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

Cian O'Callaghan: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an up to date map of the Dublin school catchment areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11292/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (3 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 530. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11088/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (3 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 601. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make childcare providers who are in receipt of national childcare scheme eligible for the Covid-19 standard operating payment in order to waive and refund fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11759/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (3 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 747. To ask the Minister for Health when the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest cuts made to pharmacies will be reversed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11112/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 785. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered allowing a special exemption to restrictions in lower levels of the National Framework for Living with COVID-19 similar to that in Scotland to adults in relationships who do not live together; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11266/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 907. To ask the Minister for Health if severe eating disorders are included in the severe mental illness category of the new cohort 5 in the Covid-19 vaccine allocation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11758/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (3 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 908. To ask the Minister for Health his response to the January 2019 Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health report on the new standard operating procedure for assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005; if steps have been and are being taken to address the findings of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11764/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I have two questions for the witnesses from the CCMA. The expansion of the serviced site fund was mentioned. Will the witnesses tell us more about that? What is envisaged? Is it that there will be flexibility in the amounts and it will be possible to go beyond €50,000 or will the amounts be fixed? If the approach is that of some flexibility, how would that be worked out? I ask...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: I thank the witnesses for their replies. In regard to design-build frameworks, will they clarify that there will still be plenty of flexibility in terms of external design in order to ensure it is not overly uniform? Is it the case that the approach being taken is looking more at the internal side?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: General Scheme of the Affordable Housing Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (2 Mar 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: It is very important. I thank the witnesses.

Residential Tenancies (Student Rents and Other Protections) (Covid-19) Bill 2021: First Stage (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: The Social Democrats support this Bill and we are very happy to co-sign it. This legislation is very important in ensuring that students are not penalised for complying with public health measures, which is what happened last year. Students who could not avail of accommodation they had paid for several months in advance were charged in full for it. In effect, they were penalised for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the airline industry with a financial aid package to ensure the survival of the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10721/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 45. To ask the Minister for Finance if personal financial supports will be extended for airline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10722/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will be extended past 31 March 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10723/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Approved Housing Bodies (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 126. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of capital funding his Department has provided to Co-operative Housing Ireland, CHI, since quarter 4 of 2014 to date by quarter in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10725/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government response to the recent events and discrimination regarding the LGBTQ+ community in Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10724/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the annual spend on national defence and on the Defence Forces excluding pensions as a percentage of GDP since 1999, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the married and single quarters within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Review (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason for reviewing the Defence Forces in isolation via a stand-alone commission; the reason a review of national defence and security as a whole is not being undertaken; the selection criteria for the membership of the commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (25 Feb 2021)

Cian O'Callaghan: 151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current establishment number for Defence Forces personnel, permanent, reserve and civilian support staff; the way these figures compare to the number of personnel in 1999, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10956/21]