Results 381-400 of 3,127 for speaker:James O'Connor

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (9 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 973. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the waiting times for ambulances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41474/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Projects (9 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 1042. To ask the Minister for Health if further details will be provided on capital projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (16 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to help small rural communities move to more environmentally sustainable modes of transport in cases in which on-demand transport may not be economically viable. [44234/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I convey my gratitude to the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for attending in her capacity as the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for mental health and older people. An important issue in my constituency and municipal district has been prominent in the national news in recent weeks and days. It concerns the provision of mental health residential...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for her response. While I am in Dáil Éireann, I stress the point that the loss of the residential service being provided at the Owenacurra centre will have a major impact in east Cork. It will leave the entirety of the southern side of the Cork East constituency without a residential facility. That is worrying to me as a Deputy for the constituency....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the microgeneration support scheme will be rolled out (details supplied). [45242/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce pupil teacher ratios in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (23 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports under the DEIS programme for the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45675/21]

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I thank the Chair and Deputy Lahart for allowing me to contribute. It is much appreciated. I also thank the committee for inviting me as a Deputy for the constituency despite not being a member. It is also much appreciated. Last night, I attended a meeting at the Midleton Park Hotel convened to discuss the situation at the Owenacurra centre. I acknowledge the phenomenal work undertaken...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I want to be clear about my question. Is it possible for the HSE to find an alternative location to provide residential services similar to those now being provided at the Owenacurra centre in the Midleton area? Yes or no?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I know options are being examined but is it possible that accommodation could be provided for those people in the Midleton area instead of transferring them throughout the county?

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: That is fine. I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for that answer. A suggestion made last night was quite a palatable one for the people involved. Everyone to whom I have spoken told me that they would like to see this service being retained in the Midleton area and that some alternative location for the provision of the residential services would be found there. That, in turn, would allow the HSE the...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: St. Raphael's centre provides a different service in that it is a service for patients with different needs. The work done by the HSE in taking people out of the central location and integrating them into Youghal town and the community has been quite successful. Why is that not a possibility in the Midleton area? In regard to communication with the people involved, that needs to be stepped...

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I thank Mr. Fitzgerald for his answers to my questions. I look forward to further engagement with him on this important topic.

Joint Committee On Health: Mental Health Services: HSE (21 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I am asking a clear question. I will repeat it. Is it possible for the HSE to provide residential accommodation for people who are now full-time residents of the Owenacurra centre in the vicinity? It must be borne in mind that the centre is at the heart of Midleton. It is next to the Garda barracks and the local supermarket, Hurley's, in the centre of the town. Mr. Fitzgerald is familiar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State and the officials who are here to discuss this very important topic. It would be remiss of me and any other public representative not to say, first and foremost, that we are grateful for the extremely hard work that was done by some of the officials in response to the attack on the State that happened in regard to the HSE software and IT systems recently. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: The important question I have is that the gross resourcing on an annual basis that the centre has for a country of 5 million people is €7 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I must ask for the protection of the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: It is a clean question. I just want to know how much money the State is spending annually on cybersecurity. Given that he has responsibility in this area, will the Minister of State tell me that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cyber Security Centre Review: Discussion (22 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: Above all else, what happened in regard to the HSE was shocking. I am not going to lay the blame at the feet of the Minister of State. He is relatively to the Department and many of these problems are historic. However, the country and the Oireachtas need to have a better understanding of the existential risks relating to Ireland's cybersecurity. It all comes down to why we were targeted,...