7. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the south Galway flood relief scheme. [73544/26]
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Louis O'Hara
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I have raised the issue of this scheme with the Minister of State on a number of occasions. As he knows, it is a critical scheme to protect communities and homes across south Galway. It has been in the works for a very long time. While I appreciate that it is a very complex scheme, it needs to be delivered because we are now heading into yet another winter with people's homes at risk and left exposed to potential flo…
I thank the Minister of State. I do understand but, of course, there is still frustration at the slow pace of the scheme and at the reviews that have now been ongoing for a very long time. I understand that we need to get this scheme right and that it has to be effective in preventing flooding in the area but I am sure the Minister of State also understands the urgency of the matter. He outlined a timeline. It is wel…
21. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will meet next. [64831/26]
Infrastructural developments such as the western rail corridor are key to economic growth in the west of Ireland. That is why it is very disappointing to read reports that following the Taoiseach's intervention, Iarnród Éireann, has permitted the development of a greenway on the Collooney to Bellaghy section of the rail line. This is extremely short-sighted and puts the integrity of the corridor at risk. Once a green…
34. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [67764/26]
I want to raise the issue of primary and secondary school teachers not being able to secure permanent teaching contracts. I have been contacted by many local teachers in County Galway about this issue and how it is impacting them. One of these teachers described to me how the inability to secure a permanent contract of indefinite duration, CID, meant she was dependent on daily substitution work. She has no job securi…
At a time when households across the State face rising costs, budget 2027 was an opportunity for the Government to prioritise the needs of workers and families over the greed of vested interests. In this budget, the Government could have delivered supports to households who most need it through tax measures that put money directly in their pockets, but instead the Government has chosen to prioritise those on the high…
129. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he plans to introduce a new grant scheme for local authorities to fund the development of swimming pools. [73536/26]
When will the LSSIF be reopened or will there be anything specific considered for swimming pools? As the Minister of State will be aware, I am raising this in the context of Loughrea where there are ongoing efforts to progress a new swimming pool for the local community.
On Saturday, I was glad to attend to launch of the feasibility study report for the Loughrea swimming pool. I give huge credit to Colm O'Donnell and all his committee for their work in progressing that study. The study has found there is a clear need for a swimming pool in Loughrea to serve the town and surrounding areas. A number of sites have been identified, including a preferred site. This was a very important st…
I take on board the Minister of State's feedback in respect of securing a site. As I mentioned, they have identified a preferred site. Obviously, securing a site, getting design work, planning and other items completed and the project development stages will be very costly. Loughrea was previously allocated €1.7 million under the local authority swimming pool programme a number of years ago. It would be a huge boost …
I have been inundated with calls from students, midwives and nurses from Galway who were promised contracts but have not been offered them. Some of them are in the audiovisual room today, where they spoke about how disrespected they feel after years of working really hard and the sacrifices that they have made to qualify. These are highly qualified young professionals. Many of them have been left unemployed and witho…
Last week's budget was a Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael one designed with the interests of the elites and wealthy in mind. It was anti-worker, anti-rural and anti-young people. It will do nothing to bring costs down and protect households from the cost-of-living crisis. It will do nothing to alleviate the burden on households that do not have alternatives but yet have been punished by successive carbon tax increases from …
The decision to hike the cost of public transport fares is a deeply short-sighted move. Every day, thousands of commuters are forced on to overcrowded and often unreliable services. From January, these people are going to have to pay more to get to work, school, college or to go about their daily lives. Public transport is an essential public service, not a luxury, and in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis the Gove…
123. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the amount of carbon tax collected for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [68497/26]
Will the Tánaiste outline the amount of carbon tax collected in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 and how he proposes to support householders who have borne the brunt of continuing increases in that tax in recent years?
Households across the State are under massive pressure at the moment when it comes to the cost of filling their car and heating their homes. In terms of home heating oil, we brought forward proposals on eight different occasions just this year to remove the carbon tax on home heating oil, but the Government has opposed that on every single occasion. There has been no reduction of carbon tax or excise duty on home hea…
The Tánaiste says that he understands but this year he has not done anything on home heating oil. He has not reduced the excise duty or the carbon tax on that at a time when prices have increased massively. We all understand that prices have increased because of the conflict in the Middle East. The Government still had options available to it to alleviate that pressure for households, but it has simply chosen not to …
120. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on implementation of the recommendations of the all-island rail review; and his plans to improve capacity on rail services. [67279/26]
I have raised overcrowding on early morning trains into Galway with the Minister of State a number of times. It has been going on for years on all services, particularly on that train that arrives into Galway at 8.10 a.m. It is at a crisis point now. People are being put in serious danger. I have had a lot of people in touch with me, and I am sure the Minister of State has as well. What is going to be done about this…
I raised this with the NTA last week and was told that all available carriages were in use at peak times, but I have a number of questions in relation to this and would appreciate clear answers to them for the people who have to travel on these overcrowded services daily. Why has there been no forward planning and how have we ended up in a situation where we do not have additional rail carriages? When are we going to…
I just cannot accept the response that nothing is going to be done here in the short term. We are told we have to wait for carriages, with very vague assurances as to when they are going to become available. I have been contacted in relation to people becoming unwell. One woman described getting on the train this week and said that people were pushing and shoving so much that she thought someone could go down the gap…
For Galway?
I have been contacted by a group of midwives in Galway who have completed their internships. They are fully qualified but have been informed that there is currently a recruitment freeze in the health service and positions will not be offered to them. This is despite the fact that the director of midwifery at University Hospital Galway has confirmed to them that there are currently 23 vacant midwifery posts across the…