Results 1-20 of 146 for speaker:Conor Sheehan

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as ucht an rún seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Water and the adequate funding of water infrastructure are issues we have failed to address properly in this country over many years. We all know there are huge issues all over the country, many of which have been outlined this evening with regard to our water infrastructure. Our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: It is not about being anti-Dublin or anti-Dublin Airport. It is about giving us more options outside of Dublin, both in the mid-west and Cork, to avoid having to travel up the motorway to fly to key European destinations. I welcome the fact the Minister said he will examine the regional airports programme. While Government cannot force airlines to fly from a particular airport, it can...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I raise the issue of aviation policy. Will the Government consider reviewing aviation policy in light of the fact that aviation policy has not been reviewed since 2015? I raise the matter in particular as a member of the cross-party Shannon Airport Oireachtas group. Shannon Airport is one of the most underused pieces of infrastructure in the State and we need to make much better use of it.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Policies (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister and tentatively welcome his reply. I am from the west of Ireland, as is the Minister of State sitting beside the Minister, and Shannon Airport is critically important to us in the mid-west. It is not something I agree with, but we know that the Government is going to try to lift the passenger cap. It is a fact of life. We need to gain some additionality for regional...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourist Accommodation (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for an update on the actions he and his Department are taking to ensure properties used for short-term lets are regulated and returned to use as homes; if he has engaged with any of the platforms providing such short term lets in Ireland since his appointment; if there is a target in place for ensuring legislation is in place...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 396. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of all staff currently employed at the adult diabetes clinic in University Hospital Limerick, specifying the post held by each individual; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 397. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the professional training provided to staff at University Hospital Limerick over the past two years in preparation for the introduction of dose adjustment for normal eating and insulin pump therapy for adults in the Midwest; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (8 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 398. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults with Type 1 diabetes attending University Hospital Limerick are not yet offered insulin pumps as a treatment option, despite the presence of qualified staff to initiate pump therapy; the measures being taken to address this gap in service provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22962/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: Today, trolley numbers in University Hospital Limerick have again exceeded 100, exceeding ten hospitals on the east coast of the country. With the recent announcement by the Government of a new accident and emergency department for Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, I am hopeful that we will soon see movement towards a second accident and emergency department in Limerick. When does the Government...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I would like to agree with and be associated with Deputy Mac Lochlainn's remarks. The Minister for housing needs to come in to the Dáil this week to answer questions relating to both the current and future funding of Uisce Éireann, the role of the so-called "housing tsar" and the strategic housing activation office. The principle of a strategic body to unblock the issues...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Schemes (7 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding streams and grants that may be available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22265/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (7 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding streams and grants that may be available for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22266/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: A bit like the Obamas, there is apparently a rift at the heart of this marriage of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil Ministers barely being seen together this week. The Tánaiste said earlier that process matters. Can he confirm, with regard to the Government's so-called housing tsar, that Mr. Brendan McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate, as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 May 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The Minister, Deputy Browne, said Mr. McDonagh is the Government's preferred candidate.

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: The national planning framework is a critical piece of work that underpins everything in regional planning, development plans and local area plans. It is vital we get this right, as this document goes to the very essence of how we do planning, development and infrastructure in this country. This plan should be an opportunity to set out and better reflect the need for a more balanced...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I thank the Minister for the response. I will touch on some of the points she made. Schools are very concerned that they are not sufficiently funded to open new special classes. There are issues with space, staffing, resources and appropriate sensory spaces, among other things. The majority of our traditional schools do not have the appropriate facilities for spaces that they need, like...

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: I was not in the Chamber for Deputy Brennan's moving contribution but I did listen to it from my office. It made me stop what I was doing. I was born with a congenital dislocated hip. I have a weakness in one of my hips. I went through some stuff as a child and may have to have more treatment on my hip. Orthopaedic surgery is an especially physical form of surgery, an especially...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Driver Licences (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 483. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has given any consideration in the absence of a license exchange programme to allowing permanent conversion of valid Canadian and US driving licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 656. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on the panel for executive officer grade within civil service from the most recent EO recruitment campaign. [20247/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Conor Sheehan: 977. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of refunds sought from parents availing of the school transport scheme in Limerick in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20248/25]