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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: My response to the Minister's fairly welcome reply will be brief. We are well aware of the role HECA plays, particularly in terms of the courses it offers. I understand it currently has 27,000 students nationwide, in colleges ranging from Hibernia College to Griffith College, both in Cork and Dublin, and covers courses from business to education to childcare. There is a good balance in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Cork Life Centre, with its many stakeholders, has spent years engaging with the Department of Education on proper funding for its service. Following negotiations during the summer of 2021, in which the Taoiseach and I were involved, the centre accepted an interim funding agreement with the Department based on a commitment that talks would continue and a framework would be put in place to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment made in public and private higher education as a proportion of national income, GDP and GNI; the way that this compares to other countries in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to both primary and secondary schools in County Cork in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided to DEIS schools in Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12391/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from primary schools and post-primary schools for special classes that have been refused in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the reason for refusal in each case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the review into the pilot for the free school books scheme will commence; the timeline for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12393/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Mar 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) for the fuel allowance will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12616/22]

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

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 492. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county in each of the years 2015 to 2021; the average waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12405/22]

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]