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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Correspondence (13 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 215. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50002/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (7 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 52. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons availing of the fuel allowance per main qualifying payment in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48643/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (7 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to benchmark pension rates in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48642/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (7 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 137. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress on the successor to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures: the National Policy Framework for Children and Young People 2014-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48709/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Asylum Seekers (7 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 155. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of commitments to transfer unaccompanied minors to Ireland as refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48710/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (7 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 191. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make temporary changes to allow class D/DE licence holders to drive HGV type vehicles under class C to counter the current shortage of HGV drivers in the country. [48790/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Enterprise Support Services (5 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to progress the report and recommendations of the Night-time Economy Taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47928/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (5 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of plans for a full return of indoor sports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47927/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (5 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the funding for the school meals programme in a school (details supplied) can be increased to reflect the number of students currently attending the school. [47640/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 585. To ask the Minister for Health if a second physiotherapist will be reinstated in Fermoy Hospital, County Cork. [47641/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (5 Oct 2021)

James O'Connor: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if a physiotherapist will be reinstated in Youghal Community Hospital, County Cork. [47642/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 94. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made in bringing vacant homes back into use in Cork city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46470/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: I am delighted the Minister is in the Chamber to respond to a couple of questions on dereliction. In the context of the Government's plans to tackle dereliction and bring back vacant units into use as homes throughout Cork county and city, will the Minister update the House on some of the work he is doing in that areas? Given the crisis we are in, it would be prudent for the Department to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: It is important to put the matter into context. We are in one of the greatest housing crises the State has ever faced and we need to use every resource we have at our fingertips, including the bringing back into use of vacant units throughout many towns and communities in my constituency and Cork city and around the country. One issue that has not been mentioned much in this House relates...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: Many Deputies in constituency clinics and offices will have experienced the challenges constituents have in respect of securing one-bedroom accommodation. We know the pressures on social housing waiting lists throughout the country and my constituency is no different in that regard. Bringing vacant units back into use for housing could have an effect in this regard, particularly for people...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (28 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: Where is the Deputy's solution?

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

James O'Connor: 115. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way the new Croí Cónaithe fund will support villages and towns across rural Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46471/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 632. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is currently engaged in retaining any of the existing services other than residential care in the Owenacurra Mental Health Facility in Midleton, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46070/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (23 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to reduce pupil teacher ratios in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45674/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (23 Sep 2021)

James O'Connor: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports under the DEIS programme for the 2021-2022 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45675/21]