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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister report on the operation of the first home scheme to date in 2024 and make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I hate to sound like a broken record but a lot of what I am going to say was said during the debate on the previous question. The more the Minister’s critics decry the interventions he is making, the more it proves he is going in the right direction. We have spoken previously about the relevant figures. When he came into office, there had been a decade of undersupply. We did not...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I concur with the Minister. Many people in the industry would say that without the likes of the first home scheme and all the other initiatives we have spoken about, homes would be unaffordable for a certain cohort. I support the scheme and am fully with the Minister. Perhaps he could speak to his intention to keep the scheme going if the current Government is re-elected and if he remains...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to maintain the enhanced level of financial support for an organisation (details supplied) following their successful delivery of the memorandum of understanding; if she will consider allocating additional funding for academies and underage international teams, inclusive of girls and boys; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider reallocating the €2 million allocated under the LSSIF to an organisation (details supplied) for a centre of excellence in Cork which has not been drawn down to the development of both football and community facilities at the site in Glanmire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24226/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing commencements in Cork city and Cork county for 2023 and 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24368/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of grants approved for the help-to-buy scheme and the first home scheme in Cork city and Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24372/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Residential Institutions (30 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an institution in Cork (details supplied) is included in the mother and baby redress scheme; if not, if an explanation can be provided [24463/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Properties (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, for coming in this evening. It is appropriate that the Minister of State is here to answer this question as it was she and I who started on this saga nearly three years ago. It has been a long arduous three years, as I have said. The Minister of State will be aware of the property I am referring to here. The Minister of State visited it...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Departmental Properties (11 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: That is great. The Minister of State has provided me an answer tonight that, as she said, by the end of this week it will be formally done. After those many years, that is most welcome. I know that people listening in this evening will be delighted to hear that. As I said, the response is most welcome. Now that the Minister of State has delivered the news, I would like to see Cork City...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with the NCSE regarding the sanctioning of a special class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25640/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Service Executive (12 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will engage with a group (details supplied) regarding the use of a building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25639/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and appreciate the update. As he will be aware, Glanmire is a fairly large community on the eastern side of Cork city, whose population, depending on how widely the area is measured, comprises 30,000-plus people, so it is critical we get that primary care centre delivered as soon as possible. The Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, and I visited the one in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. As he outlined, the comprehensive services that will be provided at the centre will be most welcome. I understand that a number of GPs are waiting patiently to see whether they can locate themselves there. It will be a fantastic facility when it is eventually built. Separately, while the Minister might not have a response to hand, we are also awaiting a primary...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996 as per the summer legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25706/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister provide an update on the Department's plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act, 1996, as per the summer legislative programme?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I know from the sentiments he expressed that he will look at the issues raised in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night and deal with them appropriately. To be fair, the Department has provided a significant increase in funding for local authorities and animal welfare charities in recent years but the images last night are quite stark, as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the improvements but it is worth highlighting that, under current legislation, responsibility for ensuring the welfare of animals, horses in this case, falls on the owner of the animal. I am concerned about this, with yesterday’s programme in mind. I do not think what was contained in the programme was that surprising to some of us who have followed this over recent years....