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Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: To follow up on Deputy Byrne’s question, LSSIF is a fantastic scheme but it can be frustrating at times. I know it is primarily for medium- to long-term projects. We have one very positive relatively small LSSIF which was granted in the last round in Cork with Castleview soccer club. It will be transformative for that area of the city. It will have all-weather pitches and has just...

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am engaged with two large projects potentially with Cork City Council and Cork County Council - one each. We are looking at including a swimming pool as part of that multi-sport proposal but there is an aversion on the part of the local authorities when it comes to swimming pools. That is an understatement. I understand that they are costly and require a lot of maintenance but, again,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recent efforts made to progress the Blackpool flood relief scheme given the continual delays on the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to combat the use of AI in assessments; the concerns her Department has; the steps she is taking to reduce its prevalence; if she will engage with stakeholders to insure the integrity of assessment practices can be protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 532. To ask the Minister for Health to outline details of any programmes under which the HSE may facilitate access to medicines in emergency circumstances for medicines not on the reimbursement list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40320/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 533. To ask the Minister for Health the anticipated timelines associated with the Programme for Government commitment to explore early access schemes for reimbursement of medicines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40321/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 534. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on new medicines and new uses of existing medicines from January 2025 to 31 May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40322/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 535. To ask the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all aspects of the reimbursement process are in compliance with the HSE's code of governance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40323/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Finance if any consideration or investigation is underway ahead of Budget 2026 to assess the appropriateness of a VAT reduction to stimulate the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 361. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in carbon tax for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30793/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (15 Jul 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 867. To ask the Minister for Health the reason allogeneic transplant for paediatric cancer patients is not currently available at CHI at Crumlin under the National Children’s Cancer Service; when this service will be restored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38743/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: First, I wish to express my condolences to the family of Patrick Gerard Murphy in west Cork. We are actually laying him to rest tomorrow morning. He would have been good friends with many of us here from Cork in particular, especially myself and Deputy Seamus McGrath in that we would have soldiered together on the council with him. He will be sorely missed. As the Taoiseach knows,...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of childcare with the Taoiseach as well. Mary Geary's Childcare is one of the largest providers in the country. It is actually based in Carrigtohill, which is in Deputy O'Connor's constituency, but many of the families who use it reside in my constituency. It has 450 children from 300 families. The parents of those children were recently faced with a fee hike of 34%....

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 152. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will expand the role and powers of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), given the number of offences and breaches committed by bodies operating under the remit of the EPA is increasing, with relatively little or no powers of sanction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49138/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 620. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a policy or guidelines to manage the dramatic increase in the number of applications for large-scale solar farms; how he intends on regulating these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49137/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (18 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions he and his Department have had with the UK Government on defence co-operation; what is likely to be included in an upcoming MOU (Memorandum of Understanding); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49094/25]

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not now how many phone calls I had with the Minister of State during the summer and in previous years about school transport, particularly in rural areas. To be fair, whether due to his good work or by coincidence, many of the problematic routes I referenced in recent years resolved themselves this year. Pending the implementation of the review commissioned by the then Minister for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the cost of childcare; the steps being taken to prevent the closure of early years and crèche services; if there is a timeframe in place to cap childcare costs as per the programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50181/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the massive investment made in recent years. Since the introduction of core funding in 2022, something in the region of €259 million has been allocated. In many constituencies, particularly in suburban areas like mine, we still face a severe lack of childcare places. One of the largest childcare providers in the country closed its doors to the scheme a couple of months...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I think we both got stuck for time when we were trying to address the question. I specifically asked about the Mary Geary set-up in Carrigtwohill. I ask about it because it is the largest provider in Munster, if not the country. We are concerned because there are no alternatives for people who choose to go elsewhere. I asked the Taoiseach about it last week but have still not received a...