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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (20 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51575/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 255. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to update the National Positive Aging Strategy given that it has not been updated in over eight years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51511/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (20 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 256. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether nutrition and hydration plays an important role in positive aging; if so, if he will commit to the inclusion of nutrition and hydration going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51512/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: Sixteen years after Leas Cross, seven years after Áras Attracta, we now find sustained sexual abuse of more than 18 residents was known to the HSE for over 13 years in a particular home. Will the Taoiseach make sure mandatory reporting legislation is introduced as a matter of urgency to protect vulnerable people in homes and care situations? Will he have a public inquiry to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 193. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Irish citizens who reside in Ireland but have been vaccinated in Northern Ireland and who are trying to apply for an EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46836/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (19 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the legislation to regulate electric scooters in particular in circumstances in which the scooter is on pedestrian footpaths and the minimum visibility requirements when dark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50849/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to concerns raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of circular 0050/2021 and principal release days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (19 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 722. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put in place a consultation framework to prepare for a public enquiry into the tragic loss of life in nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic. [50402/21]

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I welcome this debate and budget. There are many good things in it, and I refer in particular to tangible improvements, especially for families who are caring for very sick children in acute and long-term care for a significant period of time. Up to now, you would get your three months' carer's allowance but this would be cut after three months, and your three months' domiciliary allowance...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for her reply. She has a grasp of all the issues in her brief. I congratulate her on that. She put her finger on it when she referred to the actions of local authorities in making applications that her Department funds them, which I welcome, but it is not always the case that funding that is granted to local authorities is spent. Indeed, there was a case in Louth...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I thank the Minister for her time and for being on top of all the issues. I welcome her working with Louth County Council to ensure the funding that was allocated two years ago is now actually going to be spent. Substantial progress has been made in County Louth. If you go north, the Cooley walk in Omeath is fantastic, as is the greenway to Carlingford. We have a proposal of a greenway...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of funding awarded and applications under consideration in counties Louth and Meath in respect of support for walking infrastructure such as trails given the importance of such local amenities particularly during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50156/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: I ask the Minister the status of funding awarded and applications under consideration in counties Louth and Meath in respect of support for walking infrastructure such as greenways and trails. Many in County Louth have been successful.. I thank the Minister and we have to make sure the funding is spent. I will wait for her reply and debate further with her, especially about the Mell Greenway.

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Community Development Projects (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of supports provided to community-based organisations in counties Louth and Meath that provide vital services such as cancer care transport services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50155/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a full breakdown on the progress or lack thereof in respect of the NTA Active Travel Investment Programme projects (details supplied) in County Louth which were allocated €4.6 million in funding in March 2021; if the updates can be provided on a project by project basis; the total funding that the council has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (14 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 159. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed east Meath primary care centre which is to be located in Bettystown town centre; when he expects works to commence and any other relevant details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50251/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Quality (12 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the strategy to address the sale of domestic solid fuels that do not meet the pollution and emission standards that will be introduced across the State by the 2022 heating season as announced earlier in 2021 in particular in cases in which suppliers outside the State are advertising the sale and delivery of such goods...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Horticulture Sector (12 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 122. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties and need for special relief for glasshouse growers in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Quality (12 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance the way the Revenue Commissioners plan to deal with the sale and supply of domestic solid fuels that do not comply with Ireland's new emission standards that will be introduced across the State in advance of the 2022 heating season as announced earlier in 2021 in particular in cases in which suppliers outside the State are advertising the sale and delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Oct 2021)

Fergus O'Dowd: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a series of queries raised by a person (details supplied) in respect of businesses that did not qualify for rates waivers but that are adversely affected by the pandemic in terms of their revenue levels will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49445/21]