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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am sorry to say I also have a big long list. I will try to run through it. I have met with the Minister of State a number of times about the Rainbow Club in Cork. Obviously, I am here this evening to speak to her about that. It is a charity that does amazing work. At the last count, some 1,300 children were availing of its services every week. It does all of this for the grand sum of...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...previously by a number of Deputies. We have our own issues in Cork. To my knowledge, four children have been left in school with a note in their bag over the last couple of months. People are at breaking point. One family I am aware of were offered residential care in Dublin for their 13-year-old daughter. It is a big enough decision for any family from Cork to ask for their child to...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Further Revised) (26 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister of State's earlier comment that anybody who is aware of any sites or buildings should bring them to her attention. I am aware of a few in Cork but I will pass the details on later. I have one more question. I was not going to raise this matter but I will because it has come up. I refer to paediatric services for people who require neurological rehabilitation. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed). (25 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: ...here this afternoon. I have a couple of questions for Mr. Brownlee but I believe I should start with somebody else to give them the opportunity to come in first. I might return to Mr. Brownlee at the end of my contribution. Dr. Patterson commented that we have to be responsive to labour market needs. The blunt question is whether we have we been so responsive. I will cushion the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (Resumed). (25 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My next question is for Mr. Brownlee. We spoke about cybersecurity at a previous meeting, which is something in which I am interested. I have spoken to a few people in higher education who say they would like to see more course offerings in this area in different parts of the country. Does Mr. Brownlee have any idea how many courses there currently are in place dealing with cyber safety...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Parents of children at Carrigaline Community Special School have contacted me in relation to the patronage of their school being an inhibitor to their children with a mild to severe intellectual disability having access to local children's disability network team, CDNT, service providers. They are being told that they are ineligible for home support and respite, for example. As the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Apr 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for when construction will start on additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17611/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (30 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This week, the Cork Business Association wrote to us all about the lack of a Garda presence and Garda resources in Cork city centre. At a recent joint policing committee meeting, Chief Superintendent Myers presented figures that showed thefts alone had increased by 78% and antisocial behaviour and drug-dealing are more visible than ever on our streets. This a real concern not just for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the speech and language therapy first-time assessment waiting list in CHO4 at the latest available date; the number waiting one, two, and three years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list in CHO4 at the latest available date; the number waiting one, two, and three years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the physiotherapy first-time assessment waiting list in CHO4 at the latest available date; the number waiting one, two, and three years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14253/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 257. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for dietetics in CHO4 at the latest available date; the number waiting one, two, and three years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14254/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 258. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on a waiting list for a psychology assessment in CHO4 at the latest available date; the number waiting one, two, and three years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (21 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has conducted a review on the activities of the Russian Embassy; if he is satisfied the level of staff employed at the embassy is warranted and justifiable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13585/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (8 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 222. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment at Crumlin Children’s Hospital for an urgent scope; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11768/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Nearly two years ago, there was a particular crisis in Cork regarding the provision of special education places in schools. Thankfully, at that time, all stakeholders came together and the 50 or so children concerned were accommodated between two or three different schools and the establishment of a new school in Carrigaline. Two years on, unfortunately, we are facing the same prospect,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My apologies for being late as another committee meeting was on at the same time. I have some brief questions and I would prefer to hear the answers from our guests rather than listening to me rambling on. Having worked as a teacher in a DEIS school for 15 years, I would be particularly interested in opening this question to anybody who might wish to answer it: what measures we are taking...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: The Future of STEM in Irish Education: Discussion (7 Mar 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is probably the typical teacher in me where I ask that we might bring it back to the schools. I have had the privilege of serving on about five or six boards of management at this stage at primary level and, as I have said, I was a second level teacher. I have seen the inside of a fair number of schools. Thankfully, none of them will be able to identify themselves from what I am about...