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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (10 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a third stream will be added to the junior infants intake in a school (details supplied); if not, her Department’s plans to accommodate these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 367. To ask the Minister for Health if the respiratory department at Naas General Hospital has its full complement of staff including consultants, respiratory nurses, physiotherapists and physiologists; if this number is deemed sufficient for the population and state of lung health the department serves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13553/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are waiting for a respiratory consultation or assessment at Naas General Hospital in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13554/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (9 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will postpone means assessment reviews of carers until after the new arrangements of Budget 2022 are introduced in June 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13436/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 206. To ask the Minister for Health when the Coombe Women and Infants University Maternity Hospital pre-natal clinic will be returning to Naas Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13357/22]

International Women's Day: Statements (8 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: They say a woman's place is in the revolution and on the Continent of Europe, Ukrainian women are showing up to defend their country, freedom and values. They are an inspiration to women everywhere. More women have had to leave on foot or by car and train, taking elderly relatives and young children to safety to defend the next generation of Ukrainians. To those who will come to Ireland, I...

Committee Report on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community: Statements (3 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gcoiste agus, go háirithe, leis an Seanadóir Eileen Flynn as ucht na tuairisce seo atá an-tábhachtach. I take the opportunity to congratulate Dr. Sindy Joyce who is taking up her role as lecturer at the University of Limerick. They will be very lucky to have this outstanding academic put her particular and informed focus on Traveller, racial...

Institutional Burials Bill 2022: Second Stage (2 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: What we are discussing goes deep into the Irish psyche. The incarceration of girls and women and the forceable removal of their children is something we as a society carry to this day. This generation must undo the wrong done to them and so not pass this loss and trauma to another generation. We support the introduction of this Bill. There are some good provisions within it. It shows...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (1 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 618. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the medical card scheme in County Kildare in each of the past five years; the number who have left the scheme in each of those years; the number of persons waiting in each year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10869/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (1 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: 647. To ask the Minister for Health if the service situation of a person (details supplied) can be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10948/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: I was also involved with the hydrogen strategy Bill along with my colleague, Deputy O'Rourke. We must get on with ending our dependency on fossil fuels from countries with shocking human rights records, particularly given the shameful financial dealings between shell companies in the International Financial Services Centre, IFSC, and dictatorships, the bombings in Ukraine and the bombings in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Réada Cronin: That is for Mr. Moran.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (24 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the situation in which female clerical officers in secondary schools who are part of the pension scheme are not entitled to entry to the spouse and children’s part of same (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10605/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a child (details supplied) can get an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10606/22]

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: The situation in Ukraine has the potential for devastating conflict, conflict that must be avoided. Despite the global armaments industry, worth trillions of euro, it is incumbent on all countries to settle international disputes by peaceful means. In this case, the Minsk agreement must survive as the basis for a permanent and peaceful solution. Quite simply, Russia must not invade...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: In north Kildare, too many people are being put to the pin of their collar to pay the rent if they can find somewhere, pay for childcare if they can manage to get a place, pay to fill the car to go to work because the only area they can find work has no public transport, keep the family warm and put food on the table, all with wages worth less with everything costing more. My niece, who...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will examine a situation (details supplied) and the issues it raises for parents in a similar situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9184/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: I confirm I am in the building. To follow up on Senator Higgins, what has been proposed is critical, but I baulk at the appearance of the word "serious". Who will define the seriousness and what criteria will be used? I ask the same question about the word "systematic". It is all terribly vague really. When we are talking about environmental crime, some people might immediately think...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: Mr. Finnegan mentioned a ten-year timeframe. Given the urgency of the climate emergency we are facing, it seems somewhat lax and optimistic, if he does not mind the irony. It is too late for window dressing. What are Mr. Finnegan's feelings on a ten-year timeframe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Réada Cronin: I thank the officials for their presentation. I have a bit of a problem with using hydrogen on its own. We should be more specific about bringing in hydrogen. I was delighted to introduce a Bill on green hydrogen strategy a couple of weeks ago with Sinn Féin's climate spokesperson, Deputy Darren O'Rourke. We are really going to need a key fuel source if we are going to meet our...