Results 1-20 of 29 for kerry speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Dec 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ..., CUH, which is the HSE's largest hospital. Ward 2D is a haematology and burns unit. It has beds, seven of which are for leukaemia patients. That is ten beds to serve the entire region of Cork, Kerry and Waterford, so capacity is the first problem. These are also some of the sickest patients in CUH. Unfortunately, ward 2D has not changed in well over 40 years. The situation is so bad...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service (8 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...cover far more than the geographic region I have explained. Ambulances often serve Cork city and get stuck there, which means there is extra pressure on the west Cork area. Ambulances often serve Kerry. I have nothing against people in Kerry being able to avail of ambulance services, but that puts a serious strain on the service in west Cork. I was contacted recently by a lady who...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: .... I especially want to talk about Cancer Connect, a service I have mentioned here in the Dáil on several occasions. Cancer Connect brings people from areas a long way from the city in Cork and Kerry to Cork University Hospital, CUH, for their radiotherapy and chemotherapy. It is an absolutely vital service but it needs funding to support it. It has 258 voluntary drivers. They do...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (13 Jun 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...been lacking. Other national routes have benefited from significant funding over the years. Macroom has a fantastic new bypass that is state-of-the-art and that will serve that region so well, right into Kerry. West Cork and the N71 have been forgotten and that needs to stop. We need to fund significant improvements.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (9 May 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 99. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in counties Cork and Kerry that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful in each county; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21464/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (9 May 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of home buyers in counties Cork and Kerry who have availed of the enhanced help-to-buy scheme since 23 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21465/23]

Finance Bill 2023: Report Stage (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...Healy-Rae will let me explain, I will convert him. I will do my best and by the time I am finished speaking, Deputy Danny Healy-Rae will be in an EV, charged by offshore renewable energy from the Kerry coast and he will have zero emissions.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...I appreciate the Minister of State sticking around to take this matter. It relates to Cancer Connect, which is an extraordinary cancer support service in Cork, west Cork and extending into County Kerry. It offers a transport service for people availing of chemotherapy and radiotherapy services in Cork University Hospital, CUH, and Cork city. At the time I got these statistics together...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (21 Feb 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ..., we need to fix the regional film development uplift maps. The regional film development uplift maps are unfair at the moment. It means that production companies in counties like Limerick and Kerry can avail of tax credits, but companies in counties like Clare and my own county of Cork cannot. It is not a fair playing field. With a west Cork hat on, west Cork is home to Jeremy Irons,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...whereby productions can get a tax credit, which makes it far more attractive to make a movie or a television programme in an area. The entire county of Cork, my home county, has been left out. Kerry is included. That is not to say that Kerry should not be included, just that Cork should also be included. Parts of Limerick are included but Clare is not. It is ridiculous. I appeal to...

Interim Report on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...to talk about CAMHS in CHO 4 in particular, which covers west Cork, including my constituency. There is clearly an issue there. The findings of the report are damning, especially in the Kerry area. My heart goes out to the families and the children who have been impacted by this. As has been brought to light recently, there is a mental health unit in CHO 4 in Bantry General Hospital...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...be most suited to Mr. Kelly or the Department. Does Discover Ireland come under Fáilte Ireland's remit or the Department's? It is Fáilte Ireland. I have the right guy to ask the question of. Kerry has its own national advertisement campaign, "Discover Kerry", under the Discover Ireland brand. I am here next to Deputy Dillon. Mayo could quite rightly have a "Discover Mayo"...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Dec 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Will other counties get the same crack of the whip that Kerry seems to get every time when it comes to promotion and Discover Ireland? I would love to see a "Discover Cork" advertisement featuring Cork tourist attractions.

National Tourism Development Authority (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (18 Oct 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...because something has happened over the past two years, of which I am sure the Minister will be aware. The months of July, August and September 2021 generated a bumper season for the regions, including west Cork, Kerry and along the western seaboard. This was because we were in a pandemic and people were discovering parts of Ireland they had not discovered before. As overseas travel was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...able to avail of the highest payments for results-based or bespoke schemes, I feel there is potentially a lack of data in some of those areas. For example, the Beara Peninsula and large parts of Kerry in the south west are included, but the Mizen Peninsula, which has very similar features and species to those of the Beara Peninsula, is for some reason excluded. It is said that that is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Agriculture Schemes (26 May 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...this right. In terms of the eight co-operation areas and the menu B items, I have been studying the maps and there is some really exciting potential there. The one most relevant to me is the Cork Kerry co-operation area which takes in parts of Kerry and large parts of west Cork. Having studied the maps, however, a very obvious omission in that area is the Mizen peninsula. The Beara...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Working Conditions and Skills Shortages in Ireland’s Tourism and Hospitality Sector: Discussion (25 May 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...to large hikes in hotel prices, particularly in the Dublin area. Something that is impacting the regional parts of Ireland – I am from west Cork, but this issue extends right up the west coast from Kerry to Donegal – is the extraordinary increase in car rental prices. There have been some reports of increases of more than 200%. What can the Department do, and what does it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Empowering Local Government and Local Communities to Climate Action: Discussion (24 May 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ..., what is the future? This applies to all tourism destinations, not just those in west Cork. I am aware I am being parochial about Durrus and Courtmacsherry but the same could be said for Mayo, Clare, Kerry and other places right throughout the west coast and around Ireland. It is going to be a turn-off. It feeds into this fear about the range of EVs.