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Written Answers — Department of Health: Parking Charges (3 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government undertaking (details supplied) on hospital car park charges for patients and visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5055/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 758. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek and share a detailed report on the causal factors that led to the disposal of 22 vials of a vaccine in the Midlands Louth Meath Community Health Organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5517/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Data (3 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 860. To ask the Minister for Health the cost per individual service user on an annual basis for persons with a disability who attend services (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5874/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (3 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 937. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if matters raised in correspondence by a co-operative (details supplied) in relation to its serious and significant concerns on prawn fishing in the north east will receive a response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5373/21]

Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements (4 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: This is an important debate. I welcome the Minister of State and the speech she made. We all have concerns in this House about Covid-19 and the impact is it having on people's mental health, in particular, in respect of the passing of people. I agree with Deputy Kelly on the point he made about family losses. Unfortunately, I lost my brother-in-law, Joe Quinlivan, yesterday to Covid. He...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I am grateful for the opportunity to raise this important issue. Drogheda Educate Together Secondary School, Drogheda ETSS, is on Mill Road outside Drogheda. It currently has 110 students enrolled, an admissions cap of 72 for next year and 55 students on the waiting list. There is huge growth in the population in the area. Hundreds of houses are being built and there is major demand for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Accommodation (4 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister of State does not have the full facts and I appreciate that is not her fault. There is plenty of room on that site. There is a three-year lease, of which this is the first year. I was out there yesterday. There is a large space on front of it and 20 prefabs could be put on it, not just two or three. The people will not move from this site. It would be unacceptable and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 220. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding residents who test positive following a first vaccination for Covid-19 as to whether or not they will be given the second vaccine injection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6180/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to their business difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Funding (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address the matters raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) on their business difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Council (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Heritage Council plans to put into operation a collaborative town centre health check for Drogheda and Dundalk and any other towns in County Louth identified at the initial stages; the number of staff that have been provided in County Louth to undertake the operational responsibility for the implication on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Language (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 392. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6336/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to the decision by her Department to relocate a school (details supplied), if the existing site from which the school operates is suitable for additional temporary accommodation in order to leave the school in the same location and avoid the obvious and unnecessary upheaval; if this has been examined as a viable proposal to minimise...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed 600 pupil school (details supplied) has been redesignated as a 1,000 pupil school; if so, the way in which the decision was reached; if meetings have taken place with persons on this increase in pupil capacity; if additional contractual obligations have been added to the previous patronage contract for 600 pupils; if so, the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an assessment has been undertaken in relation to the mental health impact on students currently attending a school (details supplied) in advance of a decision by her Department to relocate the school for a third-time in as many years; if not, if there are plans to undertake studies in advance of the move; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will forward these concerns to the advisory group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date on Dundalk Institute of Technology becoming a technological university under the Technological Universities Act 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Erasmus+ Programme (10 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6920/21]

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Feb 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Minister says the system of distribution for vaccines must be seen to be fair, safe and effective. What is he doing about the fact, as published by The Irish Times, that 800 people have been vaccinated outside of priority groups 1 and 2? Can he account for that fact? They are the most vulnerable and the sickest or potentially those who are most likely to suffer serious illness. How...