366. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of recent reports that Irish road deaths far outstrip the European average (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30118/26]
364. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to introduce automated speed cameras on high-risk routes within 12 months. [30115/26]
363. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has plans to introduce a road safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30114/26]
362. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to increase the number of speeding cameras; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30107/26]
359. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport whether there are any plans to provide an increase in CIÉ pensions in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30049/26]
354. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to provide funding for additional youth work supports in County Kerry, specifically the provision of four full-time universal (non-targeted) youth workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29340/26]
281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Minister for Transport on the question of student commutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22088/26]
245. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps he is taking to increase the accessibility of apprenticeships to the Traveller community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22087/26]
458. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is aware that existing fuel and travel allowance arrangements are not meeting the actual costs incurred by travelling special education teachers (SETs) required to work across multiple school settings; if he will review same; the measures being considered to ensure that teachers are not required to subsidise work-related travel costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28298/26]
383. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he has addressed it with the NTA; if his attention has been drawn to any passengers having been overcharged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27972/26]
298. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will discuss reducing the VAT rate for 0% for domestic electricity with his EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26730/26]
263. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will remove excise duty on home heating oil as an emergency response to the ongoing conflict in the middle east. [26731/26]
172. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of wind farms and their installed capacity which, having reached the end of their contracts, exited the Government’s renewable electricity feed-in-tariff scheme and the alternative energy requirement support scheme in each of the years from 2000 to 2025, in tabular form. [27852/26]
171. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of wind farms and their installed capacity supported by the Government’s renewable electricity feed-in tariff scheme and the alternative energy requirement support scheme in each of the years from 2000 to 2025, in tabular form. [27851/26]
153. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to make Ireland more resilient to climate change; the reason progress has been so slow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26174/26]
128. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to accelerate the delivery of offshore renewable energy in the wake of energy price hikes triggered by the ongoing conflict in the middle east; if the State will develop and retain ownership of any of the offshore wind sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26171/26]
115. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation on private wires to ensure that fairness to households becomes a central design principle of the regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26173/26]
104. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is satisfied that regulations regarding hardship metres and pay as-you-go metres are sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26172/26]
93. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention has been drawn to the significant barriers being faced by small-scale renewable energy generation groups and communities; when the review of tariffs will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26175/26]
85. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to shield households from the energy crisis triggered by the US and Israeli attack on Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26188/26]
83. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to eliminate the risk of electricity blackouts due to risk to grid stability that is posed by data centres (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26187/26]
3009. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to extending the CAMHS look-back review in Kerry to include cases prior to 2014, particularly in light of legal proceedings relating to the care of children in the region dating back to the late 1990s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25308/26]
3008. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to clarify the date range now covered by the State Claims Agency following the recent extension of the scheme relating to the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25307/26]
2658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23728/26]
2353. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23731/26]
1840. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23729/26]
1790. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any assessment has been carried out on the social housing stock to assess if it could accommodate solar PV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26201/26]
1641. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/26]
1443. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to amend the rules (details supplied) where a school may only appoint a replacement secretary for sick leave for school secretaries who are paid by the Paymaster, where a secretary has a significant illness and will be on long term absence will the Department fund a replacement with immediate effect and not only after the ten day sick leave period has passed. [25819/26]
1357. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that existing fuel and travel allowance arrangements are not meeting the actual costs incurred by travelling special education teachers (SETs) required to work across multiple school settings; if she will review same; the measures being considered to ensure that teachers are not required to subsidise work-related travel costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25198/26]
1229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23730/26]
931. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of personalised or private vehicle registration plates in the State; if any review or assessment of such a proposal has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25295/26]
618. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23726/26]
504. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the Government's plan for hydroelectric power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/26]
503. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to address the gaps in the way the economic, social and environmental consequences of extreme weather events are monitored as identified in the latest CCAC's Annual Review of Ireland's Climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/26]
502. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires if he will consider introducing additional safeguards for private wires projects associated with data centres such as robust, transparent and assessment from the regulator, including a requirement to demonstrate that they do not lead to net increases in overall electricity demand and do not undermine climate objectives. [26218/26]
501. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not result in even more inefficient utilisation of grid connections as private wires projects will maintain access to the public grid; the way in which he will address the opportunity costs that this places on the wider system and the potential impact to critical infrastructure such as housing, transport and other critical infrastructure. [26217/26]
500. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that fairness to ordinary householders and other network users become a central design as part of the regime; the steps he will take to ensure that any user that continues to rely on the public grid even intermittently maintain a contribution to the fixed and operational costs of that system. [26216/26]
499. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that there is a clearer boundary around what kinds of energy sources private wires are intended to facilitate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/26]
498. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires are consistent with climate law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26214/26]
497. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26213/26]
496. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires must not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26212/26]
495. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire will be considered an 'islanded data' centre; and if it will be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy position that islanded data centres 'would not be in line with national policy'. [26211/26]
494. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2024, to provide updated figures for each type of account listed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/26]