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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1367. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the delivery of a budgetary commitment to provide €0.5 million to address high-risk drug use such as crack cocaine and other drugs; and when the funding will be available to services on the ground and commit to full consultation with the drug and alcohol task forces in rolling it out. [63034/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1368. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the delivery of a commitment given in Budget 2022 to provide €1.7 million for measures to increase the availability of HSE drug and alcohol services on a nationwide basis; the funding to include services for persons with alcohol addiction, persons under 18 years of age, families affected by drugs in addition to rehabilitation and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (19 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1369. To ask the Minister for Health the timetable for the delivery of a commitment given in Budget 2022 to provide €0.5 million to increase access to and provision of community-based drug and alcohol services for women, ethnic minorities and LGBTI+; and if he will fully consult with the drug and alcohol task forces in rolling it out. [63036/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1630. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which and when EU Digital COVID Certificates will be updated to record receipt of the booster vaccination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1143/22]

Leaving Certificate: Motion (25 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have been calling for a hybrid leaving certificate for this year's cohort of sixth year students since last July, when I raised the issue with the Minister in the Chamber and in the Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, on the basis of what these students missed in fifth year. However, I must say I do not believe the Minister is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Technological Universities Act 2019 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2022: Discussion (25 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I have no questions. I thank the Minister of State for his presentation.

Cost of Living: Motion [Private Members] (26 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I congratulate my colleague Deputy Nash on putting forward the motion. We did not just start talking about the cost of living today or yesterday. In every budget proposal the Labour Party has put forward in recent years, we have chosen direct State intervention instead of tax cuts because we believe in that. The Minister of State, the Government and the Tánaiste in particular will...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of households that have had HAP payments ceased due to arrears in 2020 and to date in 2022, by local authority; the average length of time the households were in arrears before payment was ceased; and the average rental arrears owed by households at the time HAP payments ceased. [3759/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Jan 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 73. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenants in receipt of HAP who have transferred to a local authority or approved housing body tenancy since 2014, by local authority in tabular form. [3760/22]

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I urge the Taoiseach to go down to his local second level school at the next opportunity, to walk into the sixth year class and observe the students all wearing masks, with the windows open, to count the number of teachers and students who are out because of the pandemic, and tell them that everything is going back to normal. The Taoiseach knows that if the schools were closed, the...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: It is absolutely unfair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. This is my legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: I am just grateful to the Houses of the Oireachtas for facilitating a Bill like this. It was chosen through the random-selection process as a Private Members' Bill on a Thursday evening and the Minister gave 12 months for it to be assessed, and here we are. It is a great credit to the Oireachtas that a Bill like this can get to this point. I will start with a point of agreement. All of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: This provision was included in the legislation because of lobbying from a certain cohort that wanted it to be put under the radar. When the 2018 Act was passed, it was progressive legislation and most attention was paid to the abolition of the baptism barrier. We all felt it was progressive legislation, but I made these arguments in the Seanad when it went through. I was voted down and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give certainty and fairness to the leaving certificate class of 2022 and work to develop a hybrid model leaving certificate similar to the previous two years. [4655/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the roll-out of the free schoolbooks scheme as announced in Budget 2022. [4690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Energy Conservation (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to address higher energy costs within schools. [4691/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Feb 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether single sex schools are an outdated model for both primary and secondary schools; and the steps her Department will take to migrate to a fully co-educational model. [4656/22]