Results 61-80 of 384 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the Minister's assistance on those cases. As the Minister quite rightly pointed out, people who make second-chance applications and move courses should be supported in a bigger way than is currently the case. The extension of the timeline should be looked at and the acceleration of more online courses, which will reduce the cost to the person, would be of assistance as well. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 6. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants from Mayo who had their SUSI application refused in the 2024 academic year. [25803/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 11. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SUSI applicants from Mayo who had their SUSI revoked in the middle of the academic year. [25802/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applicants from Mayo who had their SUSI application approved in the 2024 academic year. [25804/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the Minister and Minister of State for attending to discuss these important matters. The questions concern SUSI applications for County Mayo, in particular the number and the percentage of the refusal rate, the revoked applications and the successful applications, and how this compares with the national situation.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I would like to raise some concerns, in particular regarding the revoked applications. In some instances, the money is never actually seen by the applicant and is directly linked to the university. I am aware of one case where the university failed to notify SUSI that the student had left the course and, as a result, the student was penalised the following year – essentially, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to mitigate the penalties faced by young carers who may miss mandatory labs or exams due to care responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to reduce the financial hardship of the contribution fee for third level Universities. [25805/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Reviews (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 95. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of State funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures his Department is implementing to clear the backlog of apprentices awaiting completion of their training. [15186/25]

Fair and Sustainable Funding for Carers, Home Support and Nursing Homes Support Schemes: Motion [Private Members] (21 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome the motion and thank my colleagues in Independent Ireland for bringing it forward, which we in Aontú are delighted to support. I am happy to hear that the Government will not be opposing it. Every day in Ireland, carers, both paid and unpaid, provide tremendous service to their families, their communities and the State. The value they provide, both socially and economically,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (21 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 135. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hysterectomy operation after cancellation for the fourth time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26072/25]

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I welcome these statements. Aontú will be supporting the Opposition's motion later this evening. I met Cara Darmody today. What struck me most was how young she is. As I looked at her chocolate, her buns and her homework, it struck me just how young she is, yet she is forced into this campaign which is three years in the making. I commend Cara. I also commend the thousands of...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: The cost of accommodating asylum seekers has ballooned in recent years. It is now ten times the figure in 2019. It cost the State €1.2 billion this year. This is an extortionate cost to the taxpayer. Essentially, the State is paying hotel or accommodation owners a hotel occupancy rate. It has cost the State €4 billion since 2019. The average cost of renting a three-bedroom...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 12. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will meet next. [25743/25]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: There have been no paramedics hired this year.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: Front-line paramedics and EMTs.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: Front-line paramedics and EMTs. The numbers are there in the reply to the parliamentary question. I can give them to the Taoiseach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I raise with the Taoiseach a reply to a parliamentary question I received from the Minister for Health. In the last year and a half, since January 2024, just five paramedics and 12 emergency medical technicians, EMTs, have been hired by the National Ambulance Service. This is despite the fact that a recent report states that there are 1,000 staff shortages. There is a major crisis in the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (20 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the proposals made at the emergency TB stakeholder forum and address the comments surrounding restriction and blacklisting of herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/25]