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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Sure but what I cannot understand is this. Let us say we have had a week, from last week, when the Minister of State had a meeting with the parents, we met outside and had this discussion regarding the places. How long does it take to pick up a phone to a school to say it has a certain number of places in their school, and to ask has it allocated them to a particular student in the school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Sure. I am not going to labour on it again because I think I have made my point on that. On the appropriate school places, again, I have a message from a parent here, who is Bradley's parent. Since the meeting, they are still in the same position as last week. He is still in the same school and not achieving. They got two phone calls from the school saying it cannot meet his needs and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: An Inclusive Education for an Inclusive Society: Department of Education (25 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Genuinely, I am sitting here and I cannot for the life of me understand-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome parents of autistic children in the Gallery this afternoon who are angry and frustrated because with less than a week to go to the end of the school year, their children have no school place. It is important to remember these are not just school roll numbers; they are children with rights. There is Rían, Ellis, Noel, Noah Hariri, Noah Lenord, Samuel, Macie, Eamon, TJ, Kapish,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 34. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will extend the rural regeneration fund to purchase derelict buildings in urban towns with populations of less than 10,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26457/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Will the Minister extend the rural regeneration fund to purchase derelict buildings in urban towns with populations of less than 10,000, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: The Letterkenny cathedral quarter group is working hard on the ground to develop the quarter for the town’s community, tourism and employment, but its members do not believe it is fitting into any of the boxes that would help it get grants and other funding. The Department has provided funding under the rural regeneration fund to purchase derelict properties in rural towns, but there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I would appreciate that. I have been engaging with the group in recent months. Its members are frustrated. They have been applying for different types of funding but their group has been unable to fit into the boxes they are looking towards. Although they are in a larger urban area, they are looking to the rural fund. Local authorities get funding for urban areas, but surely there should...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I appreciate the Minister's answer but we need those gardaí now. I met the superintendent recently and we had good discussions. I am hopeful that in the future there will be a refocus on community gardaí and getting gardaí back on the ground talking to young people, engaging with communities and residents' associations, which we have not had for a good number of years. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 13. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will commission a Mulvey-style report in relation to gangland activity in Dublin 15 and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26492/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I ask the Minister for Justice if she will commission a Mulvey-style report in relation to gangland activity in Dublin 15 and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Gangland Crime (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I could not agree more with the Minister about what needs to be done in the long term in relation to this. Yet, unfortunately, at the moment, they do not have the resources. That covers every aspect of community activity. I have lived in Dublin 15 for the past 30 years and I have seen criminal gangs come and go. Unfortunately, we are in another age and era where there is a cycle of brutal...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: EU Funding (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are in place from her Department to assist organisations that do not have the capacity to apply for and manage EU funding. [26463/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Restorative Justice (20 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 172. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding that has been made available for community dialogues and restorative justice programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26462/24]

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Sinn Féin will be supporting this Bill. The charities sector plays a very important role in the provision of vital health, education, addiction and homeless services, community development and many other services in Ireland. The Bill has gone through very thorough pre-legislative scrutiny and many of the issues that were raised have been addressed. I thank groups such as The Wheel,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on purchasing military equipment from German-based companies in 2022, 2023 and for the first five months of 2024, in tabular form. [26318/24]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent by the Defence Forces on purchasing military equipment from Japanese-based companies in 2022, 2023 and for the first five months of 2024, in tabular form. [26319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments or bonus or other benefit in kind, of each CEO of State agencies under the remit of his Department for each year since 2021, in tabular form. [26320/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount IDA Ireland has spent on hiring a business development consultant on its behalf in Australia and in the US in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [26331/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: State Bodies (19 Jun 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of requests her Department has received from Tourism Ireland seeking approval to recruit additional staff in 2023 and to date in 2024; and of the number of requests received, the number that were approved or pending in each of those years in question, in tabular form. [26329/24]