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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: What percentage of projects initially approved have not proceeded to full drawdown in the previous two or three years? I know the Minister of State said that €6 million was carried over from last year and that may answer that question. I ask for that detail from previous years.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I echo that sentiment. The Minister of State, Deputy Chambers, said February is a good month to announce grants. As I think every month is a good month to announce sports capital grants, the sooner we can get the announcement better. I commend the Minister of State and his team in the Department, who have been excellent at liaising with us. I echo the sentiments of Deputy Carey. I ask...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional funds will be allocated towards the current sports capital programme to help increase the number of successful applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2412/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process by which changes to remuneration for those employed under the scheme for secretarial assistance is decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Irish Language (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown by county of the funding for Irish language groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2413/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in Cork city with an ASD unit; if a list of the schools will be provided; the number of children on a waiting list for those schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2744/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in County Cork with an ASD unit; if a list of the schools will be provided; the number of children on a waiting list for those schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2745/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The response gives me an update on the figures but it still points out a concerning ratio in the provision of ASD places from primary versus secondary school. In Cork, we are now at 228 at primary level and 81 at post-primary level. There is, therefore, still almost that 3:1 ratio of ASD provision from primary versus secondary, particularly in Cork where the pinch point is. It is when kids...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, for being present to deal with my question. This is a matter we have spoken about privately on a number of occasions. I acknowledge that she has always been constructive in those discussions and in her deliberations with me. I always appreciate her time. At the outset, I will acknowledge that there have been a number of improvements in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Front-line healthcare workers will receive a €1,000 tax bonus for their work during the pandemic under plans agreed by Cabinet today. I welcome this wholeheartedly and it is good to see people get the recognition they deserve. They have worked through the most testing of times. Healthcare workers, front-line workers including hospice staff, cleaners, porters, clinical staff and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 3 March 2021, the current position in relation to whether the period of time an employee who has been on the temporary wage subsidy scheme or the pandemic unemployment payment will be taken into consideration as part of their tenure for redundancy packages; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports that will be in place over the coming years to support the recovery of Cork Airport following the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1160/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 293. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are local property tax exemptions for persons whose estates are not taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62951/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the help-to-buy-scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63211/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 357. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to bring mortgage interest rates here in line with the rates applicable throughout the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2274/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the engineer’s report his Department is to undertake in relation to an incident (details supplied) in County Cork in February 2021; if he will expedite same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Legal Cases (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases her Department faced in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the amount spent in settlements, legal costs and awards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62948/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the format the 2022 leaving certificate will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1031/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an impact assessment of demand for additional school places across the east County Cork area has been carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1152/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (19 Jan 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 772. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to capacity issues in primary and secondary schools in east County Cork; her plans to increase capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1153/22]