Results 61-80 of 477 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: TB Eradication Programme: Discussion (18 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the witnesses.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: What about the broader point of childcare? Are there any additional supports for those mothers?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I very much welcome the childcare supports and subsidies. It is critically important that we reduce the cost. I also want to raise with the Minister a poll by Amárach Research in 2024, which found that 69% of mothers with children under the age of 18 would prefer to stay at home if they could afford it. In addition, 76% of mothers felt that their work in the home is undervalued...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure that children with disabilities receive early intervention and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32482/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Early intervention is critical. I want to ask about CDNT vacancies. What is the number of vacancies? What is the percentage of vacant posts throughout the CDNT network? What are the long-term and short-term strategies to address recruitment issues?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: How many vacancies do we have in the CDNTs? What is the number? What is the percentage? What are the strategies on this? The Minister of State alluded earlier to the strategy being recruitment in secondary schools. Am I right in saying this? Are we to believe the crisis will not be solved for a number of years? What are we doing to entice the wonderful graduates in this field who are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I have to say if I were a parent listening to this I would be incredibly frustrated. The Minister of State has, perhaps, a mid- to long-term plan but very little to alleviate the crisis today. There is a window of opportunity. These children will miss their targets. They will be significantly disadvantaged. For some it will mean the difference between being able to live independently or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: This is the type of proactive solution and policy I want the Minister of State to address. These are wonderful Irish graduates-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----some of whom graduated with their basic degree in Ireland. They went away for doctoral training.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: The HSE is not welcoming them home. Meanwhile we have a crisis today.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: Will the Minister engage with me on this?

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the Minister to this debate on housing. He says he wants to deliver more private homes across the country. I agree that we need those houses, but there is another way. He has completely sacrificed renters in order to unlock this, but there is another way. I know people of my age across Mayo - people I play football with - who have planning permission and who were given prices by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait 15 weeks for a driving retest appointment, given they have been waiting eight months already for the original driving test appointment and urgently require it for their daily commute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual funding provided by Home Building Finance Ireland to developers for home construction, by year and county/region, in tabular form. [32343/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate at which HBFI funding is being disbursed to developers; and how has this rate changed over recent years. [32344/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific actions that will be taken to streamline the HBFI application process and eliminate redundant red tape that hinders funding access. [32345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of applicants who have been refused HBFI funding or have failed to complete their applications due to the current bureaucratic requirements. [32346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of incomplete or rejected HBFI applications; and which administrative requirements are most frequently cited as obstacles. [32347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to simplify the funding application process and reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that are reportedly limiting developers' access to HBFI finance. [32348/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Services (17 Jun 2025)

Paul Lawless: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus travelling to secondary schools (details supplied) will include new stops, given concerns regarding the safety of the current bus stops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31973/25]