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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any engagement with Iran in relation to its continued military support for Russia's war on Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50162/23]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister and her officials. I have five questions and I will just rattle through them, so that she will have the remaining time to answer them. My first question is in respect of the arrears due to school secretaries. I understand that there is an agreement which affects over 3,000 school secretaries and I further understand it is to be backdated to September 2021. Could the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary) (29 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Yes, it was with regard to the inflationary side of things. I ask the Minister to provide to the committee any details she has on that and if it is still the same position where it is an opt in or voluntary system. Could the Minister provide any analysis that has been done at departmental level, even to be provided as a supplementary reply after this meeting as I do not expect her to have...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Renewable Energy Generation (29 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools in County Cork will be eligible to apply for the solar for schools programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52691/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State and note his response. The majority of public sector pay is dealt with collectively, and I understand the logic and rationale behind that. From the outset, I wish to say that I have a family member who is involved in a pay dispute. I wish to discuss the pay disparity between medical scientists and clinical biochemists. Medical scientists are paid...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for that advice. The medical scientists’ group engaged with the Labour Court in good faith. Out of that engagement, the Devine report was commissioned. It categorically and unequivocally stated that in the overwhelming majority of work in both professions, there existed no evidence of a material distinction between the grades’ roles and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of binding Labour Court recommendations on pay rates for public servants that have yet to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52127/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister about the NDP delivery and reform and the number of binding Labour Court recommendations on pay rates for public servants that have yet to be implemented. Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate that. I know the phrasing of the question is quite generic in nature. As recently as last Friday I was in Mallow town and had the opportunity to visit a number of one-stop shops that are providing services for people who are engaged in the process of retrofitting their houses. Even they noted when I was visiting them last Friday with Billy Kelleher that there is a significant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This relates to the measures the Minister of State outlined in his initial response that were taken to combat spiralling inflationary costs in the past year or 18 months. I think back to a project in my area. I will not identify the school but it was a school contract where the legislation provided for schools and other bodies to engage voluntarily in the process surrounding revised costs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister of State give an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome 8 of the National Development Plan and if he will make a statement on the matter with specific reference, if he can, to flood prevention schemes, given recent incidents of flooding in Cork and beyond.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his response. NSO 8 covers a variety of topics. As I mentioned at the outset, the issues around flooding and flood prevention schemes are most pertinent to me. It is my understanding that is also included under NSO 8. If the Minister of State does not have the details of the 150 active schemes at the moment, I would appreciate if he could provide a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am a father of three children, two of whom go to preschool. This is my first opportunity to speak since last week's events. It is any parent's worst nightmare to see that what unfolded last week actually happened. I express my sympathies to all of those people and families caught up in last Thursday's heinous attack. I agree with Deputy McAuliffe that there are many things on which we...

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department [52256/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Like Deputy Murnane O'Connor, I acknowledge the progress made to date, particularly in school transport and the provision of free schoolbooks. That is to be welcomed but there is one issue on which we are lagging behind and it was highlighted in Breaking the Cycle, which the Taoiseach mentioned. It is supporting service integration. The report earmarked funding of approximately €6.5...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an overview on the report published by his Department on 14 November 2023 on how budget 2024 dealt with child poverty and child well-being. [50713/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if consideration will be giving to reprioritising the Glashaboy flood relief scheme following severe and unprecedented flooding in Cork; the interaction his Department has had with the local authority and the contractor in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52126/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Banduff road scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52415/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that will be allocated to the Ballyvolane Strategic Transport Corridor; how long the improvement project is expected to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52418/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Blarney village pedestrian and cycling infrastructure scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52419/23]