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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what specific measures are being taken to address menstruation-related absenteeism in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20733/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what specific measures are being taken to address the severe effects period symptoms have on students' ability to participate, engage and learn in educational settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20734/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (8 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people who lost access to a medical card due to pension increases in the last Budget; his Department's plans to pre-emptively address the issue in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20506/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Policies (8 May 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 616. To ask the Minister for Health for clarification on the method undertaken to create the endometriosis framework; when we can anticipate a release date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20735/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Adoption Services (30 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on how many applications for information have been lodged with both Tusla and the Adoption Authority under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022; how many applications are outstanding beyond the statutory maximum response time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (24 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received the submission from a body (details supplied) regarding a VAT exemption for counsellors and psychotherapists; if a VAT exemption will be forthcoming; the measures put in place by his Department to support counsellors and psychotherapists and to improve access to mental health supports for the public; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department's ICT grant monies will be paid to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18200/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (24 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department minor works grant monies will be paid to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18201/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that children with coeliac disease, which has an incidence rate of 1 in 100 people in Ireland, are unable to avail of the hot school meals programme; the steps her Department can take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18163/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Harbours and Piers (23 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered approaches to resolving the ongoing issues at Helvick Pier in An Rinn, where the silting up of the harbour prevents the launch of the RNLI boat at periods of very low tide, with obvious consequent safety concerns; if the small fisheries harbour scheme could be amended in order to include works of this kind; and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Allotments Provision (18 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position of the publication date for a best-practice guide for the provision of allotments and community gardens by local authorities, as agreed in a meeting with an organisation (details supplied) in June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17197/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (18 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 271. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, with regard to the TAMS scheme, he will consider allowing farmhouse and farm bills to be linked in one bill, allow unused electricity sold to the grid to be offset at full price to electricity purchased from the grid or any other measure which would make the scheme more viable for farmers of all types regardless of the amount...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following on from the debate at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications (details supplied), if the age limit for school bus drivers can be raised; her views on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15304/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (9 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an individual (details supplied) is currently listed with Rásaíocht Con Éireann as the registered owner or part-owner of any non-coursing greyhound(s); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14772/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (9 Apr 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the funding bodies of SOLAS and Education and Training Boards ensure that funding is made available for employers to make agreed backdated payments to their staff under the Section 39 WRC Pay Agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14406/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the extension of the daily evening train service from Dublin which terminates at Carlow in order that it can service both Kilkenny and Waterford, enabling better regional connectivity particularly for those studying and working along the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12845/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will consider signing up to an organisation (details supplied) which aims to scale up school meal programmes around the world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12556/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (20 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 1175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans in relation to the recommendation within the Joint Oireachtas Report on Autism on the establishment of a one stop shop for the autism community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12644/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to report on the latest meeting of the Interdepartmental Steering Group on Energy Poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7855/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Environmental Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: 403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government recalling the 2019 Dáil declaration of a biodiversity crisis, and acknowledging specifically the negative impact of light pollution on biodiversity, his plans to mitigate this increasingly pervasive problem, including, but not limited to, whether is intended to amend the Building Regulations to this end; and if he will...