Results 341-360 of 554 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Financial Services (1 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 277. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial measures the Government is taking to support parents who wish to stay home with their children in light of a poll (details supplied) that showed 69% of mothers with children under 18 would prefer to stay home with their children if their financial situation allowed it. [17167/25]

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

Paul Lawless: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the national planning framework. I welcome any attempts to future-proof infrastructure in this country. I am very disappointed, however, in reading the report. It is high on vision but it is almost like the report is detached from reality. I do not have long but I will give just one example. The report references the value and importance of the...

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

Paul Lawless: The framework rather. There is not even a mention, or hardly a mention, of it. That is hardly progress. We need real delivery. I do not have any longer but could go on to speak about a litany of things in relation to this. I ask the Minister of State to focus on the delivery.

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

Paul Lawless: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and I welcome the parents here in the Public Gallery. They are the warriors who have been fighting so hard. They have been fighting, taking legal action and pitching tents outside Leinster House. What are they fighting for? They are fighting for their basic rights and their constitutionally enshrined rights for access to education. I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (30 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase funding to the CIS scheme substantially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21100/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget allocated to the programme for roads and repairs and maintenance specifically including rural roads; in each local electoral area in County Clare in each of the last five years; the amount of the budget that has been spent in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (30 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 276. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated to the LIS scheme each year over the past ten years. [21098/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (30 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 278. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will increase funding to the LIS scheme substantially; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21100/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (30 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 277. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated to each Local Authority each year over the past ten years, in tabular form. [21099/25]

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

Paul Lawless: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I first want to acknowledge the pain and heartbreak that this has brought to so many families and children, particularly children who went through unnecessary and needless surgery. I cannot imagine the pain and suffering that those families have gone through. We think of medical professionals as people we can trust and we entrust our...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: The new policing model is not working. One of the main aims of the model was to increase community policing. In fact, the opposite has happened. One of the main reasons for that is manpower. The regular units have been depleted. In many stations across Mayo, the regular units are half what they were a number of years ago. Internal competitions are pulling from regular units and, because...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Offices (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: Go raibh maith agat.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: You promised to enact the occupied territories Bill before the election.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Emergency Accommodation (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to address the increasing number of children in emergency accommodation; and whether she accepts that this constitutes a breach of children’s rights. [21011/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Budgets (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the proportion of the Department’s budget that is allocated to private service providers in the disability sector; and if she believes the outsourcing of vital care to for-profit entities is in the best interest of children and families. [21012/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 561. To ask the Minister for Finance the current threshold rates for PAYE tax; if there are plans to raise the lower threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18781/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1007. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the steps being taken to ensure the Leaving Certificate class of 2025 is not disadvantaged in comparison to students who deferred from previous years due to grade adjustments introduced in the context of the pandemic; if she will clarify how fairness and consistency are being maintained in grading standards; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1008. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been carried out to identify any competitive disadvantages for the Leaving Certificate class of 2025 in comparison to students who deferred from 2024; if she will outline the measures being taken to ensure fairness for all students; and if she will provide clarity on the steps being implemented to prevent inequities in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1009. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an assessment of the percentage disadvantage, if any, that the Leaving Certificate class of 2025 faces in comparison to students who deferred from previous years; and if she will outline the measures being taken to ensure equitable opportunities for the current cohort of students. [20615/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Development Contributions (29 Apr 2025)

Paul Lawless: 1227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider the further extension of the development contributions waiver; what assistance is in place for those starting out on a residential home self-build to alleviate the added financial pressure due to the reintroduction of development contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19462/25]