Results 341-360 of 3,951 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further information will be provided regarding the new affordable purchase scheme as announced in budget 2021; if a timeline is in place for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37830/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to introduce a social housing passport scheme to allow households to move from one local authority list to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37831/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason changes have been made to procedures associated with the Athy distributor road project which has resulted in the invitation to tender document being referred to his Department with no clear timelines in place to proceed to the next stage of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37967/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 468. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the disparity in remuneration packages between currently serving Defence Forces school of music officers and their newly inducted counterparts will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 469. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of issues with the campaign on rejoining of the Defence Forces (details supplied). [38807/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an autism spectrum disorder, ASD, unit for a school (details supplied). [38804/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 609. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the options available to a family (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38681/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 945. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card needed for palliative care for a person (details supplied) [38805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (25 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied) in terms of the non-application of fixed-period promotion provisions. [39181/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist home buyers who are being refused the drawing down of approved loans due to one or both borrowers being on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have been contacted by many aspiring homeowners over the past few months about their mortgage applications. Unfortunately, they are facing much uncertainty about their applications to financial institutions and the drawing down of funding because their employers are availing of the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme. I know the Minister has engaged with banks about this. During his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response. I appreciate that the regulatory framework for the decision to grant or refuse an individual application for a mortgage is a matter for the financial institutions. However, many of the constituents to whom I have spoken have not been impacted financially. The issue is that they cannot draw down a previously approved mortgage. Often their employers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response and appreciate where he is coming from regarding the importance of protecting people who may not have long-term financial security. Nobody is advocating that banks approve loans to people whose jobs are not viable or that they lend recklessly. I am not suggesting that for one minute. I emphasise that I am referring to applicants who were pre-approved...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports of mass killings in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia; his views on whether this could escalate to a civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37907/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down to date from the student device fund worth €15 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount drawn down to date from the €168 million package for further and higher education sectors to deal with the impacts of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39369/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, who is speaking in place of the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan. He is somewhat of a jack of all trades tonight and has spoken on social housing, Irish Water and, now, broadband. It is not an enviable task. I welcome him to the House. I have discussed this issue in the Dáil in recent weeks. We are all aware of how critical high-speed...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the fact that the national broadband plan is being accelerated. I acknowledge that but it is ironic that the Minister of State's four or five pages of a response uses the same kind of language as Eir and other providers use when our constituency offices contact them. I welcome the roll-out of the broadband connection points. My own constituency is benefiting in that regard as...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some children with disabilities may not be able to access a place in schools due to competition from siblings of current pupils; her views on whether this is fair and equitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39845/20]