Ciarán Ahern

197. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department has taken to support the development of Ireland’s next Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) National Implementation Plan; and how stakeholders, particularly civil society organisations, are being engaged in its formulation. [35094/25]

198. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the means by which his Department is ensuring that the next SDG National Implementation Plan will reflect an integrated, whole-of-Government approach; and the mechanisms in place to coordinate actions across Departments, especially on cross-cutting goals. [35095/25]

88. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to ensure the safety of drivers and passengers of Dublin Bus in the aftermath of an incident at Mountjoy Square; his plans for a dedicated transport police; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34557/25]

253. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Meath County Council to introduce road safety measures at a location (details supplied) which has seen four road accidents in the past twelve months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33796/25]

88. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the planned closure of an autism class at a school (details supplied), despite sufficient interest in enrolment for the 2025/2026 school year to warrant two autism classes; if she will instruct the NCSE to reconsider its proposal to close the class and review the individual enrolment cases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33164/25]

202. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of delays in the Irish Aviation Authority issuing EASA Part 66 Category A maintenance licences and other relevant licenses to apprentice aircraft engineers; the reasons for these the delays; how he intends on remedying the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31952/25]

212. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions he will take to future-proof Ireland's energy grid for extreme weather events, considering the EPA's National Climate Change Risk Assessment report identified a lack of storm resistance in the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30749/25]

213. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the State's plans for waste disposal given the country's operational landfill sites are almost at maximum capacity; to outline the Department's longer-term plans for waste disposal, including if any waste incineration plants are being planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30750/25]

313. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a HSE directive to home carers prohibiting them from administering medicated cream (such as difene cream) to someone they are caring for; to explain the logic of what we understand is a change in policy; the reason patients are expected to administer medicated creams like this if they are unable to do so themselves, do not have relatives and in circumstances where public health nurses do not administer it either; if she will review this policy; if she will explore whether it may be possible for a patient to consent to such medicated creams being administered by their carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30918/25]

102. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason, according to analysis from the Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland will only deliver a 23% reduction in emissions by 2030, not the 51% target in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, or the 42% target in the EU effort sharing regulation; how the State plans to finance the potential fines of up to €26 billion for missing EU targets; the actions he will take to remedy the situation and reduce our target emissions gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30748/25]

545. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the SNA review of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29471/25]

580. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reverse the decision to remove a teacher from the allocation of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29787/25]

619. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm the specific rental period and facilities covered by a payment made to the Board of Management at a school (details supplied); to clarify the period to which the fee applies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29898/25]

736. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department plans to designate hundreds of rivers, lakes and estuaries as 'heavily modified water bodies'; if this means the Department no longer intends to improve the water quality and environmental health standards of these sites and is essentially giving up on them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30751/25]

1019. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the second phase of the compensation scheme for survivors of the Stardust fire; when he expects payments to begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29635/25]

1605. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health if the HSE plans to provide the shingles vaccine for free, given it has been shown to reduce the risk of developing dementia in older adults. [30444/25]

147. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the members of the Irish delegation attending the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27100/25]

222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the publication and implementation of the second Whole of Government Circular Economy Strategy; if this strategy will include collection and sorting targets for specific packaging materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25326/25]

223. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for the implementation of the Programme for Government commitment to provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland’s materials recovery facility (MRF) network to improve recycling processes and rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25327/25]

224. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to elaborate on the Programme for Government commitment to publish a plan to expand producer responsibility schemes to take accountability for the full lifecycle of products including what the information the plan will contain and the timeline for the plan’s publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25328/25]

222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding the proposed expansion of an autism class in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24951/25]

16. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to publish the revised Energy Poverty Action Plan, for which a public consultation was held in 2024 in recognition of the increased cost of energy for low-income households in 2023 and 2024; the measures he proposes to take in 2025 to implement the European Commission’s Recommendation (EU) 2023/2407 of 20 October 2023 on energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24626/25]

81. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for the emergency works grant by a school (details supplied), that plans to open a new autism class in September 2025 which is contingent on the success of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24532/25]

90. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a decision can be reversed to remove a teacher from the allocation to a school (details supplied), which is forcing the school to merge two classes, with a resultant class size of more than 30 students, including children with autism, which is significantly higher than the stated aim of this Government to reduce the pupil teacher ratio to 19:1; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24675/25]

249. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the Housing for All Conveyancing and Probate Implementation Group and when he expects all of the recommendations of the group to be actioned and complete. [22340/25]