Galway East — week of Mon, 8 Sept

Albert Dolan — Fianna Fáil 0 votes · 9 questions · 5 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 9 total

Transport 4 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport when the commitment announced in budget 2025 to provide free public transport for children under nine years of age will be implemented. [45169/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport his views on an organisation (details supplied). [46487/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with CIÉ on the disclosure of membership, remit and role of a body (details supplied). [46488/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport if he has had discussions with CIÉ regarding the restoration of a fully quorate, statutory committee per scheme rules and statutory pension governance requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46489/25]
Social 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider revising the TÚS programme guidelines for people in receipt of disability allowance, to allow them to remain on the scheme for up to 24 months, or more, if they wish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44641/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the structure of the State maternity benefit to consider moving to a pay-related model similar to jobseekers pay related benefit, in order to better reflect prior earnings and contributions and reduce the long-term financial disadvantage faced by women, particularly in light of the long-term impact on pension entitlements. [46414/25]
Climate 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has developed or holds any strategic mapping or spatial planning data identifying areas where wind farms are viable; if so, whether such maps are available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45663/25]
Defence 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Defence Forces have a policy of excluding candidate who have had LASIK eye surgery from joining; the number of serving members of the Defence Forces that have undergone laser eye surgery, including LASIK, during or prior to their service; and the reason the Defence Forces does not provide an option for candidates who have previously had LASIK eye surgery to sign a waiver acknowledging the potential risks, in order to allow them to enlist. [45918/25]
Children 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the evaluation of the personal budgets pilot will be completed; when the results of the evaluation will be published; and when it is expected that the findings of the pilot will be implemented, in order to ensure that individuals with disabilities, and their families, can plan with certainty for the availability of personal budgets to support further education and independent living. [45919/25]

New lobbying 5 returns

Threshold Tourism
- Regulation of short-term lets
Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol treatment services
FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

Louis O'Hara — Sinn Féin 0 votes · 26 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 26 total

Education 10 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 26 June 2025, if financial support will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) to support the establishment of a redress scheme for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45287/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of school bus ticket (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46255/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a pupil could avail of a closer school bus pickup point from their home (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46296/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether two school bus tickets could be re-issued to the correct address (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46327/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a group of students could avail of a closer school bus pickup point (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46331/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of any delays in the post-primary schoolbook scheme this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46415/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school bus ticket for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46417/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether school bus drivers are provided with passenger lists to ensure that all students on a school bus route are picked up as part of the school transport scheme; if lists are not provided to give the rationale for not providing the lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46627/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department is investigating the feasibility of providing digital school transport passes in view of the logistical issues and costs associated with requiring students to have physical bus passes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46628/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions her Department has undertaken to enact the recommendations of the school transport review that was published in February 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46629/25]
Housing 5 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has any plans to develop or draft development guidelines for solar energy projects similar to the 2006 wind energy guidelines (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46392/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are specific development guidelines for the development of large-scale fossil-fuel-bio-fuel powered energy projects similar to the 2006 wind energy guidelines (details supplied); if not, whether his Department have any plans to develop or draft guidelines for such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46394/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Office for emergency planning has undertaken a review of emergency response procedures following the damage caused by Storm Éowyn in January 2025; if such a review was undertaken, when was the review undertaken and completed; to provide a list of the Departments, State agencies, local authorities and other entities provided feedback; what was learned from the review; and if any emergency response procedures were changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46619/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 2006 Framework for Major Emergency Management was reviewed in light of the damage caused by storm Éowyn in January 2025; if so, when the review was undertaken and completed; to provide a list of the Departments, State agencies, local authorities and other entities provided feedback; what was learned from the review; and if any emergency response procedures were changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46620/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagements he has had with water network operators since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that critical water infrastructure remains operational during and after damaging storms as many communities faced extensive outages in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46621/25]
Health 3 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the reason for the recent decision to expand the number of maternity cases to be transferred away from Portiuncula University Hospital to other hospitals; the person in the HSE or Department who made this decision; how this decision was made; whether she had any involvement, input or knowledge of the process of making this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45386/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health in light of the recent decision to expand the number of maternity cases to be transferred away from Portiuncula University Hospital to other hospitals, whether she will commit to the re-establishment of maternity services for such cases at Portiuncula University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45387/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the engagements she has had with the HSE since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that vulnerable people with medical conditions are supported during times of storm related electricity and water outages given many vulnerable people received minimal State support in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46624/25]
Climate 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are specific development guidelines for the development of large-scale fossil-fuel-bio-fuel powered energy projects similar to the 2006 wind energy guidelines (details supplied); if not, whether his Department have any plans to develop or draft guidelines for such developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46393/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the engagements he has had with electricity network operators since Storm Éowyn this year to ensure that critical electricity infrastructure remains operational during and after damaging storms as many communities faced extensive outages in the aftermath of Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46623/25]
Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received the final report from the Commission on Generational Renewal in Farming; if there is a timeline for this final report to become publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45410/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to clarify whether a non-organic young farmer is eligible for the lower grant rate, 40 percent rate, under the terms of the organic capital investment scheme of TAMS 3 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46625/25]
Transport 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if the Pension’s Authority is currently investigating the current concerns surrounding the governance arrangements of the CIÉ Superannuation Scheme 1951, as raised by members of the scheme (details supplied); if not, if he will instruct the Pension’s Authority to investigate the current concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45411/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance if he plans to designate psychotherapy and counselling services as VAT exempt services; if his Department has undertaken any analysis on the cost of designating these services as VAT exempt services; if so, the amount such a designation would cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46626/25]
Culture 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the engagements he has had with mobile phone operators since storm Éowyn this year to ensure that critical telecommunication infrastructure remains operational during and after damaging storms as many communities faced mobile phone coverage outages in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; to provide a list of operators he has met with and when he met them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46622/25]
Rural 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the community centre investment fund will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44687/25]

New lobbying 4 returns

Alcohol Action Ireland Health
- Alcohol health information labelling
FTI Consulting Finance
- Invitation to Mastercard Roundtable
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

Peter Roche — Fine Gael 0 votes · 0 questions · 4 new lobbying returns

New lobbying 4 returns

Simon Communities of Ireland Social Protection
- Appearance before Joint Committee on Social Protection
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.
Early Childhood Ireland Children and Youth Affairs
- Budget 2026

Seán Canney — Independent 0 votes · 3 questions · 3 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 3 total

Agriculture 2 questions
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider amending the Forest Act 2014 and the Forestry Regulations 2017 to allow forest owners who have felled their forest to use the land for other purposes, as some forest owners want to use their land for alternative purposes but are prohibited from doing so by the replanting obligation of the clear-felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46090/25]
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a balancing payment for ACRES to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46772/25]
Education 1 question
- 2025-09-08 Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, following her announcement that teachers taking up their first contract in a viable teaching post in September 2025 will become eligible for a permanent contract in September 2026, with the eligibility contingent upon successful re-appointment following a competitive recruitment process, if this extends to teachers who are in the career for a number of years but who have no permanent position as of yet and who are working on a contract of indefinite duration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45687/25]

New lobbying 3 returns

Galway Film Resource Centre Limited Arts
- Budget Submission on behalf of the Western AV Forum
Creative Retail Distribution Limited · 2 returns Taxation
- Support for Classification of HHC as a Schedule 1 Controlled Drug
- Email concerning the E-liquids Products Tax and concerns around the mechanism chosen to implement the tax via self-declaration rather than as a tax-stamp. Hale also referred to research commissioned from KPMG which raised several important policy considerations around the E-Liquids products tax including the potential for a surge in illicit and grey market sales.

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