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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help parents in north County Kildare to have their babies vaccinated with the usual childhood vaccines given that they cannot find a general practitioner to register with in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60241/21]

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: My party will support the Private Members' motion and I thank the Regional Group for tabling it. We welcome that the Government will accept the motion. As my colleague, Deputy Mac Lochlainn outlined, we hope it will also support our amendment. We are a tiny island. It is the first land the wind coming across the Atlantic Ocean meets. This means that as an energy source offshore wind is a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will restore the employment wage subsidy scheme to the full amount and extend its operation to February 2022 at least in order to support business and preserve jobs given the current circumstances of Covid-19 infection rates and the advice to the public to reduce their socialising with the attendant major impact on the still recovering hospitality...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if public schools will be given free, high-quality masks for every child in the interest of public health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60746/21]

Regulation of Tenderers Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: I commend my comrades, Deputies Mairéad Farrell and Patricia Ryan, on bringing forward this important and promising Bill which would bring a bit of transparency, accountability and accuracy to the tendering process. It would also specifically address the issues of lowball tenders and bogus self-employment within its remit. It is disappointing for the Minister of State to say that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank Ms Donnelly for her opening statement. She spoke about just transition and the essential role of public policy to ensure a just transition. She also spoke about the change that will come in people's lives and the social acceptance and engagement that is going to be needed. As a policy, it sounds very good but I fear that in practice, the vulnerable and those on the margins will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: I am sorry that I missed the start of the meeting but I have been catching up on the opening statements. I am sorry if this question has been asked already. There seems to be a real disconnect between power and people and between political power and energy power. I wonder what to do. I agree with the point about the investor-state dispute settlement and these courts. What we are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: May I ask one other question,?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: Does Dr. de Boeck think that it could be modified so that we would be protecting renewable energy as opposed to fossil fuels?

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (Extension of Notice Periods) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: It is a very apt time for this Private Members' Bill on residential tenancies and the extension of the notice period because at Christmas our thoughts turn to home, family, children and the life we share in our homes. I am glad that the Opposition is united in its support for this piece of work with the Simon Community. I also welcome the fact that the Minister is going to accept the Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of and reasons for the major overrun of costs in the M7 widening, Sallins bypass, Osberstown interchange to date (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to resolve the situation in relation to driving instructors who are being denied access to basic facilities such as toilets and sanitation for a second year (details supplied) given that they are providing a vital service dealing with the current backlog of persons waiting for driving tests; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will assist in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61534/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of State locations or entities offering regular residential respite for teenagers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 529. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an all-island system in which teenagers requiring regular residential respite and unable to access it here due to capacity issues can do so in Northern Ireland; if so, the cost paid by the State; if there is not such a system, if developing one is something he will consider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 561. To ask the Minister for Health when the neurology unit of Tallaght Hospital, which serves north County Kildare, will have its recommended full complement of 20 specialist neurology nurses as opposed to the 3.5 currently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61199/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: The committee heard recently at another meeting that the treaty might be a good idea because it will protect investors in renewable energy. What does Dr. de Boeck think of that as a defence of the treaty?

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: It is so disrespectful.

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: We purposely sought to have education included.

Covid-19: Statements (Resumed) (16 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: As the Minister, Deputy Foley, could confirm if she had bothered to stay for a debate she was specifically included in, I have been questioning her on air quality and safety in our schools using the parliamentary question system for a long time now because I am deeply concerned at her Department's attitude to safety in our schools. I am relieved that, at long last, it seems HEPA filtration...