Results 2,741-2,760 of 3,957 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 66. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business grant will be operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (23 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses in Cork received emergency supports following floods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider establishing a national flood insurance company to cover flood damage costs especially when so many homes and businesses are unable to obtain flood insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51209/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Coverage (23 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 111. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with the insurance industry to discuss the provision of flood cover, particularly into the future due to the worsening effects of climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51210/23]

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]

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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: 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...

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]