Results 21-40 of 118 for long speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Student Accommodation (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...task ahead. Something like a two-tier student experience is emerging. People get to have the full experience on campus but then, as Deputy Alan Farrell just noted, many students have to travel long distances. It is reminiscent of what happened in the boom times when people were travelling into Dublin for work and so on. Will the Minister expand on any further initiatives he is taking?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services Staff (1 Jun 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome that the Minister took the initiative to publish the Mazars report recently because it was sitting there for an awful long time. I acknowledge and welcome that. The Minister is quite aware of its contents and what it proposed. There are various steps being taken on the positive front on foot of that, including increasing transparency through an online portal that will keep people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...brief each other beforehand, I promise. I echo previous speakers' sentiments about the work Mr. Geary has done. He should not have had to do it and we have always told him that. It has been a long campaign but ultimately he was vindicated and that needs to be acknowledged. I have a few quick questions; I prefer to hear from Mr. Geary than listen to myself. He spoke about in-class...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education Needs of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Students: Discussion (23 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...ISL. This has now increased to 5% in 2023. The RTÉ Junior channel has gone from 2% to 4% and Oireachtas TV from 4% to 6%. There are, therefore, gradual increases here, but we will all agree there is a long road to go in respect of ISL provision by the main broadcaster. To pose some follow-up questions to Mr. Geary, he referred to DCU providing the course earlier. Has he had any...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (18 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...elective hospitals in the country, with the others in Galway and Dublin. We finally got word approximately six months ago that Glanmire was the preferred site in Cork. That process took far too long. At the time, the then Taoiseach, Deputy Micheál Martin, stated that he wanted to take this by the scruff of the neck and get on with the job. To be fair to him, he has repeatedly...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (18 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for her response. Perhaps we can talk later about the meeting the Minister had. Perhaps the Minister of State can tell me the exact details of it. This has been a long time coming. It is going to be a major project in my constituency. I had selfishly hoped that the announcement of this hospital would trigger the start of development of the north ring...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can outline the wait times from application to completion of works under the SEAI scheme; the measures being taken to address long waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19745/23]

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am sorry to say I also have a big long list. I will try to run through it. I have met with the Minister of State a number of times about the Rainbow Club in Cork. Obviously, I am here this evening to speak to her about that. It is a charity that does amazing work. At the last count, some 1,300 children were availing of its services every week. It does all of this for the grand sum of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed). (25 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...and the postgraduate diploma. This shows that I was a teacher. Is the two-year study programme justified? Is it really necessary? The unions and many teachers will say that two years is too long when we are experiencing shortages of teachers in certain key subjects. Is there anyway that could be front-loaded or done more quickly and better?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...the Tánaiste and gave the example of Luxturna, which has now been before the drugs group for assessment for reimbursement for 1,280 days. There could be a multitude of reasons why it has taken that long for the drug to go through the process. Whether we blame industry or the drugs group, the bottom line is the process is not working when it takes 1,282 days, and counting, for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to deal with the shortage of GPs in Shannon town, County Clare and the surrounding areas especially in view of the pending retirement of some long-term GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13599/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to deal with the shortage of GPs in Shannon, County Clare, and the surrounding areas, especially in light of the pending retirement of some long-term GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13727/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Health Services (23 Feb 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...wrote: In the past I have had to travel from Cork to Sweden to get this scan. I thought that the availability of Gallium scans in St. Vincent's University Hospital would mean there would no longer be a reason for me to make this long journey to Sweden. Unfortunately I have had to wait 18 months to get my first Gallium scan in Dublin. The second patient wrote: I had a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (8 Feb 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...under review to ensure we are churning them out? To be fair, the Minister has announced one of the largest infrastructure programmes I can recall. I, like the Minister, taught in a school for long enough. The number of buildings and extensions going on is phenomenal. It is just a question of who is continuing to keep those under review. The third issue is the special school site in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...One business had a bill of €15,000 for November-December 2021 and it increased to €56,000 for the same period in 2022. Unfortunately €5,000 or €10,000 towards that kind of rise helps but does not go a long way. I understand the scheme is under review but we need a dramatic overhaul of the TBESS and how we roll it out.

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I take from what Mr. Brabazon has said that, pending funding, Specialisterne Ireland plans to be around for an awful long time and hopes to expand the services it provides. That would be great because I am a convert. After listening to the likes of Frank Holt, I believe the work the group does is great.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...the corner for this hospital to be located in Glanmire, and it now appears that will be the case. We have all had the debate on the preferred site, as I said, over the past 12 months, if not longer. An existing mental hospital in Sarsfield Court is being used currently. There are more than 100 acres, which will allow for future expansion. There are many positive attributes to the site,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...on the monitor upstairs and I met Ms Geraghty with the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, when she visited Cork. I do not know if that was earlier this year or last year but it seems like a long time ago. I was convinced that day when I met AADI of the positive impact that using animals such and dogs and horses can have on regularising the behaviour of young people in particular. I...