Results 521-540 of 2,123 for speaker:Paul Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE attachés with responsibility for cybersecurity from his Department based at the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased this year. [17796/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if all new commuter and Intercity rail carriages that are coming into the fleet over the next few years will now automatically have a ramp covering the gap distance between carriage and platform at all the stations. [17800/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 229. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of WTE staff by job title working within the health and safety division in the OPW as of 16 April 2024, in tabular form. [17797/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will fund the refurbish the Garda immigration detention facility at Dublin Port. [17798/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is available this year for the issuing of mobile fingerprint devices to be issued to frontline gardaí. [17802/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the age of the boats currently in the Garda water unit; and the average lifespan of those types of boats. [17803/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Seized Property (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Meacan; the number of electric motorbikes seized; and the amount cash and the amount of designer goods seized under this operation, in tabular form. [17804/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 451. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the 2023 transport budget for An Garda Síochána has been fully spent; if not, if the underspend 2023 transport budget for AGS was carried out into 2024; and the transport budget allocation tor AGS in 2024. [17806/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the names of each harbour master currently located in each fishery harbour centre under his remit; and when each harbour master was deployed to each fishery harbour centre under his remit, in tabular form. [17807/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Contracts (23 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department ever had a contract with a company (details supplied) in 2023 and to-date in 2024; if so, what services this company provided on behalf of the Department; and the amount paid by the Department for that service during the period in question. [17801/24]

Road Safety: Statements (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the recent Garda action against scramblers and quads in Tallaght, Ballymun and Limerick. However, it is just a drop in the ocean in terms of the problems and dangers on the roads that these vehicles, which mostly young people drive, pose. Two weeks ago, I was cycling up Dame Street and watched as three scramblers came down the street on one wheel. That is one of the main streets...

Disability Justice: Motion [Private Members] (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the U-turn, flip-flop or withdrawal or whatever word the Minister wants to use with regard to this Green Paper. First and foremost, the biggest congratulations must go to the disability activists who, from the very start, feared the direction of this Green Paper. For me, it really brought up the old saying, "When England sneezes, Ireland catches a cold." With this, we can say...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Go raibh maith agat. I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Following on from that previous question, the Parliamentary Budget Office showed two consecutive years of real wage decline in 2022 and 2023. Projections now indicate that workers relying on State pensions and other welfare supports will be worse off at the end of 2024 than when this Government came to power in 2020. I...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Mr. Nugent.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Even around the issue of demographics, there is the interesting question of immigration. The projections for population growth over the next number of years are going in that direction, so it seems odd to argue against it in the context of the demographics issue. I find it pretty puzzling that that is being used. We know that when immigration increases, people get work, input to the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: The issue of the pandemic was raised earlier. When the first pandemic payment was announced it was the basic €203 a week. There was absolute uproar from people who argued they cannot be expected to live on this. Very quickly there was a U-turn, a flip-flop, whatever you want to call it, and it went up to €350. That was a classic example of when everybody looked at this and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report on Indexation of the Taxation and Social Protection System: Discussion (17 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Interestingly, more and more people in their 50s and their 60s are coming to my constituency office having received a notice to quit or a significant rent increase. They may be retired or may have had to leave work early because of illness, etc. They do not have the ability to pay the mortgage they are still paying or to pay their rent. We are seeing that more and more. It is a really sad...

National Cancer Strategy: Motion [Private Members] (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: This Government needs to end the recruitment embargo and implement a workforce plan for the health service. People shake their heads in disbelief at the recruitment embargo. The Government needs to train more radiation therapists and hire the staff needed to utilise all radiotherapy equipment. It is a scandal that expensive life-saving equipment is lying idle due to staff shortages. The...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress made in relation to guidance counsellors for post-primary schools in the context of the public consultation on the national policy group on lifelong guidance. [16269/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a survey by her Department completed by 100% of the membership of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to providing a pathway to the appropriate route of registration for those who are working as guidance counsellors in post-primary schools without the specific qualifications required to register as a post-primary...