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Vacant Council Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: We have a bit of contradiction in that there are so many people without homes, yet there are so many homes without people. The vast majority of these are in private hands. However, there are more than 2,500 vacant council houses throughout the State. Of these, 834 have been vacant for more than a year. Each of these homes should have a local family living in it. Almost all councils have...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: I, too, would like to be associated with the remarks about Garda Kevin Flatley. Having been a member of the joint policing committee for Wicklow–Wexford for many years, I have met Mr. Harris before and am acutely aware of the crisis with recruitment and retention. With regard to retention, I am thinking about the case of a person I know locally who is aged 19 or 20, is very...

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Would the individual be able to contact the Garda before the next recruitment round in September?

Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration: Policing Matters: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: On my last point, can Mr. Harris clarify that those residing in IPAS centres can actually become members of the Garda?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1054. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new Gardaí assigned to Arklow, Avoca, Rathdrum, Carnew, Aughrim, Tinahely and Gorey stations each year over the past five years, by station and not division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30473/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1055. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for the crime figures for counties Wicklow and Wexford over the past five years, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1056. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of Gardaí to date in each of the stations in Arklow, Avoca, Aughrim, Carnew, Tinahely and Gorey, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1610. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public dentists who have retired in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30519/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant dental positions in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years; the positions of these that were filled, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30520/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1612. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children and adolescents on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 1613. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults on waiting lists for public dentists in counties Wicklow and Wexford in the past five years, including the time spent on the list, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30522/25]

Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Some years ago, I was fortunate enough to stay with the lovely people of Gaza. It is a tiny place just one third the size of County Dublin or one quarter the size of my constituency of Wicklow–Wexford. It now has 2.2 million people, mostly children, who are corralled into what is, in effect, a concentration camp. We see emaciated, corpse-like children deliberately being starved and...

Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (27 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Cathaoirleach for the opportunity. I wish the Minister of State well in his important brief. I am Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin from Wicklow-Wexford, which is a new constituency. I am on the education committee but have an interest in this committee too. I welcome the Minister of State's comments on Gaza. It is important that this State leads...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Business of Joint Committee (21 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: Likewise, I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on her elevation to this position. It is a great honour for her, I am sure, to hold it. My background is that I was a primary school teacher for almost 35 years. The education and training board, ETB, in the south east and the South East Technological University that will come on stream shortly are big areas of interest to me. Like previous...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: As someone who was in my 35th year of primary teaching when I finished up in December, having taught in the area of special education for most of the past decade, it is an area that I am quite familiar with. A shockingly high figure is that of 2,314 children still waiting for an assessment of need in the Wicklow-Kildare HSE area, which is the highest number outside of Dublin. A smaller but...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Maritime Jurisdiction (20 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 742. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will revisit the case of a fishing boat (details supplied) which has had cross-party agreement to resolve the long-drawn-out case for the family. [25994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (20 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 853. To ask the Minister for Health if she will approve the outstanding service level agreement for a meals-on-wheels group (details supplied); if funding will be provided as agreed in 2024, noting that no funds have been received since September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25762/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 292. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when applicants of the ACRES scheme will receive their long-overdue payments (noting approximately five thousand applicants are waiting for scheme pay since 2023); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24994/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in ACRES scheme payments; if a solution has been provided for this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (15 May 2025)

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin: 294. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to commit to delaying the implementation of GAEC-2 to support the farming industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/25]