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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Chair for ensuring that we are having this debate, particularly as it is something the wider public have been talking about for some time. I live beside a direct provision centre and have done so for 25 years. Anybody who has ever come through the gates of Ashbourne House Hotel has always been welcomed by the community and been well integrated. Notwithstanding that, recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: How does the Minister actually quantify it? That is what I am trying to discern here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister said that when he took over there were 3,000 unaccommodated international protection applicants. That figure is down to 600 today. When the Minister says "unaccommodated", does he know how many of them are in tents? Are any of them in tents or are they in emergency accommodation in hotels? If it is the latter, what is the cost for them as against the cost for people in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister said that around 5,000 people remain in accommodation after they were supposed to leave. I have come across quite a few people in my own work locally who are occupying IPAS accommodation and working full time. Of course, finding a rental property is the big question for a lot of them, particularly in urban environments. What is the plan for those 5,000 people? We looked at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Yes, but 5,000 is a significant number. Where do they all go in the current environment?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of creche groups that have withdrawn or pulled out of CORE funding in Cork in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to establishing a compensation scheme to assist anglers affected by the large scale fish kill in the River Blackwater in Mallow, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the reports he has received regarding the reasons for the large scale fish kill in Mallow, County Cork; the engagement he has had with the agencies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy and BusConnects projects in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the number of allocations made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to Cork city council and Cork county council from 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of rural public transport initiatives in Cork north central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a dedicated transport police service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50308/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the progress of the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; the estimated timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50303/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the school transport review; if her Department will prioritise schools and areas with ongoing eligibility and capacity issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50330/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to consider increasing the fuel allowance thresholds for those in receipt of the contributory State pension and the non-contributory State pension in advance of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50359/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 571. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who have registered with TUSLA and are part of the national childcare scheme, since the expansion of the scheme to include childminders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50302/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 665. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the new surgical hub for Cork; the estimated date for opening; the number of operating theatres and procedure rooms it will consist of; the number of patients expected to be seen daily; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: National Security (18 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 77. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions he and his Department have had with the UK Government on defence co-operation; what is likely to be included in an upcoming MOU (Memorandum of Understanding); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49094/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of childcare with the Taoiseach as well. Mary Geary's Childcare is one of the largest providers in the country. It is actually based in Carrigtohill, which is in Deputy O'Connor's constituency, but many of the families who use it reside in my constituency. It has 450 children from 300 families. The parents of those children were recently faced with a fee hike of 34%....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: First, I wish to express my condolences to the family of Patrick Gerard Murphy in west Cork. We are actually laying him to rest tomorrow morning. He would have been good friends with many of us here from Cork in particular, especially myself and Deputy Seamus McGrath in that we would have soldiered together on the council with him. He will be sorely missed. As the Taoiseach knows,...