Results 81-100 of 118 for long speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the issue of long wait times for driver test dates due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15528/21]

Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (10 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...an exciting time to be part of a new Department. As a former teacher and educator, it is the apprenticeship side of things which really excites me. I think apprenticeships will finally get their long-overdue respect. They need to be a focus of the Government in rolling this out. I note the good work done by both the Minister and the Minister of State in speaking positively about the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Impact of Covid-19 on Reopening of Schools and State Examinations: Update (2 Mar 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate that. I am aware that short-term and long-term solutions are being explored. As the Minister of State acknowledged, though, about 20 children will potentially be getting home tuition in September. Everything must be done to investigate possible short-term solutions to allow those children to get in-school teaching. Medium and long-term options are great as well, if they exist...

Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Feb 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...on the left standing up, one by one, criticising people being unable to attend communions, parties and funerals. That very same party, as is well documented, attended a funeral in the North not so long ago and there was no question of fines, isolation or quarantine afterwards. It is quite hypocritical that they stand up, one by one, and throw those accusations when they themselves have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (18 Feb 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...she could give regarding the meetings in Cork between the NCSE, the Cope Foundation and her Department. In the initial technical report, three options were considered - short, medium and long-term. I understand the option of converting Montenotte House was the short-term option. Now that it seems to have been ruled out following the technical report submitted, will the Minister of State...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...if his attention has been drawn to the HSE’s national renal office statement that in-centre haemodialysis patients should be considered similar to persons aged 65 and older who are residents of long-term care facilities in terms of prioritisation for the first wave of Covid-19 vaccination given that such patients are extremely medically vulnerable and have a very high mortality...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 924. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to published data indicating a Covid-19 case mortality rate amongst kidney patients similar to that of residents of long-term care facilities; if on account of the particular vulnerability of kidney patients such as persons on dialysis and kidney transplant recipients will be moved into cohort 1 for Covid-19 vaccination; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flexible Work Practices (10 Feb 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures he is considering in order to facilitate long-term working from home in addition to legislating for the right to work from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6690/21]

Response of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to Covid-19: Statements (28 Jan 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...of possibly dezoning that land, looking elsewhere and zoning land that is available for development. It might not be popular to say, but it would be far more proactive and beneficial in the long term. Finally, the Minister is undertaking a review of the HAP scheme. Is there any update on that or any intention to undertake that review? In addition, does he have any information on any...

Covid-19 (Special Educational Needs Provision): Statements (21 Jan 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...there is a need for a new special education school in Cork. I understand that investigations have been conducted by one education provider into Montenotte House in Cork North-Central, where we have a long waiting list for children to attend a special education school. Is the Minister of State aware of any update in that regard? I am fully conscious that we are talking about the need for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...on for a number of years. The Commission was first asked to help with this work back in October 2018. The expert group started its work in 2014 to identify and consider issues related to the long-term sustainable funding of higher education in Ireland and to identify funding options for the future. The programme for Government commits to developing a long-term sustainable funding model...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...methods of increasing the sustainability of higher and further education provision in Ireland? As the Minster will know, this question is an important one. The sector needs a sustainable long-term trajectory, a need which Covid-19 has only reinforced. When can we expect to see developments in this regard?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...financially. The issue is that they cannot draw down a previously approved mortgage. Often their employers provide letters to state that their employment will not be affected and there is no long-term financial difficulty, yet they are not able to draw down the mortgage. I urge the Minister to engage further with the banks on this issue.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (26 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response and appreciate where he is coming from regarding the importance of protecting people who may not have long-term financial security. Nobody is advocating that banks approve loans to people whose jobs are not viable or that they lend recklessly. I am not suggesting that for one minute. I emphasise that I am referring to applicants who were pre-approved...

Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements (19 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...as a result of Covid-19 and this funding will provide some much-needed security at this difficult time. I also welcome that a review of SUSI has been announced. Many Deputies will agree the review is long overdue. I have seen it throughout my constituency work in recent months where people have been left frustrated with the process. Many students through no fault of their own have to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Post Office Network (10 Nov 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...elderly and vulnerable. The post office is at a critical juncture. During the Covid-19 pandemic, its transactions are estimated to have decreased by approximately 25%. I acknowledge that it is a long-standing Government policy that postal services will not be directly subsidised by the Government. However, we find ourselves in unprecedented times. In 2017, the Minister for Finance...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (22 Oct 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the recent announcement in the budget for additional gardaí and administration staff. I expect it will go a long way to tackling the matter I wish to raise. What is the Government's position on tackling knife crime? What new initiatives will the Government undertake to address the matter?

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Communications (22 Sep 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...Department is not free of charge; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that the charges for calling from a mobile phone are significant particularly when many persons are waiting for long periods of time due to the increase in the volume of calls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25400/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (10 Sep 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...to know if any other public representatives will do similar research over the coming months on other wastewater treatment plants in their areas, which are managed by Irish Water, because there is a long story here. Irish Water is not covering itself in any glory.

Covid-19 (Justice and Equality): Statements (4 Jun 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...being perpetrated. We all saw the carry on in Salthill the other day and the increasingly precarious situations in which gardaí find themselves. Strengthening our community policing structures would go a long way towards tackling this issue head-on. The fear factor from antisocial behaviour like this can be reduced through public education, high-interaction patrols, problem solving...