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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether many private bus operators are operating at 50% capacity on their school services in line with the recommendations of her Department; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that this has come at a significant cost that has been passed on to parents; and if her Department will intervene to provide these private...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (1 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when parents can expect to receive payments under the school transport grant. [40026/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (1 Dec 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 763. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the release of the findings of the review of the FreeStyle Libre glucose monitoring system undertaken by his Department in 2019; and if he will consider extending the availability of the FreeStyle Libre to all persons with type 1 diabetes [40375/20]

Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: May I ask how much time I have so that I can adjust my comments accordingly?

Mental Health Parity of Esteem Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members] (26 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will try not to speak for too long. The Minister of State has provided the World Health Organization's definition of health, which is not simply the absence of disease or a condition. Whatever about the World Health Organization's definition, the reality in our communities and in our health service is that there is not parity of esteem at this point in time. We have to recognise that a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister for being here to take this Topical Issue matter. She will be aware of the burden falling on principals at the moment and of the additional pressures Covid has put on them right across the board, in primary schools, post-primary schools, special schools and so on. Consider those principals who are managing everything connected to Covid, managing the ordinary running of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate what the Minister said but I hoped there might be something more positive. Perhaps in her response she might give an indication of that. I raise this issue in a spirit of trying to see if we can find a solution to it. It is not a huge cohort of schools but where an issue arises in a unit or in terms of the significant number of staff who are dependent on the principal, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next instalment of the PPE and cleaning grant will issue; if this is the second instalment of two or the second instalment of three; and the amount this instalment of the grant entails. [38153/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports in place for private bus operators who are providing school transport now that the 50% capacity rules are in place; and her plans to ensure that the additional cost for doubling the fleet is not borne on the operators themselves and then passed onto parents. [38247/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Covid-19 restrictions Ireland must enter into to allow Irish dance classes to continue; and the current guidance for Irish dancing teaching organisations. [37722/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: First, I wish to acknowledge once again the enormous work undertaken by all school staff to ensure that schools reopened and that education resumed in the best possible manner, which is in the classroom. However, it is important to note that a great deal more must be done to ensure schools can be safe for school staff and students. For that reason, I and a number of colleagues asked that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Trade Unions on Keeping Schools Open: Discussion (19 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: My question is specific enough and applies to all unions, so picking a union out of a hat, I will direct it to Mr. Boyle of the INTO. It relates to when there is more than one case of Covid in a family. I understood the guidance was that children should return to school after completing self-isolation. However, if there were two cases crossing over in a household children should return...

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the Minister of State, the Ceann Comhairle and all the Deputies who spoke on this Bill. The Minister of State made a point about pressure. That is important. We identified this loophole in September 2018 and called on the then Minister to act on it. At that point, the then Minister said he would. In the absence of anything happening, however, we published a Bill in early 2019....

Regulation of Private Security Firms Bill 2019: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is unacceptable that there is no regulation governing the activities of the personnel who enforce court orders, including orders for eviction. That lack of regulation is hard to fathom and comprehend. This legislation came about in response to the shocking scenes we have seen at evictions in recent years. I instance, in particular, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Provision (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: There is significant appetite for this. There is a widespread acceptance in the city and the surrounding areas that to achieve the population growth we want in the city and the region, we cannot just keep piling more cars into the south link road and into the city centre. It will not work and it will not be able to develop in the way we want it to. Bus rapid transit is not an immediate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Provision (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I agree with the point the Minister makes on the north side and on the more traditional rail connections that will exist but none of that takes into account the fact that not as far out as Carrigaline, Passage or some of the commuter areas, there is a significant population that cannot walk to that or easily reach that corridor in Douglas, Togher, Ballyphehane and Greenmount. I have to say I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Provision (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: We need a delivery office in Cork.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Provision (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 7. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy, CMATS, and the need for a bus rapid transit system in Cork. [29627/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Provision (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: During the term of the previous Dáil, I was very anxious to push the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy, particularly the light rail element. I was glad that it was included in the strategy in the end. We are all very aware that it will not happen overnight, although I would like it to happen sooner than is scheduled. In the meantime, is there scope for bus rapid transit along...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for support and clarity on an ongoing basis for Cork Airport; and the way in which he plans to safeguard the employment of workers connected to the airport directly, indirectly and in the wider local economy. [29626/20]