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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I wish the officials a good afternoon. I will start by saying something positive, which is not normally like me. I acknowledge the work the section has done. When I became a Deputy in 2019, Cork was in a very dark place, particularly in the area of special education. In that context, I wish to put on record that, to my knowledge, the vast majority, if not all, students who are willing and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Yes, that is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: All right.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will go back to my general question. I am going to talk very little. I want to know the officials' position on the inflation supply chain delay framework agreement initiated by the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform last year. I have a situation with a school I will not name that is not willing to engage with the builder in that regard. Will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have a supplementary question for Mr. Loftus. Going back to the issue of inflation and supply chain management framework agreement that was brought in, I understand that it is a voluntary scheme for schools. There is nothing to coerce them into engage in it but at the same time, it is difficult enough to find people to tender for some of these projects. Would Mr. Loftus envisage any...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 91. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on when there will be an extension of service for sergeants with post-1994 contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42242/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 101. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeframe for the implementation of the Working Time Directive in the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42243/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Oct 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide extra resources to increase capacity on a bus service (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42292/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will be brief. I wish to bring to the Tánaiste's attention an issue with the eligibility criteria used by Bus Éireann. I am dealing with a child who is attending her third-nearest school, or so Bus Éireann deems it. When I analysed how Bus Éireann calculated the route, I saw that it was strictly enforcing the term “the shortest traversable route”. To...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (28 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider establishing an embassy in Iraq; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41887/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he envisages the consultation on private wires will conclude and a report from same will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41885/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the most industrious bus routes in Cork city are under-resourced and unable to fulfil their obligations at peak times; the reason school children are waiting up to two hours to get on a bus (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41725/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Cork County Council and Cork City Council have provided for the expenditure of the full €2,755,923 local improvement scheme allocations for 2023, and if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41293/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that any local improvement scheme work not undertaken by Cork County Council and Cork City Council will be contracted out thus ensuring the full value of this year’s allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41294/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Cork County Council and Cork City Council have provided for the full expenditure of the full €2,755,923 local improvement scheme, LIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for the response. The Minister does not need to be told she is from a fairly rural constituency. Even in the part of the world I am from - although I cover the northern part of Cork city - there is a large rural hinterland. We had a tough enough couple of months during the summer. It was very wet. Many roads are in a state of disrepair. It is great to see that Cork...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I want to finish by thanking the Minister again for her response. Some local authorities are better at drawing down the money than others, and that is evidenced in much of the reading I was doing before I came in this evening. If I could touch on something else, the Minister spoke about working with the Department of Transport, and possibly with the Department of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the assessment processes for accessing new medicines are too stringent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children with scoliosis; the number waiting 0 to 4, 4 to 12, and over 12 months, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40477/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average wait time for an apprentice to enter each of the taught phases, by county, in tabular form; if he is aware of delays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40478/23]