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Covid-19 Vaccine Roll-out Programme: Statements (Resumed) (4 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The Minister is in a really difficult spot. He is listening to everybody here today and everybody has the exact same concerns. We are trying to get answers for constituents, people such as family carers and people who are not quite sure whether they are in cohort four or cohort seven. Completely reasonably, we are coming with these questions. If there is anything the Minister can do to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to include a reduction in class size at all class levels in DEIS band one schools when she issues the annual staffing circular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12076/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin in temporary accommodation; the length of time each school has been in that accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12050/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin operating partially or fully out of prefabs; the length of time each school has been partially or fully in this style of accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (3 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 990. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the additional €10 million funding announced on 23 February 2021 to mental health services; the amount of this allocation that will go towards mental health supports in schools; if funding has specifically been allocated to CAMHS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12053/21]

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank our guests for coming today. I wish to pick up on some of the points raised by Deputy Burke on cases of overspending. I understand that with more than 8,000 bodies, the office cannot monitor every contract. However, I want to tease out the responsiveness of the OGP to the more systemic issues. What capacity has the office to receive feedback either on the original procurement...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand that the Comptroller and Auditor General reviews procurement on a sector-by-sector or departmental basis. What I am curious about is the process by which, if any, that is then formally fed back into a formal or periodic review process. It sounds like it is there but perhaps not as formalised as I am describing. Does the Comptroller and Auditor General wish to comment?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As a State, how do we capture that and feed it back as an aggregate? Is that an ongoing challenge? Is that something that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has constantly under review?

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: On another point, I recall the establishment of the OGP. Obviously it is essential that there is a clear and transparent public procurement process in any modern democracy and it is really heartening to see the savings that have emerged, of approximately €570 million, since the office's establishment. I would like to get into that a little deeper if I can. A parliamentary question...

Public Accounts Committee: 2019 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement (2 Mar 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I understand the difference. Returning to the savings and the profile of that, I appreciate Deputy Colm Burke has asked for a greater breakdown of it but looking at it systemically and on the basis of international comparison, when an office of this kind is established, there is a certain amount of capture one can get in the first instance simply by streamlining the process. There is a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the efforts being made to reduce the licence renewal backlog in the National Driver Licence Service, NDLS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10148/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 127. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an NDLS receipt for a driver licence renewal will be acceptable in lieu of the licence, given the extensive backlog as a result of Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10149/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if family home renovations will be considered specifically when planning and giving guidance for the reopening of the country over the coming weeks due to the substantial additional cost to families of delayed projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10147/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures in place to ensure against discrimination for those seeking housing whilst in receipt of HAP; the supports in place for those who feel they have been discriminated against; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10146/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered making masks mandatory for children in upper primary school classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10151/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Holidays (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered a restructuring of school holidays to ensure that children receive more in-person learning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate length of time for the appraisal of possible school sites when there is active engagement with a local council; the length of time that negotiations for site acquisition usually take once a site has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10482/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Driver Licences (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 737. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a NDLS receipt for a driver licence renewal will be accepted by An Garda Síochána in lieu of the licence given the extensive backlog as a result of Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10150/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (24 Feb 2021)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 974. To ask the Minister for Health the training being provided to psychiatric services in relation to ADHD in order that patients can access proper assessments, diagnosis and treatment, particularly as adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10154/21]