Results 841-860 of 2,153 for speaker:Paul Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location that a school (details supplied) will be moving to; and when the move will take place. [57461/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details including the location, completion timeline and patronage of the new post-primary school in a location (details supplied). [57462/22]

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: While the six-month delay will be welcomed by many people, it is a case of kicking the can down the road. In fact, so many cans have been kicked down the road by this Government, it will make a fortune in the new cash for cans recycling measures when they are introduced in 2024. When the hikes come in they will hit people's pockets. They will hit the pockets of workers, businesses and...

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for bringing forward this motion. It is a huge topic. A person would need two and a half hours rather than two and a half minutes to try to address some of the issues. The drug crisis is something that I have seen in the community in which I grew up in the north-east inner city and in the community I moved to in west Dublin. In some ways, there is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of west-bound flights from Dublin Airport which deviate from their designated flight path by turning south over Dublin 15. [58700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Websites (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that his Department’s website was not updated until 7 October 2022 with information relating to the fact that travellers have been denied entry to the USA under the ESTA visa waiver if they have visited Cuba since January 2021. [59034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [59320/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for a free travel scheme for persons with epilepsy; and if further consideration has been given to the roll-out of the scheme. [59323/22]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I will go back to the exceptional needs payment because I think there is a blockage somewhere, especially in communication. People who apply for the payment or any other social protection payment are in need. It is the only reason they would apply for a payment. I found one case especially disturbing. It involved a person who applied for a social protection payment in early October and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I want to start with the energy support scheme. I read in the documentation that the Minister has given us that any unspent funding will be sent back to the Department. Is there any possibility for that unspent money to be put into a second tranche in the new year around energy supports? We do not really know how energy costs are going to go. We have an idea and I see from the garages...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the planning laws to ensure that they are strong enough to cover the destruction of natural wildlife habitats and biodiversity. [59813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (1 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to support tenants when the eviction ban ends in March 2023, given the stark increase in notices-to-quit issued. [59812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report has been done on the number of students not taking up college places due to the cost-of-living and housing crises; and the support that can be given to students who find themselves in this position. [59816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (7 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a taxi company (details supplied) pay no tax in Ireland but taxi drivers who use the service must pay tax to keep their tax clearance to enable them to obtain their small public service vehicle, SPSV, licence. [61056/22]

Current Issues Affecting the Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: We are here again, as we have been countless times, discussing the health crisis and the healthcare system. Each time, the Minister tells us of a plan he has to sort out the crisis and time and again, these plans never achieve their stated aims. We have told the Minister countless times in this Chamber what needs to happen to fix the waiting list and trolley crises and the lack of doctors...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland plans to have a trade mission to Poland during quarter 1 of 2023. [62189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of full-time staff by job title working in the planning operations department of Iarnród Éireann as of 1 January 2021 and 7 December 2022, in tabular form. [62175/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers who have used Dublin Bus route 40D in both directions in the years 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers that are due to complete their final year's training in 2023; and those due to finish their qualifications in 2024. [62177/22]