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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.

Competition (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (9 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This legislation is a good start and it is vital we treat white-collar crime with the same seriousness as any other form of crime. It has an enormous impact and its victims are all of us in many respects but at times particular groups or individuals are affected. It is vital for people to be prosecuted and fined in the correct way, and there should be sufficient resources. That is a...

Dignity and Equality Issues in the Defence Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In September, the Women of Honour bravely came forward to tell their experiences of bullying, harassment, discrimination, misogyny, sexual assault and rape. They were forced to go public with their very difficult and distressing stories because they had been so badly let down by the State and the Defence Forces in getting accountability for what they had experienced and because they were...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his plans to bring further apprenticeship opportunities to young persons in Cork city in particular the re-establishment of painting apprenticeships. [6364/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the SUSI review and bring forward measures to improve the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6365/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Feb 2022)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average pay per hour worked for SNAs working in primary schools and in post-primary schools, respectively; and the number of hours worked over the course of one school year by SNAs in primary schools and in post-primary schools, respectively [5839/22]