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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 465. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) who needs urgent surgery will be on a waiting list for the next three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the contracts for electrification of the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines have been signed; if his Department has signed any procurement contract to purchase new electric trains to service both railway lines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has ringfenced moneys from the European Union stimulus plan (details supplied) to fund the new rail work in Cork; the amount that has been ringfenced; if this will also include a number of new railway stations along the existing lines on the Cork to Cobh and the Cork to Midleton railway lines; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when his Department will have approval of all procurement contracts for new electric trains and carriages for the Cork to Midleton and the Cork to Cobh railway lines to be signed off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in some local authority areas including Cork County Council, recipients of the increased disability allowance payment will have this included in their means testing if they are also in receipt of HAP and will lose out on this increase through their rent contribution; the steps...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the work that he is undertaking to ensure that HAP recipients benefit from increases in other social protection payments that they are entitled to and that means testing of income in relation to HAP does not cancel out such increases in future. [37027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget Process (6 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to a pre-budget 2023 submission from an organisation (details supplied) asking for an investment of €941,000 for in-home care, outreach care and mental health supports for children and adults with epidermolysis bullosa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36598/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (6 Jul 2022)

Pat Buckley: 314. To ask the Minister for Health when the staff at a hospice (details supplied) will receive their €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36593/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools in east Cork that have applied to her Department for additional resources to cover the additional demand for secondary school places for September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (28 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that a person (details supplied) cannot change their driver licence for an Irish driver licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33789/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to increase funding to schools to cover the ever-rising cost of lighting and heating owing to the rising costs of fuel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32531/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (21 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to increase NEPS services across the State and reinstate and expand the in-school and early years therapy support demonstration project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (21 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to increase or fund an initial grant of €20 per pupil for onsite counselling services in primary and specials schools this year and will; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 5. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority will look at providing a new bus route from Youghal to Midleton train station which would service Youghal, Killeagh and Castlemartyr and increase connectivity between Youghal and Cork city via Midleton train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31045/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 987. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that a minor (details supplied) cannot be guaranteed a secondary school place in east Cork when the schools open after the summer recess; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29574/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who bought their last six months of service to avail of a full pension after 30 years' service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29560/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of training that is provided to members of An Garda Síochána to facilitate engagement with members of the disabled community, especially those with invisible disabilities such as autism, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, and acquired brain injury; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the level of knowledge within An Garda Síochána of initiatives such as the Just A Minute card or JAM card, and the Sunflower Lanyard, to assist them to identify that the person with whom they are interacting with requires reasonable accommodations to protect the individual rights; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provisions that exist to provide appropriate adults to assist people with disabilities if they are arrested by a member of An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Jun 2022)

Pat Buckley: 1311. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report to the Houses of the Oireachtas the number of persons under the age of 18 years in 2019, 2020, 2021 and this year to date who informed the arresting member of An Garda Síochána and-or the member-in-charge of the Garda station that they were transported to, that they had ADHD or that they were a...