Results 181-200 of 608 for at speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...mortgage holders in a very difficult predicament. Some are in performing mortgages and have never been in arrears. Others are in split mortgage arrangements but have no arrears. Some, unfortunately, had difficulty in the past but have restructured and got back on track. I know the Minister is limited in what he can do but with the likes of Pepper Finance passing on every ECB rate and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that she will take to ensure that all children who need access to the in-school July provision programme in 2023 can access it; the number of children at primary and post-primary level who need access to in-school July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61910/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I confirm that I am in my office in Leinster House. It is great to listen to Fiacre and Ms Ryan. It is heartening to see their story and I watched the RTÉ documentary yesterday evening. I was in the education sphere. As far as I am concerned, my motto on all of these assistive technologies is that if they work for the individual or for the student, then as a school, community and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This committee will be compiling a report at the end of its deliberations. I suggest to the Chair that we request that such research be done on this assistive technology and others and that the Department draft a policy on assistive technology and its merits, not just in this instance. There are other technologies there. Perhaps the committee could make such a suggestion in its report. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Is the funding Specialisterne receives adequate for where it is at the moment or does it project that it will grow again in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will come to ICTU at the end if I get a chance to come in a second time but I will first finish with Specialisterne Ireland. I hate to use the number of people successfully placed as the sole metric of what the group does because, as Mr. Brabazon has said, a lot of it is about raising awareness, which is harder to quantify. However, for brass tacks purposes, how many people have been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State. I appreciate him turning up to take this matter. A week ago, the people of Blarney and the surrounding area woke up to the news that their local GP is to resign at the end of this year. At a time when we know how difficult it is to get access to a GP, this has sent a shock through the community. This decision affects 1,600 patients, 600 of whom are public...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: General Practitioner Services (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate the response. I have much of that detail already from the HSE locally through community healthcare organisation, CHO, 4. The real reason I am here is that many elderly people are fairly distressed and fearful of losing their service. I am glad to hear the Minister of State assure the House that the HSE has taken interim steps. I am aware that a GP has been located locally to...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: That is good to hear again. We will try to reiterate it at every juncture we can. If I can be parochial on one issue while dealing with the capital programme, I would like to mention the special school site in Glanmire, County Cork. Can the Minister give an update on how that site is progressing? The constraints we have in Cork, in particular, in relation to special school places are well...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have raised the matter of home school community liaison officers in special schools via written parliamentary questions and occasionally via an oral parliamentary question. The response from the Department has been that special schools get an allocation of teachers which is far in excess of a mainstream school. However, the specific focus of a home school community liaison officer is to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work that is under way to improve pay for school caretakers; the stage that the process is at; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59047/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Out of interest, when Ms O'Leary was put on a reduced timetable for a period, what did she do when she had no classes? Did she go home or sit at the back of the classroom? What happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: That is good. I am out of time but if there is time at the end, I would like to put a question to the representatives of Coláiste Bhríde.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I compliment the Minister on his efforts with that regular monthly engagement. I ask the Minister to detail for me, as a layperson in this field, what exactly happens at these monthly meetings. Are targets set? Are action points left to the various stakeholders? What is the general run of those meetings? Given the number of questions tabled today and most months, there is a tacit...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Council of Europe (23 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's recently concluded Presidency at the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58353/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I wish the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, the best after his incident yesterday. I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, for coming in and substituting for the question. This is my third time speaking on this issue. I am passionate about it. I served as a county councillor for six years before I had the honour of being elected to this House. I have fundamental concerns...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (17 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. She has given me much of the same information I have been given on previous occasions when I have raised this matter. I am not trying to undermine the OPR. In the overall argument, I know the OPR has a job to do. While I cannot speak for all of us, most of us here would have started as county councillors and city councillors. We know how...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Sports Funding (17 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is welcome to see that €6 million has been drawn down by those 33 projects, as the Minister of State has alluded to. The fundamental point here, though, is that regarding many of these larger organisations, and the Football Association of Ireland, FAI, comes to mind immediately, it is well documented that they are fairly cash-strapped now and are incapable of progressing many of...