Ní féidir ach ceisteanna agus freagraí a foilsíodh tar éis Iúil 2012 a amharc anseo. Is féidir amharc de réir téarma nó dátaí ar leith ó Mhárta 2016 ar aghaidh do Ranna Rialtais. Foilsítear freagraí scríofa de réir mar a fhaightear iad ó Ranna. Chun ceisteanna parlaiminte a foilsíodh roimh Iúil 2012 a fheiceáil, cuardaigh Díospóireachtaí na Dála.
Ceisteanna agus freagraí le haghaidh gach suí
Leathanach 2 de 10
Déar, 14 Noll 2023
written
Live Exports
Brian Leddin
55. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the process for investigating complaints received in respect of reported breaches of animal welfare regulations during shipments of live animals to third countries. [55709/23]
Céad, 13 Noll 2023
written
Housing Provision
Brian Leddin
125. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 December 2023, to outline his plans to develop housing on State-owned lands in the Limerick metropolitan area, other than those at Colbert Station, in line with the principles of the transit-oriented development and the new transport nodes identified in LSMATS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55675/23]
Déar, 7 Noll 2023
written
Housing Policy
Brian Leddin
63. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline his plans to develop housing on State-owned lands in line with the principles of the transit-oriented development in Limerick metropolitan area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54133/23]
Déar, 7 Noll 2023
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Housing Policy
Brian Leddin
64. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop housing policy with appropriate density and zoning, such that it supports the development of district heating networks and rail transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54134/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Sport and Recreational Development
Brian Leddin
69. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media how women's sport will be advanced and supported at all levels; the plans that are underway to ensure more women and girls participate in all sports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53606/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Sports Facilities
Brian Leddin
83. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the development of the Sports Ireland Campus; how her Department is supporting the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53641/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Tree Remediation
Brian Leddin
158. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport his plans to ensure local authorities remove diseased roadside ash trees from publicly owned land that pose a road safety risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53645/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
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Tree Remediation
Brian Leddin
173. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport his plans to enable the safe removal of diseased roadside ash trees from land owned by farmers who cannot pay private contractors for the safe removal of such trees; if he will consider the removal of such roadside trees a road safety priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53646/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
327. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from solar photovoltaic installations broken down by local authority. [53703/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
328. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from onshore wind-powered electricity generation broken down, by local authority. [53704/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
329. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from offshore wind-powered electricity generation broken down, by local authority [53705/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
330. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from biomass combustion infrastructure broken down, by local authority. [53706/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
331. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from anaerobic digestion and associated electricity generation broken down, by local authority. [53707/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
332. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from landfill gas installations, broken down, by local authority. [53708/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
333. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from hydroelectric projects, broken, by local authority. [53709/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
334. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from energy storage infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53710/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
335. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from fossil-fuelled electricity generation infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53711/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
336. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from electricity distribution infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53712/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
337. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from electricity transmission infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53713/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
338. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from petrol/diesel filling stations, broken down, by local authority. [53714/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
339. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current expenditure of each local authority for liquid transport fuels, solid fossil heating fuels, liquid fossil heating fuels, fossil gas heating fuels, renewable heating fuels and electricity. [53717/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
340. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current direct income (other than rates income) of each local authority from renewable energy installations. [53718/23]
Máirt, 5 Noll 2023
written
Tree Remediation
Brian Leddin
443. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that will be provided to farmers for the safe removal of diseased ash trees on road-fronting farmland in circumstances where farmers are not trained to remove such trees safely and cannot afford to pay a contractor to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/23]
Déar, 30 Samh 2023
written
Climate Action Plan
Brian Leddin
52. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport the specific actions that are being undertaken to achieve the climate action plan target of reducing vehicle kilometres on Irish roads by 20% by 2030; to outline the key milestones in achieving this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52861/23]
Déar, 30 Samh 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Brian Leddin
65. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport to outline the projected increase or reduction in the number of private vehicles on Irish roads between 2024 and 2030; the policies to support the growth or reduction in the number of private vehicles and kilometres driven; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52860/23]
Déar, 30 Samh 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Brian Leddin
79. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education her plans to ensure that the development of new schools supports the national planning framework objectives of compact growth and reducing urban sprawl; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52871/23]
Déar, 30 Samh 2023
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Brian Leddin
92. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education to outline the targets for reducing scope 3 emissions in Irish schools; the actions required to achieve these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52870/23]
Déar, 30 Samh 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Brian Leddin
282. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to review the road safety strategy to improve enforcement of road traffic offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43917/23]
Máirt, 28 Samh 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Brian Leddin
71. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the progress which has been made by the steering group to advance the flood mitigation works at Ballycar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52303/23]
Déar, 23 Samh 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Brian Leddin
22. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress of the National Industrial Strategy for Offshore Wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51532/23]
Déar, 23 Samh 2023
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Tax Code
Brian Leddin
85. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Finance if he will request that his Department undertake a vehicle taxation report considering the introduction of weight and size-based taxes on private vehicles in Ireland to incentivise a switch to smaller and lighter vehicles, similar to the weight tax in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51579/23]
Máirt, 21 Samh 2023
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Housing Schemes
Brian Leddin
171. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the disparity with the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied); if the scheme will be reviewed to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50789/23]
Déar, 16 Samh 2023
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Climate Change Policy
Brian Leddin
23. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50251/23]
Déar, 16 Samh 2023
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Renewable Energy Generation
Brian Leddin
41. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the works undertaken within his Department to fulfil the obligation on member states to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of renewable energy communities in Ireland, as directed in the Renewable Energy Directive II, Article 22, paragraph 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50252/23]
Déar, 16 Samh 2023
written
Climate Change Policy
Brian Leddin
46. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50192/23]
Déar, 9 Samh 2023
written
Urban Development
Brian Leddin
103. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 October 2023, if he will report on the progress of the TOD Working Group in producing the report on transport-oriented development opportunities in limerick; the timetable of the assessment process and publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49058/23]
Déar, 9 Samh 2023
written
Planning Issues
Brian Leddin
113. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the progress of developing sustainable and compact settlements guidelines for planning authorities; whether these will support high density and high-quality transit-oriented development; the impact these guidelines will have on the current local authority development plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49057/23]
Máirt, 7 Samh 2023
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Health Promotion
Brian Leddin
51. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the healthy eating policy and practice in early learning and care services; how will it ensure the promotion of healthy eating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48525/23]
Máirt, 7 Samh 2023
written
Childcare Services
Brian Leddin
66. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will point to independent economic indicators that childcare fees have fallen in recent years; how much will have been saved by an NCS-registered family using full-time childcare by the time the recently announced cuts in childcare take effect in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48526/23]
Déar, 26 DFómh 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Brian Leddin
77. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which the areas of natural constraint scheme is considered by his Department to be an agri-environmental scheme; the environmental benefits that derive from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46999/23]
Déar, 26 DFómh 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Brian Leddin
105. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what efforts have been made to improve the welfare of greyhounds in the racing industry; who is responsible for assessing those welfare standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46988/23]
Máirt, 17 DFómh 2023
written
School Facilities
Brian Leddin
16. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the progress of capacity surveys of the school system in relation to installation of solar panels on every school roof here; when she expects to open the application process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45114/23]
Máirt, 17 DFómh 2023
written
School Transport
Brian Leddin
74. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the progress of the Phase 2 and Phase 3 of the review of the school transport scheme; when she expects the report to be published; her plans to reform the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45115/23]
Máirt, 17 DFómh 2023
written
Active Travel
Brian Leddin
123. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 5 October 2023, his plans and actions to accelerate the delivery of active travel networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44783/23]
Máirt, 10 DFómh 2023
written
Electric Vehicles
Brian Leddin
66. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the recent changes to regulations for electric bikes and electric scooters in the Road Traffic and Roads Act, 2023; if he will provide a summary of the key amendments and updates made to the regulations concerning electric bikes and electric scooters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43813/23]
Máirt, 10 DFómh 2023
written
Climate Action Plan
Brian Leddin
72. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport the update on progressing measures and actions to reduce total car kilometres by 20% by 2030 in accordance with Climate Action Plan 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43957/23]
Máirt, 10 DFómh 2023
written
Urban Development
Brian Leddin
297. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the update on developing his plans for Transit Oriented Development in Limerick, Cork, Galway and Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43946/23]
Déar, 5 DFómh 2023
written
Active Travel
Brian Leddin
13. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport his plans to accelerate delivery of active travel networks in order to provide appropriate infrastructure for persons with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43183/23]
Déar, 5 DFómh 2023
written
Air Quality
Brian Leddin
42. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if he will allocate funding from the active travel budget to fund monitoring stations to determine air quality on streets undergoing active travel projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43182/23]
Déar, 5 DFómh 2023
written
Electric Vehicles
Brian Leddin
77. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if consideration will be given to providing targeted grants for electric vehicles for workers in the home care sector in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43173/23]