Results 1-20 of 220 for speaker:Louis O'Hara

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

Louis O'Hara: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30983/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on schools’ SNA allocations for the 2025-26 school year; to outline the process involved in making allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30984/25]

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

Louis O'Hara: I thank our guests for their time today. In relation to the reduction in the estimated waiting times, is this just an estimate based on the new testers coming on board or have we seen progress in recent times, in the short term? The RSA mentioned earlier that a lot of the testers are taken up with training and things like that at the moment. Has there been any progress in the short term,...

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

Louis O'Hara: Are the numbers on the waiting list decreasing?

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

Louis O'Hara: Yes, but what about the numbers on the waiting list?

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

Louis O'Hara: Yes.

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

Louis O'Hara: Overall, is the RSA confident of meeting the ten-week target? Does it have enough resources there? To give an example from my own county of Galway, we have 4,000 people waiting for a driving test invitation. Ten new testers is the target but there will only be one extra in Carnmore, which is one of the centres with a higher waiting time. How confident is the RSA that this is enough?

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

Louis O'Hara: Will one extra tester be enough to do that?

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

Louis O'Hara: The Minister mentioned in the Dáil that he is receiving biweekly progress reports on this. What is contained in these reports? Are they being published? Have progress reports been published already?

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

Louis O'Hara: It was also mentioned that contingency measures will be drawn up if there is a failure to meet the targets. Have any contingency measures been drafted? If they have, what is contained in them?

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

Louis O'Hara: At what point would contingency measures be considered?

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

Louis O'Hara: Regarding the new test centres, two new locations were mentioned. Is consideration being given to expanding further in the years to come?

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

Louis O'Hara: There is a ten-week target for September. As mentioned earlier, the ideal scenario is that it would be possible to get a driving test within three to four weeks at every test centre. Going beyond September, is Mr. Walsh ambitious in this regard? Is it hoped to reduce the waiting time further?

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

Louis O'Hara: I think it comes down to personal preference and whether people believe they are ready to take the test in the short term or to hold off for longer. I suggest there should be more ambition going forward beyond September.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to ensure that there is a full committee overseeing the operation of the CIÉ superannuation scheme 1951; the actions he is taking to ensure that there is appropriate governance of the scheme especially through the role of the Interim Pensions Administration Body (IPAB); the correspondences he has had with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (11 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether it is an offence for a driver of a motor vehicle to overtake a school bus while it is stopped to board or disembark students; if so, the penalty that is incurred by the driver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 107. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is taking to transition our flexible electricity generation portfolio away from fossil fuels, particularly natural gas, to low-carbon alternatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30221/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Energy Prices (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 161. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the actions his Department is undertaking to address the energy price increases that Irish households are facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30220/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Electricity Generation (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 254. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the expansion of data centre electricity demand; his further views on the impact this increase in data-centre demand may have on Ireland’s electricity-generation capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30222/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (10 Jun 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 319. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that Iarnród Éireann spent on the removal of vegetation on the Western Rail Corridor between Athenry and Claremorris in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29550/25]