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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (25 Oct 2023)

Peter Burke: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application for an emergency works scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46838/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (26 Oct 2023)

Peter Burke: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safe routes to school project will be open again for new applications in 2023-24; what resources are in place to address road safety at our primary schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47067/23]

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Members for their contributions and the questions they have put forward in respect of the difficult situation that is unfolding before our eyes in the Middle East. It is horrific to see some of the pictures, scenes and videos coming from the Gaza Strip. It is an area that is exceptionally densely populated. It is just over 40 km long and 12 km wide at its widest part. Israel has...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: -----on vulnerable children and women throughout the Gaza Strip. It is totally unacceptable. We have to work through the UN, as we are doing, to try to achieve a ceasefire. We must also work through the European Union. Deputy Howlin captured the situation well when he went through the result of the vote in the UN General Assembly and spoke about how some European countries have voted...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (8 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank Deputies for their statements and questions. I will now address further issues that were discussed at the October European Council meeting. A strategic discussion on the situation in the Sahel was held during the European Council meeting in light of the continuing deterioration of the security and humanitarian situation in the region, aggravated by political instability. Leaders...

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

Peter Burke: 214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driving test will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47425/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the review of school secretary contracts; if the allocation model regarding school secretary hours has been progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48060/23]

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

Peter Burke: 987. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if childcare providers can continue submitting their financial returns for the period 1 January to 31 December 2023 and not for the period 1 September to 31 August 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47564/23]

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

Peter Burke: 1027. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the National Autism Strategy report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48057/23]

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

Peter Burke: 1044. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied). [48196/23]

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

Peter Burke: 1077. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when building blocks Capital grants for childcare facilities will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48601/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 1256. To ask the Minister for Health if he will advise on an appointment for a person (details supplied). [48185/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (14 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the average waiting time for those applying for their driver test in Mullingar Driving Test Centre, County Westmeath; if new driver testers have been assigned to this centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49633/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (16 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how many applications have been facilitated under the pilot voluntary re-deployment scheme for post primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50394/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Pension Provisions (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 167. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that employees who left banking institutions prior to 1 January 1991 (details supplied) have not received any pension benefits as a result of the Pensions Act 1990. [50736/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 429. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a response on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 517. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the fair deal applications that are awaiting assessment in the CHO8 area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50699/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on operations and staffing progress at a Midlands Regional Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50985/23]

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: I thank the Senator. This proposal from the Commission is at a very early stage and has not entered the trilogue process yet. Members will be very aware, in the European context, how much proposals change from beginning to end. One recent example is the nature restoration directive and how much it has changed through political intervention and work to ensure it is a sustainable proposal...

Committee on Scrutiny of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments: Consideration of Draft EU-related Statutory Instruments (21 Nov 2023)

Peter Burke: Seven, I think. I will double check. Yes, I am told it is seven in total.