Results 181-200 of 258 for speaker:Paul Lawless

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: We should also focus on preventative healthcare from the earliest stages, from children upwards. Sport is of critical importance. One in five children stops participating in sport in the transition from primary school to first year. There is another massive drop off in terms of participation in third year among those who are 15 and 16 years of age. It is important that the Minister...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department collates statistics on the number of SMEs that have closed down in County Mayo in the past five years; and if so, to outline the figures that reveal how many SMEs closed in Mayo over each of the past five years. [6361/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the Minister of State for the response. I am surprised by the lack of data on insolvencies in recent years. The issues and the crisis facing the SME sector are getting increasingly worse. A Deloitte study recently found that almost 900 insolvencies occurred in 2024, an increase of almost a third on 2023. It predicted that the increase will continue, as will the issues affecting...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: The crisis in gender-based violence continues to devastate our society. The number of domestic violence cases rose by 20,000 in the past four years alone. Women and children are bearing the brunt of this crisis, the impact of which is being felt in every constituency across the country, including that of Mayo, which has experienced its highest number of domestic abuse cases in over a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 194. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the abolition of the means test for carers will occur as families are depending on this pre-election promise being fulfilled promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 285. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the report produced as a result of the review of the operation of the revised model of care for termination of pregnancy services undertaken by the HSE's National Women and Infants Health Programme. [8356/25]

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: There is no point in discussing disabilities unless we can address the core issues relating to the disability sector. The core and fundamental issue is recruitment and retention. The CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland stated that this issue is having a catastrophic impact. The reason that it is having such an impact and that there are so many difficulties is because two thirds of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: Ballinrobe has paid a very high price for poor Government policy in recent weeks and months. The practice of placing very vulnerable and high-risk individuals in emergency accommodation has been a recipe for disaster. What is happening at the Railway Inn in Ballinrobe has caused major difficulties for the town. Crime is rising in the area. Garda numbers in Mayo are falling. Gardaí...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: ----- in the town to cease and end the practice of emergency accommodation in Ballinrobe-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: ----- particularly at the Railway Inn.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how she plans to improve retention and quality in early years education, considering early childhood educators have had to fight for wages and conditions in the sector that are unsustainable. [7895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to recruit and support more foster families considering the severe shortage of both residential and foster care placements are impacting on children in need (details supplied). [7894/25]

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I raise the really important issue of forestry, particularly following the recent storm, Storm Éowyn. It caused massive damage right across the west, the north west, the midlands, and it destroyed thousands of hectares of forestry. These farmers planted under Government advice, encouragement and incentives. Indeed, these farmers followed Teagasc advice around what to plant and where...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether SMEs should be given more favourable treatment in terms of lower taxation and less regulation in comparison to multinational companies, considering respective contributions to the domestic economy and the fact the SMEs are penalised far greater. [6362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of home retrofits carried out in Mayo in each of the past five years (details supplied); and if he will reverse this policy considering how exposed it leaves people who rely solely on electricity. [6364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with the CEO of ESB since he took office; and if so, how often and how recently they met. [6363/25]

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome this motion on housing, particularly in light of what we learned yesterday about County Mayo being the biggest county for derelict properties. Some 14% of the country's derelict properties are in Mayo. It is also the second highest in terms of vacancy, at almost 11%. Yet so little is being done - it is important the Minister hears this - to assist local authority housing staff in...

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: As recently elected TDs, we have all seen the pressing and urgent situation faced by many families. I have no doubt the Minister knocked on hundreds of doors, just as we did. We were met with challenging situations of parents and families trying to meet the needs of their children while managing work and family life and advocating for basic rights and the needs of their children. What...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: On the development of Dublin, we learned today that the builders of the national children's hospital require an additional €800 million of taxpayers' money. We also learned that there will be a further delay until this time next year. The Department of Health has stated that the delay is due to the fact that it is difficult to bring children from hospital to hospital in the winter....

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: Road safety is a really important issue. We must punish reckless and dangerous drivers but the speed limit review is not the solution. It ignores the biggest issues of road safety around enforcement and the fact that the Garda traffic corps has fallen by over 40% since 2009. It ignores dangerous junctions and the lack of right-turning lanes that I have been campaigning on for some years...