Results 141-160 of 4,181 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Okay, so I will rephrase it. If there is an allegation of a sexual nature, is immediate action taken? Is there a process? Does the process typically take a few weeks or months? What happens?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will consider increasing the free legal aid eligibility allowance for mortgage and rent to a figure the reflects current housing market costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public patients from 2021 to 2025 on waiting lists in Cork University Hospital who have received care via insourcing activity; the extent to which this has activity reduced waiting lists, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50547/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made by her Department in expanding the screening process for newborn babies with rare diseases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50779/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the cost of childcare; the steps being taken to prevent the closure of early years and crèche services; if there is a timeframe in place to cap childcare costs as per the programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50181/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the massive investment made in recent years. Since the introduction of core funding in 2022, something in the region of €259 million has been allocated. In many constituencies, particularly in suburban areas like mine, we still face a severe lack of childcare places. One of the largest childcare providers in the country closed its doors to the scheme a couple of months...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I think we both got stuck for time when we were trying to address the question. I specifically asked about the Mary Geary set-up in Carrigtwohill. I ask about it because it is the largest provider in Munster, if not the country. We are concerned because there are no alternatives for people who choose to go elsewhere. I asked the Taoiseach about it last week but have still not received a...

School Transport: Statements (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not now how many phone calls I had with the Minister of State during the summer and in previous years about school transport, particularly in rural areas. To be fair, whether due to his good work or by coincidence, many of the problematic routes I referenced in recent years resolved themselves this year. Pending the implementation of the review commissioned by the then Minister for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Chair for ensuring that we are having this debate, particularly as it is something the wider public have been talking about for some time. I live beside a direct provision centre and have done so for 25 years. Anybody who has ever come through the gates of Ashbourne House Hotel has always been welcomed by the community and been well integrated. Notwithstanding that, recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: How does the Minister actually quantify it? That is what I am trying to discern here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister said that when he took over there were 3,000 unaccommodated international protection applicants. That figure is down to 600 today. When the Minister says "unaccommodated", does he know how many of them are in tents? Are any of them in tents or are they in emergency accommodation in hotels? If it is the latter, what is the cost for them as against the cost for people in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister said that around 5,000 people remain in accommodation after they were supposed to leave. I have come across quite a few people in my own work locally who are occupying IPAS accommodation and working full time. Of course, finding a rental property is the big question for a lot of them, particularly in urban environments. What is the plan for those 5,000 people? We looked at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: International Protection Accommodation Service: Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Yes, but 5,000 is a significant number. Where do they all go in the current environment?

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of creche groups that have withdrawn or pulled out of CORE funding in Cork in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 130. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if consideration is being given to establishing a compensation scheme to assist anglers affected by the large scale fish kill in the River Blackwater in Mallow, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fisheries Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 131. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government to provide an update on the reports he has received regarding the reasons for the large scale fish kill in Mallow, County Cork; the engagement he has had with the agencies involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy and BusConnects projects in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the number of allocations made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to Cork city council and Cork county council from 2020 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of rural public transport initiatives in Cork north central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a dedicated transport police service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50308/25]