Results 4,121-4,140 of 4,215 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 871. To ask the Minister for Health the reason funding was removed from the existing health research board funded national clinical trials office (details supplied) before an alternative was put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51471/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 872. To ask the Minister for Health the recommendations from the national clinical trials oversight group she plans to progress; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51472/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 922. To ask the Minister for Health the steps she will take to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 923. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the elective hospital for Cork as of the end of September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 949. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied) in Budget 2026, that are experiencing a significant increase in demand for services nationally, particularly in community based care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 962. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for significantly reduced numbers allocated to the vocational training opportunities scheme programme for 2025/2026, when there is huge numbers of applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Library Projects (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1002. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 410 of 10 July 2025, for a further update on the works to a library (details supplied) as of the end of September 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51991/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We are moving to health now. I think the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, has covered education and transport this evening and I am not sure what else. Fair play to him. I want to talk about the LauraLynn Foundation. I recently met the chief executive and head of communications in advance of the budget. To give the Minister of State a bit of background, the LauraLynn Foundation was...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for acknowledging the great work the hospice does. I should have led by saying I remember that a few years ago, I heavily lobbied the then Minister for public expenditure - I think it was Michael McGrath at the time - about Marymount hospice, which does phenomenal work in Cork. It is now fully funded in the area of staff. An arrangement was done with section...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any recent engagement with the FAI regarding its search for a new location for a centre of excellence in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the Federation of Sport pre-budget submission request for a 10% compound increase in sport funding for the national governing bodies, local sports partnerships and other funded bodies over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 111. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the bed capacity across the hospitals in Cork; if she will provide an update on the commitment made in 2024 to provide an additional 472 hospital beds across Cork by 2031; the timeline for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52196/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the new elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52195/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of newborn screening for SMA. During the week, I was contacted by SMA Ireland regarding the continued delay in expanding the heel prick test. The national rare disease strategy recently published by the Minister, Deputy Carroll MacNeill, provides a welcome and comprehensive framework to enhance diagnosis, treatment and support for people living with rare diseases with the...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I agree with what Deputy Timmins has said. I will fire a shot across the bows of the Opposition because no one has bothered to turn up tonight. When people are watching this on TV at home Opposition Deputies are the first people to point the finger when the benches are a bit light on this side of the House. Their absence is either an endorsement of the budget or they could not be bothered...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 356 of 30 September 2025, if additional information can be provided on the circular (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53460/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total value of the vacant site levy since its inception, per annum, in tabular form; if he is content it is having the desired impact since constituted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Emergency Accommodation (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the €50 million allocated nationally to support persons leaving emergency accommodation, of which Cork City Council only received €2m, if additional funding will be allocated to Cork considering it received less than other cities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if additional funding will be made available in Budget 2026 for animal welfare charities given the very challenging circumstances at present and the unprecedented number of abandoned and surrendered animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53174/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (7 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 681. To ask the Minister for Health the ambulance response times in Cork North Central; if the response times are meeting those as set out by HIQA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53687/25]