Results 1,561-1,580 of 3,930 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount allocated under the 2018 Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF); if she can clarify how much has been drawn down; how the review of the LSSIF is progressing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23288/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht with regards to the Centre of Excellence in Glanmire, if she can outline the position in relation to entitlements and conditions of the grant funding; if she will provide an update on future plans for a centre of excellence in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 86. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to use new technologies/building techniques to increase the delivery and supply of modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23219/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 108. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of properties approved by both Cork City Council and Cork County Council for the tenant in-situ-scheme; the number of properties actually handed over, and those still in train; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23220/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have two more supplementary questions. Other nations in the EU, such as Finland and Sweden, have decided to join NATO. Will the Tánaiste tell us his thoughts on other neutral nations such as Austria, Cyprus and Malta and any other neutral nation he might want to refer to, with regard to how the question is being debated in their own parliaments and countries? I am trying to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a report on the planned consultative forums on security and defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22628/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Tánaiste to furnish the House with a report on the planned consultative forum on security and defence.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: While the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces predates the Russian invasion of Ukraine it does mention the threat Russia poses. It states, "Ireland’s global geostrategic environment, looking out to 2030, will be characterised by intensified great power competition." In an era of intensified great power competition, the commission report states that Ireland can expect,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the establishment of the statutory inquiry recommended by the Independent Review Group into the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22627/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on a special education site (details supplied) in Glanmire, County Cork and a special education site in Carrrigtwohill, County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing school transport review will facilitate children in September 2023 who cannot gain access to their nearest school due to a shortage of school places and would then not qualify for school transport as they would not be attending their nearest school or second nearest school; if she will give specific consideration to an area...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 640. To ask the Minister for Health following the recent pandemic, the health system saw the usage of PPE soar beyond anything the State has ever experienced; the vast majority of this involved single use plastics; n light of the Single Use Plastics Directive 2019 can you inform me the actions that are being taken by the HSE to reduce single use plastics such as PPE in the system; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 661. To ask the Minister for Health the funding proposals he has considered for the HSE Home Support Tender 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 662. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE will go to market with a tender (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (16 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with the relevant ETB, Solas and other agencies regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23136/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a further update on the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; if he can provide a timeline on when it is likely to go to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21895/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We were here a few months ago seeking the latest update on this project. I have no doubt we will be here again looking for further updates the next time the Minister of State is taking questions in the Chamber. We welcome the update he has provided. People are getting frustrated. Their frustration does not necessarily stem from the process. The process is the process and it has to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Government is going to deliver this scheme. Fair enough, we might all wish that it had happened many months sooner but this scheme is going to be delivered. I would welcome it if the Minister of State could give reassurance to people. I was listening to his discussion with Deputy Conway-Walsh earlier. Obviously there are difficulties in other parts of the country with OPW schemes. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It must be said that the Minister of State himself did come on-site a number of months ago and that has to be welcomed, just as the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, did before him. Both of them reiterated on site to the people they met that day, residents and businesses, that money is not an issue. The issues concerned the process that was being undertaken initially and then, subsequently,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (11 May 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of employment permits approved for workers outside the European Economic Area to address skills shortages in Ireland’s dairy, transport and home care sectors since December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22031/23]