Results 81-100 of 4,213 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for acknowledging the great work the hospice does. I should have led by saying I remember that a few years ago, I heavily lobbied the then Minister for public expenditure - I think it was Michael McGrath at the time - about Marymount hospice, which does phenomenal work in Cork. It is now fully funded in the area of staff. An arrangement was done with section...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospice Services (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We are moving to health now. I think the Minister of State, Deputy O'Sullivan, has covered education and transport this evening and I am not sure what else. Fair play to him. I want to talk about the LauraLynn Foundation. I recently met the chief executive and head of communications in advance of the budget. To give the Minister of State a bit of background, the LauraLynn Foundation was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had any recent engagement with the FAI regarding its search for a new location for a centre of excellence in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52197/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the Federation of Sport pre-budget submission request for a 10% compound increase in sport funding for the national governing bodies, local sports partnerships and other funded bodies over the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 111. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the bed capacity across the hospitals in Cork; if she will provide an update on the commitment made in 2024 to provide an additional 472 hospital beds across Cork by 2031; the timeline for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52196/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (2 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the new elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52195/25]

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I start by supporting Deputy Kenny's call for clarity for that project in Mallow. To be fair, the funding announcement was made. I do not think the funding is in jeopardy at all. I do not want this to turn into a negative story because the funding is still there. My understanding is that extra information was requested and it has now been submitted. It is now just a matter of sign-off....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of days the Jack Lynch Tunnel has been closed in 2025 to date; the nature of the closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52233/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of scheduled tunnel closures for the Jack Lynch Tunnel for the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the reason for the closures; the cost of maintenance over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52234/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the vulnerability of Ireland’s undersea cable infrastructure as indicated recently by a person (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure those cables are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49095/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of parents who have put in a complaint regarding their child not receiving an assessment of needs in a timely manner; the number upheld for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52232/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 159. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the additional funding allocated to residential placements for adults with an intellectual disability in 2025; the number of places that will be provided in CHO 4; if additional funding will be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52235/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2026 (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 180. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to pre-budget requests from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52229/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available in budget 2026 to address critical staffing shortages and infrastructure gaps in CAMHS for young persons with moderate to severe mental health needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52230/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (1 Oct 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 182. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists for each of the CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52231/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [48524/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Health Services (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the elective hospitals and surgical hubs that are being delivered across the country, with particular reference to the Cork situation. Initially, in response to parliamentary questions, we were told it was envisaged that patients would be seen by 2027, all going well. The language used in parliamentary questions of late is frustrating and now suggests patients might not be seen...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will follow on from Deputy Whitmore. It is quite clear that everybody in the room might have been fulfilling their statutory duties to the letter of the law, or that is what has been presented. That may well be the case, but it is quite clear from listening to people on the ground and other public representatives over those weeks that there was an absence of information at times. People...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Is that decision to consider the organisation’s position on the emergency response taken in light of failings that everybody here has identified concerning this particular incident, or was it happening anyway?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Fish Kill in the River Blackwater: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is a lesson learned from this particular event.