Results 541-560 of 3,777 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I again thank the Minister of State. I do not doubt her bona fides in this regard. I know she has been trying her best to resolve this issue in recent years. Approximately two and a half years ago in Limerick, we met all the principals of Cork special schools. I note that the Minister of State has been working away in the background trying to resolve this issue, but she is obviously...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Service Executive (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 53. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the need to source private contractors following the recent announcement that the Government will finance an AON initiative; how soon he expects an impact will be made on the waitlist; if he is confident that progress can be made to clear the backlog; and if he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Service Executive (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister about the engagement he has had with the HSE regarding the need to source private contractors following the recent announcement the Government will finance an assessment of needs initiative. How soon does he expect the impact will be made on the waiting list and is he confident progress can be made to clear the backlog?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Chair for allowing me in. I might take up where Senator Cummins left off and address the frustration certain sections of Cork county are feeling. There are various programmes and funding streams available for small towns and villages. Central government granted funding for a couple of wastewater treatment plant last year and, to the best of my knowledge, they have not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not expect an answer on the two specific examples I am going to raise today. I will raise them with the witnesses and follow up with an email. I will specifically ask about Carrignavar and Glenville, north of Cork city. In both cases, issues have been ongoing for the last eight, nine or ten years. In Carrignavar, there is evidence that there has been leaks from the existing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I get that logic. I might not like it but I understand it. However, at the same time, as all Deputies in the constituency would attest, there is a confidence issue for the vast majority of people. Even if the water is running clear, there is still a reluctance to use it because this issue has gone on for so long. While Uisce Éireann may not be obliged to do it by the regulator, it is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the improvements but it is worth highlighting that, under current legislation, responsibility for ensuring the welfare of animals, horses in this case, falls on the owner of the animal. I am concerned about this, with yesterday’s programme in mind. I do not think what was contained in the programme was that surprising to some of us who have followed this over recent years....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996 as per the summer legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25706/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister provide an update on the Department's plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act, 1996, as per the summer legislative programme?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Control of Horses (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his reply. I know from the sentiments he expressed that he will look at the issues raised in the "RTÉ Investigates" programme last night and deal with them appropriately. To be fair, the Department has provided a significant increase in funding for local authorities and animal welfare charities in recent years but the images last night are quite stark, as...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25702/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister provide an update on the status of the primary care centre in Glanmire?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and appreciate the update. As he will be aware, Glanmire is a fairly large community on the eastern side of Cork city, whose population, depending on how widely the area is measured, comprises 30,000-plus people, so it is critical we get that primary care centre delivered as soon as possible. The Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, and I visited the one in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Primary Care Centres (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. As he outlined, the comprehensive services that will be provided at the centre will be most welcome. I understand that a number of GPs are waiting patiently to see whether they can locate themselves there. It will be a fantastic facility when it is eventually built. Separately, while the Minister might not have a response to hand, we are also awaiting a primary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Self-Harm Prevention (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the supports available to teenagers at risk of self-harm and suicide-related ideation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25703/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 132. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 22 May 2024, when the HSE executive management team will be in a position to approve or make a decision on the reimbursement application for dostarlimab (jemperli) indicated as monotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with recurrent or advance endometrial cancer; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog wardens employed in each local authority in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25808/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 154. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that has been made available to the dog control units in local authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25809/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (13 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 155. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is satisfied that local authorities are sufficiently resourced and funded to be in a position to enforce the legislation in relation to collecting fines under dog control regulations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25810/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will engage with the NCSE regarding the sanctioning of a special class at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25640/24]