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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children that receive a school transport remote area grant; the value of grants awarded in the last full school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38133/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children qualifying for the school transport remote area grant under each of the five distance categories in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38134/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the investment in the school transport scheme bus fleet in each year from 2010 to 2020; the number of new buses added or replaced on the scheme in each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38135/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to the schools in an area (details supplied); if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the psychologists work on referrals during the school break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38233/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS referrals made in the 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38234/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to carry out an audit on all school textbooks to ensure inclusivity and visibility of breastfeeding families from preschool onwards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38448/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation, following yesterday's. This has been helpful. I have a couple of questions about private testing facilities that conduct polymerase chain reaction, PCR, testing and antigen testing. Is the Minister of State satisfied that there is sufficient engagement with those facilities? Does he think that all of the private testing providers will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: That is good to hear. I would raise a few points on that. We should get as close to the 25 testing centres, which is as close as we can to 100% capacity. People should be aware that if they avail of a private testing facility that does not engage with the DCC scheme, that may have implications. People do not necessarily have to have a DCC certificate to travel; they can still travel with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for the breadth of his answers. I want to raise a couple of questions about the practicalities of the digital Covid certificate and the verifier app. Let us say a person lands up at Dublin Airport who has not been vaccinated but has got a negative PCR or antigen test, a digital Covid certificate and a QR code. The QR code is read by the verifier app and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: Exactly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: For sure. I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: There is a level of sophistication with the technology, which is important. If there is a suggestion that we use the DCC for indoor dining or hospitality here, there is a potential issue with operating on the QR code. The code could say a person is antigen-test negative from three weeks ago. It would not be a forgery. It would be legitimate, but without the appropriate tool to read the QR...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 169. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which pay parity claims of medical scientists are being progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19939/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the electricity demand, current and projected has been factored into critical infrastructure planning; the assessments and reports that have been prepared and published in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37379/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to reduce the barriers to entry into the profession of commercial driving; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are many fully qualified licensed drivers with a C, D or CE licence that could drive right now but they are excluded from doing so for hire and reward due to the fact that their...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to prioritise driver CPC testing for essential workers given the acute shortage of haulage drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37268/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Data (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the last full year and the percentage of all motor tax payments that were paid in instalments versus those which were paid upfront in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tax Data (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that is raised from the higher rates of motor tax for those that choose to pay in instalments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the counties that operate demand responsive services on the LocalLink scheme; the counties that do not or have recently stopped providing demand responsive services on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (13 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 272. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons will lose their no-claims car insurance bonus if a third party makes a claim for a relatively small amount against them, for example, for a scratch, resulting in the insured party paying thousands of euro extra on their premium each year; his plans to address this problem; and if he will make a...