Results 41-60 of 732 for cork speaker:Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...Kudos to whomever spotted it. It seems like a very small part of the estate of Classes Lake on the Ballincollig-Ovens boundary. It is just about within the city council boundary and, therefore, Cork North-West. I just wanted to confirm that is the case and it is all in keeping with it. It is a peculiarity but there you go; we get these peculiarities. I will take the opportunity to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Of the 126 gardaí who came out of Templemore last year, just one came to Cork. That continues a trend that has been going on for some time. Of the 237 new gardaí so far this year, only four are going to Cork. As I said, this is a quite worrying trend of Cork not getting its fair shake. We have approximately 10% of the population but are consistently getting just 1% or 2% of...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...of planning. It is not necessarily a significant budgetary ask but I would like the Minister to consider it. I would like to clarify something regarding a question I had last Tuesday. I had to return to Cork unexpectedly and Deputy Paul Donnelly took the question on my behalf. It relates to library funding. The response the Minister gave is that there is maximum funding of €3...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...this year, if it is happening again will the criteria be the same? In some areas it seems to have been very well targeted whereas in others it did not seem to have been so much. The experience of Cork was good. From speaking to colleagues, it could have been a bit more targeted in places, so I would be grateful if the Minister could answer that as well.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action he intends to take to address the severe shortage of childcare places in Cork city. [48399/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister will be aware that I have written to him and addressed him in the Chamber on the adverse situation of childcare provision in Cork city. I am sure that is also the case in other locations but it is certainly my experience in the Cork city area. Waiting lists can often run to a year or two years. There is nothing for children under one year of age. The baby rooms are gone at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the Minister's response. He has acknowledged that the 9% vacancy rate in Cork city is lower than in other places. Much of that vacancy could relate to particular early childhood care and education, ECCE, sessions. It does not necessarily reflect the fact that there are no full-time places and the impact of that. This issue comes up a lot with employers as well as with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the L2455 road improvement scheme, Lehenaghmore, Cork; and whether funding remains in place. [48483/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered any proposals for flood relief works at Ballinhassig, Cork; and, if not, whether he will now consider same. [47779/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1179. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children removed from the assessment of need waiting list in each of the Cork and Kerry primary care psychology services for each month from 1 October 2022, in tabular form; the length of time the child was waiting for an AON in each case and the process of clinical decision-making involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...doctors in Australia and in the Middle East. We now have the farcical situation where even if they wanted to come home there might not be a position for them. There are 86,000 people on waiting lists in Cork. I have little faith that this figure will come down when we see the raft of cancellations: 954 in the Mercy University Hospital in one quarter; 419 in the South Infirmary Victoria...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...no disrespect to the Ministers present. It is unfortunate. Carrigaline Community Special School was set up two years ago. It was the first special school established under the patronage of Cork Education and Training Board, ETB. Its establishment came in the context of coming out of Covid. There was a very tight timeframe from its being announced to its opening. The issues I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Grants and Bridging Finance for Community Groups: Discussion (4 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...Clann Credo - the Presentation Sisters set that up - for delivering local football pitches for our community which is one of the communities that Deputy Ó Cuív mentioned, that was a RAPID area in Cork city. Clann Credo is an excellent organisation. On the philanthropy side, I must mention the Tomar Trust and Tom Cavanagh who passed away last year. He had a huge impact on so...

Childcare Fees: Motion [Private Members] (3 Oct 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: .... That is the situation people are looking at. They could be waiting three or four years to get a call. Obviously it is not the same in every instance but the fact is that if people move to Cork tomorrow morning looking for a full-time childcare place, they would nearly be laughed out of it. The places are simply not there. Even part-time places are extremely difficult to come by and...

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...over emails from a woman in our constituency who has had increases of €350 in her repayments through Pepper. We will take a hypothetical example of a wife who is working in Stryker and a husband who is working in Cork City Council. Those are two good, decent, full-time, middle-income jobs. The couple is paying €1,500 per month for childcare. They have all the costs and...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) Bill 2023: Second Stage (20 Sep 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...mayors is important. The points I will raise have been raised by a lot of others but I will make two points: one on detail; and the other on power. On detail, the margin in the plebiscite in Cork was narrow. We supported the campaign in favour of it and we were active in that but it was narrow. I believe that the Government wanted it to go through, but if it had not wanted it to go...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: ...genesis of this housing crisis lies in the failure of the last Fianna Fáil Government to build adequate social housing, does the Tánaiste regret getting all eight of his party's city councillors in Cork, to oppose 16 social housing units on Skehard Road, which is in his neighbourhood, just before the last general election? Does he regret that now in that context?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What about in Cork? We have not been against any over 20 years.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (13 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There were eight councillors, including the Tánaiste's brother, and every single one of them voted against it. We have not voted against social housing in Cork City Council for 20 years.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Jul 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting for a driving test; and the number of persons waiting for a theory test in County Cork, by test centre, in tabular form. [34796/23]