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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 519. To ask the Minister for Health the protections in place for children who are required to quarantine under section 38B of the Health Act 1947 (as amended); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22666/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (5 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 521. To ask the Minister for Health when persons who do not wish to take a vaccine (details supplied) may be able to receive a different vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22670/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 522. To ask the Minister for Health if it is necessary to seek a waiver of the trade and intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines in order to protect developing countries from the threat of Covid-19; if so, the steps taken to obtain this waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22677/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank all of the witnesses for coming in to the committee. As policymakers, we are in a much better place than we were 20 or 30 years ago since we now are much more aware of the incidence of school bullying and the impact that can have on the mental health of children. There are four contributors in terms of people who have responsibility for this and, in the first instance, I will ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: I have a question for Ms O'Malley. What further roles can schools play in order to deter bullying? Is increased discipline part of this or is that a factor that should be within the repertoire of the school?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Bullying and its Impact on Mental Health: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: My final question is for Dr. Hayes. One factor that can have an impact on the mental health of children is that they may feel excluded. Of course, they can be excluded without bullying necessarily being perpetrated by another child; they might just not be invited over to the house of a friend who is having a party. What can we do to try to allow children to recognise that they have a role...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if no application for a rail order in respect of MetroLink will be made until such time as the feasibility study into the extension of the Metro to south-west areas of County Dublin has been completed. [22404/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland business case proposal should be considered in the implementation of the transport strategy when that strategy never contemplated a city centre terminus nor the possibility that such a terminus could be in place for decades. [22405/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland business case proposal should be considered in the implementation of the transport strategy when the clear outcome of the public consultation process was that there is currently no agreed southside solution to reach Sandyford, County Dublin. [22406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria used by the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to select Charlemont as the preferred MetroLink terminus. [22407/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the studies carried out by the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland to substantiate the selection of Charlemont as the preferred MetroLink terminus location above other city centre locations such as St. Stephen’s Green or O’Connell Street. [22408/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the proposed construction of a tunnel beyond a city centre terminus to Beechwood and the proposed construction of a station at Charlemont effectively preordains a future decision to proceed with the National Transport Authority and Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s preferred route of a segregated aboveground metro route along...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which expenditure on the partial construction of its preferred route of a city centre tunnel to Beechwood with a Charlemont station will be a valuable use of taxpayers’ money; and the way in which spending that money now will reduce the risk and cost of the ultimate Metro South project. [22410/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated total costs of constructing MetroLink south beyond the two high profile city centre stations (details supplied). [22411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the contractual arrangements in place between the National Transport Authority, Transport Infrastructure Ireland and a developer (details supplied) for the construction of the Charlemont station box; the capital cost of these works; when the developer is due to be refunded; the approval the NTA and TII have for incurring actual metro...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 85. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions taken to obtain the view of young persons in increasing their participation in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 123. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the cultural capital scheme 2019-2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 150. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the small business assistance scheme for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22193/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 151. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the sustaining enterprise fund; the number of jobs it has protected during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22194/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (28 Apr 2021)

Jim O'Callaghan: 152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the operation of the COVID-19 credit guarantee scheme; the number of businesses that have availed of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22195/21]