Results 1-20 of 94 for long speaker:Christopher O'Sullivan

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 Apr 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...pain poor Anna will go through. I acknowledge that much work has been done but the Department needs to acknowledge that it is still not good enough and that young people should not be waiting as long as they are, not just for surgery but even to get a date for surgery. Anna and her mum, Marion, have no idea whether the surgery will happen in a month, a year or two years. They should...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Éileamh don Ghaelscolaíocht: Plé (24 Apr 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ..., after listening to Cormac McCashin, and obviously this is not a committee I attend regularly, it seems the starting point is at a very low base and Department policy so far means there is a long way to go before we see these secondary schools being built. Cape Clear was mentioned and it is sad to see three pupils enrolled in the primary school there at the moment. A lot of that is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...the situation that followed. It is not good enough that it has taken us almost a full year to get staff and their representatives into committee to hear from them. I am sorry it has taken that long but I am glad they are here now and that we will hear from them. I hear clearly the desperate plea from staff and union representatives for the future funding model to be decided. It is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is better it comes out now because this has been such a long drawn-out process, it has been like pulling teeth. The public are frankly sick of it. The sooner we know that information, the better.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...was fairly hard core and, I would argue, was not very sensitive. Essentially, a whole section of the Bandon River was dredged and a new mountain or hill was created from the dredged material along the road which goes along the Bandon River. One can imagine the devastation. A weir was also put in as a fish pass, which, by all accounts, is not working. If our witnesses are not familiar...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Wastewater Treatment (31 Jan 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: .... It is not acceptable that people will have to wait for the 2025 to 2029 funding cycle, and I will not accept it. I cannot go back to the people of Dunmanway and tell them they have to wait that long. The process of upgrading the Dunmanway wastewater treatment system so that houses can once again be built has to start straight away. It has to start this year in 2024 with the design,...

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...organisation service user to get funding from the HSE. When it looked down the path of registering to be a charitable organisation, it found it was far too arduous and would have taken far too long. It did not have the expertise on its board or the supports to do that. It has had to piggyback on another organisation in order to access that funding. When the Department and the Charities...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Properties (23 Jan 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...to attract people to the island. I am not sure whether the Department of Defence is directly involved in this type of activity with regard to tourist attractions but perhaps something like a long-term lease with Cork County Council could be arranged that would allow access to funding to make it a world-class visitor attraction. I am thinking of places such as Spike Island and Charles...

Planning and Development Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...are completely unreasonable but because of those objections, applications end up going to the board. It takes years to get through the board, although it is 18 months in some instances. It is far too long and we need to stamp that out. It is not just individuals who are objecting. A big issue is that some of our own State bodies are objecting to young people's applications. This is...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: How long do I have?

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will not be long. I have a few questions and I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the officials for attending. I will start with the Minister and her opening statement, in which she mentioned the interim funding for RTÉ. On that, I seek clarity on some of the cost-saving measures being proposed by RTÉ and the talk of 400 jobs potentially going there. Is the Minister...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: How long will that process take? Does the Minister expect full committee sessions on it? Pre-legislative scrutiny has already been done.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I have one concern. It is welcome legislation. We have talked about what is happening in many of our towns where rows of terraced houses are being let on Airbnb when they could offer very valid long-term accommodation for people. However, we obviously then have the concerns of the rural operators, people who offer short-term lets, who feel that this could be a really prohibitive constraint...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Report and Final Stages (22 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...of all those homes that should have gone into the private rental market or become available for homeownership, many might now be owned as holiday homes and may not be available for permanent long-term accommodation. That is something we have to tackle. The rent credit is making a difference. It is giving people breathing space. I look forward to a report in time on how it is making...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...Dr. Meabh Gallagher, carbon budgets team lead, and Mr. George Hussey, secretariat manager. I will move to the note on privilege, which I am compelled to read out. I remind the witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Future Licences and Contracts to Connect Data Centres to the Gas Network: Discussion (15 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: My first question is for the CRU. Can the representatives explain how a corporate power purchase agreement is more beneficial and sustainable in the long run in terms of data centres?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Development of Local and Community Arts: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Nov 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...parliamentary precincts is protected pursuant to both the Constitution and statute by absolute privilege in respect of the presentations they make to the committee. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage...

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

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...There are five ambulance bases, in Clonakilty, Castletownbere, Bantry, Skibbereen and Macroom. Even at that, the service is stretched to its limit. The waiting times for ambulances are far too long. To compound that, because the National Ambulance Service, NAS, provides the service, these ambulances cover far more than the geographic region I have explained. Ambulances often serve Cork...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Inclusion in Sport: Discussion (11 Oct 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...the parliamentary precincts is protected pursuant to both the Constitution and statute by absolute privilege, in respect of the presentations they make to the committee. Witnesses are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice that they should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Offshore Islands (26 Sep 2023)

Christopher O'Sullivan: ...referred to her trip down to the Beara Peninsula. She popped to Bere Island for a quick visit. We could have brought her to so many islands on that visit, including Cape Clear, Sherkin Island, Long Island and Dursey Island, which she is also very familiar with. All those islands have common challenges. The Minister referred to many of them. In the first part of question, I would like...