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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (30 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the school transport scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18548/20]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (29 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Something wonderful is happening in Ireland right now as people start to discover their country for the first time. They are heading to the coast and our coastal communities, our beaches in Inchydoney, Long Strand, Barleycove, and the Taoiseach's beloved Broadstrand. These are great places to social distance and holiday safely but, unfortunately, a small percentage is ruining it for...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Enterprise Support Services (29 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if clarity will be provided on the status of persons over 66 years of age and the enterprise support grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18549/20]

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Having missed my original slot, I thank the Acting Chairman for accommodating me. I extend heartfelt congratulations to the Minister on his new position. I know why he sought this portfolio. He deeply desires to sort out the housing crisis. That is his agenda and I appreciate that. The initial soundings and messages from the Minister and his approach in his first couple of weeks in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (28 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the negotiations between the European Union and the United Kingdom with regard to the future relationship between both; his assessment of the main obstacles to a successful outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18499/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (28 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 304. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress of the investigation into the 2019 poisoning of 23 buzzards in County Cork. [18644/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 305. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to any work being carried out to provide guidelines for non-food serving pubs and live music venues to help them prepare for a safe reopening. [18645/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (28 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure there are enough places for school children on school buses when education institutions reopen (details supplied). [18646/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 485. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if development guidelines for the operation of universities is underway similar to those that exist for hairdressers and restaurants (details supplied). [18647/20]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (23 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am asking the Minister for a bit of compromise and a bit of consultation. I appreciate that it is a Cork County Council pier, but as I stated, it is the Minister's Department's funding. I ask that at the very least the Minister would reach out to the council chief executive or to the western division manager, whoever it may be, to pause the works until consultation happens and we get some...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (23 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: While I am on the subject of piers I will take the opportunity to raise the issue of Dinish pier, which is also in my constituency in Castletownbere. The Minister will be very familiar with it given that fishing is in the Minister's remit. A €20 million extension is under way at the Dinish wharf to allow for larger hauls of fish and so on. It will be a significant improvement but...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Harbours and Piers (23 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for attending today. I want to speak about an urgent, developing situation at Keelbeg Pier in Union Hall in my constituency. Union Hall is a picturesque, beautiful village between Skibbereen and Clonakilty. Keelbeg Pier is the local pier in Union Hall. It would help if I described the pier because I do not expect that the Minister would have been there before, but...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Irish Water (23 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will continue to ensure that Irish Water has sufficient funding to address issues arising at wastewater treatment plants in view of issues which have arisen at Belgooly, County Cork. [17642/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Mortgage to Rent Scheme (23 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to increase the availability of the mortgage to rent scheme. [17641/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Data (22 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to provide additional supports in respect of the collection of biodiversity data. [17285/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Data (22 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: As the Minister knows well , we are in the middle of a biodiversity crisis. Globally, 1 million species are threatened with extinction. This is also an issue at home. It is easy to track the demise of iconic species such as the yellowhammer or curlew, which is at the brink of extinction as a breeding species, but there are big gaps in the data on biodiversity. This is best seen by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Data (22 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive reply and I appreciate that he gave an overview of the work of the NPWS. I am glad he referred to the National Biodiversity Data Centre in Waterford. The centre plays a key role in data collection but needs to be financed on a long-term basis and not by means of the ad hoc, year-to-year funding model that obtains at present. It has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Wildlife Data (22 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State and I appreciate his commentary. The NPWS needs to be properly resourced and I would like to see a review of its functions and roles. This needs to happen because it needs to have a bit more clout. An issue about which I have spoken to the Minister, on a personal basis and in the Dáil, is the need for a specific wildlife crime investigation unit as a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks (22 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if it will be ensured that in the appointment of education liaison officers, consideration is given to the natural marine heritage where appropriate. [17284/20]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jul 2020)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 50. To ask the Taoiseach if stricter quarantine measures or further restrictions on flights from areas with high infection rates of Covid-19 are being considered (details supplied). [17051/20]