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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Cork County Council and Cork City Council have provided for the expenditure of the full €2,755,923 local improvement scheme allocations for 2023, and if so, the reason; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41293/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that any local improvement scheme work not undertaken by Cork County Council and Cork City Council will be contracted out thus ensuring the full value of this year’s allocations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41294/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if Cork County Council and Cork City Council have provided for the full expenditure of the full €2,755,923 local improvement scheme, LIS; and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for the response. The Minister does not need to be told she is from a fairly rural constituency. Even in the part of the world I am from - although I cover the northern part of Cork city - there is a large rural hinterland. We had a tough enough couple of months during the summer. It was very wet. Many roads are in a state of disrepair. It is great to see that Cork...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I want to finish by thanking the Minister again for her response. Some local authorities are better at drawing down the money than others, and that is evidenced in much of the reading I was doing before I came in this evening. If I could touch on something else, the Minister spoke about working with the Department of Transport, and possibly with the Department of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 42. To ask the Minister for Health his views that the assessment processes for accessing new medicines are too stringent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40476/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 65. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting times for children with scoliosis; the number waiting 0 to 4, 4 to 12, and over 12 months, by hospital, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40477/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average wait time for an apprentice to enter each of the taught phases, by county, in tabular form; if he is aware of delays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40478/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of delays in SOLAS in providing block release for electrician apprenticeships in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40479/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he and the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform will approve the pension increase due to An Post pensioners now that all preliminary impediments have been removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39597/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on funding for a security system for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40077/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will have their special school transport application approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Equality (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what plans her Department has to deal with the gender pension disparity caused by the minimum 520 PRSI contributions rule; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39553/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Equality (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how her Department intends to equalise the gender pay gap in terms of the State pension for women who worked in the home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39554/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39881/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 654. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can purchase additional credits in order to qualify the minimum State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1001. To ask the Minister for Health for an update for a progress report on the provision of primary care centre for Mayfield and Glanmire in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40419/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1002. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges at Cork University Hospital in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; what the money was spent on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40420/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1025. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the progress made in developing a new rare disease plan; when further information will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40609/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (20 Sep 2023)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 1026. To ask the Minister for Health when the implementation working group established following the publication of the Mazars report and tasked with reviewing the policy, legal and institutional framework within which the HSE operates, in particular the requirements as set out in the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013, is due to report to the Minister; if he will outline...