Results 21-40 of 808 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 732. To ask the Minister for Health whether the recall process will be extended to include children operated on before 2021, in light of concerns that surgeries dating back to 2010 or earlier may have been affected. [56547/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 733. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical qualifications and experience of the doctors currently conducting the independent clinical and radiological reviews of recalled cases; and whether they are consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons. [56548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 734. To ask the Minister for Health whether any of the reviewers involved in the recall process are fellows or non-consultant hospital doctors; and the safeguards in place to ensure appropriate oversight and clinical governance. [56549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 735. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the role of a person (details supplied), reportedly involved in reviewing cases at CHI Crumlin; and whether he is registered as a consultant in Ireland. [56550/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 736. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether a person (details supplied) is currently practicing medicine; and the nature of her clinical role and authority in the recall process. [56551/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 737. To ask the Minister for Health whether families will receive written reports from the recall reviews; and if so, whether these will be signed off by a consultant orthopaedic surgeon. [56552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (21 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 738. To ask the Minister for Health the clinical governance structures in place to ensure consistency and quality in the recall assessments; and whether an external oversight panel is being established. [56553/25]

Tillage Sector: Statements (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. I recently met Irish Grain Growers and Tillage Industry Ireland. As Deputy Fitzmaurice mentioned, the tillage sector is fundamentally important for every part of the country. For example, the beef and sheep farmers across Mayo rely on it for bedding, foodstuff and so on. If we lose this sector, we will have to rely on international markets and we...

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I commend the motion before the House and commend Deputy Charles Ward on tabling it. The work of Mary T. Sweeney in Donegal with him must also be commended. I am very proud to speak on behalf of the people and families of Mayo, who have been so desperately affected by the defective blocks scheme. It is a travesty that it has been allowed to drag on for so long. It is really shocking we...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Grant Payments (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 258. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans to introduce grant aid support under the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme for the replacement of farm building roofs, as announced earlier in 2025, will be open for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55626/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (15 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 305. To ask the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the decision to introduce a €5 weekly charge per patient for blister pack preparation from January 2026, in light of the impact this will have on elderly patients, many of whom rely on blister packs to safely manage complex medication routines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55679/25]

Cost of Disability: Motion [Private Members] (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome this motion before the House. There is a significant cost to having a disability and for families with a person with disabilities. Indeed, the Indecon report clearly outlines that cost being in the region of €10,000 per year. In that context, I welcome the motion calling for the introduction of a cost-of-disability lump sum payment and an increase to the disability...

Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the Housing Finance Agency (Amendment) Bill. The increases it will provide to local authorities and approved housing bodies is very welcome and we will support the Bill. While the HFA funding is a powerful tool in the housing crisis, I want to be clear that it is only as important as the hand which wields it. Unfortunately, I think this Government is a continuation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tillage Sector (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 106. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to support struggling farmers in the tillage sector. [55103/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the bovine tuberculosis programme. [55104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 829. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for next hiring EMT's (details supplied) in Mayo, Sligo and Galway University Hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54768/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 863. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute inpatient beds allocated to Mayo University Hospital in each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form, to include any changes in bed capacity over the period; and to specify whether the hospital's acute bed capacity has increased, decreased or remained static year on year. [54947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (14 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 876. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive ​confirmation of their place on the list for a kidney transplant in Beaumont Hospital. [55129/25]

World Mental Health Day: Statements (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I very much welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. The issue of mental health and suicide is devastating. It affects many families and communities across Ireland. I will speak on a couple of specific issues. The first is that of farmer mental health. This has been very topical in my own constituency in recent days. The last weeks of September were particularly wet and what was...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: The Tánaiste has acknowledged that there is a viability issue in terms of apartment construction. However, the Government has ignored the fact that this issue is having an impact right across the construction sector. That is why we have the paradox whereby we have a housing crisis but so little development, particularly in rural counties like Mayo. Housing commencements for the first...