Results 61-80 of 258 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (13 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total budget allocated to the OPW in each of the past ten years. [4630/25]

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome this motion on housing, particularly in light of what we learned yesterday about County Mayo being the biggest county for derelict properties. Some 14% of the country's derelict properties are in Mayo. It is also the second highest in terms of vacancy, at almost 11%. Yet so little is being done - it is important the Minister hears this - to assist local authority housing staff in...

Importance of Agrifood to the Irish Economy: Statements (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I raise the really important issue of forestry, particularly following the recent storm, Storm Éowyn. It caused massive damage right across the west, the north west, the midlands, and it destroyed thousands of hectares of forestry. These farmers planted under Government advice, encouragement and incentives. Indeed, these farmers followed Teagasc advice around what to plant and where...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether SMEs should be given more favourable treatment in terms of lower taxation and less regulation in comparison to multinational companies, considering respective contributions to the domestic economy and the fact the SMEs are penalised far greater. [6362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of home retrofits carried out in Mayo in each of the past five years (details supplied); and if he will reverse this policy considering how exposed it leaves people who rely solely on electricity. [6364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (20 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements he has had with the CEO of ESB since he took office; and if so, how often and how recently they met. [6363/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: Ballinrobe has paid a very high price for poor Government policy in recent weeks and months. The practice of placing very vulnerable and high-risk individuals in emergency accommodation has been a recipe for disaster. What is happening at the Railway Inn in Ballinrobe has caused major difficulties for the town. Crime is rising in the area. Garda numbers in Mayo are falling. Gardaí...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: ----- in the town to cease and end the practice of emergency accommodation in Ballinrobe-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: ----- particularly at the Railway Inn.

Disability: Statements (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: There is no point in discussing disabilities unless we can address the core issues relating to the disability sector. The core and fundamental issue is recruitment and retention. The CEO of the Disability Federation of Ireland stated that this issue is having a catastrophic impact. The reason that it is having such an impact and that there are so many difficulties is because two thirds of...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: The crisis in gender-based violence continues to devastate our society. The number of domestic violence cases rose by 20,000 in the past four years alone. Women and children are bearing the brunt of this crisis, the impact of which is being felt in every constituency across the country, including that of Mayo, which has experienced its highest number of domestic abuse cases in over a...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 2. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department collates statistics on the number of SMEs that have closed down in County Mayo in the past five years; and if so, to outline the figures that reveal how many SMEs closed in Mayo over each of the past five years. [6361/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the Minister of State for the response. I am surprised by the lack of data on insolvencies in recent years. The issues and the crisis facing the SME sector are getting increasingly worse. A Deloitte study recently found that almost 900 insolvencies occurred in 2024, an increase of almost a third on 2023. It predicted that the increase will continue, as will the issues affecting...

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: We should also focus on preventative healthcare from the earliest stages, from children upwards. Sport is of critical importance. One in five children stops participating in sport in the transition from primary school to first year. There is another massive drop off in terms of participation in third year among those who are 15 and 16 years of age. It is important that the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: We are now almost five weeks on from Storm Éowyn and many communities in County Mayo are still without communications. Ballinamore nursing home, for example, is still without a landline. There are many elderly people without a landline and it is causing difficulties around accessing emergency services and accessing pendant alarms, which run off the landline. Many people in Mayo are...

Housing Commission Report: Statements (27 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome that the Minister is in the Chamber for this discussion. I welcome the comments made by the Minister of State about the modular developments. It is a positive, practical solution and something that should have happened a very long time ago. I ask the Minister to expedite that. At the moment, according to the Minister's comments 40 sq. m is the maximum size but I think sizes of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how she plans to improve retention and quality in early years education, considering early childhood educators have had to fight for wages and conditions in the sector that are unsustainable. [7895/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (25 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to recruit and support more foster families considering the severe shortage of both residential and foster care placements are impacting on children in need (details supplied). [7894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (27 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will cease the promotion of transgender ideology in primary and secondary school curricula, given the extensive research from comprehensive studies such as the Cass report, which provides stark warnings on the issue, and the fact that it is being implemented without consultation with parents, teachers, or consideration of school ethos....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (27 Feb 2025)

Paul Lawless: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow a school (details supplied) to adopt a blended Irish-English approach instead of a solely Irish-language approach, enabling the school to address pupil numbers while maintaining a strong Irish-language ethos; and if she will meet with the principal and management to discuss these issues and grant the school the necessary...