Results 3,561-3,580 of 3,931 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to build a new secondary school in Glanmire, County Cork, due to the increasing population and the existing shortage of school places in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39846/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 118. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the amount of the €2 billion Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme that has been approved and drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/20]

Written Answers — Department of Trade, Enterprise and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 124. To ask the Minister for Trade, Enterprise and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that the Covid-19-related supports provided are adequately addressing the negative effects of Covid-19 on the economy and its ability to recover in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if a business whose business activity is not carried out at its business premises will be eligible to receive the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39691/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Cork that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40391/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants and supports will be provided to the self-employed and sole traders who work in the arts, entertainment, music and event industry and continue to have work-related overheads despite having little or no work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39651/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Budgets (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocation for her Department by project for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39772/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of appeals by schools to retain their staffing levels and not lose a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year that were successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Covid-19 is taken into consideration by the board of appeals when considering appeals of a reduction of staffing levels in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39774/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the €5 million investment for DEIS schools as announced in budget 2021 will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Jobseeker's Payments (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the number of employees availing of the short-term working week will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39653/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the meals provided for in each school meals programme meets the requirements set out in Healthy Ireland guides and the obesity policy and action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39704/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 764. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to paying student nurses €14 as opposed to €10.70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40392/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (1 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 791. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to tackle falling beef prices in view of the fact that beef prices have fallen far behind UK beef prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39776/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response. I appreciate that the regulatory framework for the decision to grant or refuse an individual application for a mortgage is a matter for the financial institutions. However, many of the constituents to whom I have spoken have not been impacted financially. The issue is that they cannot draw down a previously approved mortgage. Often their employers...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response and appreciate where he is coming from regarding the importance of protecting people who may not have long-term financial security. Nobody is advocating that banks approve loans to people whose jobs are not viable or that they lend recklessly. I am not suggesting that for one minute. I emphasise that I am referring to applicants who were pre-approved...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 71. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to assist home buyers who are being refused the drawing down of approved loans due to one or both borrowers being on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have been contacted by many aspiring homeowners over the past few months about their mortgage applications. Unfortunately, they are facing much uncertainty about their applications to financial institutions and the drawing down of funding because their employers are availing of the temporary Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme. I know the Minister has engaged with banks about this. During his...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports of mass killings in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia; his views on whether this could escalate to a civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37907/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/20]