Results 1-20 of 750 for in 'Dáil debates' speaker:Pádraig O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 4. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22349/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (29 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I read an article last month which reported that the European Commission is considering giving pharmaceutical companies financial incentives and enhancing their market exclusivity in the way they produce drugs, particularly in the niche area of orphan drugs and rare diseases. I found the article welcome but in another way it was amusing in the context of the access patients here have to...

Ireland's Recognition of the State of Palestine: Statements (28 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will speak in favour of our nation's decision to recognise the right of Palestinians to exist in their own state. In 1980, it was my party that led Ireland to become the first EU member state to declare that a solution to the conflict in the Middle East lay in a two-state solution under which a fully independent Palestine and an independent Israel could coexist. As time has passed, in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of sound barriers on motorways. There is major development around the Dunkettle interchange. While that is most welcome, with that development comes increased traffic on the roads and the greater likelihood of noise to emanate from that. Unfortunately, at the moment, it is up to TII to provide sound maps periodically. It does that but when the sounds are found to be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Business Supports (23 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate the figures the Minister has outlined to us and I want to recognise the work of Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, in keeping our own parliamentary party informed every week and trying to get us to encourage businesses to apply for it in the first place. As the Minister has laid out with the figures, the disparity between Cork county and Cork city has flummoxed me over the last...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on his plans to enhance disability supports for students in higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19707/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I appreciate the response. As the Minister will know, students with disabilities suffer significant disadvantage when it comes to college attendance and face additional costs to provide for their needs and equipment. The disability access route to education, DARE, programme provides significant supports to students with disabilities to access third level. The Minister's predecessor...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (23 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: As the Minister correctly said, students with disabilities now represent a greater proportion of the student population and it is trending in the right direction, but they are still significantly under-represented. While I, like other Deputies, do not expect the Minister to reveal any details of the budget today, I emphasise that a greater level of investment and resources could be placed...

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Amendments Nos. 12, 23, 30 to 32, inclusive, 34 and 35 are related and may be discussed together.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Amendments Nos. 14 to 21, inclusive, and 36 to 38, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Systems Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages (22 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, 8 to 10, inclusive, 13, 24 to 27, inclusive, and 33 are related and may be discussed together.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will raise the issue of IBD services in Cork with the Taoiseach. Over the last few weeks, I have been liaising with the HSE on this issue but it is appropriate to raise it again here today. The IBD service at CUH is led by three consultant gastroenterologists and two academic consultants. One clinical nurse specialist provides support for more than 2,000 patients with IBD who attend that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: As the Minister rightly said, there is probably a lag in the data as well insofar as there are 12 months, and interest rates and such are coming down. As the Minister rightly highlighted, businesses have proven to be resilient in that 82% of them said they had no change or had increased their turnover while 88% were either in profit or had broken even. "Resilience" is the right word to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My question is specifically on public liability. I want to draw the attention of the Minister of State to something which he might raise with the Minister for Education. It is specifically with regard to schools. I am aware of a particular school which typically pays €6,000 or €7,000 public liability insurance per annum. It has received three modular classrooms, which...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister report on the SME credit demand survey 2023 which was published in April, and will he make a statement on it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. I know the Minister understands the importance of SMEs to the Irish economy. As he rightly outlined in his response, more than 99% of all business in the State, and almost 70% of all employment in the business economy, is provided by SMEs. The SME credit survey is a crucial component in ascertaining how business is performing, how investment is being undertaken and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: It is great that existing insurers are willing to take greater risks and broaden the number of products they are offering people. That will be most welcome. I read an article by Charlie Weston yesterday in which it was stated there has been a 35% decrease in the number of claims and the average award is down by 41%. Most of these major reforms were at the request of the industry. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Insurance Industry (21 May 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on, or detail the progress of, the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market; to outline his Department’s engagement with insurance companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22711/24]