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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of making a one-off annual double payment of child benefit to all recipients in September 2022. [7453/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing hot school meals free of charge to all DEIS primary school pupils.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7541/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a hot school meal free of charge every school day to every primary school student, secondary student and every student attending a special school. [7542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 490. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a cold school meal free of charge every school day to every primary school student, secondary student and every student attending a special school. [7543/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (15 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 811. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an explanation for the reason the diagnostic team within the Children’s Disability Network team 12 in Cork is not yet in operation; if a psychologist has been hired for team 12; when it is expected that this diagnostic team will be in operation and assessments can begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8095/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will legislate to secure for workers the right to work from home when possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new bank holiday on 18 March 2022 and the first Monday in February thereafter will count as one of the 167 school days at secondary level and 183 school days at primary level, that is, the school term will not be extended into the summer holidays by one day on account of the additional bank holiday. [7176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if progress has been made on the efforts to implement a 2008 Labour Court recommendation relating to the provision of a pension scheme for community employment supervisors. [7155/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that there are no undergraduate physiotherapy courses in Cork, UCC and MTU; if he will provide funding to set up such a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 405. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding of €5 million to address the significant lists of children with spina bifida and hydrocephalus who are facing long wait times to access life-changing procedures; if not, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/22]

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will ask these questions together and try to be as efficient as I can. I am not sure which subhead this would fall into, possibly A10, but possibly A4 as well. I will start with leaving certificate students. As the Minister knows, I disagree with the decision she took regarding the approach and many students were disappointed. My question is focused on budgetary matters. Students have...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: They still have to sign on.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Perhaps the Minister could provide even a ballpark figure in writing after the meeting. I asked that question of the number of DEIS schools. Perhaps we could get a general idea of how many schools will benefit. Again, it is not acceptable that the Department's negotiating position is that secretaries should have to sign on. That is the position, that is a fact and that should not be the...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have a few brief questions for the Minister and Minister of State. One for the Minister relates, perhaps tangentially, to the subject of health and obesity. Most secondary schools will now have a hall, but a fair proportion still do not. As matters stand with capital funding, unless there is a new build or refurbishment that is effectively tantamount to a new build, schools are not...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: No. I will leave it at that for now.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Revised)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (10 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yes.