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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Hospital Services (15 Feb 2022)

James Lawless: ...so they can be seen in a timely fashion and in a way they are not competing with children with less complex needs, which is the case at times now. There was talk in the Chamber last week of €5 million funding for Cappagh and money that has gone to CHI. There is a little bit of complexity or confusion about exactly what funding has gone where. It would be of great assistance to...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (Supplementary)
Vote 22 - Courts Service (Supplementary)
Vote 24 - Department of Justice (Supplementary) (1 Dec 2021)

James Lawless: ...Science Ireland laboratory is under development. I was delighted to attend at the turning of the sod there a couple of years ago when that was first in being. That is progressing. There is €5 million allocated to that in these Estimates. That is certainly good news. I ask the Minister of State to comment on the plans for that and how that is going. Under the same pillar,...

Gnó Comhaltaí Príobháideacha - Private Members' Business - Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Motion (26 Mar 2019)

James Lawless: ...commend the Deputies who introduced this motion to try to address the deadlock, which is not a good state of affairs. On the substantive matter, I joined students from four schools outside Naas on Friday, 15 March. These young people came out to take a stand and make their views known that enough is enough. They wanted to plead with us to state their significant concern at the failure of...

Microgeneration Support Scheme Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Nov 2018)

James Lawless: ...who have articulated the many obvious benefits of solar energy. It is inspiring to see smaller companies in particular entering that space. The industry in Ireland has the potential to deliver up to 5 GW of capacity between 2019 and 2030. To put this in context, this is the kind of energy the entire west coast could produce using offshore renewable wind in the same period, so there is a...

Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

James Lawless: ...they are not actually consuming the traditional media or public service media through the traditional channels. We also know the rate of evasion by those who do enjoy the medium is 14% in Ireland, which is very high compared to 5% in the UK. Certainly to my mind, this is a public good in the same way as schools, hospitals and other essential services. We may not always use them but we...

Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (13 Dec 2017)

James Lawless: ...platforms and certainly to engage in political debate on those platforms. The debate comes at a time when we have seen congressional hearings and the Mueller probe in the US find that up to 126 million false Facebook accounts were involved in influencing public opinion during the US presidential election. It also comes at a time when we believe the Brexit debate was similarly shaped by...

Other Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

James Lawless: ...ERC type grants. However, PRTLI is not a Science Foundation fund; it is a separate fund for a separate purpose and covers different institutions. The Minister said the budget for 2017 is €14.4 million and was €30.4 million in 2016. The 2017 budget of €14.4 million is derisory for a fund that started off in the hundreds of millions. That is where it was targeted and...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Amendment Bill 2016: Committee Stage (7 Feb 2017)

James Lawless: The purpose of amendment No. 5 provides that there will be a review of terminal dues with particular regard to section 29(1) of the Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act 2011. The amendment would require ComReg to undertake a review of the charges on An Post for international inbound mail into Ireland. Section 29 provides that terminal dues shall be transparent and...