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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Correspondence (15 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41342/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (15 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a section 39 care unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41458/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (9 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I wish to raise the issue of the withdrawal of funding for TII schemes. A number of national road schemes throughout the country have been impacted this year by very substantial funding uncertainty. Schemes such as the N72 in my own constituency, along with schemes in other parts of Cork, such as the N71 in Bantry, and others in counties Tipperary, Wexford, Roscommon and Longford have been...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (9 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for her response. I acknowledge that within it there was reference to moneys spent. What I want to discuss, however, is money that has been allocated for expenditure in this calendar year but is not being spent. Normally, Transport Infrastructure Ireland's budget is agreed by its board, in consultation with the Department of Transport, generally in the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised by the principal of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40436/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (9 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to detail the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and behaviour therapy supports which have been put in place to support Waterford primary schools from 2021 to 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40437/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (9 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding confirmed date for delivery and installation of an approved modular building for a school (details supplied) which is required to facilitate a previously approved ASD class, due to open in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40438/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (9 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the matters raised in the enclosed correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40435/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated to all road infrastructure and maintenance since 2020; and the breakdown of funding for roads, by local authority, since 2020, in tabular form. [39628/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding school transport for a student with special education needs (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39720/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, for sharing time. I join in the congratulations to my colleague the Minster, Deputy Chambers, on his first budget. I do not doubt that it was a difficult task for him and the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, to piece together the budget over recent months. I want to share some of my thoughts and feelings on the budget. There are very obvious...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 13. To ask the Minister for Health if he will discuss the HSE capital plan project to develop a new ambulance training college in a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39428/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: Once again, I take the opportunity to raise a constituency matter with the Minister. It relates to Youghal, County Cork, my home town and new capital developments there. I am really delighted with the progress that has been made under the HSE capital development plan. I worked very hard with the Minister and Minister of State, Deputy Butler, on delivering a new community nursing unit and a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I welcome that. I am delighted there has been progress since we last spoke about this matter. I met the Minister in his office with departmental officials about this, and it is something we have been working on together. Youghal, as a town, has taken a hammering historically. There were 4,000 people directly employed in traditional industries there and Kodak flash cameras were made there....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Ambulance Service (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I am very pleased with that information. I am delighted to hear that the Minister will be in Youghal and about the difference the capital development will make. I recognise the contribution the ambulance service makes to our community. It is under huge pressure, as its staff tell me. Above all else, the new facility will bring a new generation of young people into the service, making a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I see the point the Minister is making. It does not necessarily mean I wholeheartedly agree with it, but he is right to outline that. We do this best on the basis of age. I acknowledge the Department with its enormous resources has to prioritise what it feels is in the best interests of caring for the needs of our population around this expenditure and providing the best access to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: I know I have raised this with the Minister previously, but in that specific area around Rathcormack and in north Cork generally, people accessing healthcare services has been a huge difficulty and a huge challenge. In particular, I think of the town of Mitchelstown. I have raised here many times cases of a concentration of the healthcare resources in a primary care centre that is privately...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: 8. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider the eligibility rules for medical cards and GP cards for those with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39429/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Medical Cards (3 Oct 2024)

James O'Connor: My question concerns the eligibility rules for medical cards and GP cards in respect of people with chronic and incurable autoimmune diseases. This is an important issue for those it affects. These are difficult healthcare conditions that come with a lot of ramifications for quality of life and in terms of costs. People need access to community healthcare at a fair and affordable price....