Results 101-115 of 115 for speaker:Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including the time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30522/25]

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: First, comhghairdeachas leis an Aire ar a ról nua. I congratulate the Minister, as a fellow Gorey man, on his elevation to this high office. It is great to see. I wish him well in his endeavours. There are a number of areas I could focus on, but time will not permit - especially my fears around student accommodation crisis, which may become a disaster. That is a fear I have, and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bus Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has a plan in place to bridge the shortfall of €90 million that was outlined at the presentation for school bus places by Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (17 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will look to remove the question on “short story” Junior Cycle Higher Level English paper (details supplied) from the marking scheme entirely and have the marks divided up into the other questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32006/25]

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: This may have been covered earlier when I was not here. My first question relates to the NCSE and why the reviews were postponed until September. A parent in Ferns contacted me this week, who was in great distress. Her five-year-old child with Down's syndrome would not be allowed to enter the school in September even though her preschool friends would be going there, because there is no...

Committee on Education and Youth: Engagement with Minister for Education and Youth (18 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Sorry-----

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: As we know, Mary McAleese was the first President of Ireland born in the Six Counties and she proved to be a very effective President. However, incredibly, when she ran for election in 1997, she was not allowed to vote for herself. Our Presidents Mary Robinson, Mary McAleese and Michael D. Higgins could have presented the Sam Maguire or Liam MacCarthy cups to players like Joe Brolly, Peter...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I thank the witnesses. Everything they said has been very informative. I missed the beginning of the meeting. I am very interested in this area. I was on WWETB for ten years and I was teaching for 35 years before I started this thing. I see the numbers of apprenticeships have increased. One figure indicated we have 77 and another suggested it was 88. Ten years ago, I attended an event...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: That is very welcome to hear. I thank Dr. Collins. My second question was on basic skills training in the Wexford and Wicklow area.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: In the agriculture sector, I see there is only arboriculture listed. It is something we need at the moment. There is a huge crisis and a mass exodus of young farmers. Actually, it is not really an exodus because they are not going into it. Fewer than 5% of young people now are going into farming.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I did not see those apprenticeships on the list of agriculture apprenticeships. We definitely need those apprenticeships because we all depend on Irish farming for our food three times a day. It has been recognised by farmers' associations recently that people leaving the sector represents a huge crisis. Is there anything more we can do to keep young people in the sector and encourage...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Excellent. I remember that, a few weeks ago, one of Sinn Féin's Deputies, Máire Devine, had a group of young trainee nurses in from St. Patrick's mental hospital. They made a very good presentation in the audiovisual room. My understanding is that those trainee nurses were not paid for part of their training. Obviously, most Irish nurses have emigrated to places like Sydney and...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Review of Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: That is good to hear.

All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements (Resumed) (2 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: We must do far better for the people of Wicklow and Wexford. For years, I have raised the issue of the inadequate rail network in these counties, including most recently last week at a meeting in Buswells Hotel with representatives of Iarnród Éireann. My hopes were briefly lifted with the all-Ireland strategic rail review when the Wicklow and Wexford rail line was mentioned....