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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 690. To ask the Minister for Health the funding available to set up a support group (details supplied); if grant funding is available in such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12993/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to communications sent by the Office of the Planning Regulator, OPR, to various local authorities regarding the conduct of their development plans; if clarification will be provided of the role of the office in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12120/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I live only 15 minutes away from the areas Deputy O'Connor spoke about, so the Minister of State is more than welcome to call to me as well when he comes to east Cork. My question relates to the role of the OPR. The Minister will be familiar with the communication sent by its chief executive to local authorities in the past few weeks on the conduct of their development plans. Will he...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The reason I ask this question is that Cork County Council is one of the many local authorities that have received quite substantial communications from the OPR in recent weeks. I am looking for clarification in this regard. The Minister of State said the office's responsibility is to issue advice to the Minister and so on. The report that was issued by the OPR in the case of Cork County...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Planning Issues (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I note what the Minister of State said in regard to compliance with some of the recommendations, particularly in the case of the flood maps. There is a continuation of the problem in Cork in regard to the joint retail strategy between city and county. Clearly, the two local authorities are at odds in this regard. Cork County Council was successful in its case for continuing with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to delays and congestion problems at the port of Cork, Tivoli; when the new port terminal in Ringaskiddy is due to open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12108/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the travel assistance scheme which is to be rolled out in Cork in 2022; when it is likely the pilot project will commence; if Bus Éireann has recruited persons to work on the programme in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12107/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 8 February 2022, when a person (details supplied) will be contacted by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total spend on the Dunkettle interchange project to date; the estimated savings that have been made; if he will provide an update on the progress of the project; the estimated timeline for completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2253/22]

Comóradh Sheachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (2 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh an Aire Stáit. Gach bliain feicimid go léir na físeanna ar líne, a bhíonn á dhéanamh ag polaiteoirí go háirithe, ag moladh do dhaoine an Ghaolainn atá acu a úsáid. Níl sé difriúil an bhliain seo. Tá na polaiteoirí go léir amuigh arís an tseachtain seo...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures his Department is taking to mitigate pressures on the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11506/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 765. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide for the reimbursement of Luxturna for a child (details supplied) in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 672. To ask the Minister for Health the medical protocols that are in place to deal with a suspected victim of drink spiking and date rape drugs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11127/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: To follow on from Deputy O'Callaghan, funding will be the most contentious issue of the day when it is eventually being decided. What are our guests' views on the idea of student loans? There is an argument for an enhanced SUSI grant, maintaining some type of current funding model or something similar to what exists at the moment. Will they tease out those two issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: In light of the financial circumstances of some of our universities in the recent past, without going into details, is Mr. Conlon concerned about the borrowing capacity of some institutions, especially in the short to medium term?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Student accommodation is one of the main issues of the day. We have our own problems in Cork, with which both Deputy Ó Laoghaire and I are familiar. Mr. Brownlee stated, “There also still exists major untapped potential in developing further apprenticeship programmes across FET.” Will he expand on that? Where are the trends likely to lead us in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Are many cybersecurity courses being rolled out? I was listening to someone talking about the subject on the radio while I was travelling to the Houses earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Is Dr. Trant satisfied we have a sufficient pipeline to deliver, or come close to achieving, the target of 300,000 homes to have been retrofitted by 2030? Is she satisfied that the number of apprenticeships and the intake we are getting will be sufficient?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Future Funding of Higher Education: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have one last comment. The reason I asked that question is that we went on a trip to the Munster Technological University, MTU, in recent months and one of the issues cited was that, physically, it did not have the space to do a lot of the training that was envisaged. It was something that was flagged with us that day as a concern.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (24 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to providing funding to develop the Irish language in areas of Cork city and county, similar to the BÁC le Gaeilge project in Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10312/22]