Parliamentary questions

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

395. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education when funding will be provided to a school (details supplied) to accommodate the provision of ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13606/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

396. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school ASD places available in Cork city and county for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13607/24]

Broadcasting Sector

Pádraig O'Sullivan

573. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether it is intended that the Irish public will be able to access the new Freely platform which is launching later this year and which will allow users to watch live TV via the internet for free, as provided for under the Good Friday Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14668/24]

Legislative Programme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

696. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the Marine Protected Areas Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15123/24]

Social Welfare Code

Pádraig O'Sullivan

765. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason foster carers are not acknowledged as being carers, and cannot claim for a stamp or credits towards a State pension (contributory) and other State supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14387/24]

Care Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1114. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the increase in the foster carers' allowance was delayed to November and did not take immediate effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/24]

Children in Care

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1115. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to protect the future of vulnerable children within the care of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14388/24]

Childcare Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1149. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can advise regarding a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14809/24]

Primary Medical Certificates

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1310. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14027/24]

General Practitioner Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1333. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of an out-of-hours CareDoc facility in Athy, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14222/24]

Nursing Homes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1363. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will review a situation (details supplied) regarding a contracted bed provided by the HSE as part of the nursing home subvention scheme; if the new rental income change to the fair deal scheme of 1 February 2024 will apply in this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14315/24]

Primary Care Centres

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1371. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on proposals for an enhanced community care facility in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14349/24]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1554. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason a clinic in Cork (details supplied) is currently not staffed; if provisions will be made to allocate another staff member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15077/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1555. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will address details in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15078/24]

Medical Research and Training

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1704. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what steps are being taken to initiate discussions around the EATRIS membership process for Ireland considering the potential benefits for Ireland’s translational research sector such as enhanced collaboration and access to specialized resources across Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15131/24]

Medical Research and Training

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1705. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to clarify the Government’s position on Ireland’s potential membership of the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; whether he intends to engage with the translational research sector in Ireland about such members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15132/24]

Medical Research and Training

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1706. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide insight into the Government’s perspective on Ireland’s possible membership with EATRIS, given its expected advantages for Ireland’s translational research community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15133/24]

Road Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

68. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport about the progress that will be made on the Mallow relief road in the coming months given recent allocations from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11867/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

303. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the impact on current drug reimbursement waiting times that he expects to see as a result of the recruitment of 36 new staff within the decision-making reimbursement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13410/24]

Rural Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

338. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on an application for funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13387/24]

Programme for Government

Pádraig O'Sullivan

3. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the programme for Government. [9218/24]

Bus Éireann

Pádraig O'Sullivan

169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will engage with Bus Éireann regarding concerns about a bus route in Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12369/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

280. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if interim flood relief measures will be considered in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11639/24]

School Accommodation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

380. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the building project for an ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11785/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

388. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education her plans to regularise or provide guidelines for the assessment of needs process vis a vis regulation of interpretation of diagnoses; if there are guidelines for SENO; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11843/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

389. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of special education teacher posts per annum for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11844/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

390. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of special needs classes per annum in 2020, 2021,2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11845/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

391. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of SENOs per annum in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11847/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

392. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of SENO vacancies in Cork city and Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11848/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

393. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special education needs that were not offered a school place in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11849/24]

National Educational Psychological Service

Pádraig O'Sullivan

394. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of NEPS psychologists per annum in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11850/24]

Education Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

395. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the reason a child (details supplied) has not been sanctioned for home tuition hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11851/24]

Education Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

396. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the NCSE regarding the urgent need for a school place for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11852/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

492. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the provision of a new 1,000 pupil school at Magee Barracks in the Curragh; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12619/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

493. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the estimated completion date for a school building projects at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12620/24]

An Garda Síochána

Pádraig O'Sullivan

818. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of independent appeals officers appointed by her Department as part of the Garda National Vetting Bureau process in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11854/24]

Citizenship Applications

Pádraig O'Sullivan

940. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1015 of 17 January 2023, when a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12680/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1116. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the 16,500 children awaiting an AON as per CDNT estimates are included in a schools assessment as per the new SET allocation model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11842/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1117. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessment of needs conducted per annum in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11846/24]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1118. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the parents of a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an assessment of needs for their child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11853/24]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1268. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the temporary scheme created to pay healthcare workers who were unfit to work after contracting long-Covid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11803/24]

Primary Care Centres

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1275. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of a primary care centre for Glanmire, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11839/24]

Primary Care Centres

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1276. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of a primary care centre for Mayfield, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11840/24]

Primary Care Centres

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1277. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the delivery of a primary care centre for Blarney, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11841/24]

Hospital Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1280. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the consideration that has been given by his Department for an interim solution to screen newborn babies for SMA and SCID in order to bridge the gap between year-end 2024, given his commitment to the implementation of SMA screening in the heelprick test, and the opening of the new National Children’s Hospital in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11874/24]

Hospital Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1281. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps his Department is taking to ensure newborn babies are screened for SMA in 2024 as committed to by him, considering the fact that the new lab, to be located in the new National Children’s Hospital, will not be ready until at least Q2 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11875/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1282. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the reimbursement of pegvaliase, considering the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics, NCPE. finished its appraisal in September 2022; when a final decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11876/24]

Health Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1525. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health how many times the critical lack of care for diabetes patients at Letterkenny University Hospital has been notified to the HSE National Risk Register. [13175/24]

Departmental Funding

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1555. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if funding will be made available to a college (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12708/24]

Departmental Expenditure

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1582. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1450 of 7 November 2023, the status of an upgrade to Mayfield Library in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12034/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

1592. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what schemes are available as part of a rejuvenation scheme for an area in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12704/24]

Ukraine War

Pádraig O'Sullivan

11. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the action he is taking in relation to diplomatic outreach efforts and co-operation with Ukraine and other countries to ensure the widest possible international support for a comprehensive, just and lasting peace on the basis of the key principles and objectives of Ukraine's peace formula; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10899/24]

Ukraine War

Pádraig O'Sullivan

15. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what initiatives are being taken to support Ukraine's repair, recovery and reconstruction, in coordination with international partners, and specifically in relation to the demining process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10900/24]

Air Quality

Pádraig O'Sullivan

83. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the role his Department takes in monitoring air quality; the number of air quality testing stations in Cork; if he will provide an overview of their results for 2022, 2023, and to date in 2024; if there will be additional funding provided for more air testing stations in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11148/24]

Cabinet Committees

Pádraig O'Sullivan

4. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and public services will meet next. [9013/24]

Cabinet Committees

Pádraig O'Sullivan

18. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [9014/24]

Local Development Companies

Pádraig O'Sullivan

76. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide additional funding to local development companies to support the demand they are facing for services at present; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10194/24]

Road Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

79. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department intends to support the rural road network under the LIS scheme throughout County Cork in 2024; if she will ensure the necessary upkeep and maintenance of rural minor roads in view of recent flooding and adverse weather which resulted in major deteriorating of rural roads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10193/24]

National Broadband Plan

Pádraig O'Sullivan

107. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the process by which premises can be added to the National Broadband Plan; the number of additional premises which have been added for each of the years since 2020 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9974/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 24 January 2024, when a school (details supplied) will receive approval for its building programme to move to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10232/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pádraig O'Sullivan

580. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the physiotherapy waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-4 years, 5-17 years, 18-64 years and aged 65 plus, in tabular form. [10558/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pádraig O'Sullivan

581. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form. [10559/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pádraig O'Sullivan

582. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form. [10560/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pádraig O'Sullivan

583. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form. [10561/24]

Health Services Waiting Lists

Pádraig O'Sullivan

584. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail for each local health area as of 29 February 2024 or latest date available; the number of people on the occupational therapy first time assessment waiting list and within that the numbers waiting less than 4 months; the number waiting 4-12 months; the number waiting more than 12 months; and if he would indicate also for each category the numbers waiting aged 0-17 years and those aged 18 and above, in tabular form. [10562/24]

Hospital Appointments Status

Pádraig O'Sullivan

620. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with a consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9972/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

706. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will supply data, in tabular form, for the ten fastest, and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year (for the period 2014 to 2023), stating the date on which the applications for said drugs were received by the HSE and the data on which a reimbursement decision was subsequently made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

707. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he can confirm if the HSE’s systems can extract spending on reimbursements in respect of orphan drugs; and if so, to provide in tabular form, the amount spent in this respect in each year 2014-2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10301/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

26. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will supply data for the ten fastest and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year, for the period 2014 to 2023, stating the date on which the applications for said drugs were received by the HSE and the date on which a reimbursement decision was subsequently made, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9461/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

69. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by the HSE on orphan medicines in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/24]

International Protection

Pádraig O'Sullivan

138. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to reduce the weekly payment to existing beneficiaries of temporary protection at any point in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9712/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

209. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an individual update on all school capital projects in Kildare south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9896/24]

Parental Leave

Pádraig O'Sullivan

278. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 24 January 2024, when he will bring forward the regulation to extend the duration of parental leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9889/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the locations of four new special schools announced in Q4 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9693/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

135. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the pricing and reimbursement system for medicines; the number in the HSE's corporate pharmaceutical unit; the number in the NCPE, the NCCP and the HSE's Medicines Management Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9448/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

136. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health to outline the Governance arrangements in place by his Department to ensure schedule 1 of the framework agreement with the pharmaceutical industry is complied with by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9450/24]

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

137. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s systems can extract spending on reimbursements in respect of orphan drugs; and if so, the amount spent in this respect in each year 2014-2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [9451/24]

Departmental Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

138. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he will supply data detailing the staffing breakdown of the National Rare Diseases Office, by grade and WTE rating; and the monetary allocation to and outturn spending of the NRDO for the period 2015–2023, in tabular form. [9452/24]

Deportation Orders

Pádraig O'Sullivan

33. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of times in this jurisdiction the EU Dublin Regulation has been enforced per annum since September 1997; the number of escorted deportations that have occurred since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8158/24]

Prison Service

Pádraig O'Sullivan

41. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide extra capacity at the old Cork Prison site to offset any overcrowding in the new block; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8157/24]

Brexit Issues

Pádraig O'Sullivan

56. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the new UK import controls are impacting small Irish agrifood businesses. [8374/24]

Agriculture Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

80. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Cork North-Central is in receipt of funding for projects supporting agrifood tourism initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8375/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

104. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when a person (details supplied) can expect works to be completed under his warmer homes application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8410/24]

Rural Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

304. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding for the local improvement scheme will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8537/24]

Departmental Data

Pádraig O'Sullivan

83. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families in Cork city and county that have benefited from the double child benefit payment in December 2023, and from the January 2024 cost of living bonus, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7774/24]

Departmental Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

103. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the Irish sign language voucher scheme and when will it be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7775/24]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

277. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progression of an application by a school (details supplied) going to tender for a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7591/24]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

279. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the special school proposed for Glanmire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7615/24]

Hospital Procedures

Pádraig O'Sullivan

599. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health how many eye cataract operations were completed in 2023 and 2024 to date in CHO4, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7918/24]

Swimming Pools

Pádraig O'Sullivan

40. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are Department funds or help available specifically for provision of swimming pools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6875/24]

Housing Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

77. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many tenant-in-situ applications in 2023 to date in 2024; how many applications were successful, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6890/24]

Weather Events

Pádraig O'Sullivan

103. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage following the destruction of storm Babet, how much relief funding has been paid out since October 2023 to date in 2024; if there will be a requirement for additional funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6889/24]

Road Safety

Pádraig O'Sullivan

166. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will intervene to make safe a dangerous junction at Greenhill, Mourneabbey, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7107/24]

Bus Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

171. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport when the changes will come into effect on Bus Éireann Route 243 covering Bweeng and Grenagh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7209/24]

School Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

210. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will address the teacher shortage at post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7353/24]

Health Services Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

402. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the recent pause on recruitment includes home care workers (home support); if so, if he will intervene to allow the HSE in CHO4 replace the 189 health care assistants (home support) that have retired or resigned in the period January to end September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7337/24]

Citizens' Assembly

Pádraig O'Sullivan

14. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for the citizens' assemblies committed to in the programme for Government. [5225/24]

Cabinet Committees

Pádraig O'Sullivan

18. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [3805/24]

School Accommodation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

324. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on her Department’s proposed accommodation plans for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6496/24]

Business Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

22. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the increased cost of business scheme will be activated as part of budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5546/24]