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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I believe it is 35% according to a UK report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I was not trying to persuade the professor and was just trying to get his thoughts on this issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Liquefied Natural Gas and Oil Prospecting: Discussion (30 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: On a follow-on point from that, Professor McMullin mentioned that if-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Following on from the question posed earlier by Deputy Gino Kenny, my query concerns a related matter. I again raise the issue of rare diseases. Earlier this month, an article was published in The Lancet Oncologyreview journal by Professor Mark Lawler of Queen's University Belfast on Ireland's excessive waiting times for the reimbursement of the cost of medicines. Ireland's excessive...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will appoint a HSE patient liaison team official with a special focus on rare disease patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26591/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister appoint a HSE patient liaison team official with a special focus on rare disease patients?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome that the Minister took the initiative to publish the Mazars report recently because it was sitting there for an awful long time. I acknowledge and welcome that. The Minister is quite aware of its contents and what it proposed. There are various steps being taken on the positive front on foot of that, including increasing transparency through an online portal that will keep people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate that the Minister is considering that request in the process that is to come. If I can go off on a bit of a tangent around the greater reimbursement process, does the Minister have any proposals in terms of allowing early access to drugs? Is that being considered by his Department or by himself? Will he be doing any review or report on it? Previously I spoke to the Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure there will be sufficient student accommodation ahead of the next academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26589/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: On the same theme, what are the Minister’s plans for student accommodation in the coming year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The €59 million investment is very welcome. I will refer to some statistics in a recent UCD student union survey. Approximately 14,500 campus beds are in place across the country. That accounts for about 6% of the total student population. There are about 250,000 students in this country. Not all would need on-campus accommodation and many do stay at home but the figure gives an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome that. One fifth of the respondents in that survey said they had no written agreement or formal lease with their landlords or the place they have digs or a room-share arrangement. Are there any plans by the Minister or in any other Department to regulate digs-style accommodation? Is giving those people security something that is being examined? They are in a rather precarious...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the research conducted within her Department for linking jobseeker's benefit to previous earnings; if she is seriously considering such a reform; the likely implementation date for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24158/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to removing the means test for carer's allowance or to increasing the carer's allowance income threshold given the significant increase in the cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24157/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress of the development on right-sizing; if he has engaged with participating local authorities regarding the uptake of this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24063/23]

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]