Results 301-317 of 317 for speaker:John Paul O'Shea

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Yes.

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Yes. Put the questions. You have approximately five minutes, but we will get around to everybody, and then you will have repeat opportunities, Deputy, if you wish.

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: It is fine. I am keeping an eye on it.

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State on my own behalf. Does Deputy Aird wish to speak?

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (Revised) (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Ministers. On my behalf it is good to see so much spend going on in the Department for 2025. I thank the Minister, Minister of State and their officials for coming in this morning. On rural regeneration development, it is good to see that is being maintained at €60 million for the current year. It has made huge advantages and advances in different communities. Lots...

Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Message to Dáil (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: In accordance with Standing Order 110, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2025: Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht. I thank the Minister, the Minister of...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: There are no apologies. The first item on the agenda is the engagement on matters relating to rural and community development with the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht, Deputy Dara Calleary, and the Minister of State with responsibility for community development, charities and rural transport, Deputy Jerry Buttimer. I advise Members of the constitutional...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I hate to interrupt the Minister but I think he may be on the wrong statement. Is that for the select committee?

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister and Minister of State. I will open the floor to members. Any members who are participating online should use the raise-hand feature. We will get to them in good time.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: That is fine.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: The Senator can come back in again later, if that is all right. We will try to allow everybody in first.

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: There is ongoing consultation on the rural Ireland strategy for 2026 to 2030. There has been engagement online and in-person. I attended the recent public engagement process in Charleville in north Cork, as did the Minister of State. The Minister has been involved in a number of such meetings. Looking back, Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 showed that if you have a...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I appreciate that. I will also ask about collaboration with local authorities. In my own local authority, Cork County Council, there has been great collaboration with the Department. Continued collaboration will allow for the success of a number of projects and schemes in the Department. Libraries were mentioned earlier, which are a positive. I am grateful for the ongoing relationship...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: Following on from Senator Rabbitte's point on access for people with disabilities on our recreational walks, we did something previously with local authorities to improve access at beaches. We made beach buggies available. Perhaps it is something that we can work on through the Department. At the moment, if you do not have a powered wheelchair, it is hard to navigate those walks. A...

Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development: Rural and Community Development Matters: Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht (2 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials for their contributions today and providing the various briefing materials in advance, which assisted the committee in its deliberations. We look forward to their continued engagement. We will now suspend for a few minutes to facilitate the departure of our witnesses and we will resume in private session to discuss committee...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: I stand here today to respectfully request that additional funding be allocated to the local improvement scheme, LIS, in 2025 to address the long waiting list for the scheme in every county across Ireland, particularly in my home county of Cork. There are currently thousands of applications on hand within local authorities, many dating back five years or more. I urge the Department of Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (3 Jul 2025)

John Paul O'Shea: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on the review of a decision on a carer’s allowance application by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36838/25]