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Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (26 Apr 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1801. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the licence application for cannabis for medical use under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 in respect of a person (details supplied) which is supported by their medical professionals; if the application will be approved; the reason for the delay in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20998/22]

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: First Stage (4 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to make provision whereby the entire Carrigaline local electoral area shall be prescribed as a rent pressure zone; to ensure that where a substantial area of a local electoral area is prescribed as a rent pressure zone, the local electoral area shall be prescribed as a rent pressure zone in its entirety; and for those...

Local Government and Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Carrigaline Rent Pressure Zone) Bill 2022: First Stage (4 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: : I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Rising Rental Costs: Motion [Private Members] (4 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I listened to what the Minister had to say. I had some things that I intended to say before I came in, but I need to respond to some of the nonsense that he came out with first. As the Minister knows, the figure of €1.2 billion is not accurate. He is incorrect. In regard to dismissing things, nobody is suggesting that we dismiss Covid-19 or that supply chain issues are not there....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will support legislation to close a loophole which results in a section of the Carrigaline local electoral area not being prescribed as a rent pressure zone whilst the majority of Carrigaline is so prescribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22208/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (5 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 95. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to put in place cost rental and cost purchase housing or affordable housing models. [22209/22]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Tacaím leis an moladh ón Teachta Ó Broin. Is léir nach bhfuil na spriocanna atá ag an Roinn dóthanach go leor agus ní chuireann siad os ár gcomhair go leor tithe inacmhainne. Tá an ghéarchéim tithíochta ag éirí níos measa ar go slite, go mór mór le roinnt míonna anuas. As previous speakers have...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 343. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the past three years who previously were on the Cork City Council housing list and were removed due to the fact that they had exceeded the income threshold; the average number of years for each of the applicants who were removed from the list. [22677/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in the past three years who previously were on the Cork County Council housing list and were removed because they had exceeded the income threshold; and the average number of years for each of these applicants removed from the list. [22678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 511. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the factors that will be taken into account when allocating SNAs to schools under the new frontloading allocation model; and when schools will receive their allocation for the 2022-2023 school year. [23123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 570. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of childcare services in Cork city and county in each of the past five years in tabular form. [22674/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of childcare services in Cork city and county which have permanently closed down in each of the past five years in tabular form. [22675/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of childcare places in Cork city and county broken down by age category, including after-school places and excluding after-school places in each of the past five years in tabular form; and the number of baby places in baby rooms in the same period. [22676/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults that were recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in the Mercy University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [22679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against medical, nursing, midwifery and other health and social care professionals in Cork University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [22680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ability to bank special education teaching hours has been removed from schools; and if so, if this decision will be reversed given the ongoing teacher supply crisis. [23767/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Costs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she will take to reduce back-to-school costs for parents including the cost of schoolbooks, uniforms and voluntary contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23688/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Costs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Parents will be very much starting to worry about how they will pay for the next school year. It is always an enormous expense of several hundred euro and often more than €1,000 for families that have multiple children in school, for books, uniforms and voluntary contributions. We are in the middle of a cost-of-living crisis that families are grappling with, so what will the Minister...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Costs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: People across the State are doing all they can to keep up with sky-high bills and runaway price increases. The cost-of-living crisis is not new and it has been going on in education for some time. The idea that we have a free education system at primary- and post-primary levels is a myth. The Department of Education is one of the only Departments that has not put forward any serious...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: School Costs (12 May 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister said I must take a more holistic view. I very much welcome the expansion in DEIS. While I would have appreciated more engagement at the time, I very much welcomed it. It is very beneficial, but it is focused on tackling disadvantage and ensuring that every student has the same opportunity to progress. It is not focused on reducing costs, which affect every family across the...