not turn up and they are left to get the next...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I have two final questions. First, the last time we debated on Oral Questions I asked the Minister to explicitly rule out public transport fare increases. Has he come to a decision on that? The second question has been rumbling on since Covid. It seems that in the transport plan there is a policy to have a food and drinks ban on train services to the west. For people travelling,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply. There is a danger with Government announcements and there was such an announcement on 28 March. Those announcements often include a boast about funding but when the details are checked, it does not seem that there is enough there and there is no delivery. Many people feel they are only being codded. While I recognise that some progress has been made,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: There are concerns among engineers in Kerry. One concern is that they had tender documents available for the bridge near Glenbeigh National School and between Ballinclare and Ballinasare on the Dingle road. Tender documents were available and all the work was done but suddenly the funding that was believed to be available was cut. I also raise the issue of local improvement schemes,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to ensure regional and national roads in Kerry are adequately maintained; if he has considered conducting a review into the state of the regional and national road network in Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23023/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Road Network (8 May 2025)

Pa Daly: What measures is the Minister for Transport taking to ensure that regional and national roads in County Kerry are adequately maintained? Has he considered conducting a review into the state of the regional and national road networks, particularly in Kerry? Will he make a statement on the matter?

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (Resumed) (7 May 2025)

Pa Daly: This is not the first time that we have heard about the State's failure of vulnerable children - I think of the boarded-out children in County Kerry in particular - and it will not be the last. Grace's story is another tragic example of long list of failures. After the Farrelly commission, which took eight years and cost €13.6 million, we are still in the dark on the critical issues....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (1 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 9. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail jobs supported by Enterprise Ireland between 2020 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 May 2025)

Pa Daly: 59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on his Department's work with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications to develop a CCUS task force (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21586/25]

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: -----and share the costs more equitably. I will finish on the following point.

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: Language planning in the Gaeltacht has been totally ignored.

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: We are way ahead of time.

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: The national planning framework had the potential to unlock a brighter future in this country and to right the wrongs of the past, to develop a co-ordinated strategic and ambitious approach to the social, economic, environmental and cultural development of the island but what has been presented is certainly not that. It lacks ambition, is devoid of detail and is certainly not going to bring...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (30 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision regarding their appeal submitted in July 2024 regarding domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21392/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: 3. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on energy security; what the Government means when it refers to a "State-led" LNG facility; what "State-led" means in this context; if there will be a commercial element; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17837/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: The question is to ask the Minister what he means when he refers to a "State-led" LNG facility. What exactly does that mean, and will there be a commercial element? The Tánaiste was in the United States recently and is there at the moment. Did the question of buying gas from the United States or from friends of Donald Trump come up at that meeting? The Minister mentioned legal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister for the reply and I am somewhat reassured by the answer, but there is a lot of fear out there at the moment. Some of it comes from the geopolitical situation but some of it has not been helped by a heightening of fear within the Government. With wars, tariffs and the slide into right-wing extremism that is going on, people are apprehensive. The President of the United...