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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that there are no undergraduate physiotherapy courses in Cork, UCC and MTU; if he will provide funding to set up such a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding of €5 million to address the significant lists of children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus who are facing long wait times to access life-changing procedures; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/22]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask these questions together and try to be as efficient as I can. I am not sure which subhead this would fall into, possibly A10, but possibly A4 as well. I will start with leaving certificate students. As the Minister knows, I disagree with the decision she took regarding the approach and many students were disappointed. My question is focused on budgetary matters. Students have...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: They still have to sign on.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Perhaps the Minister could provide even a ballpark figure in writing after the meeting. I asked that question of the number of DEIS schools. Perhaps we could get a general idea of how many schools will benefit. Again, it is not acceptable that the Department's negotiating position is that secretaries should have to sign on. That is the position, that is a fact and that should not be the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a few brief questions for the Minister and Minister of State. One for the Minister relates, perhaps tangentially, to the subject of health and obesity. Most secondary schools will now have a hall, but a fair proportion still do not. As matters stand with capital funding, unless there is a new build or refurbishment that is effectively tantamount to a new build, schools are not...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: No. I will leave it at that for now.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There are 84 people on trolleys in Cork University Hospital today. The INMO has described this as "dangerous levels of overcrowding", the highest ever that have occurred in the State. Many of these people are likely to be quite sick and elderly. I know the Taoiseach will mention Covid. It is a given that that has an impact, but the INMO has stated that it is not acceptable for the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Social Partnership Meetings (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: School secretaries have been fighting for fairness and equal and decent pay for years. They are absolutely essential to keeping our schools going. Our schools could not function without the school secretary at the heart of everything. They proved that, particularly during the Covid-19 crisis. The Department of Education committed to placing secretaries on a public service incremental...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: A motion before the US House Foreign Affairs Committee today has been signed by 34 Members of Congress. It calls on the British Government to withdraw its amnesty Bill. Relatives for Justice, the Wave Trauma Centre, the Committee on the Administration of Justice, CAJ, and Geraldine Finucane are among some of those who will give evidence at today's hearing. Resolution 888 opposes any...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Government's digital framework strategy commits to build a strong well-resourced network of regulators to oversee and enforce digital regulation which must ensure the safety of all. Fáiltím go bhfuil admhaithe sa straitéis seo go gcuirfear le chéile coimisinéir sábháilteachta ar líne chun córas a chur ar bun do shábháilteacht ar...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Strategies (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is not that-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting lists of the children’s disability network teams in County Cork for access to assessments and therapies. [7931/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 140. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the shortage of community step-down beds in County Cork. [7930/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for the decision to reduce Covid-19 leave for teachers and school staff to ten days; if there are exemptions to this in cases in which Covid-19 symptoms last longer than ten days; and if she will reconsider this decision. [7423/22]