Results 2,121-2,140 of 3,762 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his Department’s policy on supporting the development of anaerobic digestion plans for electricity production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) whose taxi license lapsed due to a serious illness and who now wishes to renew the license but is having difficulty doing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45898/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that she will implement to ensure that the delays endured since October 2021 by retired members of the Cork Education and Training Board do not happen again (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45637/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a student (details supplied) in County Cork who is approved under the school transport scheme for children with special educational needs will be provided with transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45822/22]

An Bord Pleanála: Statements (15 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would be very slow to comment on any content in the Remy Farrell report or any of the allegations that have arisen. Due process will take effect and we need to be cognisant of that in this debate. Nonetheless, it is fair to register on the record our concerns regarding some of those allegations. The public must have trust in our planning system. People must trust in the impartiality and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Energy Prices (15 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on Government supports for businesses that are impacted by the rise in fuel costs and the subsequent cost-of-living increases; the supports that his Department will provide in Budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44557/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 63. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request his Department to place speech and language therapists and occupational therapists on the critical skills list; if the review of the occupations list has concluded; if he will report on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44558/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Budget 2023 (15 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to providing additional supports for community centres in Budget 2023, particularly in view of soaring energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 140. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to increasing the level of funding for staff wages on the community services programme due to the ever-increasing cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45046/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the visa options that are available to persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44981/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 571. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital may be eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44807/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 572. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital may be eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (14 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 573. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a procedure in a hospital maybe eligible to avail of the procedure under the National Treatment Purchase Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44809/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. It was probably unfair of me to throw in the CDNT issue on top, but I thought to myself that I did not ask, I would not get so I said I would try. It is great that the HSE is aware of the issues relating to access for children. The Minister of State indicated this is a new school established by the NCSE and the Department of Education but that was the case a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for taking the graveyard shift. I appreciate him being here. Week after week we come into the House to raise matters. On tonight's schedule of Topical Issues, as on many occasions, we are talking about services, be it issues related to Irish Water, as Deputy Michael Moynihan has just alluded to, or in my case, the last three of my Topical Issues have in one...

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This week, early childhood care and education, ECCE, scheme providers were again protesting outside Leinster House. They have committed to protesting again in the future if needs be. They have consistently highlighted the plight of smaller providers with regard to the funding received by all childcare providers. They do not dispute the overall Government package provided for this sector...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that his Department has put in place to encourage the installation of solar panels on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38191/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of equine welfare and urban horse projects funded by his Department each year since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38192/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the uses for which exceptional needs payments may be applied given that some applications may not qualify under the heading they might have indicated; the number that have been received and approved in 2022 to date; if discretion or flexibility is provided regarding the 30 hour rule bearing in mind those who work 30-hours...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (14 Jul 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 162. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the food poverty working group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37779/22]