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Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: The fact of the matter is that normal working families are being affected by a cost-of-living crisis. This Government has lost control of it. Week on week, families see their shopping bills rise and rise, and the Government is burying its head in the sand, ignoring people's hardships and refusing to bring forward a cost-of-living package. Even the conscious shopper using the so-called...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on regulatory framework governing drones used for commercial deliveries; the options that exist for residents to opt out of flight zones; and for an update on any other related information on committee discussions or ministerial action on this issue. [37450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will re-introduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor's degree to attend a postgraduate course in a college (details supplied); and the supports he has put in place to help undergraduates progress from their early childhood care degree to furthering their studies to become a special education teacher....

Middle East: Statements (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Last Sunday in Dublin West, I attended the anniversary of the genocide of 8,372 men and boys, some as young as 12 years of age, who were murdered by Serb forces. This year is the 30th anniversary. I will give a brief synopsis. Between April 1992 and 1993, Srebrenica and villages in the area held by Bosnian Muslims were constantly subjected to Serb military assaults, including artillery...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: The last paragraph is slightly worrying because in the presentation that was given to us on Monday evening by the principal and the patron of the school, it was stated that the SENO gave a verbal commitment to the school that the deadline of 19 February would be waived for pupils in St. Mochta’s as classes were not sanctioned on this date. The principal met with all parents on 5 March...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: I know the Minister of State is aware of the issue in St. Mochta’s National School and the two special classes. First and foremost, we should express our concern for the parents and children involved in this situation. St. Mochta’s agreed to open up two classes after long discussions and much dialogue with the NCSE - one in temporary accommodation in the library and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an updated timeline for the full roll-out of contactless payment on Dublin Bus, and across the wider public transport network. [36258/25]

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: It is run by volunteers.

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Volunteers did that for decades.

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Look at Moore Street.

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Has the Minister of State been down Moore Street recently?

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Has the Minister of State been down Moore Street recently?

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: Has Deputy McAuliffe? Has he seen Moore Street recently?

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: There will be a new apartment block on Moore Street

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: The people of this State should not be surprised that the Government proposes to develop the historic GPO into a commercial centre for office and retail units. It should not be surprising because the Government, especially Fianna Fáil, talks out of both sides of its mouth. It talks about protecting our heritage and revolutionary past, yet despite promise after promise the Taoiseach has...

Review of Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004: Statements (1 Jul 2025)

Paul Donnelly: I have read the document and, to be honest, most of it reads as a list of the failures of the systems of this Government and previous Governments and their failure to ensure that children with additional needs get the help and support, and, therefore, the education, they deserve. I have experienced a number of key ongoing issues. I started working as a family support worker in 2001. I...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 237. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of instances in 2024 and to date in 2025 in which bombs, grenades or improvised explosive devices have been used; and the number of occasions during this period where Gardaí sought the assistance of the Army ordnance corps to manage such cases, in tabular form. [33966/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of horses that had trials to get into the Defence Forces Equitation School in the years 2024 and to date in 2025; and of the number of horses that had trials, the number that were successful in being accepted into the equitation school in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [33979/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated through advertisement on the sides and rear of the Dublin Bus fleet in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [33962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jun 2025)

Paul Donnelly: 259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of refurbishment works that were carried out at Busáras in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to be carried out at this station over the next 18 months. [33963/25]