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World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The issue of mental health and suicide is devastating. It affects many families and communities across Ireland. I will speak on a couple of specific issues. The first is that of farmer mental health. This has been very topical in my own constituency in recent days. The last weeks of September were particularly wet and what was...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (7 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that the employment status of all persons delivering periodic driver CPC training, as required by EU legislation, is in accordance with Irish employment laws, as regards the definition of self-employed when they are restricted by training organisations who are regulated by the road safety authority in terms of only...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 588. To ask the Minister for Health when individuals on the HSE recruitment panel for chiropodist (podiatrist) staff grade, established following interviews held in July 2025, will be called for appointment. [53074/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the expected number of jobs, and timeframe expected, on the HSE recruitment panel for chiropodist (podiatrist) staff grade, established following interviews held in July 2025. [53075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the number of current vacancies for chiropodist (podiatrist) positions within the HSE, by region, in tabular form. [53076/25]

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

Paul Lawless: 630. To ask the Minister for Health the actionable plans in place to improve labouring options for women in Castlebar in the context of birthing/labouring pools; and whether there has been any public consultation on reviewing options for women. [53334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 232. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the means by which he will ensure that any party reform or planning policy does not simply favour large developers at the expense of local communities, quality standards and affordability, given that the Central Bank has publicly stated that planning rules, not financial constraints, are now the principal barrier to...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason he believes he can credibly claim that its housing strategy is working when homelessness and emergency accommodation figures, particularly among children, are at a record high; and the specific trigger points and corrective mechanisms are in place to adjust policy if these outcomes continue to worsen. [53948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the average custodial sentence imposed in cases of child sexual abuse over the past five years; and the number and proportion of such convictions in which part or all of the sentence was suspended. [54166/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (8 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the average sentence handed down in rape convictions over the past five years; and the number of convictions in which a portion of the sentence was suspended. [54167/25]

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill. The increases it will provide to local authorities and approved housing bodies is very welcome and we will support the Bill. While the HFA funding is a powerful tool in the housing crisis, I want to be clear that it is only as important as the hand which wields it. Unfortunately, I think this Government is a continuation of the...

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome this motion before the House. There is a significant cost to having a disability and for families with a person with disabilities. Indeed, the Indecon report clearly outlines that cost being in the region of €10,000 per year. In that context, I welcome the motion calling for the introduction of a cost-of-disability lump sum payment and an increase to the disability...

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I commend the motion before the House and commend Deputy Charles Ward on tabling it. The work of Mary T. Sweeney in Donegal with him must also be commended. I am very proud to speak on behalf of the people and families of Mayo, who have been so desperately affected by the defective blocks scheme. It is a travesty that it has been allowed to drag on for so long. It is really shocking we...

Tillage Sector: Statements (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. I recently met Irish Grain Growers and Tillage Industry Ireland. As Deputy Fitzmaurice mentioned, the tillage sector is fundamentally important for every part of the country. For example, the beef and sheep farmers across Mayo rely on it for bedding, foodstuff and so on. If we lose this sector, we will have to rely on international markets and we...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support struggling farmers in the tillage sector. [55103/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the bovine tuberculosis programme. [55104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 829. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for next hiring EMT's (details supplied) in Mayo, Sligo and Galway University Hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54768/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds allocated to Mayo University Hospital in each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form, to include any changes in bed capacity over the period; and to specify whether the hospital's acute bed capacity has increased, decreased or remained static year on year. [54947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 876. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive ​confirmation of their place on the list for a kidney transplant in Beaumont Hospital. [55129/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans to introduce grant aid support under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme for the replacement of farm building roofs, as announced earlier in 2025, will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55626/25]