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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional schools in the Dublin 6, 6W and 12 areas that have made a decision to open or already have opened an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to ensure the opening of additional ASD units in the Dublin 6, 6W and 16 areas of an electoral area (details supplied); the position regarding this process; and her plans with regard to the provision of additional ASD units in schools in these areas. [14258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 6W, 6 and 16 that do not have ASD units and which have or have not made applications to provide ASD units; the stages these requests are at in terms of timelines for delivery; the reason for these schools’ refusals to provide ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools in Dublin 6, 6W, 12, 16 and 24 that have ASD units at both primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14260/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she has taken to persuade or oblige schools in Dublin 6, 6W and 16 to provide ASD units in their schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) would suddenly have their qualified adult pension withdrawn completely after 20 years; if her attention has been drawn to the distress that such an event can cause to senior members of society; the reason that there is not a mechanism in place that prevents such a sudden and distressing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 948. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the significant shortfall in nursing applications through the CAO process for the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14400/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 951. To ask the Minister for Health when a person will receive support (details supplied). [14408/22]

Consumer Credit (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I welcome the opportunity to speak briefly on this Bill and I welcome the Minister of State's presence here today. I was in the fortunate position to be in the Chair while listening to some of the contributions. I am reminded of the fact that moneylending is still with us. We will have read about it in the New Testament and read as children about Jesus railing against the moneylenders in...

Messages from Select Committees (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: The Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has completed its consideration of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, and has made amendments thereto. The Select Committee on Health has completed its consideration of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019, and has made amendments thereto.

Estimates for Public Services 2021: Message from Select Committee (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: The Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2022: Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on and response to the finding of the Commission on the Defence Forces that it is clear, in relation to the Defence Forces, that there are recurring themes and specific HR-related issues that are a source of considerable frustration and, in some cases, exasperation; and that among the issues raised are those concerning aspects of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Some of the findings and recurring themes in the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces relate to human resources issues that are a source of considerable frustration in terms of career planning and progression, as well as the lack of a modern organisational perspective on work-life balance. Will the Minister accept that this is corrosive to the morale of the Defence Forces, as is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I want to give the Minister the opportunity to demonstrate that. I was fortunate enough in a previous career to see at first hand some of the work our Defence Forces do, much of which goes unsung. The piece I witnessed was in their UN capacity, redrawing and actually plotting out the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea. One of the issues I have found is that the public has no comprehension...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Part of the Glen of Imaal is in my constituency and I ask the Minister for an update on how the Defence Forces use it.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: I have no further questions. If the Minister wants to elaborate on it he can take my time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: It is very remote.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: Just in case the Department’s officials were trying to figure out what motivated the question, it really was as innocent as it stated and I wanted an update on its use. The answer is comprehensive and useful from an information point of view.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 34. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on and response to the belief expressed by the Commission on the Defence Forces that representative bodies should be active participants in future public service pay bargaining processes. [13221/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Irish Sign Language (10 Mar 2022)

John Lahart: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategies in place to support children and young persons in education whose primary language is Irish Sign Language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13487/22]