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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Jun 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29828/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I echo some of the sentiments that have been expressed. I am a former teacher so with much of the training that teachers received over the years, even back to my old HDip days, I still never felt fully prepared to deal with the most serious bullying instances that might present themselves in a school. Much of the bullying was low-level stuff so required little intervention. In terms of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and the Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I confirm I am in Leinster House. I have been following the debate and it has been very interesting. I will focus my contribution on following up on issues that have been already raised and trying to flesh them out further. Ms O'Connor called for a review of anti-bullying procedures. Many of us attending this meeting have been involved in education for most of our working lives or we...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I do not raise this topic in the House with any appetite. I must commend the work many people who work in the Department of Social Protection have done throughout the pandemic, particularly with the pandemic unemployment payment. It has been great to see the massive turnaround time in terms of people getting their entitlements. At the outset,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Social Welfare Appeals (27 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: There is quite a bit of information there, so I look forward to going threw it afterwards. I welcome the fact that since 2019, appeal times have decreased from, I think the Minister of State said, roughly 20 weeks down to 16 weeks. That said that, I would appreciate if he could, by way of further communication, write to me with the details of the number of community welfare officers we have...

Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out: Statements (27 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will be very brief as I only have two questions. The temporary assistance payment scheme, TAPS, is supporting the nursing home sector. With the onset of Covid-19, TAPS has proven to be integral in supporting our nursing homes and providing effective infection prevention, which has enhanced the safety of nursing home residents. TAPS is due to expire on 30 June and nursing homes are...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (27 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 64. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the programme to move persons with disabilities from nursing home settings into the community following recommendations by the Ombudsman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (27 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a timeline in place for the establishment of the working group to develop an autism innovation strategy; the key priorities of the group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26437/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Probate Applications (27 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the case of a person (details supplied) will be dealt with by the Probate Office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28881/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Personal Injuries Assessment Board (26 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the waiting time for the completion of the case of a person by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28636/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 15. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to extending the local improvement scheme to areas of Cork city which were formally Cork county and should not be disadvantaged as a result of the boundary change; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27833/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will be brief because I know that we are under time constraints. I would like to ask the Minister about the local improvement schemes and the community involvement schemes, in particular, in areas that were formerly within the boundary limits of Cork County Council, and which now, on account of the boundary change, find themselves within the boundary limits of Cork City Council. As a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I received the same response to parliamentary questions that I submitted previously on the issue. The difficulty is that it is very unlikely that Cork County Council will share its own limited budget with Cork City Council. That is the realpolitik of local authorities. To make the case again, these communities were located within the county council boundary and now find themselves...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am not going to dispute that the allocation has been increased this year for Cork. The Minister is right to state that Cork has the longest road network in the country. Indeed, the northern division of Cork has a population equivalent to places like County Kilkenny. West Cork, for example, has the largest road infrastructure network in the country. It is for that very reason that per...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I was hoping my fellow Corkonian the Taoiseach might be present to answer my question. Given his remit in the area of transport, I am glad the Minister is here. A report was published yesterday from the All-Island Research Observatory in Maynooth demonstrating that Cork's road infrastructure is massively underfunded. It is not just a question of underfunding of roads, as it also involves...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the case of persons (details supplied) will be expedited with regard to obtaining an eircode given the fact that these persons have been waiting a substantial period of time for same. [28045/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the grants or assistance available for those that need to adapt their home for medical needs but are over the income threshold to apply through the local authority. [27811/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the significant inequalities in pay, conditions and pension and other entitlements facing many school secretaries. [27812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if progress has been made on the establishment of an interdepartmental group with regard to exotic animals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27813/21]

Committee on Public Petitions: Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Reports 2018 and 2019: Discussion (25 May 2021)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses, it has been interesting to listen to them. The beauty of going last is that many of the questions I wanted to ask have been asked already. Others have raised the banks that decide to leave the country, for whatever reason. Why do the witnesses think Ireland seems to be so uncompetitive or undesirable a place for so many of these institutions to do business, whether...