933. 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]
938. 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]
939. 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]
975. 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]
976. 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]
977. 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]
1092. 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…
1246. 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]
1247. 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 matte…
1263. 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…
1264. 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 …
1265. 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]
1748. 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]
1795. 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]
2261. 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 statem…
2262. 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]
2539. 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]
2747. 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]
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]