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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Curaclam Scoile (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Teastaíonn uaim tacú leis an méid atá á rá ag an Teachta Ó Cuív. Ba cheart dúinn daltaí a mhealladh chun an t-ábhar a thógáil ar an leibhéal is airde gur féidir leo, seachas labhairt faoi T1 agus T2 a bheith ar chomhchéim ó thaobh pointí de. Ba cheart dúinn deireadh a chur leis an...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Last year when the Taoiseach assumed office we were presented with a situation in Cork where nearly 40 families had no special education place for their children. Since that time, we have opened a special needs school in Carrigaline and last week the Minister for Education confirmed to me in the House that a site has been also selected in my own town of Glanmire for another special education...

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission: Motion: Cabinet Committees (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 27. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on education will next meet. [4711/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 which is due to commence in January 2022; when the review is likely to be completed; if the review will be carried out as expeditiously as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4603/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Places (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to provide an additional secondary school in Cork city and in the eastern suburbs of Cork given the exceptional demand for school places and lengthy waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4604/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I apologise again for being delayed coming up from Cork this morning. Mr. McKelvey is here in front of me and managed to arrive on time from Cork; I will not be able to use that excuse any longer. I welcome the witnesses. I read their statements last night. I agree with Deputy Ó Ríordáin's Bill and the proposition he presented to us. In a republic everybody should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: To follow up on that before I ask anything about the twins, Dr. Redmond has said that most schools are willing and quite open. In my experience they are, but there is a bottleneck in Cork. Deputy Ó Laoghaire, who was here a while ago, can attest to that issue. Particularly on his side of the constituency, there is a large suburban area with a population of 30,000 people but there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. McKelvey. I will follow up on my initial question to Dr. Redmond. He mentioned that there is a bottleneck in Cork. I believe 36 ASD classes are due to come to Cork between now and September. Many of these have already been announced but many are yet to be announced. I was speaking to the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, about this only last week. These classes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2020: Discussion (1 Feb 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We are trying to facilitate people working from home, but at the same time we do not seem to have a problem, yet, with sending Johnny or Mary on a bus for possibly two hours a day. We must have a discussion about this topic as well. I have one more question that requires just a one-word answer. My query stems from the conversation that Dr. Redmond and I had earlier, and concerns a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role the United Nations is taking to protect citizens and their rights in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will endorse the World Health Organisation Covid-19 Technology Access Pool to facilitate the sharing of knowledge by pharmaceutical companies to increase vaccine production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 344. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change to the reimbursement status of a drug (details supplied) in respect of the medical card scheme; if so, the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (27 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 345. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider reimbursement for a drug (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4059/22]

Youth Mental Health: Statements (26 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Since the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, assumed office, I know she has fought tooth and nail for every resource she can get: material, personnel - the whole lot. She has done her best. It goes without saying, however, that the news that has come from Kerry in the past while will dominate my contribution. I came off a call with Michael Fitzgerald from the South/South West Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (26 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on an application for funding under the summer works scheme for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3665/22]

Violence against Women: Statements (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I extend my sympathies to the family of Ashling Murphy. Like everybody else in the House this week and last, I am horrified by what happened. It is now important we allow the family privacy to grieve. There is no place in our society for violence, in particular violence against women. The safety and security of women should be at the core of our society's values. I spoke to some of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would like to raise with the Taoiseach today the issue of autism spectrum disorder, ASD, provision in secondary schools in particular. I spoke to the Taoiseach privately about this in the past, and I have spoken about it publicly here in the Dáil. At present, small villages outside the city of Cork, such as Dripsey, Farran and Berrings, have three, four or often five ASD classes....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Chair. I am sorry I was delayed. I was at another meeting but I have listened to a good bit of the debate. Many of these questions have probably been asked so I will be brief. Something I take from my time teaching is that I always tried to examine what the students knew rather than what they did not know. That was the principle that I always tried to take into my own...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Leaving Certificate Reform: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Tattan for that. I have just one question and a comment as well. Following on from Deputy Ó Laoghaire in relation to reports about what is happening with the Irish language, I spent most of my career teaching Irish and I suppose I would like to think that I know the challenges in terms of what is ahead for the language. Mr. Tattan will not probably respond ahead of the...