Results 401-420 of 2,631 for speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 404. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if pre-retirement courses containing financial advice will be offered to public service provider employees who retire before 65 years of age. [17533/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 1204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider including the parents of children with underlying health conditions who are at a high risk of disease or death due to Covid-19 in cohort 4 of the vaccine roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17545/21]

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. I want to speak up for and ask questions on behalf of the hundreds of teachers who have contacted my office over the past couple of days. They are looking for a greater explanation for the reasoning behind the change to the vaccine roll-out programme and their removal from the cohort of key workers. They have some very fair requests. Their main request is simple,...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Quill and Mr. Shanley for their engagement with the committee. I have a question on a specific aspect of the Bill that will be coming before us, namely, the defined categories of harmful content. The items in those categories include criminal materials, cyberbullying, material promoting eating disorders and material promoting self-harm or suicide. Can the scope of the defined...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Yes. I thank the Chairman. This will be touching on many of the issues that have been spoken about earlier. I thank the Minister for addressing us today. At the outset, I greatly welcome the investment in retrofitting and in the warmer homes scheme. This is going to be a key tool in reaching those ambitious targets that we have set ourselves of meeting a 51% reduction in emissions by...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister on behalf of the music sector in west County Cork, the live venues, sound engineers and everybody else who breathed a sigh of relief at the announcement of the extension of the live performance support scheme, LPSS. It is hugely welcome. I watched some of the productions before Christmas as part of the pilot scheme. I think the Minister will agree they were absolutely...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I would like to address some of the concerns people have with it and the misinformation and false claims that are being put out there in terms of what it is about and what we intend to do. It was claimed that the intention is to reduce the size of the national herd by more than 50%. That is simply not true. It was claimed that the aim...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for tackling the increasing and accelerated coastal erosion in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Bantry flood relief scheme; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected time to finalise the new affordable housing Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to ease the shortage of home help care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are having to pay for a €10 charge for required phlebotomy tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20524/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider plans during the exit of level 5 to prioritise streamlining supports for persons at all stages of pregnancy and birth given that the previous ad hoc approach applied across different hospitals has left persons confused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for urology in CUH; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20528/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will keep it short to give the Minister time to reply. Cork South-West is very lucky to have two vaccination centres covering the region at the GAA complex in Clonakilty and the primary care centre in Bantry. It is absolutely fantastic to have them and I thank the Minister for his work. I also thank the HSE and the local community healthcare organisation, CHO. The question people now...

Covid Restrictions Support Scheme Regulations and Employment Wage Subsidy Scheme Regulations: Motions (22 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We have to acknowledge that the Government supports for businesses have been good, so much so that even Deputy Boyd Barrett acknowledged in his contribution that some of the supports have been good. That is a little highlight reel that I will keep for myself but I also agree with some of his statements on those sectors that have been left out. They have been good and the star of the show...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Issues Facing Women in Sport: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I apologise if my line dropped out just before my speaking slot previously. I thank all the witnesses for their contributions, which were very informative. There were lots of positives and other things that we should not be proud of. The significant disparity in funding is simply not good enough in this day and age. We need to change this and address the disparity from a policy point of...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider allowing self-catering hospitality venues to open their doors to in-county guests only in order to allow them to compete with service providers such as a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22001/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the roll-out of the grants for outdoor dining spaces announced in March 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21971/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (28 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if approval will be given to the resumption of motorcycling lessons given that lessons are naturally self-distanced and instructions are given by ear pieces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22030/21]