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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the progress being made by an association (details supplied) with regards to corporate governance reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53458/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can clarify if funding allocated to any Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF) can be amended or whether monies can be transferred from one project to another by the applicant; if she can elaborate if there is any flexibility around changing parameters for existing or agreed funding; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts being made in his Department to streamline the employment permit process to facilitate the recruitment of workers for the private and voluntary nursing home sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 518. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Minister for Justice regarding the need to expedite Garda vetting for homecare workers, which would lead to an average turnaround of 2-3 days as opposed to 2-4 weeks, which would assist with the onboarding of new homecare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53277/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a home support waiting list in CHO 4, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (5 Dec 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 520. To ask the Minister for Health what efforts are being made to develop a graded career structure in homecare that rewards and encourages upskilling and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53280/23]

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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the progress of the northern distributor road; the amount of funding that will be allocated in 2024 to progress the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Mallow relief road; the level of funding that will be allocated in 2024 considering only €100,000 was allocated in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52474/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a three-classroom extension project at a special school (details supplied) in County Cork will progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52739/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (30 Nov 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review into the schoolbook grant scheme for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52740/23]