Results 41-60 of 477 for speaker:Paul Donnelly in 'Dáil debates'

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: It is clear Connolly Hospital is in crisis. Everybody will be shocked by some of the reports that have come out in the past week alone. I raised this matter with the Tánaiste some weeks ago when a concerned member of staff contacted me about the closure of the endoscopy unit in Connolly Hospital, which had been under serious pressure. I wrote to the hospital and received an email in...

Business Costs for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: As the Minister of State will be aware, one of the biggest overheads for a small business is the cost of heating and electricity. I will raise the particular issue of small businesses operating as social enterprises. I refer to small cafes, community centres, community crèches, kids' clubs and recycling and upcycling businesses. There is a vast range of small businesses out there....

Road Traffic Bill 2024: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Bill. There is no doubt we are facing a serious surge in deaths and injuries on our roads. My thoughts go out to the families, friends and communities of those who have died or been injured on our roads. I appeal to everyone to be conscious that road safety measures are there to protect lives - their own and the lives of others. However, the...

Report of Joint Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands: Motion (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I thank everyone for the work that has been done on this and the sustainable development goals, including those on the committee and all the people who attended. The Cathaoirleach has done excellent work over the past year. It has been a really useful exercise and shows what we can do when we look at the recommendations. I will go through some of them briefly to highlight a few issues and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Last week I raised the issue of the endoscopy unit in Connolly Hospital and I received a message from a frustrated member of staff. It said that Connolly Hospital does not have enough beds for the population it is serving, the emergency department is under huge pressure all the time and the numbers being returned do not reflect the true situation. The hospital is using the line that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: That is not what is being said by the staff.

Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (31 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I also thank Deputy Gino Kenny for bringing forward this Bill. I know I have said this before, but it needs to be said again and again that the so-called war on drugs has failed utterly to achieve its objectives and has caused untold damage to our communities. How do we know? It is because we see it on our streets and in our communities, pubs and clubs. In fact, pretty much anywhere we go...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I listened to the Minister's answer regarding funding that has already been approved, which is fantastic. I know the Minister was out in Hartstown. I will give an example of why it is important that we look at the next stream of funding now. The work in Hartstown is only starting now. It has taken two or three years to get to the stage where work will actually start. In the context of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 101. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the community centres investment fund and if there is any scope to extend the scheme in the future. [3991/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the plans that are being put in place to increase funding to CSPs when the new minimum wage legislation is put in place as a lot of projects are struggling to meet the current minimum wage. [4302/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I ask the Minister of State about the plans that are being put in place to increase funding for community services programmes, CSPs, when the new minimum wage legislation is put in place as I hear that a lot of projects would struggle to meet the current minimum wage.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the news because I know a number of the projects that were in touch were concerned. I heard that one project faced a €13,000 increase with regard to the minimum wage. The new needs-based model is important and it is working. I have said on numerous occasions - and still believe - that we should move to the model whereby every project is brought up to the minimum wage in...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister for bringing forward the Bill. Sinn Féin supports its overall purpose and I will address some of the issues that have been brought forward during the pre-legislative process and identified by others. I found the pre-legislative process and the committee meetings very useful. I thank everyone who engaged with them, including the Charities Regulator, the ICCL and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: Today, a call was made for sick patients to go to GPs and other pathways to try to avoid emergency departments. Unfortunately, in Tyrrelstown in my constituency, their GP clinic will close in February and, as we know, there is overwhelming evidence that people are dying in emergency departments. Let me give an example. The Tánaiste talked about primary care, early diagnosis and access...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: That is what I have been told.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: In Connolly Hospital.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: It has been reduced.

Housing and Homeless Prevention: Motion [Private Members] (23 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: The buying up of homes by international vulture funds in Balgriffin is not a new phenomenon. I was in this Chamber in 2021 when a similar-style fund took 121 homes off the market in Bay Meadows in my constituency of Dublin West. That was 121 homes taken out of the reach of any first-time buyer wishing to purchase a family home. Words are important here and I use the word "home" because...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: I commend the gardaí in Dublin West on the hard work they are doing and the commitment they have, particularly in the difficult circumstances since the horrific murders on Christmas Eve. However, I want to raise the chronic issue of the lack of Garda numbers, which is affecting the confidence of people in Dublin West in the ability of the State to provide a service. Confidence in...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Dec 2023)

Paul Donnelly: On the issue of scramblers, unfortunately our communities are not feeling safe or supported. A 50% rise in the number of gardaí leaving the service is deeply worrying in terms of tackling this scourge. Since the introduction of legislation, only one significant action has taken place, which was in Limerick where 44 scramblers were seized. Will the Tánaiste join me to urge parents...