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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his visit to Africa over the summer in particular his visit to Tigray and Ethiopia; if additional Irish Aid will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46228/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is still assisting asylum seekers that are trying to exit Afghanistan either directly or through a third country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (30 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 100. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the efforts that are being made by him and his Department to address the retention of post-94 personnel, some of whom face discharge from the Defences Forces in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made to ensure funding for free contraceptive distribution; if it will be made available in Budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47031/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (29 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 270. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided for digital hubs particularly in north central areas of Cork city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47032/21]

Housing for All: Statements (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am after listening to this debate for the past hour and a half and, like many fair-minded people, I try to digest it and listen to the facts and the counter-arguments being made. However, there is a lie being perpetuated here by many people on the Opposition benches tonight and in recent months. The lie is that these caps on affordable houses are actual prices. In my case, the cap will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I raise the issue of special education provision in Cork. The Taoiseach has a long history of delivering for special education provision as a previous Minister with responsibility for education. Cork City Council has identified a site in the Glanmire area that is suitable for a school for special education provision. I urge the Taoiseach, given we have such challenges in Cork, to look upon...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will meet next. [45990/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given consideration to the idea of prefabricated and modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46213/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of plans to introduce a social housing passport scheme to allow households to move from one local authority list to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46212/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 589. To ask the Minister for Health the process that a young person with an intellectual disability follows when they exit formal schooling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46184/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 590. To ask the Minister for Health the criteria as to the way in which the money is spent by each service provider in regard to each person with an intellectual disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46186/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 617. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the home help hours for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46030/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 684. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation to each service provider in respect of each person with an intellectual disability; the scale of payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46185/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 685. To ask the Minister for Health if an evaluation of the pilot scheme on personalised budgets for those with an intellectual disability will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46187/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 734. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital (details supplied) will be allocated additional resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46338/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 735. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a hospital (details supplied) has the busiest orthopaedic trauma unit nationally but is only being funded in 15th place nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46339/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 736. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to increase staffing levels in the orthopaedic unit in a hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46340/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am happy for that debate to continue because it covers what I was going to start with. I apologise for missing the first half of the debate. I was in the Chamber, but I have been listening. To reiterate what Mr. Curtis said, we have an over-fascination with leaving certificate points and league tables. We all acknowledge that the system we have at the moment is not perfect. At the same...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion with School Management Bodies (28 Sep 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I did not expect to spend all of my time earlier talking about Irish so I am glad to be able to come back in on two further questions. One relates to apprenticeships, which were mentioned. Many of my friends and family members went on to do fabrication, plumbing and so on because we grew up in a highly commercial area in which such businesses were literally on our doorstep. People were...