Results 41-60 of 189 for speaker:Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Does Dr. Lillis agree that the number at present would be moderate or does she think it is imbalanced?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I agree completely----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (25 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 343. To ask the Minister for Health the reason oncology patients cannot get a medication (details supplied), even though it has been licenced in Ireland (details supplied). [50968/25]

Use of Vapes and Nicotine Products by Young People and Adolescents: Statements (24 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I will also highlight the growing concern about vaping and nicotine use among young people. While vapes are often marketed as safer alternatives to smoking, the reality is far more troubling. Vapes and similar products, such as nicotine pouches, pose a very serious health risk, particularly for young people whose brains are still developing. This scourge of modern society, as we could...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: In my 34 years as a primary school teacher, and having been on three secondary school boards, this is probably the worst year I can recall in terms of school transport chaos. My office is inundated with messages and calls, mostly in relation to transport for children with special needs. I could give numerous examples such as the 15 children who are today without a school bus place for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I thank our witnesses for their presentations. It is such a different landscape since I was in college from 1987 to 1990. It was easy then to come by accommodation even though it was not of great standard. I refer to the cost of it now. We had broken windows and it was a competition in the morning to see who would be able to hold out the longest without getting out of bed to turn off the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Do the witnesses disagree with the strategy of those who believe in the privatised model and want a further 10%? Do they think that is wise in the present situation? Realistically, the accommodation will not be provided. It is going to make a really bad situation much worse for everyone. Do they question the wisdom of that approach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Student Accommodation: Discussion (17 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Spot on. That is it. They are not getting properly funded so they are going to be taking the low-hanging fruit. This is the easy option but by doing that, they are actually making a dreadful situation ten times worse. If they aim for the 10% increase by 2030, God only knows what the repercussions are going to be. It is going to be disastrous for everyone.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 407. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the new taskforce for school transport will examine investing in the purchase of an adequate number of school buses; if training will be provided for bus drivers for the school transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47032/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 874. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to engage with Bus Éireann over the lack of school buses, on approved bus routes from Ferns to Bunclody County Wexford, which are leaving children with no way to get to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 968. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of bus drivers who work under the Bus Éireann scheme who have reached the age of 70 years and have had to retire due to Bus Éireann's policy; the data for the academic school years 2023-24, 2024-25 and 2025-26, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 969. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of bus drivers who will have to retire for the academic school year 2026-27, 2027-28, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 970. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason companies are withdrawing their contracts with Bus Éireann under the school transport scheme; the number that have withdrawn in the academic school years of 2023/2024, 2024/2025, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46587/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Sep 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 971. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of companies that applied for the school transport scheme for the 2025-26 academic school year, for each county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Arklow to Shillelagh greenway project (details supplied); if he will provide details on the delay; if he will commit to ensuring the project progresses in a timely manner; the timeframe for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44236/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 850. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the timeline for works on Gorey Garda station as discussed with the Minister on his visit on 19 May; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44408/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1893. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the new pay-related benefit for a person out of work (details supplied) does not account for dependants; the reason a single person can get the same as a family of four; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44237/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Immigration Support Services (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1900. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount paid out as part of the Ukrainian response for non-accommodation costs, including car repairs and other items, under the discretionary needs payment; if the details can be outlined in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44407/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 2250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be an area based scheme sought by organisations (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44238/25]

Endometriosis Care in Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jul 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Cuirim fáilte roimh mhná na hÉireann atá thuas san Áiléar Poiblí anocht. Tá céad míle fáilte rompu. Like most men, I knew very little about the silent problem of endometriosis until we held a meeting in Arklow recently for the Wicklow-Wexford constituency. It certainly was an eye-opener for me. I am sure it would be for most men, and...