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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Very well.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I am very satisfied with that response.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Ceann Comhairle has offered a solution and we will gladly take that solution. Thank you, a Cheann Comhairle.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 41. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what action he intends to take to address the severe shortage of childcare places in Cork city. [48399/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister will be aware that I have written to him and addressed him in the Chamber on the adverse situation of childcare provision in Cork city. I am sure that is also the case in other locations but it is certainly my experience in the Cork city area. Waiting lists can often run to a year or two years. There is nothing for children under one year of age. The baby rooms are gone at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the Minister's response. He has acknowledged that the 9% vacancy rate in Cork city is lower than in other places. Much of that vacancy could relate to particular early childhood care and education, ECCE, sessions. It does not necessarily reflect the fact that there are no full-time places and the impact of that. This issue comes up a lot with employers as well as with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In relation to the childcare committee, it has been doing all that it can. To some extent we need to look at powers and the structure of these committees because there are limits to what they can do. Very often it is just providing a list, particularly where there is not a long vacancy. In relation to one of the providers in one of the southern suburbs of the city, discussions are still...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 56. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how his Department facilitates childcare providers staying open when there is a change in management. [48400/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the L2455 road improvement scheme, Lehenaghmore, Cork; and whether funding remains in place. [48483/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 348. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on the Independent Review of the Distribution and Utilisation of National Lottery spending; if he will confirm the timeline for delivery of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47570/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Lottery (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 349. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding that has been contributed from the national lottery; the breakdown of expenditure over the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47571/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 359. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has considered any proposals for flood relief works at Ballinhassig, Cork; and, if not, whether he will now consider same. [47779/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 633. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what guidance has been given to local authorities regarding variable rate mortgages provided by the local authorities and whether the Department agrees with local authorities passing on said rate increases to the mortgage holders. [47784/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 635. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether his Department has considered providing funding to local authorities to absorb the increased cost of mortgage interest applying to mortgage policies they have provided. [47786/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Tax Reliefs (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 634. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the mortgage interest relief scheme proposed by his Government will also include those on local authority mortgages that are affected. [47785/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1073. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth focused community projects and staff across the State; if his Department is aware of gaps in coverage or large and populous areas without or with inadequately resourced projects and how the Department will resolve this. [41412/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1176. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1177. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of children and adolescents on the waiting-lists of the south Lee primary care services and the north Lee primary care services in excess of one, two, three, four or more years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47781/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (7 Nov 2023)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of in-person client sessions offered by each grade of psychologist - assistant psychologists, staff grade psychologists, senior psychologists and principal psychologists in the south Lee child and adolescent primary care services and the north Lee child and adolescent primary care services for each month to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if...