Results 1-9 of 9 for kerry speaker:James O'Connor

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: The SouthDoc service in my area spans the five Dáil constituencies of County Cork and the whole administrative area of County Kerry. We have seen significant challenges with SouthDoc services and they have come down to doctor shortages. Whistleblowers in SouthDoc have described problems relating to doctors not wanting to take shifts over weekends that may be in some way awkward. There...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: ..., like her, with the commitment to try to address this issue. She eloquently put it about having the awareness, for the likes of us in rural constituencies, whether it is Deputy Griffin in County Kerry or others in constituencies across the country, that this is a very personal matter to rural households. It is their equivalent to an urban family of public transport. It is their way to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

James O'Connor: ...living in east Cork, north Cork or Cork city, if not the entirety of the county, the earliest date available is 16 January, which is appalling. Deputies Healy-Rae are famous for advocating for Kerry but this goes beyond Kerry. The problem is over the border in County Cork as well. It affects Deputy Lowry's constituency in Tipperary and Deputy Cathal Crowe's constituency in County Clare....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (24 Jan 2023)

James O'Connor: 143. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of Cork businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number of Kerry businesses that have applied; the number of Cork applications that have been successful; the number of Kerry applications that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for each...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

James O'Connor: ...course was the person who was waiting for the ambulance is now deceased. Unfortunately, this seems to be a recurring issue. Our existing ambulance service staff, especially those in the HSE Cork-Kerry region, are working exceptionally hard. I know many of them and they are good people but they will say themselves they are under huge stress. Something I find completely unacceptable is...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

James O'Connor: ...extraordinarily frustrating from my perspective, and Mr. Fitzgerald can attest to this because we raised it immediately with him at the first Oireachtas forum that took place for counties Cork and Kerry in Ballincollig following the HSE's decision, is the constant changing of the story around why the centre was being closed. First, the decision was postponed. Then we heard of plans for...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 38 - Health
Health Service Executive - Financial Statements 2021 (29 Sep 2022)

James O'Connor: I have two quick questions related to my constituency. The SouthDoc service is very important to the people of Cork East, Kerry and County Cork in general, but it is at enormous risk because of the potential reshuffling of existing centres. Will the HSE to commit to meeting a delegation of public representatives from the area to discuss this problem? I am happy to do this on an apolitical...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022)

James O'Connor: ...are capable of printing even more than they are now but the paperwork has to be done for that. If somebody completes the documentation, it is an unmerciful journey to go from Castletownbere, Kerry, Wexford, Waterford and Tipperary to Balbriggan in north Dublin in order to collect a passport in an emergency. There is much merit in having at least one machine in the south of the country,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

James O'Connor: ..."Well done" to Mr. Paul Moran and everyone working on the project. Similarly, I compliment the work being done in Ballyvourney and Macroom. It will have a significant impact on travel between Kerry and the rest of the country. Particularly for people in our neck of the woods who travel in that direction, it will make a big difference, so I am delighted to see it happen. ...