Official portrait of Paul Lawless

Paul Lawless

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Aontú · Mayo · serving since 2024-11-29

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Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2025-11-25 · to Health
925. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if her Department will consider a reimbursement or support mechanism for women who had to pay privately due to lack of public care; the immediate supports that can be introduced for those already impacted, beyond the promises of the national endometriosis framework; and how the State intends to recognise and address the profound emotional, reproductive, and financial harm caused by decades of neglect. [66065/25]
written 2025-11-25 · to Health
940. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a surgery date for an operation in Mayo University Hospital. [66156/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Culture
11. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the immediate financial and governance sanctions that will be applied to the RTÉ board and senior management following the recent discovery of further irregular payments and unauthorised disbursements; and when the proposed legislation to assign the Comptroller and Auditor General as RTÉ's auditor will be fully enacted to restore public confidence. [64503/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
129. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list figures for a first assessment in child and adolescent mental health services; the number of children waiting longer than 12-months; and the accountability measures that have been introduced for the senior HSE management responsible for the ongoing service failures and spiralling waiting lists. [64448/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
176. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the guaranteed, binding timeframe and allocated budget for the necessary remedial works to expedite the re-opening of admissions to community nursing units currently under HIQA restriction, such as the Ballina CNU; and if she will ensure that these beds will be restored to public use and not outsourced. [64447/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Climate
211. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is planning a visit to Cong hatcheries in County Mayo. [64677/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Housing
488. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local service sites acquired by each county council for each of the past five years. [64669/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Housing
489. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the proportion of Irish land which has been sold to individual and investment firms outside the State of Irish land is owned by foreign investors; to provide a list of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64718/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Justice
524. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will address difficulties faced by residents of County Mayo in securing first-time immigration registration appointments following the centralisation of services to the Dublin Burgh Quay office in January 2025; if he is aware that prior to this change, appointments were available locally at Garda stations such as Ballyhaunis; the rationale for removing local registration options; the steps he will take to ensure timely availability of appointments, given that current advice to applicants is to "keep checking the website" and that no appointments are available for the next 90 days, causing significant financial and logistical burdens for applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65070/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Agriculture
525. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of prime agricultural land being sold for forestry to foreign investment firms, such as a company (details supplied) in coalition with Coillte. [64716/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
575. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals who have passed away while awaiting a hospital appointment or admission following a GP referral in each of the years from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [64671/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
576. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the breakdown, by hospital group and/or clinical specialism of the number of individuals who have passed away while on an outpatient or inpatient waiting list following a referral from a general practitioner, in each of the past five years. [64672/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
582. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners operating, per capita, in Ballyhaunis. [64684/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
583. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists operating in Ballyhaunis. [64685/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
584. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a GP appointment in Ballyhaunis. [64686/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
585. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a dental appointment in Ballyhaunis. [64687/25]
written 2025-11-20 · to Health
589. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the plans to introduce a mobile blood testing service for persons who are housebound; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64703/25]
oral 2025-11-19 · to Taoiseach
16. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on water quality will next meet. [63527/25]
oral 2025-11-19 · to Taoiseach
31. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit. [63528/25]
written 2025-11-19 · to Transport
115. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the current process of exchanging a non-Irish driving licence for a Irish licence in the case of returning citizens who initially sat and passed their driving test in Ireland. [64550/25]
written 2025-11-18 · to Transport
152. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to improve public transport systems in County Mayo. [63542/25]
written 2025-11-18 · to Transport
168. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport for an update on progress in reopening the western rail corridor between Claremorris and Athenry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63522/25]
written 2025-11-18 · to Taoiseach
174. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the buildings, in tabular form. [62680/25]
written 2025-11-18 · to Housing
589. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications on the social housing waiting list for County Mayo, by town, in tabular form, as of November 2025. [63530/25]
written 2025-11-18 · to Housing
590. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing applicants in County Mayo requesting one bedroom, two bedroom, three bedroom and four bedroom accommodation, in tabular form, as of November 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63531/25]
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