21. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are statutory planning guidelines for the construction of anaerobic digestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26280/25]
22. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are mandatory set-back distances from houses for anaerobic digestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26281/25]
44. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if service training days will be considered towards days service with respect to an individual’s pension eligibility (details supplied); if recourse is available to such an individual who falls short of the five years of service requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26321/25]
422. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has an official stance in relation to the location of phone masts next to schools, with consideration being given to the Telecommunications Antennae and Support Structures Guidelines for Planning Authorities 1996, which is cited in numerous county development plans nationwide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25258/2…
615. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the current status of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25758/25]
11. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to expand the provision of modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24654/25]
65. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means by which he plans to prioritise water and wastewater infrastructure to deliver the capacity to facilitate housing development in our towns and villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24655/25]
266. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice if service training days can be considered towards days' service with respect to an individual’s pension eligibility (details supplied); if recourse is available to such an individual who falls short of the five years of service requirement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24922/25]
283. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if PTO generators are considered a fixed item under TAMS 3; the rationale for said classification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24923/25]
284. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with regard to his decision to re-open a new TAMS tranche in the wake of storm Éowyn and his inclusion of all generator types, and given that backup PTO generators are deemed fixed items in TAMS under DES, OCIS, YFCIS and WFCIS, if all other generator types including standalone diesel generators included in this tranche were all also dee…
285. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that farmers are unable to claim VAT rebates on large standalone diesel generators on farms, especially in the wake of Storm Éowyn and increasing reliance among farmers on electricity for their operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24925/25]
119. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health when the new primary care centre in Nenagh will open; what services it will provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24022/25]
528. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail the grant supports that are available towards running costs for small and medium enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23675/25]
626. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media where an artist who is interested in showcasing their work in the Centre Culturel Irlandais may apply or who they may engage with regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24341/25]
702. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to introduce the “above the shop” property refurbishment grant to address vacancy and dereliction in our towns and villages, as committed to under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23370/25]
764. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to increase the threshold for the vacant property refurbishment grant, in line with the commitment made under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24038/25]
Ryan O'Meara
Written
13 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1222. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an Irish citizen, who completed their second-level education abroad, in a non-EU country, who plans to return and pursue their third-level education in Ireland, will be eligible for the free fees initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24342/25]
Ryan O'Meara
Written
13 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1249. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an Irish citizen, who completed their second-level education abroad, in a non-EU country, that intends to return and pursue their third-level education in Ireland, will meet the criteria for SUSI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23777/25]
160. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the professional instructor payment will be paid to commissioned officer instructors in the Defence Forces, as committed to by the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17824/25]
193. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has considered the introduction of service commitment schemes to retain key specialist functions within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17825/25]
81. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport to engage with Irish Rail to ascertain their plans to introduce additional services in 2025; if consideration has been given to increasing the number of services serving stations in Tipperary, which would improve the availability of rail travel within the county; if Irish Rail would consider increased services on the line that serves Thurles and Clonmel, to inc…
123. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he intends to introduce legislation to establish one single national body with authority over the entire river Shannon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22124/25]
354. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications were received for the Shannon Callows flood scheme 2023; the number of these were approved without appeal; the number of appeals taken against refusal for admission into the scheme; the number of appeals successfully awarded to applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22123/…
36. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the criteria for the power up scheme given that some applicants were excluded on minor technicalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21569/25]
138. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 27 March 2025, with regard to the four vacancies in the driving training school in Garda College Templemore, the length of time each of these posts has been vacant; when these posts will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21497/25]