Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medicinal Products

Pádraig O'Sullivan

289. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with companies to negotiate a suitable price for the drug dupilumab for the treatment of severe atopic eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43651/20]

Further and Higher Education

Pádraig O'Sullivan

42. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the work of the European Commission and the consultants appointed by the Directorate General for Structural Reform Support that are aiming to investigate methods of increasing the sustainability of higher and further education provision in Ireland. [41757/20]

Technological Universities

Pádraig O'Sullivan

71. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to support the development of Munster Technological University following its establishment. [41758/20]

Driver Licences

Pádraig O'Sullivan

156. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if a dedicated Oireachtas helpline and email address can be created for both the NDLS and the RSA in view of fact the current waiting times for proper communication are unsustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42890/20]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Pádraig O'Sullivan

190. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No.124 of 8 December 2020, when he will sign off on a pension agreement (details supplied); if there is a timeframe in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43375/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Pádraig O'Sullivan

613. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing yoga classes to proceed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43460/20]

Domestic Violence

Pádraig O'Sullivan

14. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the actions she will take to address the rising levels of domestic violence in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42423/20]

Crime Prevention

Pádraig O'Sullivan

50. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice her plans to introduce new programmes to deter young persons from carrying knives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42424/20]

General Practitioner Services

Pádraig O'Sullivan

83. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to providing an out-of-hours general practitioner care service urgently on the north side of Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41268/20]

Waste Management

Pádraig O'Sullivan

187. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if persons will receive an allowance from the HSE to cover the additional costs of waste disposal incurred due to a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41267/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment

Pádraig O'Sullivan

306. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which trainee nurses will be able to avail of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42590/20]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig O'Sullivan

209. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time of children for full assessment in the nine CHO areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42316/20]

Disabilities Assessments

Pádraig O'Sullivan

210. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints from parents in relation to assessment of need waiting times that were received by the HSE per CHO area in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42318/20]

Córas Iompair Éireann

Pádraig O'Sullivan

124. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport when he will sign off on a pension agreement (details supplied); if there is a timeframe in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41929/20]

Transport Policy

Pádraig O'Sullivan

159. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the development of the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42107/20]

Economic Data

Pádraig O'Sullivan

176. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s current projection of the extent to which the economy will contract in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41227/20]

Education and Training Provision

Pádraig O'Sullivan

352. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education when official recognition will be given to a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41835/20]

Education and Training Provision

Pádraig O'Sullivan

353. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if funding will be provided to a centre (details supplied) for 12 full-time staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41836/20]

Social Welfare Benefits

Pádraig O'Sullivan

423. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the increase in the living alone allowance and the fuel allowance will take effect; the number of persons who will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42100/20]

Youth Unemployment

Pádraig O'Sullivan

424. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures underway in her Department to tackle youth unemployment and to support young persons affected by the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42101/20]

Qualified Child Allowance

Pádraig O'Sullivan

425. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the increases to the qualified child payments as announced in budget 2021 will take effect; the number of families that will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42102/20]

Personal Public Service Numbers

Pádraig O'Sullivan

426. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures being examined to reduce the current delays experienced in processing PPS numbers; if a fast-track system is available for essential workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42103/20]

Free Travel Scheme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

427. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the free travel scheme will be applicable to more bus routes that are publicly licensed in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42104/20]

Community Employment Schemes

Pádraig O'Sullivan

428. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending the time that a person aged 55 years and over can remain on a community employment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42105/20]

Garda Transport Provision

Pádraig O'Sullivan

496. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked jeeps that came into the Garda fleet in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of marked jeeps that were withdrawn from the fleet during the same period in tabular form. [41226/20]

Disability Services Data

Pádraig O'Sullivan

544. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of children on the assessment of need waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41897/20]

Disability Services Data

Pádraig O'Sullivan

545. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that have undergone the initial assessment process and are awaiting intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/20]

School Meals Programme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

61. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider a review of the current criteria for school meals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39856/20]

Special Educational Needs

Pádraig O'Sullivan

225. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the steps taken to date in the establishment of a new special school in Cork and additional ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40908/20]

Proposed Legislation

Pádraig O'Sullivan

320. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the status or progress of a Bill (details supplied); when it is expected that this legislation will be passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40909/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

47. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if funding not drawn down or allocated from the stay and spend scheme could be ringfenced for the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/20]

School Admissions

Pádraig O'Sullivan

50. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some children with disabilities may not be able to access a place in schools due to competition from siblings of current pupils; her views on whether this is fair and equitable; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39845/20]

Schools Building Projects

Pádraig O'Sullivan

92. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education her plans to build a new secondary school in Glanmire, County Cork, due to the increasing population and the existing shortage of school places in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39846/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

118. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of the €2 billion Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme that has been approved and drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

124. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which he remains satisfied that the Covid-19-related supports provided are adequately addressing the negative effects of Covid-19 on the economy and its ability to recover in the short to medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39654/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

202. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if a business whose business activity is not carried out at its business premises will be eligible to receive the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39691/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

238. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Cork that have qualified for support under the Covid restrictions support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40391/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

250. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if grants and supports will be provided to the self-employed and sole traders who work in the arts, entertainment, music and event industry and continue to have work-related overheads despite having little or no work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39651/20]

Departmental Budgets

Pádraig O'Sullivan

389. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the funding allocation for her Department by project for 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39772/20]

School Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

390. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the number of appeals by schools to retain their staffing levels and not lose a teacher in the 2020-21 academic year that were successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39773/20]

School Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

391. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if Covid-19 is taken into consideration by the board of appeals when considering appeals of a reduction of staffing levels in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39774/20]

DEIS Scheme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

392. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the way in which the €5 million investment for DEIS schools as announced in budget 2021 will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39775/20]

Jobseeker's Payments

Pádraig O'Sullivan

462. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the number of employees availing of the short-term working week will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39653/20]

School Meals Programme

Pádraig O'Sullivan

475. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if the meals provided for in each school meals programme meets the requirements set out in Healthy Ireland guides and the obesity policy and action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39704/20]

Nursing Staff

Pádraig O'Sullivan

764. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if consideration would be given to paying student nurses €14 as opposed to €10.70; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40392/20]

Beef Industry

Pádraig O'Sullivan

791. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that are being taken to tackle falling beef prices in view of the fact that beef prices have fallen far behind UK beef prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39776/20]

Foreign Conflicts

Pádraig O'Sullivan

19. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on reports of mass killings in the northern Tigray region of Ethiopia; his views on whether this could escalate to a civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37907/20]

Human Rights

Pádraig O'Sullivan

58. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37906/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

71. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to assist home buyers who are being refused the drawing down of approved loans due to one or both borrowers being on the temporary wage subsidy scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38632/20]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Pádraig O'Sullivan

316. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount drawn down to date from the student device fund worth €15 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39368/20]