Questions asked 13 total

• Education 7 questions

  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education if the need for an ASD unit in the Kilternan, County Dublin will be examined in order that families do not have to send their children to school at a great distance to ensure they receive the education they require; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24779/20]
  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the breakdown on the autism spectrum disorder units in primary schools in the Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24769/20]
  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the resources and funding provided to primary schools to allow them to expand their ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24770/20]
  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education her plans to establish more ASD units in primary schools in the Kilternan, County Dublin area in view of the fact that many parents have no ASD units within the catchment areas of their home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24771/20]
  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the actions that will be taken to support parents and children with autism that are suffering due to the lack of ASD units in primary schools throughout Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24772/20]
  • 2020-09-23 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the person or body responsible for ensuring that secondary school students wear face coverings on Bus Éireann school buses. [25708/20]
  • 2020-09-24 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Education the status of the provision of prefabs for a school (details supplied) for the 2020-2021 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26199/20]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if psychological supports are available or will be made available for frontline staff that worked throughout the pandemic to cope with the effects it may have on their mental health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25435/20]
  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been made towards providing tailored mental health supports for those that had serious cases of Covid-19 in view of the fact that one third of patients treated for SARS and MERS exhibited symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder within a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25436/20]
  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Health if he will review current restrictions which only allow for five children to receive dance lessons in large scale auditoriums, halls (details supplied); if the restriction will be amended if a county reverts to Stage 1 of the new Covid-19 Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25439/20]
• Climate 1 question

  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Climate Action and Communication Networks the status of the electric vehicle strategy, promised in the programme for Government, which will ensure that charging infrastructure stays ahead of demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24987/20]
• Housing 1 question

  • 2020-09-22 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps taken to combat the increasingly regular issue of overflowing waste from sewage treatment plants leading to the closure of swimming at beaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25438/20]
• Transport 1 question

  • 2020-09-24 Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Transport the status of the roll-out of the 25 extended trams for the green line LUAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24988/20]