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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 729 of 23 July 2024, for an update on a building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40203/24]

Financial Resolutions 2024 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (3 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would like to be associated with the Ceann Comhairle's expression of sympathy on the death of former Minister, Ms Mary O'Rourke. I have been listening to the debate for the past while with interest. Not too many of us, on both sides of the House, disagree about what we would like to get done. A lot of it is about how we get there. Many of us would like to get to the destination a lot...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: One in ten learners have dyslexia. Next Tuesday, 8 October, is World Dyslexia Day. There is a campaign for the provision of extra time during State exams for students with dyslexia, dyscalculia and other learning difficulties. The lack of extra time is a barrier and disadvantage for dyslexic students. Additional time is the norm already in many European countries and even here we make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 51. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting scoliosis surgery; the measures that have been taken to ensure timely treatment for these children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39279/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 60. To ask the Minister for Health the progress of an elective hospital at the St. Stephen’s site in Glanmire in County Cork; if a more indicative timeline for the project can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39278/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (2 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 18. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budgetary measures implemented since 2020 to support and improve services for adults with additional needs in CHO4; for an update on residential beds and assisted living placements in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Special Educational Needs (2 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 52. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the next phase of the pilot programme to reinstate in-therapy supports to special schools; when the announcement of the next ten schools will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38880/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (2 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available to schools for the replacement of old carpets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39460/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39422/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of unfilled positions for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and psychologists in CHO4, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39207/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of concerns regarding the infrequent bus service to Rocky Island, Cork, which serves in excess of 250 personnel living in Haulbowline (details supplied); if this issue can reviewed and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39019/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (1 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when work will commence on an SEN reconfiguration project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39031/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (1 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 503. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a patient (details supplied) was refused a sensor technology device for type 1 diabetes; if this decision can be reviewed, given the positive impact it would have on their quality of life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38939/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Earlier, the Tánaiste acknowledged that PDS is continuing to fail as a policy in terms of providing for the needs of children, particularly in special schools. I want to raise the pilot scheme that the Tánaiste referenced as well earlier in relation to the reintroduction of therapists into special schools. The Tánaiste referenced that there were considerable roadblocks to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is taking to support Gardaí in tackling road traffic offences; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38033/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (26 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí for Cork city and county as of August 2024; the number of Gardaí in August 2023 for Cork city and county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38034/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (26 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 76. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he can provide an update on the adequacy of fodder stock ahead of the winter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (26 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 78. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his Department’s plans to simplify and modernise the Control of Horses Act 1996; what progress if any has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (26 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 178. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of approved housing bodies in operation; the amount expended per annum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38271/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Defibrillators Provision (25 Sep 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 104. To ask the Minister for Health if funding is in place for community organisations to apply for defibrillators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38029/24]