Results 81-100 of 808 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 410. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has undertaken any study to determine which age cohorts are most at risk of suicide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52669/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Suicide Incidence (2 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 411. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department holds any statistics on the number of suicides which occurred in each of the past ten years; if a breakdown can be provided by age, gender, geography and social class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52670/25]

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

Paul Lawless: It is good to be able to speak on the sports capital today. It has been a tremendous scheme for many rural communities across Mayo and the country. I recently attended the opening of my own club, Aghamore, which received sports capital to develop a gym and dressing rooms, etc. Parke Keelogues Crimlin recently opened a floodlit pitch and a walkway around its facilities. It will be hugely...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Britain's digital ID card - the so-called "Brit-card" - may be a domestic policy, but the consequences will not respect borders. By making the ID digital card mandatory for work, housing and basic services, Britain risks displacing thousands of people from the grey economy. If we consider for a moment where these people will go, are they likely to return home or to come to Ireland via the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: What analysis has been done in terms of immigration and the number of asylum seekers in relation to the Brit-card and will the Government establish an Irish Sea border for people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: I thank the witnesses for coming in. This is an important topic to discuss, and not just for grain growers. It has such a significant impact for the farming sector right across the country. In my own constituency of Mayo, for example, there is very little tillage, but I know how reliant they are in terms of foodstuff and bedding. It is an issue that is fundamentally important for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: There is no distinction whatsoever in the marketplace between how our own product is sold and genetically modified product. That needs to change. We as a committee need to write to the Minister and the European Commission to change that. It would not happen in any other industry or sector. Consumers need to know what they are buying. What is the carbon border adjustment mechanism tax...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: Has any element of the changes to urea, CBAM tax and buffer zones been introduced in the Mercosur countries? Is there any parity whatsoever in terms of environmental or food standards for the grain we are importing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Challenges Facing the Tillage Industry: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is very clear. We need to work with our colleagues across Europe to ensure there must be equivalence of standard in any trade deals. It is totally unfair that our farmers are competing against farmers across the world who are not subject to the same standards whatsoever. That is the issue here. I have made this point before. Farmers, in general, do not necessarily want subsidies; they...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (1 Oct 2025)

Paul Lawless: 89. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider amending the defective concrete blocks grant scheme to include an additional allowance for the restoration of gardens that are destroyed during the demolition and reconstruction of affected homes; if he is aware that the average cost of garden restoration is estimated at between €8,000 and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: Will the Minister of State please focus on regional rail? The Dublin to Westport line has had no significant upgrades in quite some time. From Westport to Athlone, we are still operating off a single-carriage line. The distance from Westport to Dublin is 262 km. The journey takes three hours and 20 minutes, which means that the average speed is 80 km/h. There are tractors in Mayo that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: The distance between Cork and Dublin is the same. Trains on that route reach Dublin in two and a half hours. The TGV in France has an average speed of 300 km/h. With such average speeds, it would be possible to get from Westport to Dublin in under an hour. In many cases, the people of Mayo are waiting in Roscommon for half an hour for a train to pass because of the single line and because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: Does the Minister of State have any plans to upgrade the Dublin to Westport line-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----particularly with regard to the speed of the trains?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: The big point is that in recent years the housing crisis has pushed a lot of people from Mayo out of Dublin. Covid and working conditions also played a role. We have seen many young people returning to live in Mayo and commuting to Dublin, if you can believe it. Many of these people travel to Dublin one, two or three days a week. The point I am making is that a journey of almost three and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: I am glad the Minister of State mentioned ten years ago.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 101. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to improve regional and rural transport connectivity in the west of Ireland, with particular reference to rail and bus links serving County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51780/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Public Transport (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: Will the Minister outline the steps he and the Department are taking to improve regional connectivity, particularly rail and bus services in Mayo?

Insurance Costs: Motion [Private Members] (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: The cost of insurance is crippling to so many young people. This Government has already priced young people out of the housing market, and out of the opportunity to have their own home. Now the Government is pricing them off the road. The Government is taking away their independence. That is what is happening. Over recent years, premiums have risen by on average by almost 10%. The major...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Paul Lawless: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the review into the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; his position on advancing this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51779/25]