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Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (22 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will keep it short to give the Minister time to reply. Cork South-West is very lucky to have two vaccination centres covering the region at the GAA complex in Clonakilty and the primary care centre in Bantry. It is absolutely fantastic to have them and I thank the Minister for his work. I also thank the HSE and the local community healthcare organisation, CHO. The question people now...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I would like to address some of the concerns people have with it and the misinformation and false claims that are being put out there in terms of what it is about and what we intend to do. It was claimed that the intention is to reduce the size of the national herd by more than 50%. That is simply not true. It was claimed that the aim...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if funding will be made available for tackling the increasing and accelerated coastal erosion in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Bantry flood relief scheme; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 813. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the expected time to finalise the new affordable housing Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20530/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2302. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to ease the shortage of home help care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2304. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that medical card holders are having to pay for a €10 charge for required phlebotomy tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20524/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2305. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider plans during the exit of level 5 to prioritise streamlining supports for persons at all stages of pregnancy and birth given that the previous ad hoc approach applied across different hospitals has left persons confused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20527/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 2306. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the waiting times for urology in CUH; the number of persons on the waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20528/21]

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Yes. I thank the Chairman. This will be touching on many of the issues that have been spoken about earlier. I thank the Minister for addressing us today. At the outset, I greatly welcome the investment in retrofitting and in the warmer homes scheme. This is going to be a key tool in reaching those ambitious targets that we have set ourselves of meeting a 51% reduction in emissions by...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Key Priorities for the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media: Discussion (20 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister on behalf of the music sector in west County Cork, the live venues, sound engineers and everybody else who breathed a sigh of relief at the announcement of the extension of the live performance support scheme, LPSS. It is hugely welcome. I watched some of the productions before Christmas as part of the pilot scheme. I think the Minister will agree they were absolutely...

Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill (13 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Quill and Mr. Shanley for their engagement with the committee. I have a question on a specific aspect of the Bill that will be coming before us, namely, the defined categories of harmful content. The items in those categories include criminal materials, cyberbullying, material promoting eating disorders and material promoting self-harm or suicide. Can the scope of the defined...

Vaccination Programme and Covid-19: Statements (1 Apr 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. I want to speak up for and ask questions on behalf of the hundreds of teachers who have contacted my office over the past couple of days. They are looking for a greater explanation for the reasoning behind the change to the vaccine roll-out programme and their removal from the cohort of key workers. They have some very fair requests. Their main request is simple,...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am going to change tack slightly, but I will still bring my contribution back to the European Council meeting. During that meeting, there were discussions about societal well-being. That is an aspect of this pandemic that we do not talk about enough in the House. There is a mental health epidemic across continental Europe and in Ireland. That epidemic needs to be addressed and resources...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 146. To ask the Minister for Finance If he has considered amending the Covid restrictions support scheme to include businesses engaged in outdoor activities that currently find themselves excluded from the scheme because they do not have a fixed premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1854/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 204. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a return to click and collect for retail will be explored as opposed to click and deliver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17547/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 245. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the waiting time between application and completion of works for the warmer homes scheme has gone from 18 to 24 months; if the waiting time can be shortened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17541/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the £73 million used by CIÉ from the Bus Éireann pension in 1994 was paid back; if appropriate interest was paid back into the fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17534/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Brexit Issues (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 356. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the impact on the Irish economy of the EU – UK Trade agreement announced on 24 December 2020. [1871/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Value Added Tax (31 Mar 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 392. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider reducing the VAT rate from 23% to 21% for businesses given that for 13 out of 24 weeks after the reduced rate was introduced in September 2020 more than half of retail businesses were closed and unable to avail of the reduced VAT rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17552/21]