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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (22 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the consultation that has taken place with schools and staff representatives on the potential for reviewing the five day rule for student teachers taking up substitute positions whilst ensuring protection of fully qualified positions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20979/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 972. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) has not received a place in a special school as recommended by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Sector Pay (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1039. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the differentiation in incremental credit on the teaching salary scale between those working in primary and post-primary private schools outside of the EU (details supplied); and if she will consider amending same in order that the experience of both cohorts is recognised. [19722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1086. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure children with special educational needs who received a recent change in diagnosis as in the case of a child (details supplied) resulting in the school of their choice being no longer suitable for their needs will not lose out on a place in a second-level special school in September 2021. [20671/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1558. To ask the Minister for Health if measures have been put in place to ensure new referrals for assessment of need are seen in a timely fashion during the transition from current services to the progressing disability service model. [18256/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1560. To ask the Minister for Health if steps have been put in place to ensure new referrals for assessments of needs are seen in a timely fashion during the transition from current services to the progressing disability service model. [18258/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will assist a person (details supplied) in being recategorised in order that they can access transitional care funding while a fair deal application is pending. [18424/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds in acute mental health wards that are occupied by persons with neurological disorders waiting to access long-term care. [20005/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2167. To ask the Minister for Health the discharge options available to persons who have dementia in a hospital setting if they need to avail of long-term care for the first time. [20006/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2168. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of operating a bed in an acute mental health ward. [20007/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2169. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of keeping a person in an acute bed in a mental health ward who suffers from a neurological issue as compared with releasing transitional funding to a more appropriate care home while a fair deal application is pending such as in the case of a person (details supplied). [20008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Data (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2170. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria needed for a patient in a hospital setting under the care of the metal health department to access transitional funding while trying to access long-term care. [20009/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (21 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 2171. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure for patients transferring from mental health care to long-term care facilities such as a person (details supplied). [20010/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Provision of Special Needs Education: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Gabhaím buíochas leis na haíonna go léir as a gcuid ráiteas agus as an bhfianaise atá tugtha dúinn acu. The AsIAm written submission to the committee refers to the fact that trust between parents and children with special educational needs and the Department has been very severely damaged by the revelations on "RTÉ Investigates" of an adversarial...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I apologise for missing the private session of the meeting because, unfortunately, I was delayed coming up from Cork and only got here in time for this contribution. There are many issues that I would like to raise around the school inclusion model, about which I have particular concerns. I also have concerns about the allocation of special educational teachers. I know remarks have been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Special Needs Education: Discussion (13 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: If the building unit could come back to me in writing, that would be fine. Could Ms McGrath offer a brief response to that because it is a vitally important issue? There is a particular crisis in Cork. It would be great if the Minister could meet Deputies from Cork. There is a crisis everywhere but particularly so in Cork. How are we not anticipating demand better?

Prime Time Investigates Programme on Department of Health: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I listened to the Minister of State. She spoke with some feeling, compassion and empathy. From my experience of her, I believe that to be sincere. This debate may be an opportunity to show sympathy and to ensure that people feel heard but it must be a hundred times more than that. The Minister of State has a responsibility to put pressure on her colleagues to end this practice, ensure it...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Since last summer, one of the things that has been repeated time and again has been that education is a priority for this Government. It is a priority for the Opposition as well. We have supported many of the measures that the Government has brought forward in the educational sector, albeit we would have liked to have seen an awful lot of them go further. At times, we listen to what the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she has taken with the Minister for Health and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to ensure that staff in special education are given priority for receiving the Covid-19 vaccine. [16686/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (31 Mar 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 914. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for the shorter working year scheme at Cork University Hospital; and the number of applications that were granted. [16561/21]