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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Impact of Means Testing on State Pension and Other Social Welfare Schemes: Discussion (10 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I have a few observations. A matter alluded to by several people is that it is becoming increasingly difficult and people are coming to us in absolute frustration because they cannot get an answer from the Department and they cannot get a person to speak to. They are using our offices to try to get an answer after they have submitted documents. It has got worse, especially since the...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: This Government needs to end the recruitment embargo and implement a workforce plan for the health service. People shake their heads in disbelief at the recruitment embargo. The Government needs to train more radiation therapists and hire the staff needed to utilise all radiotherapy equipment. It is a scandal that expensive life-saving equipment is lying idle due to staff shortages. The...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the U-turn, flip-flop or withdrawal or whatever word the Minister wants to use with regard to this Green Paper. First and foremost, the biggest congratulations must go to the disability activists who, from the very start, feared the direction of this Green Paper. For me, it really brought up the old saying, "When England sneezes, Ireland catches a cold." With this, we can say...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress made in relation to guidance counsellors for post-primary schools in the context of the public consultation on the national policy group on lifelong guidance. [16269/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a survey by her Department completed by 100% of the membership of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to providing a pathway to the appropriate route of registration for those who are working as guidance counsellors in post-primary schools without the specific qualifications required to register as a post-primary...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the already apparent lack of secondary school places available in the Dublin 15 and 7 areas for this coming September; if there is a plan to provide more spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14021/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the chronic lack of school places for children with autism in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas. [14333/24]

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the recent Garda action against scramblers and quads in Tallaght, Ballymun and Limerick. However, it is just a drop in the ocean in terms of the problems and dangers on the roads that these vehicles, which mostly young people drive, pose. Two weeks ago, I was cycling up Dame Street and watched as three scramblers came down the street on one wheel. That is one of the main streets...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Following on from that previous question, the Parliamentary Budget Office showed two consecutive years of real wage decline in 2022 and 2023. Projections now indicate that workers relying on State pensions and other welfare supports will be worse off at the end of 2024 than when this Government came to power in 2020. I...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Mr. Nugent.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Even around the issue of demographics, there is the interesting question of immigration. The projections for population growth over the next number of years are going in that direction, so it seems odd to argue against it in the context of the demographics issue. I find it pretty puzzling that that is being used. We know that when immigration increases, people get work, input to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: The issue of the pandemic was raised earlier. When the first pandemic payment was announced it was the basic €203 a week. There was absolute uproar from people who argued they cannot be expected to live on this. Very quickly there was a U-turn, a flip-flop, whatever you want to call it, and it went up to €350. That was a classic example of when everybody looked at this and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Interestingly, more and more people in their 50s and their 60s are coming to my constituency office having received a notice to quit or a significant rent increase. They may be retired or may have had to leave work early because of illness, etc. They do not have the ability to pay the mortgage they are still paying or to pay their rent. We are seeing that more and more. It is a really sad...

Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report Stage (24 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I also appeal to the Minister of State not to proceed with this because it will have major implications for the organisations referred to by others. Gambling is a serious problem and is something that needs to be addressed. I absolutely agree with that, 100%. There is no argument whatsoever in relation to that. I want to give the Minister of State a couple of examples of organisations that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what resources are available to the roads policing unit at present to deal specifically with the illegal use of scrambler-type motorcycles in public places. [12274/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Budgets (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocation for the Emigrant Support Programme in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [17808/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE attachés with responsibility for cybersecurity from his Department based at the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [17796/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new commuter and Intercity rail carriages that are coming into the fleet over the next few years will now automatically have a ramp covering the gap distance between carriage and platform at all the stations. [17800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE staff by job title working within the health and safety division in the OPW as of 16 April 2024, in tabular form. [17797/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will fund the refurbish the Garda immigration detention facility at Dublin Port. [17798/24]