Results 401-420 of 505 for speaker:Paul Lawless
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: I have to say if I were a parent listening to this I would be incredibly frustrated. The Minister of State has, perhaps, a mid- to long-term plan but very little to alleviate the crisis today. There is a window of opportunity. These children will miss their targets. They will be significantly disadvantaged. For some it will mean the difference between being able to live independently or...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: This is the type of proactive solution and policy I want the Minister of State to address. These are wonderful Irish graduates-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: -----some of whom graduated with their basic degree in Ireland. They went away for doctoral training.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: The HSE is not welcoming them home. Meanwhile we have a crisis today.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: Will the Minister engage with me on this?
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: I very much welcome the childcare supports and subsidies. It is critically important that we reduce the cost. I also want to raise with the Minister a poll by Amárach Research in 2024, which found that 69% of mothers with children under the age of 18 would prefer to stay at home if they could afford it. In addition, 76% of mothers felt that their work in the home is undervalued...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: What about the broader point of childcare? Are there any additional supports for those mothers?
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait 15 weeks for a driving retest appointment, given they have been waiting eight months already for the original driving test appointment and urgently require it for their daily commute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32253/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 290. To ask the Minister for Finance the total annual funding provided by Home Building Finance Ireland to developers for home construction, by year and county/region, in tabular form. [32343/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 291. To ask the Minister for Finance the current rate at which HBFI funding is being disbursed to developers; and how has this rate changed over recent years. [32344/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 292. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific actions that will be taken to streamline the HBFI application process and eliminate redundant red tape that hinders funding access. [32345/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of applicants who have been refused HBFI funding or have failed to complete their applications due to the current bureaucratic requirements. [32346/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of incomplete or rejected HBFI applications; and which administrative requirements are most frequently cited as obstacles. [32347/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 295. To ask the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to simplify the funding application process and reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that are reportedly limiting developers' access to HBFI finance. [32348/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Services (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus travelling to secondary schools (details supplied) will include new stops, given concerns regarding the safety of the current bus stops; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31973/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: 394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider updating concessionary rules to align with the school transport scheme 2030, allowing students school choice rather than catchment restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31974/25]
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: I very much welcome the publication of the endometriosis clinical guidelines that were published recently. This is a very positive step forward for the thousands of women who suffer with this condition. One in ten women in Ireland is believed to suffer from it. Many of them suffer in silence. The guidelines specifically state that the clinical guidelines should be used in conjunction with...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: What incentives can be provided to GPs to engage with this process?
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht – Questions on Policy or Legislation (18 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: The framework.
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)
Paul Lawless: I rise today to speak for a mother, Michelle O'Toole, who spent thousands not on luxury, but on love. Her daughter Katie was faced with a harrowing surgery abroad where a full removal of the pancreas, spleen and gall bladder had to take place in London because it was not available in Ireland. Katie was ultimately forced abroad, and Michelle's only thought was to be by her side at this very...