Results 961-980 of 3,952 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the process that a young person with an intellectual disability follows when they exit formal schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria as to the way in which the money is spent by each service provider in regard to each person with an intellectual disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation to each service provider in respect of each person with an intellectual disability; the scale of payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if an evaluation of the pilot scheme on personalised budgets for those with an intellectual disability will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital (details supplied) will be allocated additional resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 735. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospital (details supplied) has the busiest orthopaedic trauma unit nationally but is only being funded in 15th place nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase staffing levels in the orthopaedic unit in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to ensure funding for free contraceptive distribution; if it will be made available in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (29 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 270. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for digital hubs particularly in north central areas of Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47032/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Government approval was granted recently for the drafting of a Bill on assisted human reproduction. This comprehensive and far-reaching legislation encompasses the regulation for the first time in Ireland of a variety of practices, including domestic surrogacy. The publication of the Bill has been highlighted as a priority and the programme for Government commits to its enactment....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am happy for that debate to continue because it covers what I was going to start with. I apologise for missing the first half of the debate. I was in the Chamber, but I have been listening. To reiterate what Mr. Curtis said, we have an over-fascination with leaving certificate points and league tables. We all acknowledge that the system we have at the moment is not perfect. At the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I did not expect to spend all of my time earlier talking about Irish so I am glad to be able to come back in on two further questions. One relates to apprenticeships, which were mentioned. Many of my friends and family members went on to do fabrication, plumbing and so on because we grew up in a highly commercial area in which such businesses were literally on our doorstep. People were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his visit to Africa over the summer in particular his visit to Tigray and Ethiopia; if additional Irish Aid will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is still assisting asylum seekers that are trying to exit Afghanistan either directly or through a third country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts that are being made by him and his Department to address the retention of post-94 personnel, some of whom face discharge from the Defences Forces in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/21]

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 to establish specific criteria applicable for orphan medicinal products for the purposes of the Health Service Executive making a relevant decision regarding adding an item to the Reimbursement List. Before I begin, I want to acknowledge the work of...

Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (5 Oct 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grant will be issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47617/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (6 Oct 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: While this is not necessarily the Minister’s area of expertise, I would like to talk to him about special education and of the case of Calum Geary, whose father, Andrew Geary, I met last week. The Minister might have seen them pour their hearts out to the nation a couple of months ago on "The Late Late Show". Calum is profoundly deaf and has no access to an Irish Sign Language...