Results 1-20 of 72 for long speaker:Paul Donnelly

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (9 Apr 2024)

Paul Donnelly: 1718. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how long the community centre investment will run; and if extra funding will be made available if there are other applicants. [13724/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Social Welfare Statutory Instruments: Department of Social Protection (20 Mar 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...students in particular is a really good one. I am in Dublin 15 where we have the TU and a lot of students were unable to take up and access places within the university or are travelling extremely long distances. Some of the estates in Dublin 15 would be 30 or 40 years old so the families have all moved on. It is a very useful measure. On the sunset clause, I think it is March 2025,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Mar 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...and is refusing to work with unions to agree on a replacement that can provide the necessary level and duration of support while frontline healthcare workers remain unable to return to work due to long-Covid. [10876/24]

Paediatric Orthopaedic and Urology Services: Motion [Private Members] (20 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...for years, watched by helpless parents and their families. The pain these children experience is so severe that it needs to be managed by strong medication. The parents are now worried about its long-term effects. As has been alluded to, promises made more than seven years ago have been broken time and again. The Minister has acknowledged this by saying there have been ongoing...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Overcrowding (15 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...areas is not fair on patients or staff. This room has been set up as a ward but there’s no bell if someone becomes ill and there’s no extra staff allocated. There’s no toilet or shower facilities and there’s also a very long walk down a corridor to the nearest toilet. This area was never in a million years for people to stay over[night], never mind use it as...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...been going on since last winter. Procedures are being outsourced to other hospitals in the group. However, there are still large numbers waiting and referrals are still coming. Let us see how long this is going on. In May 2018 the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, wrote about the exact same issue that we are talking about here today. The same issues are coming up year after year....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Donnelly: ...we are talking about giving landlords a substantial amount of money from public funds, we need to lock in those landlords to make sure they do not substantially increase the rents. For me, a ten-year lease is a long-term lease. This is public money going into the hands of private landlords. We have to be really careful that we do not enable people to flip these houses and get an extra...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services in Counties Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow: Discussion (29 Nov 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...told to wait until the scheduled time to take off. It seems the priority is to keep the schedule on time and ignore all those people who are standing and waiting for the bus and who could be waiting a very long time for that bus.

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2023)

Paul Donnelly: One-off payments are welcome, but it is not accompanied by a long-terms vision for supporting individuals, workers and families, those with disabilities and those who need protection from poverty. The initial reactions from those working with families and workers in poverty and struggling to meet the ever increasing cost of living are damning. Social Justice Ireland has said that the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place for a multidisciplinary team for the only dedicated neurology service for Irish patients with long-Covid in St. James’s Hospital Dublin. [33008/23]

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...until there is a root and branch review of these practices within RTÉ. I welcome the Government's commitment to a forensic audit of RTÉ and its commercial entity. It is clear there has been a culture, long suspected by many, of senior people in RTÉ being paid eye-watering salaries for a station that is paid for by the State and by the people through their television...

Youth Justice Strategy: Statements (21 Jun 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...are part of the system, it is difficult for them to chart a different path but it is not impossible. Many young people only flirt briefly with the criminal justice system. For others, it is a long and disastrous journey. I wish to address a number of issues. The first is family support, be it community or Tusla family support services. As a former family support worker who worked...

Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Bill 2023: Second Stage (31 May 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...and their ability to greedily make money from drugs. Let us not fool ourselves that a law will change what is happening on the ground for these young people and children. We need to ensure that long before gangs get their hooks into them that we provide help and support for them and their families. What do we need? We need more youth workers and more youth facilities. We need to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...time. It is good to hear the range of consultations that the Minister has undertaken on how this will be implemented and that different Departments have been consulted on the implementation. How long will it take to come up with the final strategy?

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...them. It is all about maximising profit. For many people, it is the difference between paying the mortgage, paying for food and paying a massive gas or electricity bill. The luxuries have been long stripped out of their budget. There is all sorts of talk about the budget surplus. I heard the Minister on the radio talking about billions of euro washing around in the coffers. I...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (22 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...are none this year. There will be one place available in 2024 and one available in 2025 for the entirety of Dublin West. There is no plan for this year's cohort of students. It is clear that long-term planning needs to start now with regard to children with additional needs in Dublin West and the school of horology is the perfect place. Everybody believes it is a perfect place. I...

High Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (7 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...delivers. It delivers billions in profits for the energy companies. Last week business customers of Electric Ireland got welcome news that their bills would be reduced for the first time in a long time by 10% for electricity and 15% for gas. This is great news for them but many households are still waiting for news on reductions in their bills. They continue to pay sky-high energy...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...been given an eviction notice following an increase that they were not even informed of. Does the Taoiseach believe that protections are required or need to be strengthened so that we can have a long-term, functional rental market?

Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (22 Feb 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...difficulties at all levels of the Garda Síochána from Commissioner down and build on what is going well. The level of confidence in GSOC presents an issue, with some investigations taking too long. With Deputy Paul Murphy, I raised this matter last week as it related to the ongoing investigation into the death of George Nkencho. It has taken two years, yet a report has...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Paul Donnelly: ...call "community standards". It is time to commit to communicating properly with communities and ensuring appropriate accommodation is provided for those who need it. We need to plan in the medium to long term for that accommodation, for supports and wraparound services for those who are seeking asylum and refuge and for those communities that are already under pressure. We must remember...