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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (10 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 390. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when works approved under the emergency works scheme will be undertaken for a school (details supplied) in County Cork [13282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (9 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on a visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (9 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 218. To ask the Minister for Health the investments and capital projects that have been made in Cork University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13425/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider having a higher education institution representative at the National Skills Council and the regional skills forums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12784/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: In a slight deviation from my question, will the Minister consider including a member of the Higher Education Colleges Association, HECA, as a representative on the National Skills Council and the regional skills forums?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My response to the Minister's fairly welcome reply will be brief. We are well aware of the role HECA plays, particularly in terms of the courses it offers. I understand it currently has 27,000 students nationwide, in colleges ranging from Hibernia College to Griffith College, both in Cork and Dublin, and covers courses from business to education to childcare. There is a good balance in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Cork Life Centre, with its many stakeholders, has spent years engaging with the Department of Education on proper funding for its service. Following negotiations during the summer of 2021, in which the Taoiseach and I were involved, the centre accepted an interim funding agreement with the Department based on a commitment that talks would continue and a framework would be put in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made in public and private higher education as a proportion of national income, GDP and GNI; the way that this compares to other countries in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to both primary and secondary schools in County Cork in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to DEIS schools in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from primary schools and post-primary schools for special classes that have been refused in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the reason for refusal in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into the pilot for the free school books scheme will commence; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12616/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021; the average waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to set up a support group (details supplied); if grant funding is available in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12993/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to communications sent by the Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, to various local authorities regarding the conduct of their development plans; if clarification will be provided of the role of the office in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12120/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I live only 15 minutes away from the areas Deputy O'Connor spoke about, so the Minister of State is more than welcome to call to me as well when he comes to east Cork. My question relates to the role of the OPR. The Minister will be familiar with the communication sent by its chief executive to local authorities in the past few weeks on the conduct of their development plans. Will he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The reason I ask this question is that Cork County Council is one of the many local authorities that have received quite substantial communications from the OPR in recent weeks. I am looking for clarification in this regard. The Minister of State said the office's responsibility is to issue advice to the Minister and so on. The report that was issued by the OPR in the case of Cork County...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I note what the Minister of State said in regard to compliance with some of the recommendations, particularly in the case of the flood maps. There is a continuation of the problem in Cork in regard to the joint retail strategy between city and county. Clearly, the two local authorities are at odds in this regard. Cork County Council was successful in its case for continuing with the...