Results 1,601-1,620 of 2,565 for speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Cork and Kerry that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being carried out to ensure that there is no repeat of the delays with applications experienced in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3761/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 134. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place to strengthen the Naval Service in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3821/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Naval Service will reach its approved establishment strength; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3820/22]

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The Minister of State will not be surprised to hear that west Cork is not immune to youth mental health issues. Young people today amaze me. They are bright, intelligent and incredibly good at opening up and speaking about issues. The level of anxiety out there is phenomenal and it is brought about by bullying, be that physical bullying, cyberbullying, pressures of social media, pressures...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have to raise the issue of the impending missile testing due to take place off the west Cork coast by the Russian army. At this point I have to outline the devastating impact this missile testing will have on marine wildlife in the area. The area in question is known as the Porcupine Seabight. To describe the Porcupine Seabight, it is almost like a chunk taken out of the continental...

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Tomorrow will mark two weeks since Aisling Murphy was attacked and murdered by a man in Tullamore. While I welcome the fact that two weeks later we are still having this conversation and discussing the issue in the Dáil, we have to ensure that we continue to discuss this issue and focus on the issue of violence against women and that we do not let the cry for help from women right...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (25 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 149. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the review for planning exemptions for solar panels for educational and community buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to extending the 31 December 2021 deadline for companies to register for the employment wage subsidy scheme given that some companies experienced difficulties in accessing their accountant due to disruptions over the Christmas period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3527/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (25 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the management measures that the National Parks and Wildlife Service is putting in place to prevent further deterioration of the biodiversity at Lough Hyne, Skibbereen, west County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the criteria which are applied to means tested social welfare benefits such as disability allowance and medical cards takesinto account compensation payment the recipient may have received from the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (25 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if he will include home support workers and staff who work in the disability service sector in the recognition payment of €1,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3529/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (20 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Castletownbere.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (20 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of the Cope Foundation facility in Bandon, which is closed at the moment, and the impact this is having on the Cope facility in Clonakilty. As the Minister of State knows well, at the start of Covid disability services were scaled back and closed in certain instances. The Minister of State fought really hard to ensure that those facilities were reopened to the fullest...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (20 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I am delighted with what she has said. She hit the nail on the head and mirrored exactly what Liam's family said to me before I came into the Chamber, namely, that Liam does not have a voice. He needs a voice and people like him need a voice. The Minister of State is right that if the same thing was happening to someone who was able to articulate issues, it...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (20 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the ongoing issue with flooding at Faxbridge roundabout in Clonakilty, County Cork following on from the OPW works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 96. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her strategy to ensure that environmental sustainability will be a core component of the recovery of the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2496/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (20 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 143. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the strategy to support sustainable tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2495/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 302. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing the VAT on building supplies to help with the cost of building new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 1447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current waitlist for parents and guardians waiting on an AON assessment; the steps that are being taken to improve these wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (19 Jan 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 1540. To ask the Minister for Health when the day care centre at Clonakilty Community Hospital will return to normal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63521/21]