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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response. I appreciate the impact Covid-19 has had on all services throughout the health system. It is my understanding that SouthDoc services throughout the city and county were closed at the onset of the pandemic to curtail the spread of the virus. However, as the Minister has acknowledged, all centres in Cork city and county are open except for the one in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: General Practitioner Services (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for his response. The service closed in March. Other out-of-hours services reopened in June but the people of the north side of Cork city are still without a service in December. I urge the Minister and the HSE to make this a priority. Despite commitments to resolve the issue, months have passed and the situation is unchanged. People are becoming increasingly...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to introduce new programmes to deter young persons from carrying knives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42424/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Waste Management (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Health if persons will receive an allowance from the HSE to cover the additional costs of waste disposal incurred due to a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41267/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which trainee nurses will be able to avail of the pandemic unemployment payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42590/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I apologise for being late. I have not yet mastered bilocation between here and the convention centre. I am interested in the comments of Mr. Brownlee on embedding the role of apprenticeships and possibly offering modules in transition year in secondary schools. I ask him to elaborate on that. Has SOLAS done a policy paper on the issue or has a pilot project been carried out or anything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: That is encouraging to hear. I would welcome that and be supportive of it. In his opening remarks, Mr. Brownlee stated, "We must build a more powerful identity, developing consolidated larger scale FET colleges of the future which can help change the hearts and minds of the communities they serve." I ask him to elaborate on that. I suppose he was speaking about rationalising existing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The witnesses may have already touched on the issues involved in my final question. That is the difficulty of coming in towards the end of the discussion. I refer to the opportunities and challenges posed by online learning. This question may have been knocked on the head in the witnesses' previous comments. In certain modules, is any provision likely to come from the experience of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Effects of Covid-19 on Further Education and Training: Discussion (10 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The challenges will be getting devices to students. I know the Government has invested in rolling out a significant amount of money, but even as a percentage or ball park figure, could Ms Hanney estimate how many City of Dublin ETB students will be without a device this year?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the work of the European Commission and the consultants appointed by the Directorate General for Structural Reform Support that are aiming to investigate methods of increasing the sustainability of higher and further education provision in Ireland. [41757/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Will the Minister provide an update on the work of the European Commission's Directorate General for Structural Reform Support, which aims to investigate methods of increasing the sustainability of higher and further education provision in Ireland? As the Minster will know, this question is an important one. The sector needs a sustainable long-term trajectory, a need which Covid-19 has only...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: While I know the Minister has been in situfor only a period of months, this issue has been dragging on for a number of years. The Commission was first asked to help with this work back in October 2018. The expert group started its work in 2014 to identify and consider issues related to the long-term sustainable funding of higher education in Ireland and to identify funding options for the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am concerned that the future debate in this area will be distorted. We need to ensure a public understanding of the two separate issues which need to be addressed. The first is costs for students. It is welcome that the Minister has announced a review of SUSI. That will be important in ensuring that the support system in place will be able to meet students' demands. The second issue is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support the development of Munster Technological University following its establishment. [41758/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a dedicated Oireachtas helpline and email address can be created for both the NDLS and the RSA in view of fact the current waiting times for proper communication are unsustainable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42890/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No.124 of 8 December 2020, when he will sign off on a pension agreement (details supplied); if there is a timeframe in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43375/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 613. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing yoga classes to proceed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43460/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (16 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 287. To ask the Minister for Health if he has undertaken a review of the system for early assessment and prioritisation of therapies for children with special needs which despite extra resources seems to continue to struggle to provide time supports; his views on whether the success on the pilot integrating therapies into the school provided model offers an opportunity of a different...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (16 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 288. To ask the Minister for Health the disability day services that have not reopened since Covid-19; when it is planned to open services fully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43650/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (16 Dec 2020)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 289. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE will engage with companies to negotiate a suitable price for the drug dupilumab for the treatment of severe atopic eczema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43651/20]