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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3039. To ask the Minister for Health when staff who have been deployed from respite care to cover day service hours in residential houses will return to providing five-day a week respite services at Clann Mór House, Commons Road, Navan, County Meath; if funding will be provided to ensure this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3040. To ask the Minister for Health if elderly persons in County Meath are entitled to free chiropodist visits each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3041. To ask the Minister for Health when rehab services for persons with intellectual disabilities will resume to their pre-pandemic levels in County Meath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with intellectual disabilities in County Meath have had their hours cut from 30 hours per week to six hours per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3042. To ask the Minister for Health when diabetes clinics will return to pre-pandemic services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons with diabetes have not had in-person consultations with their consultant or diabetic nurse for a number of years as a result of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40086/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I raise the concern that taxi drivers have about the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. They have heard directly from the Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, that the PUP will be extended until February 2022 and that self-employed people will continue to be able to earn €960 after expenses over an eight-week period while retaining their full PUP entitlement. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to change the power of a motorbike a driver can operate with a full category B car licence and initial basic training to bring the rules into line with similar requirements in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39043/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons have been left out of pocket as a result of the recent extension of the expiration date for driver licences due to the fact that many persons obtained a medical examination to renew their driver licence but now cannot do so and will need to pay to obtain another medical...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance if travel agents will be able to avail of the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme payment into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 315. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE staff that took part in the pilot of the Digital Covid Certificate here; the findings of the pilot scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31640/21]

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Are we speaking to amendment No. 1 or amendment No. 2?

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: It relates to climate justice. We had a long discussion and debate on climate justice during pre-legislative scrutiny and on Committee Stage. There was progress and then we hit a wall in regard to it. It seems like there has been a sprint in recent days given the level and number of changes. It is very frustrating for those of us in the Opposition who have spent time on the Bill, who have...

Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: We are disappointed and frustrated with how the motion has been proposed. The way the Government has been handling wide-reaching emergency legislation in recent weeks, via motions and guillotined debates, shows contempt for the Opposition. No Opposition briefing has been provided in advance of the motion to inform us of the up-to-date epidemiological circumstances in countries on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the guidelines for planning and development of solar farms; if there is a regional or spatial element of guidelines for planning authorities; if specific areas or regions within counties are identified as suitable or preferential for farms; if not, if they will be developed in a random ad hoc, less planned way; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that receive a school transport remote area grant; the value of grants awarded in the last full school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38133/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children qualifying for the school transport remote area grant under each of the five distance categories in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment in the school transport scheme bus fleet in each year from 2010 to 2020; the number of new buses added or replaced on the scheme in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to the schools in an area (details supplied); if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the psychologists work on referrals during the school break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS referrals made in the 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to carry out an audit on all school textbooks to ensure inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families from preschool onwards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38448/21]