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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Island Communities (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Dursey cable car is more than just a form of transport. Fáilte Ireland uses it in all of its promotional material to sell Ireland across Europe. It is also, more importantly, a lifeline for the eight farmers who keep livestock on Dursey Island. Lambing and calving season is upon us. These farmers need to get across to their livestock. It is an animal welfare issue. Cork County...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Island Communities (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Cork County Council should have acted faster on this. It knew that the towers were deteriorating and that corrosion was happening. It should have acted before this. The Minister of State probably knows west Cork as well as anyone in this Chamber. He frequents it often. He knows that Dursey Island is about as far from Dublin as one can get in Ireland. It is on the western periphery of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 874. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for improving podiatry services in south-western areas of County Cork for persons with diabetes; the plans that are in place to address the staff shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 885. To ask the Minister for Health the way that healthcare workers who worked in Ireland during the pandemic who qualify for the recognition payment of €1,000 but left the country after June 2021, will receive the bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10113/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In Ms Daly's last comments, she underlined the seriousness of the issue, which is still ongoing. There is a closing of ranks and pushback from the sector when someone is brave enough to report something. My first question is for ITI and Safe Arts of Ireland. The ITI report was published in October and there has been significant media coverage around it since then. We have an Oireachtas...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will finish with a comment and a message for the Arts Council, for the Minister and for my colleagues in government. I am a member of a party that is part of the coalition. We had a session in November that was attended by representatives of Mise Fosta and Fair Plé. I chaired that session. It was one of the most emotional sessions that I can recall attending. We had women telling...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities in Arts and Culture: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am delighted that Dr. Murphy is going to Skibbereen, which is just over the road from me in my constituency. A fantastic soundscape artist called Sylvia is based in the Uillinn arts centre. It is proof that sound art and acoustic-based art is another accessible form of art for people who have a visual impairment. It shows where we can go to make art more accessible to everybody....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities in Arts and Culture: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: That pretty much answers my question. Clearly, it is something Arts and Disability Ireland would like to see changing around the disregard for income.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities in Arts and Culture: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have a second question. It is very important, although we have not touched on it in a massive way yet. With regard to the experiences of the artists and the people that the witnesses deal with, given there are so many different forms of art and so many disabilities that people experience, what is the experience of performance artists around accessibility of venues and other places they...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Accessibility for Individuals with Disabilities in Arts and Culture: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: How accommodating would a gallery be for someone who is visually impaired who just walked in off the street without any prior arrangements?

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement a plan to facilitate tourism on Dursey Island in the absence of the cable car, which is scheduled to be closed during the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (24 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made towards the development of An Ghaeltacht Ghlas, the Green Gaeltacht as a key component of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Strategic Plan 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10429/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will get the ball rolling. I might come in for a second round because as members ask questions, we might tease out more what this means and the consequences. I welcome strengthened directives and legislation around environmental crime and crimes against biodiversity causing habitat loss. Currently it is fair to say that in Ireland we have a weak position and we do not have a very good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Mr. Finnegan is saying EU cross-border co-operation will be more effective. However, would he advocate a strengthening of resources in Ireland because our record on environmental crime, wildlife crime, prosecutions and charges is not good?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I echo the concerns expressed by other members and the Chairman on the gate being left open on grey hydrogen, particularly as low-carbon hydrogen has not been defined yet. The fear is that the roll-out of our own green hydrogen, offshore wind and floating offshore wind will be delayed if we leave the door open to the development of grey hydrogen which would be sourced from fossil fuels. We...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Last night, we received the fabulous news that the early intervention pre-school class at Kilbrittain National School will remain open for the forthcoming academic year. This is unbelievably important for this community. My colleague is right to thank and acknowledge the incredibly hard work of the principal, staff, parents and the entire community of Kilbrittain who fought for this. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister again for her response on behalf of the school and the community and for her intervention in this regard and ensuring the class remains open. There is also the extra special needs class allocation, which means the pupils in the current preschool early intervention class have a special needs provision. This has shed light, I suppose, on the overall matter of a lack of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [11730/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have spoken in this Chamber many times about the need to protect wildlife and habitats. Our oceans are the greatest habitat of all. Anja Murray writes in the Irish Examinertoday that "The world’s oceans contain the last great wilderness on Earth". That is pretty powerful. It is true and we want it to remain true. I have often spoken of the abundance of whales, dolphins and...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (2 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I would like to see a condemnation of the behaviour of the second biggest fishing boat in the world, the FV Margiriswhich dumped 100,000 blue whiting in the Atlantic recently and was then observed fishing off the coast of Mayo. We need to stop that practice.