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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school transport will return to 100% capacity. [49998/21]

Recovery of Tourism and Aviation: Statements (7 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: In the short time I have, I will focus on aviation, albeit in the context of tourism. Cork is a great destination and I hope everyone will take the time to visit. The aviation sector has taken a ferocious hit during the pandemic, there is no doubt about it. It is a resilient industry. Indeed, I think we can all expect that many of the big airlines will return to very considerable...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries (7 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to progress a thorough investigation of the grounds at the former Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47858/21]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coroners Service (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I have had a fair few Topical Issues taken since I was elected five years and that is one of the shortest printed responses I have ever seen. That is a desperate response. I can see from the Minister of State's face and from the way she spoke that she is sympathetic and that she understands the problem here. She did not write this. Officials in the Department of Justice had input into...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Coroners Service (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: When somebody dies in tragic circumstances or other circumstances that require an inquest, that inquest is part of the process of healing, recovering afterwards and grieving. Obviously, it is complex and it is not possible to do it straight away. It is not reasonable to expect families to wait a year and more for such an inquest, particularly when there may be unanswered questions and when...

Childcare Services: Motion [Private Members] (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I do not believe this issue gets the attention it deserves, whether it is in this House, the media or in discussion generally. This is one of the biggest issues out there, certainly in my constituency when I talk to young families in particular. Childcare costs are absolutely crippling people. It is a second mortgage for so many families. It is a weight around their necks that prevents...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is a "Yes" or "No" question.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: So, it is a "Yes".

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is. The Minister is in government.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: This one of the most crucial pieces of infrastructure in the State, as the Minister has said, and I do not believe one could find another developed European country where one could say there is no motorway between the second and third cities. It is a crucial piece of infrastructure. It is about the region as a whole offering a counterbalance, as the Minister has identified, and the very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Yesterday the Cabinet met at Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork to unveil the national development plan, NDP, to great fanfare. While the Government may have sought to distract the public with a dazzling performance in that hallowed stadium, the reality is the plan lacked any real substance. There was another glossy brochure filled with projects running years late, project that are running...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has examined the provision of an assessment tool (details supplied) in Irish schools; if so, the extent of this examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47763/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [47780/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons employed in July 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021 in community psychiatry, community psychology and community CAMHS areas in County Cork by area; and the positions recruited since January 2021 in County Cork in these sectors. [48387/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 712. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for CAMHS services in County Cork by area; the average waiting time; and his plans to address this. [48388/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 713. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young people on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork city for less than three months, three to six months, six to nine months, nine to 12 months, 12 to 18 months, 18 to 24 months, and over 24 months, respectively in tabular form. [48389/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Chairman. It has become clear not just in the past two years, but through several years, that the leaving certificate is in need of radical transformation. I know the arguments that are made in respect of State certification. That is an issue to which we can return. However, it is true that too much rides on the terminal examination and that one day. It has too many...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 134. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the amendments to the Household Means Policy of March 2021 allow for recent changes in circumstance to be taken into account; his views on whether these amendments mean that persons with significant time on the housing list are being struck-off the list entirely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46425/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities have discretion in their application of the recent changes to the household means policy issued in March 2021. [46426/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (28 Sep 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [45973/21]