Results 1,301-1,320 of 2,631 for speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (22 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the UN Security Council meeting on Bosnia and Herzegovina on 2 November 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (22 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 590. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive home support hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57382/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have concerns about the plight of small businesses in small towns. I would like to see an action plan to prevent closures and protect them. They have experienced a perfect storm. They have survived Covid, largely due to the supports we in government provided, but now face an energy crisis, the increased cost of insurance and increased commercial rates in some counties. Added to that are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: -----make the point that west Cork is a paradise for anybody who lives there or has visited. I would encourage anyone to go there.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am offended the Taoiseach did not start with me.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the COP27 summit. [57372/22]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis are intrinsically linked. The Taoiseach is well aware that we have a biodiversity crisis. Some 60% of our birds are on an endangered list. The condition of many of our marine and land habitats is worsening. Our record of upholding EU biodiversity and climate law has not been good and certainly needs to improve. The Citizens’ Assembly...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider increasing the rates of pay for foster carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59217/22]

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

Christopher O'Sullivan: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government The measures that are being taken to increase the number of rental properties on the market in the Cork south west area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59621/22]

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

Christopher O'Sullivan: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration will be given to SUSI grant applications in cases in which one of the parents or guardians of the applicant is being treated for or is recovering from a serious illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59695/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Role of Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have no questions. We have had a good long session. I tuned in during my commute to Leinster House. The discussion was incredibly interesting. There is much food for thought. What I have taken from it is that politicians, public representatives and media have a significant role to play particularly in trying to remove much of the tension and fraught debate from many of these issues....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (6 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will discuss the very important issue of the urgent need for extra special needs assistant, SNA, allocation for Scoil Eoin in Innishannon, which is a village to the east of Bandon, between Bandon and Cork. It is a terrific national school which 306 students attend. It has a fantastic principal and staff. There is a great team. I visited in November and received a royal welcome from the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (6 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for the response. I appreciate that the Minister has no role in determining the extra SNA allocation for a school. That is not what I am looking for. I am not looking for the Minister to make a determination but for an instruction or some communication with the NCSE to expedite the visit of the SENO. That is all I am looking for. The SENO needs to be on-site...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Tomorrow marks 100 years since the unlawful executions of Liam Mellows, Rory O'Connor, Joe McKelvey and one of west Cork's greatest sons, Dick Barrett. They were executed without trial or charge by the order of the Executive of the newly formed Free State Government. The executions were done as a reprisal for the sad and tragic killing of Deputy Seán Hales, a killing which these four...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay parity for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Funding (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a request for funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to the Bandon, Bantry and Clonakilty districts. [60513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí assigned to the Bandon, Bantry and Clonakilty districts. [60514/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Flaherty for allowing me to take his speaking spot. He said that Longford was not a fishing stronghold yet. With rising sea levels that might change, but hopefully not. It is interesting that Cork and Donegal are well represented in the committee room today. It says a lot. I want to say to the Minister at the outset, that there was a very welcome announcement today...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pre-Agriculture and Fisheries Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: All sectors, inshore, pelagic and polyvalent, need support regarding fuel. This has been called for regularly and it has been done in other EU countries. I reiterate that this support is needed. The Minister has spoken positively about this in recent weeks. It seems the escalating fuel costs will not ease off any time soon so the challenges are still there. These costs are very much...