Results 1,381-1,400 of 3,781 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legislative Measures (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is excellent to hear it is making such swift progress. As I said, it will be unanimously welcomed in the House, I would imagine. I welcome the amendments. For some time, we have needed tougher legislation to crack down on criminals who seriously attack the very people who put their own personal safety on the line every day to serve others. The most recent incident with a full-time...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda numbers, by rank, in Cork city and Cork county, in tabular form. [24171/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tree Remediation (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial supports or grants will be made available to farmers and landowners to safely manage roadside ash trees which would support farmers to hire relevant professionals to safely fell these trees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 88. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be allocating additional funding to support animal welfare in budget 2024; if he is concerned that animal welfare organisations are overburdened with welfare cases due to the lack of enforcement by authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24160/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of new school builds between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; if she will provide a similar breakdown, by county, of the number of new school builds between 2020 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of schools that were refurbished between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; if she will provide a similar breakdown, by county, of the number of schools that were refurbished between 2020 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25365/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of minor works grants for schools between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; if she will provide a similar breakdown, by county, of minor works grants between 2020 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown, by county, of the number of special needs assistants employed in schools between 2016 to 2019, in tabular form; if she will provide a similar breakdown, by county, of the number of special needs assistants employed in schools between 2020 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (24 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Over the last few weeks I have raised the issue of disability services in CHO 4, mainly the provision or lack of respite and access for children from Carrigaline Community Special School to local children's disability network teams, CDNTs. I welcome the clarification by the Minister of State for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Rabbitte, gave a number of weeks...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22442/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the witnesses. I am conscious that we are tight for time so I might just fire questions and take advantage of the witnesses being here. Previous Deputies spoke about resources supplied to the NCBI. Mr. Mullaniff mentioned that there are resource shortages. Could he clarify what they are specifically? Is it funding, staffing or both? He also mentioned visiting teachers. Is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Is there any course here in Ireland through which visiting teachers can be trained?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I was caught aback when I heard that we do not provide training here because I know, regarding our next speaker here, that there are provisions in universities to train people in Irish Sign Language, ISL. Has the NCBI liaised with universities about training? Has the NCBI ever sought the provision of a course to train people in this country as opposed to prospective teachers having to go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Earlier it was mentioned that approximately one third of all blind or visually impaired students access the services of the NCBI. Where does the remaining two thirds go for help? Reference was made earlier to how there are difficulties with blind and visually-impaired students accessing the July or summer provision. Initially, there was provision for people in special classes and special...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have another question on education. The NCBI is developing an accessibility transport training centre which is funded by the National Transport Authority, NTA. What efforts will NCBI make to incorporate that into the school curriculum? That is not totally outside the discussion. It has a tenuous link to education.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome Mr. Geary. We bumped into each other on the train on the way up but we did not brief each other beforehand, I promise. I echo previous speakers' sentiments about the work Mr. Geary has done. He should not have had to do it and we have always told him that. It has been a long campaign but ultimately he was vindicated and that needs to be acknowledged. I have a few quick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Mr. Geary gave us a picture of what Calum’s education is like now and it is vastly improved from previous years. With the implementation of the two new roles, what should it look like going forward in his remaining secondary years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Earlier, I referred to this meeting being covered through Irish Sign Language, ISL, on Oireachtas TV, which is very welcome. I will cite some of the statistics concerning ISL programming carried by the public broadcaster. To give people an example, in 2019, some 3% of programming on RTÉ 1 and RTÉ 2 was in ISL. This has now increased to 5% in 2023. The RTÉ Junior channel has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is something this committee could probably facilitate.