Parliamentary questions

School Meals Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

446. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students attending special schools in receipt of cold school meals under the school meals programme. [62643/21]

School Meals Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

447. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of primary school students not in receipt of school meals under the school meals programme. [62644/21]

School Meals Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

448. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of secondary school students not in receipt of school meals under the school meals programme. [62645/21]

School Meals Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

449. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of students attending special schools not in receipt of school meals under the school meals programme. [62646/21]

Mental Health Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

555. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, in County Cork, by area; the average waiting time; and his plans to address same. [62628/21]

Mental Health Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

556. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of young persons on the CAMHS waiting list in Cork city for fewer than 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9, 9 to 12, 12 to 18, 18 to 24 and over 24 months, in tabular form. [62629/21]

Disability Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

557. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of staff employed in each children's disability network team across the State; and the waiting list by service in each. [62630/21]

Disability Services

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

558. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in Cork city and county, by area. [62631/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

89. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will provide funding to ensure children living in emergency homeless accommodation can access transport to school; and if funding is currently available for this purpose. [62137/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

90. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the Minister for Education to ensure that children living in emergency homeless accommodation can access transport to school. [62138/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

91. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will engage with the Minister for Social Protection to allow families in emergency accommodation to access an exceptional needs payment to pay for taxis for their children to go to school. [62139/21]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

112. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will take steps to ensure that a family (details supplied) living in emergency homeless accommodation can access transport in order that they can attend school. [62140/21]

School Transport

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

113. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the steps she has taken and will take to ensure that all children who are living in emergency homeless accommodation have access to school transport. [62141/21]

Homeless Persons Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

125. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection if families living in emergency homeless accommodation can access an exceptional needs payment to pay for taxis for their children to go to school; if not, the reason for same; and if she will reconsider this position. [62142/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

127. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time from application to approval for the Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit, by month from January 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62168/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

128. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time from application to approval for illness benefit, by month from January 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62169/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

129. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps she has taken to address the lengthy delays in processing claims for illness benefit and Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62170/21]

Education Policy

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

384. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if clarity will be provided in relation to the position of children with dyslexia (details supplied). [61223/21]

Schools Building Projects

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

393. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the delivery of a new school building for a school (details supplied). [61336/21]

Road Safety

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

394. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the unsafe conditions for students walking from Cork city to the temporary site of a school (details supplied); and if she will intervene to ensure these students can walk to school safely. [61337/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

409. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of one HEPA filtration device. [61662/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

410. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of providing a HEPA filtration device to each primary and secondary school classroom in the State. [61663/21]

Schools Administration

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

418. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the transfer of ownership of lands located at a school (details supplied) to her Department. [61992/21]

Agriculture Schemes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

38. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the new measures in his proposed CAP Strategic Plan that will support young farmers and generational renewal. [60578/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

72. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the guidance for mask-wearing in a classroom in which there is a hard of hearing child who requires lip reading to effectively engage and communicate with their teacher and classmates. [60648/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

73. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some general practitioners will not provide medical certificates for children to obtain exemptions from mask wearing in primary school (details supplied); and the actions parents should take in this situation. [60649/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

148. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive a Covid Recovery Certificate. [60690/21]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

75. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to progress a thorough investigation of the grounds at the former Bessboro Mother and Baby Home, Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58443/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

127. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the role of public health teams in contact tracing in school settings. [59015/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

139. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will provide greater support to school leaders who are experiencing Covid-19 cases in their school. [59016/21]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

317. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost attached to banked special educational hours in the 2020-2021 academic year. [58402/21]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

342. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers currently on secondment to other bodies. [58819/21]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

343. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the number of teachers currently on secondment to the Professional Development Service for Teachers, PDST, specifically. [58820/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

344. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the person or body that will identify the pod contacts in primary schools; and the person or body that will identify parents of these pod contacts. [58821/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

582. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the estimated weekly, monthly and annual cost of providing an antigen test daily to each SNA at primary and secondary level in the State. [58690/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

583. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the estimated weekly, monthly and annual cost of providing an antigen test daily to each teacher at primary and secondary level in the State. [58691/21]

School Equipment

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

262. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the estimated cost of one HEPA air filtration monitor. [58155/21]

School Facilities

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

263. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the details of the number of classrooms across the State or if unavailable, the estimated number of same. [58156/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

103. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of the antigen testing process for junior infant, senior infant, 1st and 2nd classes that do not operate in pods. [57867/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

104. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the role the HSE and school specific public health teams will play in schools given the new announcements that place an onus on the principal to complete contact tracing. [57868/21]

Covid-19 Tests

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

105. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if school staff will receive antigen tests and, if so, the circumstances that will permit same. [57869/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

106. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure that parents of school age children receive an antigen tests as rapidly as possible in the post. [57870/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

107. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if a process of antigen testing is being rolled out in secondary schools; if antigen testing in secondary schools has been examined; and if not, the reason therefor. [57871/21]

Vaccination Programme

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

183. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the booster vaccine for persons over the age of 18 with medical vulnerabilities; if there is an ordered list in terms of priority for receipt of the booster vaccine; and if so, if he will publish details of same. [57710/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

56. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if clarity will be provided on the Covid-19 safety measures in school settings, including the potential use of filtration devices and all other measures required. [57257/21]

School Staff

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

58. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to address the substitution crisis in schools. [57258/21]

School Facilities

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

67. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the steps she is taking to ensure all schools have access to appropriate physical education and school hall facilities. [57261/21]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

112. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education if flexibility will be given to secondary schools (details supplied) in County Cork to ensure that no sixth class child with additional educational needs will lose their special class place at secondary level. [57260/21]

Departmental Programmes

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

126. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education the status of the roll-out of the expansion of DEIS as committed to in Budget 2022. [57259/21]

Special Educational Needs

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire

133. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education her views on the difficulties new and developing schools are facing in accessing special educational supports. [57262/21]