Ciarán Ahern

2291. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the home care and home support services and service providers that are intended to be regulated under forthcoming legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74945/25]

2292. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health the extent to which alleged restrictive practices (details supplied) have arisen in complaints to the HSE’s adult Safeguarding and Protection teams, in the past 36 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74946/25]

275. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the process for the carbon budget proposal for 2031-2035, and the fourth carbon budget provisional proposal for 2036-2040; to clarify timelines for the next steps of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73355/25]

276. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the unanimous recommendations made by the Joint Oireachtas Committee in its report on the proposed carbon budgets, with specific reference to the recommendation to conduct a transparent peer review on the proposals, will be adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73356/25]

284. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the purpose of the proposed state-led FSRU for Cahiracon, Co Clare; the situation in which use of such a reserve will be permitted and the definition of ‘emergency use’ as outlined by the Department press release in March 2025, following the Government’s approval of a state-led emergency gas reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73428/25]

285. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected timelines and legislative process for the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve (Amendment) Bill 2025; which Act is proposed to be amended through this process; when a general scheme of the Bill will be made available; the expected dates and duration of pre-legislative scrutiny on the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73429/25]

499. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a builder can be compelled to carry out remedial works on the roof of a home at no cost to the homeowner where breaches of NSAI S.R.82:2017 – Slating & Tiling: Code of Practice have been found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73278/25]

198. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount of battery storage available on the Irish electrical grid as of the latest figures; the capacity added in 2025 and the projected amount to be added in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72339/25]

199. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount of wind power generation on the Irish grid as of the latest figures; the capacity added in 2025; and the projected amount to be added in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72340/25]

200. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total amount solar power generation on the Irish grid as of the latest figures; the capacity added in 2025; and the projected amount to be added in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72341/25]

201. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the projected additional power needs for data centres in 2026; if any recent analysis or report has been prepared for him, or within his Department, on the energy needs of data centres in Ireland in 2025 and projected for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72342/25]

330. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the total cost of repairing the LUAS bridge at George’s Dock; the agency which picked up the cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72343/25]

331. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional train carriages or train engines delivered for Irish Rail in each year since 2020; the number projected for delivery in 2026 and 2027; to provide a breakdown of the type delivered; the number which have in parallel been decommissioned; the plans in place to expand commuter train capacity in 2026; to provide a breakdown of the planned service improvements in 2026; the service improvements delivered in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72344/25]

347. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 12 November 2025, if he will review the safety of LED headlights in modern vehicles considering the UK has done the same; if he has engaged with his UK counterpart on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72482/25]

348. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department or the Road Safety Authority has received any correspondence from members of the public or representative bodies on the impact of LED headlights on drivers at night, and the impact on road safety; if he will commit to a public consultation on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72483/25]

349. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he and his Department or the Road Safety Authority has considered the findings from a survey in the UK commissioned by the RAC (details supplied) that found four in five drivers were concerned about dazzling headlights; if the data from the survey has been sought; if he intends to engage with the RAC on the survey results; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72484/25]

350. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department or the Road Safety Authority has considered the independent research study published by TRL in October 2025 titled ‘Glare from road vehicle lighting on UK roads’ (details supplied) that was commissioned by the UK government; if he or the RSA will now commission a similar study in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72485/25]

351. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if the impact of brightness and glass from modern LED headlights is addressed in the Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030; if not, if the strategy will be updated in line with the measures the UK intends to take in its forthcoming Road Safety Strategy to protect drivers from glare caused by headlights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72486/25]

352. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department or the Road Safety Authority has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) on the impact of glare and LED headlights in modern cars on drivers; and if not, if he or his Department or the RSA plan to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72487/25]

362. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Departments plans to address the scale of fossil-fuel investment routed through Irish-based financial entities in view of recent EU-level deregulation proposals and the evidence that existing regulatory measures have not prevented such investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71500/25]

558. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a review of the National Landscape Strategy for Ireland 2015-2025 is expected; if his Department are working on a successor strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71615/25]

559. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made on the recommendations of the review of the NPWS 2021 (details supplied); to clarify their respective roles and interactions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71616/25]

560. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reasons the Kish and Bray Banks have not been included in the NPWS northwest Irish Sea special protection areas despite being designated as important bird areas by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71617/25]

644. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection if informal non-cohabitant financial assistance that does not constitute income for the recipient is assessed as part of the means test for the State pension (non-contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71809/25]

434. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the regulations included in the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 to permit victims of domestic abuse to end a joint application and, with the agreement of a landlord and without delay, submit and secure a new application for the same property to ensure the victim, not the perpetrator, can stay in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70959/25]