Louis O'Hara

283. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the plan to introduce a renewable heat obligation, RHO; to provide a timeline for its introduction; to outline the analysis that has been undertaken to understand the effects the RHO may have on final customer gas bills, especially domestic customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43345/25]

1002. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.376 of 24 June 2025, if a response will issued from the SEC. [40866/25]

1054. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if support will be provided to a parent trying to find a school place for their 16-year-old child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41436/25]

1614. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the average duration spent on Galway County Council’s social housing waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43353/25]

2347. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is concerned that early years educators are having difficulty accessing mortgages due to having to sign on to jobseekers during the summer months; if she is considering any measures to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41836/25]

2460. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children as of 1 July 2025, or latest date available, that were awaiting a first assessment of need from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, for the CHO2 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43350/25]

2461. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under 18 who are on an autism assessment waiting list in county Galway; the length of time they have been on this waiting list in each of the years 2020 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43351/25]

2462. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children on waiting lists for an assessment of need in CHO2 in each of the years from 2020 to the latest data in 2025; the number overdue for completion; the number completed with a service statement, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43352/25]

3124. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of persons and the average wait time on the waiting list for CAMHS in CHO2; and a breakdown of this waiting list by age category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43346/25]

3125. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Galway University Hospital and Portiuncula University Hospital, for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Portiuncula University Hospital for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the amount of money paid to private hospitals via the national treatment purchase fund from the outsourcing of waiting list elective in-patient and day-case surgeries at Merlin Park University Hospital for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, all in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43347/25]

3126. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, and within that, the numbers waiting less than four months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and for each category, the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, for CHO2, as of 1 July 2025 or latest date available, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43348/25]

3127. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the budgetary allocations to CAMHS psychology in CHO2 in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43349/25]

134. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will introduce pension parity for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38943/25]

172. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the treatment of abuse survivors and the need for a redress scheme for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38944/25]

203. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the rationale given for mandating that disabled parking permits have a validity length of two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/25]

383. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can avail of the vacant property refurbishment grants (croí cónaithe) if the property title is held by a limited company rather than the individual's name; if he will review an application (details supplied) refused on this basis by Galway County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40456/25]

479. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review advancements in the science of DNA testing with a view to extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40276/25]

32. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the development of a successor scheme to the disabled driver and passenger scheme; if there is a timeline for the introduction of this successor scheme; the engagement ha has had with advocacy groups regarding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39833/25]

178. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of the pay claim which regional administrators of the Citizens Information Service are bringing to the Labour Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40247/25]

203. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if he will consider extending the DNA testing to family members who are cousins to identify remains at the mother and baby home in Tuam as a result of advancements in the science of DNA testing since the Bill was enacted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39878/25]

347. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance the rationale given by the Minister, or his Department, for the differential treatment of childless individuals under the terms of the capital acquisition tax when compared to individuals with children; whether the Department has any plans to review the arrangements for childless individuals under the capital acquisition tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38800/25]

449. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of vacant educational psychologists with National Educational Psychology Services, as of July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38716/25]

676. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 1014 of 10 June 2025, if he has received the necessary information from An Garda Síochána in order to answer this PQ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38720/25]

858. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians based at Gort health centre in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38710/25]

859. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of community nursing home beds specifically available to individuals with alzheimers within CHO2; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38711/25]