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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister of State and I are here again. A number of colleagues from Cork North Central and I raised a joint Topical Issue two weeks ago on a very similar issue. I wish to put on record that I appreciate the Minister of State being here again. She has been a great advocate for reintroducing the pilot scheme and trying to get therapists back into schools. We were here two weeks ago...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: As I said at the outset, I appreciate the Minister of State's genuine interest in this and it is appreciated by us all in CHO 4. One thing I need to reiterate is that six schools were identified, four of which are in Cork, and to my knowledge, and I have spoken with two principals today, not one of them has received a single therapy in the six weeks during which the scheme has been live. I...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of craft apprentices waiting for off-the-job training; the steps he has taken to address the backlogs in the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39992/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: How many craft apprentices are waiting for off-the-job training and what steps have been taken to address the backlogs in the system? I ask the Minister of State to make a statement be made on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The 34% increase in craft training capacity is welcome. The Minister of State said the number of people waiting six months or longer for craft apprenticeships has now halved. SOLAS appeared before the education committee on a number of occasions. At the most recent meeting, SOLAS stated it hoped the backlogs would be caught up with by 2025. Will the Minister of State clarify if that is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Does the Minister of State have any information on the average completion time for craft traineeships? If not, perhaps he could follow up with a written answer. As he said, there are delays from time to time for people who are waiting for their placement or block release. Typically, a course or traineeship may take four years, as the Minister of State stated. Is there any analysis of how...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on how the recruitment campaign for craft apprentice instructors by the education and training boards is progressing; the number of instructors that have been recruited in Cork; the areas they will be teaching in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39993/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 110. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered making individual savings accounts (details supplied) available to Irish savers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40081/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the State Examinations Commission regarding the need to give second-level students with a diagnosis of dyslexia additional time in the exam hall to complete their junior and leaving certificate examination paper (details supplied); if this can be done as expeditiously as possible; and if she will make a statement on the...

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]