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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I must be straight with Mr. Savage, in that there were major issues around communication and a lack of transparency on this. I can show him the evidence. I can show him letters and so on. There should have been transparency. The Department should have shown leadership and been straight and honest with farmers that there were difficulties with the processing and IT system. That bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Does Mr. Savage have an estimate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Is the Department happy with how it has gone? What has been learned? We always hear lessons have been learned but can the Department tell the farmers five lessons it has learned from this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: What lessons were learned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Practically speaking, what lessons have been learned from this mess?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. It is quite incredible there is this major difficulty for farmers where they have been waiting for payment for over two years and there is no one to blame. We are here over an hour and the officials have used the word "accountability" but there is no one to blame. If I do not deliver there is a cost, but it seems like if the officials do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Did the Department tell them they would be waiting two years for money or that the problem was on its end?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: This is the problem. There is still a lack of accountability, honesty and transparency. As of two or three months ago, farmers still did not know where the problem was. There has not been a culture of transparency in relation to this. Even today, we are still not getting the answers. The Department knew about the problems with ACRES from the end of 2023. We all make mistakes but at what...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Who was the Department clear to? Was it the farmers or the Minister? Who did not-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Delays in Departmental Scheme Payments: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Did the Department write to the farmers?

Nursing Homes and Care for Older Persons: Statements (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I could not watch the level of abuse in the "RTÉ Investigates" documentary. I could not stomach the way elderly people were treated and abused. What we saw was a complete disregard for human life and human rights and it was very focused on economic profits in this regard. Profit does seem to have been the motivating factor in some of the abuses. This is clearly concerning,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money that has been ring-fenced towards the commencement of works on the re-opening of the western rail corridor between Mayo and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the housing schemes, including social, affordable, cost rental or other supports, which are currently available in the Ballina municipal area and the Claremorris municipal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33893/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 705. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a PAS assistant given they have been trying to access this service for over four years and the urgency of their situation and significant impact on their quality of life; if immediate action will be taken to facilitate this support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Appointments (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 784. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an occupational therapy appointment as early diagnosis and therapy is essential to his quality of life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33817/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I rise today to speak for a mother, Michelle O'Toole, who spent thousands not on luxury, but on love. Her daughter Katie was faced with a harrowing surgery abroad where a full removal of the pancreas, spleen and gall bladder had to take place in London because it was not available in Ireland. Katie was ultimately forced abroad, and Michelle's only thought was to be by her side at this very...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 48. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the targeted supports he is considering to help small and local businesses remain viable in rural towns and areas like Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (19 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has conducted or plans to conduct any reviews into the barriers Mayo based SMEs face in accessing Government business grants; and if he will consider streamlining the application process to boost uptake in rural counties. [33215/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pensions (19 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when his Department became aware of the overpayment of pensions to Ministers and civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (19 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is responsible for issuing gender recognition certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33213/25]