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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am sorry to say I also have a big long list. I will try to run through it. I have met with the Minister of State a number of times about the Rainbow Club in Cork. Obviously, I am here this evening to speak to her about that. It is a charity that does amazing work. At the last count, some 1,300 children were availing of its services every week. It does all of this for the grand sum of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: No.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will go on to the next question. The issue of residential care has been raised previously by a number of Deputies. We have our own issues in Cork. To my knowledge, four children have been left in school with a note in their bag over the last couple of months. People are at breaking point. One family I am aware of were offered residential care in Dublin for their 13-year-old daughter....

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have one last question and a comment about PDS. Deputies Ó Murchú and Tully and I are on the Joint Committee on Autism. We were given a presentation a number of months ago by a family or group from Mayo, where PDS are not experiencing the same levels of staffing vacancy as other parts of the country, although I will not say they are adequately resourced. There is a reasonably...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State and the Chair.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State's earlier comment that anybody who is aware of any sites or buildings should bring them to her attention. I am aware of a few in Cork but I will pass the details on later. I have one more question. I was not going to raise this matter but I will because it has come up. I refer to paediatric services for people who require neurological rehabilitation. The...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland has taken at EU and international level regarding the ongoing civil unrest and humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19755/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We are all very concerned about developments in Sudan over recent weeks. It is a very concerning time for all Irish citizens and their families as the situation there has been very fluid and unpredictable. The partnership and help that we have received from the French, Swedes and Spanish, as the Minister mentioned, demonstrates what being in the EU is all about and we should be very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I believe the Tánaiste just spoke there, as well as in the media recently, about joining a wider group of EU member states. He mentioned a possibility of a pan-European response in the future. In regard to that, will he expand on the development of such a strategy? Has he had any discussions at European level in that regard? How would he envisage such an arrangement working into the...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to discuss the need for a public consultation on the nationalisation of domestic waste management services in Ireland. Deputy Bernard Durkan - to discuss services at Naas General Hospital. Deputy Michael...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will start on a positive note. The dramatic expansion of the school transport scheme in recent years has brought more students into the fold in terms of being able to get a bus to school. That is welcome. Last year, while there were teething problems with the expanded scheme, it ensured more kids than ever before got to school. Despite the problems with drivers, routes and the usual...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I am raising the issue today because the deadline is tomorrow. The case I am highlighting is just one of the dozens throughout the country with various anomalies. The reality is that the people in the area I am speaking about have given up applying because they know they fall outside the criteria and they are unlikely to get a concessionary ticket. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Sudanese ambassador regarding the civil unrest and humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19754/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can outline the wait times from application to completion of works under the SEAI scheme; the measures being taken to address long waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19745/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he intends to launch a public consultation into the use of direct lines and private wires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 349. To ask the Minister for Health the number of BreastCheck screenings that were undertaken in 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, tabular form; when he expects the pre-pandemic service levels will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19948/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 350. To ask the Minister for Health when the new elective hospital in Cork will go to tender; if he can anticipate when construction will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19974/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (25 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 96. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the timing of the next allocations under the town and village renewal scheme; the allocations per local authority for each of the years 2018 to 2022; if any review of the scheme is envisaged given the difference in size and population between local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (25 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 115. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding drawn down for local improvements schemes in County Cork for 2022; if all funding allocated to Cork County Council under the scheme for 2022 was drawn down; if not, if moneys will be available to draw down in addition to the 2023 allocation to Cork County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter....