Results 41-60 of 477 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 775. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí waiting on transfer requests (D19 applications) in An Garda Síochána. [2151/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 776. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí waiting on transfer requests (D19 applications) seeking relocation to the Connacht region in An Garda Síochána. [2152/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: An Garda Síochána (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 777. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of actioned transfer request (D19 applications) in each county in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [2153/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1123. To ask the Minister for Health the funding stream available to a school (details supplied) to apply for an AED defibrillator, or if the Department of Health will provide one. [2508/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs in Westport, County Mayo; if she plans to provide more training places for doctors; and if she will incentivise them to live and work in that area. [2516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (5 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1205. To ask the Minister for Health whether any independent research has been undertaken into the impact and effect of telemedicine abortion in Ireland since its introduction in the spring of 2020. [2863/25]

Programme for Government: Statements (6 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I am grateful for the opportunity to speak on the programme for Government. I am a new, young TD and I am eager to get to work and deliver for my constituency and this great country, but I am very disappointed with the length of time it has taken to produce this programme for Government and form a Government. The Dáil has sat only five of the past 70 days since my election on 29...

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is still difficult to believe we are now almost three weeks into the aftermath of the storm and there are still people across the west who do not have power. While I do accept that the Government cannot control the weather, it can of course control, for example, forestry, protecting the ESB network and the distance between trees and the ESB and NBI network as well. It is of course the...

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: They were never contacted. They are just some of my ideas. I do not have time to discuss all of them.

Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (11 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: We hope the Minister will take them on board.

Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the motion. We in Aontú support the motion on housing. It is important that we seek to hold this Government to account on housing, particularly in light of the former Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the electioneering and misinformation that went on in respect of housing by the previous Government. In October last year, one month before the election, the Minister said...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: The Government has announced a huge St. Patrick's Day delegation to the United States in recent days. The Tánaiste has been outlining the importance of these trips to his Cabinet. They are very important and the Cabinet should undergo an intense level of diplomatic training. In previous years, there were a significant number of mistakes. The former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, snubbed...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I mean politicians.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: What about the "gowl" comment?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: The cyberattack cost this State €100 million. That is expected to grow by a further €600 million. It has been reported in the Irish Independent today that 500 people are suing the State in respect of breaches relating to the attack. An incredible 32,000 people had their data stolen. Following the attack, an international criminal gang set up 57 bank accounts in the names of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: During that time, the national cybersecurity agency had a budget of €5 million. In contrast, the Department of the Taoiseach had a public relations budget of €15 million. What is the total estimated cost of the cyberattack to this State?

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: Road safety is a really important issue. We must punish reckless and dangerous drivers but the speed limit review is not the solution. It ignores the biggest issues of road safety around enforcement and the fact that the Garda traffic corps has fallen by over 40% since 2009. It ignores dangerous junctions and the lack of right-turning lanes that I have been campaigning on for some years...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Regeneration Projects (18 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: On the development of Dublin, we learned today that the builders of the national children's hospital require an additional €800 million of taxpayers' money. We also learned that there will be a further delay until this time next year. The Department of Health has stated that the delay is due to the fact that it is difficult to bring children from hospital to hospital in the winter....

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: As recently elected TDs, we have all seen the pressing and urgent situation faced by many families. I have no doubt the Minister knocked on hundreds of doors, just as we did. We were met with challenging situations of parents and families trying to meet the needs of their children while managing work and family life and advocating for basic rights and the needs of their children. What...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Freedom of Information (13 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 being conducted by his Department. [4631/25]