Results 761-780 of 3,851 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding streams are available to a school struggling with increased insurance costs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19433/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the €20 million in medicines savings which his Productivity and Savings Taskforce intends to achieve in 2024; whether it is intended that all of these savings will be reinvested in new medicines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19014/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 729. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in Cork city and Cork county which have ceased providing medical card services over the past five years; if he will provide an overview of the dental services currently offered to medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19412/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 730. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are in place for persons whose dentist withdraws from the medical card service or does not accept medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19413/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 731. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the implementation of the national oral health policy, Smile agus Sláinte; the timeline for implementation; the cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19414/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 732. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to establishing a clinical care programme for those living with lung fibrosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19418/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. As she said, the service is demand-led. It comes down to the area manager, the welfare office or the case officer dealing with the people to decide if the applicant is eligible for the service. The Minister has acknowledged in her response that up to 50% of the overall cost is also covered. Does the Department have any intention to review that 50% allocation or will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 14. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18137/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: What is the number of persons who have availed of the activation and family support programme in 2022 to fund the cost of training supports and education courses for people on social welfare in Cork?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Schemes (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It goes without saying that we all understand the merits of this programme and would like to see it continue to be funded in the future. I looked at previous parliamentary questions from over the years and was interested to learn that the funding in 2008 was €5.4 million, but in 2012 it was just €2.5 million. It has gradually reduced. The last figure I have in this...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simply and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996, as per the summer legislative programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18281/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when applications will be open for expressions of interest for the 2024/2025 transition year pilot programme; if she will provide information on how schools can apply (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18506/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address matters in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18590/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (24 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of the number of croí cónaithe applications have been made and processed in each local authority for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (24 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 20 March 2024, the number of Garda vetting appeals heard by appeals officers for the years 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí working in road policing in Cork city and county at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17791/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (23 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures her Department has taken to date to tackle cybercrime; her views on whether enough resources have been allocated to the Garda to deal with cybercrime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17790/24]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (23 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the lower Lee flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15531/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (23 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken by his Department and agencies under the remit of his Department (ESV, ESB Networks, Eirgrid, CRU, SEAI) to use surplus renewable energy to tackle fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (23 Apr 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a road project in Cork (details supplied); if considerations will be given to fast-tracking the project due to the amount of delays being caused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17969/24]