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Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I will also highlight the growing concern about vaping and nicotine use among young people. While vapes are often marketed as safer alternatives to smoking, the reality is far more troubling. Vapes and similar products, such as nicotine pouches, pose a very serious health risk, particularly for young people whose brains are still developing. This scourge of modern society, as we could...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I thank the witnesses for their points and contributions. A special welcome for Professor Campbell, whom I met recently and who is based in my area, the south east. I agree entirely with the points on the borrowing framework and flexibility. One size certainly does not fit all. We also definitely need to change the planning system so you cannot do what was outlined in terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Does Dr. Lillis agree that the number at present would be moderate or does she think it is imbalanced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I agree completely----

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Arklow to Shillelagh greenway project (details supplied); if he will provide details on the delay; if he will commit to ensuring the project progresses in a timely manner; the timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 850. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for works on Gorey Garda station as discussed with the Minister on his visit on 19 May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44408/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the new pay-related benefit for a person out of work (details supplied) does not account for dependants; the reason a single person can get the same as a family of four; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Immigration Support Services (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out as part of the Ukrainian response for non-accommodation costs, including car repairs and other items, under the discretionary needs payment; if the details can be outlined in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44407/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 2250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an area based scheme sought by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44238/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the reason oncology patients cannot get a medication (details supplied), even though it has been licenced in Ireland (details supplied). [50968/25]

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: The insurance rip-off, which is what it is, affects every single household, every motorist, every business, every community and every group across this land. We are all getting fleeced by a cartel of insurance companies that are making two to three times more profit here in Ireland than they are in other countries. It is a gangster's paradise basically. That is not speculation; it is fact....

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Those on board the humanitarian aid flotilla are under clear and present danger as it approaches the coast of Gaza today. Our own Senator Chris Andrews and Barry Heneghan, TD, are on board. We know that Israel has no bottom line - anything goes, basically - and that, previously, it killed nine people on board a humanitarian aid flotilla, so we must act immediately. Over 20 years ago, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. A recent meeting in Waterford with the IBEC south-east regional executive was very enlightening in many aspects. It was great. Traditionally, we have looked down our noses at apprenticeships. There was a huge drive towards universities back 30 years ago. We are just realising now that we need to go back to basics and we need a lot of basic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Apprenticeships: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Do the witnesses feel apprentices are paid enough, especially for the traditional crafts needed for housing, etc.?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if extra carriages will be added to the morning and evening train from Rosslare to Dublin, to help with over-crowding and reduce cars usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with Bus Éireann in relation to the lack of response and lack of specific case details following queries from Oireachtas members about school transport places (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51147/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if further funding will be available for local authorities to help with the backlog for housing adaptation grants for older people and disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51145/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the Wicklow-Wexford constituency currently priority one on the Local Authority list for the housing adaptation grant for older people and disabilities, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51146/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (30 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times his Department has awarded contracts to persons who did not have ownership of the properties they offered to house IPAS applicants, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51754/25]