Results 1-20 of 302 for speaker:Shane Moynihan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (3 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the development of a replacement for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; if specific supports for purchasing electric vehicles will be considered as part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36692/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (3 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 178. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps being taken, outside of NCT checks, to address the proliferation of illegal vehicle registration plates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36689/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vehicle Registration Tax (3 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 179. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of fines issued by the Revenue Commissioners for failure to comply with vehicle registration plate regulations in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36690/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (3 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 245. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the development levy waiver scheme will be extended for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36691/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Commission (3 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there will be a redrawing of local electoral area boundaries in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36693/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I thank Mr. Hyland and his colleagues for coming in. They are very welcome. I will pick up on the drivers issue. It was mentioned there is a deficit of 3,000 to 4,000 drivers in the sector.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: In terms of exits form the sector, how many drivers retire annually?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: My next question is about the training courses described by Mr. Jackman. He said they were fully booked. Will Mr. Jackman tell me about the demand for those courses? When he says they were fully booked did they have to turn people away because there were no spaces on the courses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: What is the total cohort size of each of the training courses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: That is 3,000 or 4,000 people per year. What I hear from Mr. Jackman is that while we are getting people who are already active in the labour market to come on to these courses, we are not getting inactive people. There is a piece of work to be done there to persuade inactive people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Mr. Jackman also mentioned the labour shortage of skilled mechanics. I have heard of this issue in other sectors - the waste sector and buses in public transport. We know what happened in Dublin last week. Has Mr. Jackman spoken to other sectors about the issues they face with the shortage of HGV mechanics, in particular, and about having a concerted push to upskill them? We know there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: It was mentioned that South Africa was the country from which most non-EU workers are coming from. Are there any other countries from which there is a high degree of supply of workers or is it just South Africa in the main?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I have two very short questions as I am conscious of the time. What is the single biggest reform Mr. Hyland would like to see at the RSA? Does Mr. Hyland have any views on Stena Line's announcement yesterday that it is pulling out of the schedule in Rosslare Europort?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Hopefully, I will not take the full allocation of time. I asked a question earlier and we did not get to the answer. I asked what was the single most high priority reform for the RSA that the IRHA would like to see.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Groundhog Day.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: That is a very fair point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: It is probably the only aspect of the education and training system in Ireland where there is not external balance like QQI, ETBs, etc. Some of my constituents have raised issues about planning permission for logistics yards, which is where they leave trucks. Have members of the association raised the same issue with the association? Are people experiencing difficulties with getting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: For sure it is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I thank the witnesses for their time.