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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in budget 2022 with regards release days for school leaders. [51062/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 589. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the additional guidance teacher supports contained in budget 2022. [51063/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide additional detail on the ex-gratia scheme in budget 2022; when survivors can apply for this scheme; when it is expected that eligible survivors will receive this payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51064/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if secretaries, caretakers, bus escorts and cleaners are included in the 1% pay increase measures contained in budget 2022. [51065/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 592. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the scheme announced in budget 2022 allowing schools to purchase books, audio books and other media; and if this can be used to offset the costs of academic schoolbooks for families. [51066/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 593. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Cork city that have DEIS status broken down by DEIS band 1, 2 and so on and rural and by primary and post-primary level in tabular form. [51071/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (19 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 594. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Cork that have DEIS status broken down by DEIS band 1, 2 and so on, rural and by primary and post-primary level in tabular form. [51072/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the guidance on mask wearing in post-primary school settings will continue to apply after 22 October 2021. [50342/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What we needed this year was a budget with vision and ambition and this is not what we got. There are so many areas where the potential for fundamental change and a radical shift in policy were missed. There is nothing at all for renters and a wholly inadequate response to our waiting lists. There is a complete failure to deal with childcare costs. I welcome that the campaigners for...

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...