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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update from her Department and the NCSE on admissions to special schools and special classes in September 2023; the number of places that her Department and the NCSE anticipate are needed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61908/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that are being taken to create places in special schools and special classes ahead of the September 2023 school term to ensure that each child has a place in an appropriate setting and to ensure that parents do not have to deal with ongoing uncertainty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61909/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that she will take to ensure that all children who need access to the in-school July provision programme in 2023 can access it; the number of children at primary and post-primary level who need access to in-school July provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61910/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 439. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is no longer undertaking commercial letting agreements for housing of Ukrainian refugees (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61741/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 547. To ask the Minister for Health when a community nursing home (details supplied) in County Cork will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61721/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I confirm that I am in my office in Leinster House. It is great to listen to Fiacre and Ms Ryan. It is heartening to see their story and I watched the RTÉ documentary yesterday evening. I was in the education sphere. As far as I am concerned, my motto on all of these assistive technologies is that if they work for the individual or for the student, then as a school, community and a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This committee will be compiling a report at the end of its deliberations. I suggest to the Chair that we request that such research be done on this assistive technology and others and that the Department draft a policy on assistive technology and its merits, not just in this instance. There are other technologies there. Perhaps the committee could make such a suggestion in its report. ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Assistive Technology: Ms Carmel Ryan and Mr. Fiacre Ryan (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Could Ms Ryan explain what it has meant for her? It is probably quite an emotional thing. She described how it was like letting down a barrier or dam in terms of Fiacre's use of the technology. Could she give us the personal human side of it and what it has meant to her and her family?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome all the witnesses. As the Chair said earlier, we had a very interesting conversation this morning about how we can make students' school environment a more welcoming place for autistic children. It is important we speak about this also in the context of the workplace. I have a number of questions. I will probably come back in later but I will ask just one or two to start with....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Is the funding Specialisterne receives adequate for where it is at the moment or does it project that it will grow again in the future?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I take from what Mr. Brabazon has said that, pending funding, Specialisterne Ireland plans to be around for an awful long time and hopes to expand the services it provides. That would be great because I am a convert. After listening to the likes of Frank Holt, I believe the work the group does is great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy and Employment: Discussion (13 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will come to ICTU at the end if I get a chance to come in a second time but I will first finish with Specialisterne Ireland. I hate to use the number of people successfully placed as the sole metric of what the group does because, as Mr. Brabazon has said, a lot of it is about raising awareness, which is harder to quantify. However, for brass tacks purposes, how many people have been...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have raised the issue of orphan drugs and rare diseases with the Tánaiste before. It is fitting that I raise again this week, given the announcement in relation to Kaftrio this week and the disappointment that that has caused for that cohort of patients. The Minister for Health, Deputy Donnelly, has previously given me a commitment that he will publish the Mazars report into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 33. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide further information on the new elective hospital in Cork; if he will outline the next steps in the process; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 69. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the non–EU rural GP programme; if his Department and the Government are supportive of same; if the strategic review of GP services that is due to commence shortly will consider this programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 167. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the programme for Government commitment which prioritises equine welfare and commits to a robust traceability system; the status of the existing inspectorate supports across the country; the engagement that his Department has had with local authorities in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 173. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the programme for Government commitment to develop additional urban horse welfare programmes; the interaction that his Department has had with local authorities, charities, and community stakeholders to provide stabling facilities and educational programmes; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 266. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if public service pension recipients (details supplied) will be incorporated into the qualifying cohort eligible to receive the fuel allowance under the national fuel scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 402. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she on conducting a review of the Control of Dogs Acts 1986-1992 in light of the recent dog attack in County Wexford which left a child with life-changing injuries; if she will appoint an expert panel to review the legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61463/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Control of Dogs (8 Dec 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 403. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if consideration will be given to reviewing dog bite prevention legislation; if she is satisfied that Ireland’s legislation is on par with that of other EU member states; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61465/22]