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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Support should be routine and open to everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Mental Health Supports in Schools and Tertiary Education: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Thank you, Chairman. I am interested in the prefect programme being run in Coláiste Bhríde. It is something that we tried in my own school but it did not work. I am very supportive of the idea of peer-to-peer relationships and so on but the prefect programme just did not work in our school. How has Coláiste Bhríde made a success of it?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I did not expect the Minister of State to confirm with a big fanfare that the site has been chosen as Glanmire here this evening but it is not a secret anymore. Many of us have been aware that the preferred site was Glanmire up to eight months ago, to be honest. That detail was quite well known although, as I said, I do not expect the Minister of State to confirm it this evening. I...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Facilities (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I acknowledge that we had a bit of news on this issue earlier in the week, in an article featured in the Irish Examiner, courtesy of Danny McConnell, who is sitting above us. The early indications coming out of the announcement seem to suggest the confirmation we have all been looking for in Cork North-Central. Deputy Barry opposite and all the Deputies in Cork North-Central - well, many of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Accommodation (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: As we have ten minutes remaining, I will try to fit two questions in, so I will ask Deputies to be as brief as they can, please.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Textbooks (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Tá an t-am istigh. Níl an Teachta Gannon i láthair. Mar sin, bogfaimid ar aghaidh go dtí Ceist Uimh. 60, in ainm an Teachta Ó Laoghaire.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Textbooks (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Táimid ag bogadh ar aghaidh go dtí Ceist Uimh. 60 anois.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Child Abuse (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Thank you, Minister. We will let Deputy Ó Ríordáin back in, after which you may finish the reply.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We all acknowledge the issues and they are well documented, and the Minister acknowledged the challenges himself. I refer to the figures of 735 discharges and 452 new inductions. What portion of the 735 discharges are due to retirement? The Minister rightly acknowledged that as with nurses, doctors or any other job in the public sector, there will be a natural turnover of staff. Can the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Permanent Defence Forces personnel inducted and discharged by rank to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58280/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister the number of Permanent Defence Forces personnel inducted and discharged by rank to date in 2022.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I compliment the Minister on his efforts with that regular monthly engagement. I ask the Minister to detail for me, as a layperson in this field, what exactly happens at these monthly meetings. Are targets set? Are action points left to the various stakeholders? What is the general run of those meetings? Given the number of questions tabled today and most months, there is a tacit...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way in which he proposes to improve the conditions of service for Defence Forces medical officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58279/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 457 of 17 May 2022, if NEPS assessments are still being undertaken through a school (details supplied); if not, if she can ensure going forward that children in this school will be eligible through the NEPS programme for assessments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a progress report on a special education site in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57355/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (23 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is a case of déjà vuand another day another story in the Irish Examinerabout the elective hospital in Cork. It is being rolled out every couple of weeks. It is a bit self-indulgent of the many people who keep recycling the same garbage over and over again in the press. We all know the reasons we need the elective hospital. We know the importance of an elective hospital not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Council of Europe (23 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's recently concluded Presidency at the Council of Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58353/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to reports that a special school (details supplied) has had its therapy pool sessions reduced; if this decision will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 178. To ask the Minister for Health when the emergency authorisation process for Covid-19 treatments closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58291/22]