Pádraig O'Sullivan

111. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the bed capacity across the hospitals in Cork; if she will provide an update on the commitment made in 2024 to provide an additional 472 hospital beds across Cork by 2031; the timeline for their delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52196/25]

181. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the timeline and delivery of the new elective hospital for Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52195/25]

22. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of days the Jack Lynch Tunnel has been closed in 2025 to date; the nature of the closures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52233/25]

23. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the number of scheduled tunnel closures for the Jack Lynch Tunnel for the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the reason for the closures; the cost of maintenance over that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52234/25]

87. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the vulnerability of Ireland’s undersea cable infrastructure as indicated recently by a person (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure those cables are protected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49095/25]

158. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of parents who have put in a complaint regarding their child not receiving an assessment of needs in a timely manner; the number upheld for the years 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52232/25]

159. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the additional funding allocated to residential placements for adults with an intellectual disability in 2025; the number of places that will be provided in CHO 4; if additional funding will be allocated in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52235/25]

180. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to pre-budget requests from an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52229/25]

181. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be made available in budget 2026 to address critical staffing shortages and infrastructure gaps in CAMHS for young persons with moderate to severe mental health needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52230/25]

182. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the total number of children on the CAMHS assessment waiting lists for each of the CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52231/25]

5. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health will next meet. [48524/25]

181. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the truck driver shortages in Cork; if his Department has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding ongoing concerns they have with driver shortage; the impact that shortage will have on Christmas supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51671/25]

189. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Cork northern ring road and the northern distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51672/25]

300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if the practice of 2:1 spending public transport initiatives versus roads will continue or if there will be a review of this policy under the new National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38581/25]

356. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the methodology and calculations used by his Department in assessing a professional added years application, submitted by a public sector employer on behalf of an employee, where such employee is classified as a "new entrant" per Government Circular 8/2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52055/25]

392. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the average time for processing employment permit appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51944/25]

393. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of work permits issued in Ireland from 1 January to date in 2025, by nationality, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51945/25]

457. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider increasing capitation funding for primary schools per pupil ahead of budget 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51498/25]

501. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) was refused an increase in funding; if additional funding will be allocated to cover the cost of these works given the significant financial strain the works will put on the school and to acknowledge the increase in construction inflation; if the school has an opportunity to submit an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51992/25]

723. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for employment based visa applications, by different categories such as short stay visit, short stay business and long stay employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51946/25]

803. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to restructuring the core funding model for childcare services with a view to providing additional funding to the scheme, to increase the cap on funding of €750,000 for larger childcare providers, to encourage them to remain in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51957/25]

804. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to restructuring the core funding model for childcare services with a view to removing the cap on funding for childcare providers, which has been reduced from €500,000 to €450,000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51958/25]

871. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason funding was removed from the existing health research board funded national clinical trials office (details supplied) before an alternative was put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51471/25]

872. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the recommendations from the national clinical trials oversight group she plans to progress; the timeframe for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51472/25]

922. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to allocate funding in Budget 2026 for post-acute inpatient neurorehabilitation beds in the southwest in line with the Programme for Government Commitment to develop more specialist inpatient neurorehabilitation beds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51947/25]