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Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1917. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if CHO6 vaccinated the staff in schools (details supplied). [19294/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1918. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if community health organisations have facilitated the vaccination of school staff; and if special school staff were officially registered through the HSE portal for essential frontline workers. [19295/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1919. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if any criteria has been used to differentiate between different schools to facilitate vaccinations for staff in special schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19296/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
1924. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if he will re-draft the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill and if his Department will support the amendment of the Children and Family Relationships Act as recommended by the Special Rapporteur for Children (details supplied) in order that children born through AHR have rights and best interests legally protected in Irish law. [19301/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Disability Services Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2001. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians inCHO 9 who have been redeployed from early intervention and school age disability teams into assessment of needs posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19546/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Disability Services Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2002. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health when the children's disability network teams will be set up inCHO 9; the location of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19547/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Disability Services Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2003. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists working with children directly employed by the HSE and by section 38 organisations in CHO 9 in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19548/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Disability Services Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2004. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of school age disability teams in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19549/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Disability Services Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2005. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children to commence accessing services in speech and language therapy, primary care occupational therapy, school age disability teams and psychological therapy in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19550/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Disability Services Data
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2006. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the average age of children on the waiting lists to commence accessing services in each of speech and language therapy, primary care occupational therapy, school age disability teams and psychological therapy in CHO 9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19551/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Mental Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2007. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for Jigsaw; the average waiting time in CHO 9 in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19552/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2008. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for CAMHS; the average waiting time in CHO9 in each of the years 2017 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19553/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
2283. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of persons who were due to receive a vaccine (details supplied) in a location on 15 April 2021 who were over 60 years of age received texts cancelling their vaccination appointments despite having been reassured verbally by the helpline that the vaccination would go ahead; the number of persons over 60 years of age who had their vaccination cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20427/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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State Examinations
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
568. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if she will consider the request for the junior cycle exams to take place in special schools for children at risk in June 2021 to allow children who may otherwise leave school without any qualification to achieve a qualification. [16490/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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School Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
633. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the 2004 report Males into Primary Teaching published by the primary teaching committee; the actions that have been taken by her Department to implement the recommendations; the way in which these actions have been evaluated; the way in which the number of male teachers entering the primary teaching profession in the past five years compares with the data presented in the report; if she is satisfied with the number of males in the primary teaching profession; and if she will consider a taskforce to increase the number of male teachers in primary teaching. [17392/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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National Traveller-Roma Integration Strategy
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
638. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education if the measures taken to complete actions 19 to 21 in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy included continuing professional development which includes topics (details supplied) for teachers and student teachers; and the details of the current professional development service for teachers courses, training and materials that can be accessed by teachers to support them on an ongoing basis to understand, prevent and respond to racism and identity-based bullying and harassment. [17487/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Local Authority Staff
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
632. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of apprentices taken on by local authorities in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14285/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
843. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the status of the construction of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14286/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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School Completion Programme
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
913. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the number of students who left school in 2014 without completing the leaving certificate; the proportion of same against the total number of school leavers in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15298/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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School Curriculum
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
928. Deputy Aodhán Ó Ríordáin asked the Minister for Education the regulations in place which allow schools to exclude children from accessing transition year education in cases in which that year is provided within the school. [15494/21]