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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of special education teachers supporting pupils in primary, secondary and special schools this academic year; if the number has increased since the previous academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13349/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide Irish Sign Language support for children whose primary language is Irish Sign Language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13350/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress which has been made by her Department to date in the implementation of measures to assist parents and guardians with the cost of school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13351/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if progress has been made by her Department in the provision of schoolbook rental schemes in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13352/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the summer provision programme will continue in its expanded role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13353/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are figures for the number of pupils who benefitted from the summer provision programme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13354/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in respect of the operation of the schools energy retrofit pathfinder programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of retrofitting schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13356/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (9 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the arrangements that have been made for part-time home care workers employed by a private provider on behalf of the HSE to receive the pandemic bonus; the way that the payment will be calculated pro-rata; when the Government will announce the terms and conditions of the bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13293/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I thank our guests for their presentations. It is important to thank all those working in mental health services. It is a challenging job and the vast majority of the staff work extremely hard and are dedicated to their job. I saw that when I visited the facility at Sarsfield Court on Monday. The commitment of the staff is superb. It is important to acknowledge that. I wish to return...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I know what Mr. Reid is saying but what I am saying to him is that here was a situation involving a junior doctor over a period not of 12 months but of more than four years. I am asking whether it is possible there could be a very well qualified medical consultant in a particular area in a situation where there are no checks and balances. I am not convinced those checks and balances are in...

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Nor am I. All I am saying is that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: Does that not show the point I am making?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: It shows the point I am making that checks and balances were not in place.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I want to go back to the issue of the whistleblower, which was raised by some of my colleagues. Is it correct that the whistleblower has applied for further employment in the HSE and had not been shortlisted for interview?

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: If what I am saying is correct, is there not a danger now for everybody who identifies a particular problem that they will be pushed to the side and told they are no longer wanted around? That seems to be the message coming back on this.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: However, this particular person is no longer in employment with the HSE.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: He is not receiving any support from the HSE in any way whatsoever.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: I know all of that. The concern I have is that this was all the more reason to have checks and balances in place. However, there were no checks and balances for four years.

Public Accounts Committee: Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020 (10 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: We have gone over all of that. I am saying I am not satisfied in the sense that there were no checks and balances, particularly given that there was a junior doctor doing the work that should normally be done by a consultant. That was all the more reason that there should have been additional checks put in place.