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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (7 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: 571. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that can be taken to help parents in north County Kildare to have their babies vaccinated with the usual childhood vaccines given that they cannot find a general practitioner to register with in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60241/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank Ms Donnelly for her opening statement. She spoke about just transition and the essential role of public policy to ensure a just transition. She also spoke about the change that will come in people's lives and the social acceptance and engagement that is going to be needed. As a policy, it sounds very good but I fear that in practice, the vulnerable and those on the margins will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets: Engagement with the Climate Change Advisory Council (7 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: That sounds very good. I wonder what is the possibility of us getting that sorted.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (2 Dec 2021)

Réada Cronin: I have constituents who are young families and single people who have moved to north Kildare and they cannot access a GP. Some of them are young mothers who cannot get vaccinations for their children or babies. Within 5 km of where I live, five GPs have recently retired. I have submitted parliamentary questions on this, but the replies tell me that GPs are a private matter and not the job...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (30 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the planning that is in place to address the situation of those sitting the leaving certificate in 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58330/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the suite of measures she is relying on to keep primary-schools safe given the absence of HEPA filters, masks, appropriate contact, test, trace and isolation and the fact most children in the age group that has not yet been vaccinated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59039/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a clean-air strategy in place for primary schools given growing international evidence over the past 20 months that Covid-19 is airborne and the fact this cohort remains unprotected through vaccination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59040/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (30 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 511. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will examine and resolve matters in relation to the employment of a person (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58298/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (30 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 715. To ask the Minister for Health the planning that is in place within the health service to deal with long-Covid-19 in the population in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59041/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (30 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 744. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if snail producers in the State can be recognised as farmers and included in green and low-carbon grant schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58276/21]

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: Why is there a six-month cut-off point?

Mother and Baby Institutions: Statements (25 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: What we see in this proposed redress scheme is the presence of too many experts but not enough expertise. In the context of what the State did to mothers and babies, it is unthinkable that this Government would task anybody with formulating this scheme without applying the necessary expertise on the effects of abandonment, separation and removal. The work of psychologist, John Bowlby, on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will liaise with the National Transport Authority in relation to the cessation of the of the 66A bus service under BusConnects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58086/21]

Covid-19: New Measures: Statements (24 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: When it comes to the new Covid measures, parents in north Kildare and I are still very worried about primary schools. The Minister for Education, Deputy Norma Foley, knows that I have been asking about air quality in classrooms for a long time now. Her most recent reply came back yesterday. I had asked when high-efficiency particulate absorbing, HEPA, filters would be installed in each...

Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: My biggest concern with the climate action plan is the place within it for the just transition and what I considered to be a lukewarm commitment to it. The transition to carbon neutrality must be achievable and affordable across the whole of society and not just for the select few. As I state consistently at the climate committee, it would be damaging to social cohesion and democracy itself...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will examine the situation vis-a-vis schools with ASD units whereby a child with autism has to apply first for a mainstream place and then transfer to the ASD unit with their initial application leaving them very low on the admissions list as opposed to their being considered separately for direct admission to the ASD unit;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when HEPA filters in each classroom will be installed given the growing international medical, building and environmental evidence and consensus that Covid-19 is airborne and HEPA filtration is an important and effective mitigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57008/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will examine the situation whereby students suffering an epileptic seizure by their nature without warning prior to a leaving certificate exam cannot sit the paper in question and are required to wait and resit the exams the following year; if an appropriate accommodation could be established that would allow students...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: 550. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that young persons turning 18 years have seamless access to specialist prescriptions for medications such as ritalin given that the adult waiting list can be up to three years, in which case persons are then without vital medications due to the fact that general practitioners cannot prescribe same; if he will address the planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Charter Treaty and Energy Security: Discussion (23 Nov 2021)

Réada Cronin: I am sorry that I missed the start of the meeting but I have been catching up on the opening statements. I am sorry if this question has been asked already. There seems to be a real disconnect between power and people and between political power and energy power. I wonder what to do. I agree with the point about the investor-state dispute settlement and these courts. What we are...