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Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Michael Creed
784. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of concerns regarding the lack of alternative products following the proposed banning of a product (details supplied) at the end of April 2023; if he is aware of the consequences of this in respect of displacement of the product in the market place by imported product; and if in the circumstances, if he will consider delaying the introduction of the ban on this product until April 2024 to enable the market to catch up with the new regulations on alternative product. [15312/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Michael Creed
266. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects to conclude its review of school building projects, which has seen a number of projects ready to proceed to construction being delayed; the anticipated additional funding required to enable these projects proceed to construction; and if she will ensure that a school building project (details supplied) that has been under consideration for over several years proceeds at the earliest possible date. [14465/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Supports
Michael Creed
379. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dairy farmers who are excluded from grant-aid for milking machines and dairy equipment, are eligible for grant-aid for the milking parlour buildings under TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14486/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Work Permits
Michael Creed
148. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider a work permit application for a person (details supplied); if he will reconsider this given the evidence confirming their application for a visa renewal was submitted well prior to their visa expiry and they only received an appointment for such a renewal for a date after their visa had expired. [13410/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Tax Code
Michael Creed
321. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding excise duties and taxes and levies presently collected from an alternative fuel (details supplied). [13070/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Insurance Coverage
Michael Creed
383. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in connection with prohibitive insurance costs, and how this might be addressed to enable the organisation to proceed with its calendar of events for the current year; the support available from her Department in this specific regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13031/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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School Accommodation
Michael Creed
669. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will review arrangements for additional classroom delivery in County Cork (details supplied) in order to ensure optimum financial efficiency; if the November 2022 approval for a mainstream class and a SEN classroom still stands; if, in view of recent site visits by both her Department’s design team and subsequently by the building contractors she will take steps to ensure that the classroom is delivered in conjunction with the SEN classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12950/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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School Transport
Michael Creed
673. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will take urgent steps to restore a school taxi service to a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork. [12985/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Ukraine War
Michael Creed
689. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will commit to her Department to engaging with all post-primary schools that are accommodating Ukrainian students with regard to the specification required in respect of Ukrainian as a non-curricular language being developed as an option by the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13071/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Pension Provisions
Michael Creed
828. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [13137/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Michael Creed
834. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has received a request for a review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her Department will look favourably on this application given the provision of the additional supporting documentation. [13411/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Michael Creed
942. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the supports that are available from his Department to assist a small rural primary school board of management with the provision of pre-school and after school care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13075/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Solar Energy Guidelines
Michael Creed
1553. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views generally on the availability and restrictions on grant aid for solar panels under TAMS; his views specifically on the scoring system on TAMS applications as they relate to farmers who are not qualifying as young farmers and farmers who are not farming on designated lands; if he is satisfied that all applications can be approved and funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12870/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Solar Energy Guidelines
Michael Creed
1554. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding surplus electricity produced from solar panels under a TAMS grant and how customers will be credited and paid for surplus electricity to the national grid where such a surplus is exported to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12871/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Solar Energy Guidelines
Michael Creed
1555. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding TAMS grant aid available for solar panels and his views on whether such panels can be erected on a farm dwellinghouse as well as farm sheds; if battery storage and inverter can be put where the current fuse box is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12872/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Michael Creed
1562. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the current situation regarding a basic payment to a farmer (details supplied) in County Cork. [13076/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Animal Culls
Michael Creed
1564. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give an up-date on the closure of mink farms in the country; if he can confirm that all mink have been euthanised; the date by which this was achieved; the reason for the delay in paying compensation arising from this; and if he will make a comprehensive statement on the matter including the overall cost envisaged to the State. [13223/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael Creed
1565. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the eligibility for the new TB compensation rates; if owners of all herds undergoing a breakdown for which compensation rates have not yet been paid are entitled to the revised scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13315/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Michael Creed
272. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review an application for carers allowance by a person (details supplied) in County Cork; if she can confirm that her Department is not including unpaid lunch time hours in the calculation of hours worked in respect of this claim for carers benefit. [12089/23]
Wed, 8 Mar 2023
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National Development Plan
Michael Creed
95. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on the use of bundled construction projects for delivery of the National Development Plan; if he accepts that in the event of such a strategy being deployed that all component parts of the bundle should be at the same stage of readiness to proceed to construction; if he is satisfied that this is the case; if, in circumstances where it is apparent that there is a significant gap in the readiness of projects that are bundled, he will indicate the steps, if any, his Department has taken to disentangle the bundle and proceed with the ready component parts of the bundle; the contractual consequences, if any, of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11654/23]