Results 1-20 of 313 for long speaker:John Paul Phelan

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

John Paul Phelan: ...? Deputy Howlin mentioned that health and its delivery have changed dramatically in recent years, from the time of the county committees of health. I cannot remember when they were abolished but it is a long time ago. That is not to say that in County Wexford there are not five or six acute facilities, mostly for the elderly, although there is the general hospital in Wexford town, about...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: The Future of Local Democracy: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2024)

John Paul Phelan: ...with regard to ten-year plans. County and city development plans were already being put in place for seven or eight years anyway. One of the only things the communists probably got right was long-term planning.

Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

John Paul Phelan: ...her own right, and John's children, his sister, our dear friend, Richard, and the wider Bruton family on their loss. The age of 76 is young nowadays. We would have hoped to have had John for much longer. They say you should not meet your heroes. Just as that might be true, equally when you do meet your heroes and they turn out to be really nice people, it certainly gives a lift to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Mar 2023)

John Paul Phelan: 709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction will commence at a school (details supplied); how long will it take; if she will provide a list of the facilities classes; the student and staff capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13191/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2023)

John Paul Phelan: 398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans in place to financially assist promptly through social welfare or other means those suffering from long-Covid who cannot work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Jun 2022)

John Paul Phelan: ...number of occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, psychology and physiotherapy vacancies related to staff on the children’s disability network teams who are on maternity leave or other long-term absence; if they have been replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/22]

Accommodation Needs of Those Fleeing Ukraine: Statements (5 May 2022)

John Paul Phelan: .... At Ballinkillen community hall in Carlow, for instance, the community group has accommodated 70 people and the process has begun of moving those families into more suitable accommodate for the longer term. The Scout Den in Kilkenny is another such facility and the same is happening at St. John of God Convent and ancillary buildings on that site. There are others doing the same. I do...

Higher Education Authority Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Feb 2022)

John Paul Phelan: At the outset, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, and the work his Department has done since its establishment. In many respects, that seems like a long time ago, because of Covid-19 and everything that has happened in the intervening time. The Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has really hit the ground running. This...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (5 Oct 2021)

John Paul Phelan: ...it when the Minister says that unallocated cases still receive social work support. I know he understands the point. In his comments, he spoke about the link that can be established between a long-term social worker who is attached to a specific case and a child or a foster family. That leads to good relationships and, I would argue, probably also to better outcomes for children and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (5 Oct 2021)

John Paul Phelan: ...were very stark. The initial part of the report from 2019 described how more than one fifth of children in care in Carlow, Kilkenny and south Tipperary were not allocated social workers for long-term charge of their case. The number of children in 2019 was 72, which is an incredibly high figure, behind which is hidden 72 young lives that are placed in the charge of the State, in this...

Housing for All: Statements (Resumed) (29 Sep 2021)

John Paul Phelan: ...that is agreeable to the House. I agree with Deputy Nash’s opening comments on the importance of the housing issue. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, and wish him well, along with his colleagues in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in dealing with the issue. This is the issue on which everything else will turn for the country in the...

Health (Amendment) (No.2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (14 Jul 2021)

John Paul Phelan: I apologise for not being in the building for the Minister’s introduction to this legislation. I must admit that I find myself badly torn on this legislation because for a long time I have been a strong proponent of trying to get the hospitality sector open. However, I have concerns on some of the issues that have been raised by others, namely, the sharing of medical data with third...

Common Agricultural Policy: Statements (16 Jun 2021)

John Paul Phelan: ...and surrounding counties, not the counties in the west, have, on average, the lowest disposable household incomes nationally. The south-east region also has had the lowest third level attendance rates for a long time. Hopefully that will change with the establishment of a technological university in the region. Many people depend on agriculture and families are reared and children are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Feb 2021)

John Paul Phelan: ...ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the project to construct a northern bridge and road infrastructure in Kilkenny city linking the N77 to the R693, given that this is a long-standing priority for the local authority and TII; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7581/21]

Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

John Paul Phelan: ...level, with local authorities across the country in regard to their financial position. All of them indicated that until the end of June, their financial position was okay but they do need a longer-term plan, as Deputy Ó Broin mentioned earlier. It is very much our intention that that money will be released as early as possible in June so that the first part of that long-term...

Covid-19 (Local Government): Statements (27 May 2020)

John Paul Phelan: ...its launch on 9 March, the ALONE national helpline has received 21,000 calls and has supported just under 15,000 older people. The service provided by the Community Call forums will continue to operate as long as needed. It is quite important. There is a lesson to be learned for local government in the future from the engagement of so many new people, particularly in the community and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates Valuation Process (13 May 2020)

John Paul Phelan: ...improvements to individual properties, subdivisions and amalgamations of properties, exemptions under Schedule 4 of the Valuation Act 2001, as amended, and the removal of properties from the list when they are no longer capable of beneficial occupation. The restrictions on the operation of many businesses, the physical inaccessibility to business properties and the social distancing...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Signage (3 Dec 2019)

John Paul Phelan: ...in names being used that were not the names that people locally recognised or at least not spelled in the manner the people locally would recognise. I will conclude by welcoming the Senator's long-standing interest in the matter. I will certainly keep him informed and updated with regard to any changes that may need to be made in the law by means of the amending legislation coming before...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (27 Nov 2019)

John Paul Phelan: ...in hotel accommodation. Families in hubs are supported by the local authorities and their contracted non-governmental organisation service delivery partners to identify and secure appropriate long-term accommodation. The supports available in family hubs assist families to move from emergency accommodation to a home within a shorter timeframe. The annual report released this morning by...