Results 141-160 of 760 for speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan in 'Dáil debates'

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of the former Ashbourne House Hotel in Glounthaune. I understand that accommodation and migration are very topical issues at the moment and I need to highlight this case on the floor of the Dáil. I was called to the former hotel on Friday two weeks ago and met more than 30 families who received a letter that day to tell them they had to vacate the premises by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (7 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the pension entitlements being worked on for carers by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54071/23]

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [52546/23]

Estimates for Public Services 2023: Programme for Government (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise again the issue of rare diseases. While I welcome much of the progress we have achieved in the past two years in government, particularly with the number of drugs to which people have access - more than 80 at this stage, which is great progress - I still feel somewhat disappointed that next year's budget did not contain a stand-alone budget for new drugs for rare diseases. I know...

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Pringle for his work in this regard. I welcome Dr. Muldoon and his team to the Visitors Gallery. I first came across Dr. Muldoon in 2020, when I was on the petitions committee and we were discussing the White Paper on ending direct provision. The context was very different back then compared with where we are today. It is important we understand that context and appreciate...

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Has the Minister already spoken?

Special Report by the Ombudsman for Children on Direct Provision: Motion (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister has 15 minutes.

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Like most people, I will start by saying I have not read all 700-odd pages of the Bill. To be fair, most people have been truthful in that regard tonight. I have, however, cherry-picked bits and pieces in which I have a personal interest. Going back to my days as a councillor, the one fundamental power or responsibility I felt I had as a councillor, as a local rep, was my input to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Tánaiste is correct. As an observer to what is going on from the outside, I suppose many countries have shifted in their attitudes and their outlook in regards to the conflict over the past few weeks. At the Union for the Mediterranean meeting that was attended by High Representative, Mr. Josep Borrell, and the Tánaiste attended, it was agreed that, ultimately, a two-state...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is fair to say that most fair-minded people in this Chamber are appalled by the terrible suffering and the inhumane conditions experienced by all the citizens of Gaza and beyond in the current conflict. I have listened to the Tánaiste over the past few weeks emphasise the importance of diplomacy and this has been demonstrated over the past number of weeks. From an EU perspective, it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update regarding his engagements with EU Foreign Affairs Ministers in relation to the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50163/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Tánaiste to provide an update regarding his engagement with EU Foreign Affairs Ministers in regard to the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza.

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I want to raise again the issue of thalidomide survivors. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, who is present in the Chamber, Deputy Devlin, the Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, Senator McGreehan and I have raised this issue persistently for a number of years. I turned on my TV on Tuesday night, as I told the Tánaiste last night, to see the Australian Prime Minister had given an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State and note his response. The majority of public sector pay is dealt with collectively, and I understand the logic and rationale behind that. From the outset, I wish to say that I have a family member who is involved in a pay dispute. I wish to discuss the pay disparity between medical scientists and clinical biochemists. Medical scientists are paid...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for that advice. The medical scientists’ group engaged with the Labour Court in good faith. Out of that engagement, the Devine report was commissioned. It categorically and unequivocally stated that in the overwhelming majority of work in both professions, there existed no evidence of a material distinction between the grades’ roles and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of binding Labour Court recommendations on pay rates for public servants that have yet to be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52127/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Labour Court (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister about the NDP delivery and reform and the number of binding Labour Court recommendations on pay rates for public servants that have yet to be implemented. Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate that. I know the phrasing of the question is quite generic in nature. As recently as last Friday I was in Mallow town and had the opportunity to visit a number of one-stop shops that are providing services for people who are engaged in the process of retrofitting their houses. Even they noted when I was visiting them last Friday with Billy Kelleher that there is a significant...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This relates to the measures the Minister of State outlined in his initial response that were taken to combat spiralling inflationary costs in the past year or 18 months. I think back to a project in my area. I will not identify the school but it was a school contract where the legislation provided for schools and other bodies to engage voluntarily in the process surrounding revised costs...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (28 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister of State give an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome 8 of the National Development Plan and if he will make a statement on the matter with specific reference, if he can, to flood prevention schemes, given recent incidents of flooding in Cork and beyond.