Results 121-140 of 469 for speaker:Paul Lawless

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: Can I pose the rest of my questions now for a written response or can I write to the Minister directly?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Engagement with Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine (28 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I will forward them to the Minister and the clerk.

Independent External Medical Audit for Children's Health Ireland and National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh: Statements (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: The entire scandal with regard to CHI has been shambolic from the outset. We have more than 200 children waiting for spinal surgery. There are children waiting for scoliosis surgery who are in pain. Meanwhile, very young children had surgery needlessly. This is the legacy. We have children the State has failed to treat and failed in terms of their treatment. What happened is absolutely...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address weapons being carried through Irish airspace to Israel; the complicity of Ireland in a genocidal war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made within the EU to bring about an end to the blockade of essential aid to Gaza. [27524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans his Department has for a facility (details supplied) [27594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria and processes being used to assess the suitability of a facility (details supplied) for use as an IPAS centre. [27595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 476. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the involvement of local community groups, residents, local politicians, and Mayo Deputies in relation to the suitability assessment for a facility (details supplied) [27596/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 477. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm the projected capacity of a facility (details supplied) to accommodate international protection applicants. [27597/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 478. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an impact assessment has been conducted to evaluate the effects of establishing an IPAS centre in the Ballina area of County Mayo; and if the findings will be published. [27598/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline any agreements or contractual arrangements made with the developer for the redevelopment and operation of the property in the Ballina area of County Mayo as temporary accommodation for international protection applicants. [27599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 480. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department is coordinating with Mayo County Council and other relevant authorities to ensure the property in the Ballina area of County Mayo meets all necessary standards and regulations for its proposed use. [27600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 481. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a timeline for the decision-making process, and if approved, the expected timeline for the opening of the IPAS centre in the Ballina area of County Mayo. [27601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (27 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: 545. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child with AIMS requirements presents to pre-school, whether extra places at a school (details supplied) will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27157/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: I want to raise a very important issue on HHC, a semisynthetic cannabinoid. It is being sold legally in the State. It is being purchased and consumed by teenagers. Recently in my constituency of Mayo I heard of a harrowing case of a young teenager who consumed the drug not realising how dangerous it was because it was so freely and readily available. It ruined his life. He had to...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: We also need to ensure that companies can no longer target children with vape shops and lovely beautiful colours-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: -----and beautiful scents and smells. It is absolutely wrong. We need cross-party support. We need to address this.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: There are children who are walking the streets and teenagers purchasing vapes and HHC.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 May 2025)

Paul Lawless: It is a major issue and I hope the Tánaiste will address it and we will bring legislation-----