Results 1,121-1,140 of 2,153 for speaker:Paul Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Contracts (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 433. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of times his Department has hired out external ornithologists to carry out works on behalf of his Department in the years 2022 and to date in 2023; the name of the ornithologist; and the amount paid for such project work, in tabular form. [18950/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 506. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting two additional WTE senior dietitians in eating disorders for CHI Connolly. [18947/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 507. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in each of the maternity hospitals within Dublin in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; if this number will be further increased; and if so, when. [18948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 508. To ask the Minister for Health how the additional €1.75 million will be spent on the meals-on-wheels service during 2023. [18949/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 521. To ask the Minister for Health when a review will be completed into the reimbursement process for cariban, the first-line treatment for hyperemesis gravidarum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19006/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in the constituency of Dublin west in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I again appeal for help with the lack of spaces for children with autism in Dublin 15. The Danu special school will not have a place this year and will have one in September 2024. An extension to Castleknock Community School, which, despite all the promises given because it took on extra students, still has not been delivered. Powerstown Educate Together in Tyrrellstown has zero school...

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I was contacted last week by a constituent. She said "I am facing homelessness and I don't know where I'm going to go, but there's a house in my area that has been empty for ages". I am not the only one who gets these messages with photos of empty houses through Facebook and via email. I am not the only one who sees empty homes in every single estate with leaflets stacked high in hallways....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank our guests for the presentation. The previous question is very important. It does not seem as though the figures add up. I would like to see them to examine how the Department’s statement stacks up to the suggestion it will cost 50% more, given an awful lot more people who have been admitted will be exiting well before six months. Another part I am always conscious of is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Mr. Hession made a point about incentives or disincentives to work. Every time there is a recession and people are made unemployed, there is almost an assumption people do not want to work, whereas all the evidence proves that when there are plenty of jobs, we reach full employment quickly. I am conscious that when we are talking about social protection, we always refer to incentives or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: That proves the point. When we are talking about the longer time people should be given, it seems the evidence is proving if people have a bit more time they end up in better circumstances. It makes the argument much stronger to go from six to nine months. In some ways what the officials are stating is the evidence is showing that despite what international documents state around...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each Bus Éireann expressway route has fully recovered in terms of passenger numbers compared to the numbers prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. [14988/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all Garda stations custody suites are now fitted with CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities; if not, the estimated cost of fitting out the remaining custody suites with both CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities. [14978/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Advertising (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Tourism Ireland will run a billboard advertisement campaign on the London underground rail services; and the estimated cost of such an advertisement campaign. [14976/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission applications for monopoles and communication masts are dealt with like any other application to the planning authority; and if private companies are exempt from public scrutiny in the planning legislation for such masts. [14678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS have the required resources and skillset to ensure that windfarm applications are dealt with within an appropriate timeframe. [14784/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turks’s latest annual report on the situation in the occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke with the United States House of Representatives Minority Leader during his visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [14986/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of a school model (details supplied); and if she will consider expanding the model to other areas. [14676/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the free school books scheme, that the key direction currently being taken by her Department ignores the serious concerns and recommendations of key stakeholders, and poses a significant risk that children will not have school books in time...