Ryan O'Meara

286. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans to increase the number of work permits for HGV mechanics beyond the quota of 200, as set out under Statutory Instrument No. 680/2023, considering the cap has already been exceeded and no further permits can be issued until further action is taken by the Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13165/25]

287. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of work permit applications for HGV mechanics that were refused by his Department since the quota of 200 permits, as set out under Statutory Instrument No. 680/2023, was reached; his views on whether there are now sufficient numbers of HGV mechanics in Ireland without the need to increase the quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13166/25]

288. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if applications for work permits for HGV mechanics who were refused due to the quota of 200, as set out under Statutory Instrument No. 680/2023, being reached can be accepted in a future round of work permits without the employer having to re-enter the 28-day advertising period and the 90-day deadline to get the applications submitted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13167/25]

359. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport the Irish and EU legislation regulating the use of heavy goods vehicles and more specifically, the legislation relevant to load securing; to set out in summary the relevant EU legislation that has been transposed in the past ten years, including Directive 2014/47/EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12380/25]

522. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on reports of the recent legal action threatened by the Design and Crafts Council Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11201/25]

613. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with Bus Éireann and introduce a local school bus service in north Tipperary (details supplied) for the upcoming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11192/25]

1150. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice the sources of income and means that are considered in the means assessment for a stamp 0 visa, a retiree applying as an individual of independent means; if rental income, stocks, or net worth are considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11610/25]

1160. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice when the request for final documentation and a certificate fee will issue to an applicant (details supplied) after their application was approved a few months ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11736/25]

1232. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine following the damage done by Storm Éowyn, if timber harvested from private forestry can be sold on a volume rather than a tonnage basis, given much of the timber that fell during the storm will take an extended period of time to be harvested and transported to sawmills, meaning that the weight of the timber will be reduced in the meantime, and therefore farmers will be financially disadvantaged by having lower tonnages going into the mills, and considering a measurement of timber per cubic metre is the fairer system to be applied in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10640/25]

1233. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will direct his departmental staff to work in sawmills nationally to measure and verify the volumes of timber being sold to the mills from private forests, thus ensuring that farmers can sell timber that fell during storm Éowyn on a volume- rather than tonnage basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10641/25]

1234. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the price difference of harvesting forests following Storm Éowyn, given that harvesting crews could normally harvest 180 tonnes per day for €15 per tonne but in windblown forests, harvesters are charging upwards of €25 per tonne and only harvesting 60-70 tonnes per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10642/25]

1235. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the cost of additional diggers and track machines required to harvest windblown forests following Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10643/25]

1236. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will introduce a scheme to grant aid the additional transport costs of transporting timber harvested from windblown forests, given the normal price of transport has increased from €14 per tonne to €20 per tonne; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10644/25]

1237. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to consider introducing an intervention scheme for forestry for windblown forests to ensure that timber that has fallen during Storm Éowyn can be harvested and stored in a timely manner to avoid it decaying on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10645/25]

1238. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a replanting grant for windblown forests in recognition of the fact that the less-mature timber that fell during Storm Éowyn will now be sold at a lesser price than anticipated by the farmer had the forests fully matured, given that replating is going to be more expensive than usual as additional rehabilitation works will be required on lands where trees were knocked during the storm and considering it is only fair that farmers are financially assisted when the price of their crop is reduced while the cost of replating is increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10646/25]

1243. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has given consideration to introducing further regulations on protected urea fertiliser labels, specifically the inclusion of NBPT inhibitor application dates and expected efficacy duration and more transparent labels regarding storage and handling conditions that may impact inhibitor effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10738/25]

1488. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the status of the Assisted Human Reproduction (Amendment) Bill 2023, which addresses issues of parentage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10681/25]

1591. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the hours in which Shannon Doc operates in Roscrea, County Tipperary; if she will provide a breakdown of each day that the Shannon Doc service did not open during its advertised opening hours between 1 January 2024 and 4 March 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11104/25]

1762. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered amendments to the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, to target zero-alcohol product advertising in spaces where alcohol advertising is restricted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11925/25]

1943. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding for developing community facilities and amenities grants will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10804/25]

10. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of the large scale sport infrastructure fund will open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9758/25]

114. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the HIQA review of urgent and emergency care in mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9752/25]

174. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a 24/7 Shannon Doc service in Thurles, County Tipperary, considering only one 24/7 Shannon Doc service currently operates in Nenagh, County Tipperary for the entire population of north Tipperary within the mid-west region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9753/25]

8. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in the wake of storm Éowyn, his plans to engage in the upgrade and strengthening of electricity infrastructure across the country, in particularly in isolated rural areas which tend to have older, weakened infrastructure, leaving these areas adversely affected during periods of poor weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10215/25]

194. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the rollout of the hormone replacement therapy programme, with specific regard to the ongoing discussions regarding dispensing fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10023/25]