Results 1-20 of 222 for speaker:Shane Moynihan

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress being made to establish independent command structures for the Air Corps and the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 81. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the recruitment targets across the Defence Forces for each of the next three years as part of the transition to level of ambition 2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30560/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (12 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a meeting of all stakeholders will be organised to discuss the revised design options for the building projects taking place at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30559/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Management (12 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to reduce the workload and administrative burden on school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30558/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (12 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 371. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the delays in the final allocation of a sports capital equipment grant for a club (details supplied). [31430/25]

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I thank the witnesses for their statements and presentations. In the opening statement and submission the RSA says it is using modelling and forecasting to look at demand for tests down the line. How long has it been using this modelling and forecasting?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Would Mr. Walsh say that since 2022 the accuracy of the forecasting model has not been where he would have wanted it to be? He mentioned other external factors. Is the RSA adapting its model as we see these factors come up? If there is internal migration into the country would we see this reflected and the model updated as a result of this?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: The RSA is adapting its forecast.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Was the demand above what the RSA forecasted?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Mr. Walsh is now satisfied that the model will accurately forecast the demand.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: How does this integrate into the RSA's workforce development and succession planning strategies? I want to get to the nub of this. I have looked at the numbers over the past four or five years and I see that they jump. The waiting time is reduced, then it goes up and then it comes down again. What do we have in place to stop this happening in future? How is the RSA forecasting demand and...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Why was this not being done previously?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: The RSA is now happy that the demand model is accurate.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I have several more quick questions. I have heard reports from constituents that bots are being used to skip queues on the sites. What is the RSA doing to be proactive in dealing with this? Has the RSA noticed anything in the relationship between pass rates and the length of time someone is waiting for a test? My theory is that bad habits are picked up by people who have not been tested...

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: The witnesses have already clarified that the planned centre for south Dublin county will be in Sandyford. I missed when they said it would be up and running. I have general questions on the overall state of driver behaviour. One thing we have seen anecdotally, and people report back us, is that they feel that, at times, driver behaviour is not where it is needs to be. What is the RSA's...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations. [31059/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on movements being made to explore a supplementary pension for post-2013 uniformed public servants retiring before the age of 66; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30885/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: 22. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work being carried out by the shared island unit with sport's governing bodies in promoting its objectives through grassroots engagement. [22408/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (10 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: Without doubt the shared island initiative is one of the signature achievements in taking forward the spirit of the Good Friday Agreement and ensuring there is reconciliation and also that we see this shared island as our common home place. I am struck also by the Taoiseach's mention that sports governing bodies have been engaged by applying to the various funds for activation across the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: European Council (10 Jun 2025)

Shane Moynihan: I thank the Taoiseach for the report. I note that in the conclusion of the European Council meeting in March competitiveness featured largely. I would like to hear more about what discussions were had about keeping the Commission honest in terms of following the simplification agenda. We know from the Draghi and Letta reports that there is a need for an impetus towards the simplification...