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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister and call Deputy O’Callaghan.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: We will now move to Deputy Farrell. The Deputy as six minutes.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I welcome the Minister. I will start my series of questions with a question I am asking for the third time, so the Minister will know what is coming. It is about the school transport review. I understand it is fairly advanced. Perhaps the Minister will give us an update in anticipation of the portal opening in April.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Very good. That is great to hear. Obviously the Minister is not going to reveal any of the content of the review to me this evening but I would just like to stress again that given the geographical handicap a number of villages north of Cork city find themselves in with distance and proximity to schools for students, are we still going to proceed with the kilometre-based assessment? Is...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I acknowledge the progress. To be fair, the majority of educators in Cork would genuinely acknowledge the progress made in school places over the last few years. As an add on, and again I will be parochial, earlier in this term we highlighted a Cork City Council site that was being purchased by the Department for a special school in the Glanmire area. I understand there were some legal...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Leading on from special education, it is great to see all the additional school places. That is being felt on the ground in Cork. There is a distinct problem with therapies. I have mentioned it to the Minister before specifically in relation to the Carrigaline special school where they are essentially locked out of getting therapies from the local teams. I know it is more of an issue for...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 26 - Education (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I understand it is an issue with the Department of Health. The Minister paid testament to the work the ETB has done there and I would underline that. If I was the parent of a child and the ETB was to take on further special schools, despite the excellent work it has done, I would have to question whether that was the right place to send my child if those therapies are not being provided....

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Revised) (31 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Chair and Deputy Farrell. I have two or three brief questions. I am really more interested in hearing what the Minister of State has to say rather than giving a long spiel. Initially, he mentioned investing in our people and talent and rightfully so. He mentioned that we are going to go from 13,000 to 16,000 places for craft apprentices. Is there any factoring in of a review...

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I do not know where to start. I have lived beside a direct provision centre in my home parish for the best part of 23 years. We have always been welcoming to migrants from all over the world, and who have settled well and integrated into our community. I would like to bring some balance to the debate. I have been listening upstairs, and listening to the latest speech from the Sinn...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I wish to raise the issue of a social housing passport. I think Deputy Devlin raised this issue in the past. We are living in a society that is much more complex that the one in which we grew up. Many marriages and relationships break down and of the many couples who have shared an application on a local authority housing list, one or both partners might end up going back to their county...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I want to raise again the issue of rare diseases. The Taoiseach might have seen the news that last week, thankfully, the drug Libmeldy was approved for patients who suffer from metachromatic leukodystropohy, MLD. I pay tribute to the parent of a child who passed away a number of years ago. Les Martin sadly lost his son, Cathal, a few years ago to this disease. We saw and heard from Les...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [3804/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (30 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [3803/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: For the first few years in this Government's term in office, we saw numerous capital road projects progressed across the country including the Baile Bhuirne to Macroom bypass on which the Tánaiste officiated last year and I think he is due next month to cut the ribbon on the Dunkettle interchange, which is most welcome. I understand an announcement is due shortly from the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with his EU counterparts in relation to the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3140/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his engagement with the German Federal Foreign Minister; if the humanitarian situation in Gaza was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has engaged with smaller independent retailers regarding their concerns about the deposit return scheme and how it will operate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3418/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he can provide an update with regards to developing a policy on private wires; if he can provide an update on the public consultation which took place last year; if he can provide a timeline on when the policy will be finalised; if the policy is on target to be published in 2024 as previously stated; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Jan 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) will receive approval for their building programme to move to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3168/24]