Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

148. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has had their free travel pass withdrawn. [11655/23]

Ukraine War

Michael Creed

383. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken by her Department in conjunction with the NCCA to actively assist and accommodate Ukrainian post primary pupils in schools; if consideration has been given to develop Ukrainian as a non-curricular language for those students moving into senior cycle next September; if the advice of the NCCA have been canvassed on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11179/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

443. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the living alone allowance. [11373/23]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

520. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if he will reconsider a visa appeal application in the name of a person (details supplied) in light of the individual circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11235/23]

An Garda Síochána

Michael Creed

524. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if he has received representations from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the pensions for members of An Garda Síochána, and in particular, regarding the implications which revised pension arrangements post-2013 are having on recruitment and retention on the force. [11484/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

698. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding grant aid for dairy equipment under TAMS as it relates to young farmers who are over five years established but are still under 40-years and involved in a farm partnership; if the 160 cow threshold applies in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

699. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation with regard to aid under TAMS for dairy equipment; if he will outline the methodology being used by his Department when counting cow numbers on an individual herd; if he accepts that ICBF milk recording data is acceptable evidence and a reliable methodology, as reliance on herd number data could include culled cows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11249/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

247. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a companion pass. [10604/23]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

174. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the correspondence or communication, if any, which he has had with the board of CIE regarding the solvency or otherwise of the pension fund; if he has received a request from the board of CIE, or trustees of the pension fund, to sign or vary any statutory instrument governing disbursements from the fund; if he is satisfied that the fund now meets the minimum funding standard provisions of the Pensions Act 1990; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9572/23]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

175. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he has sought a detailed explanation from the board of CIE in respect of investment decisions regarding the pension scheme (details supplied); if he has sought details regarding CIE’s pension investment advisors' contact with the board in respect of these investments; if he is satisfied that the board acted appropriately with regard to its fiduciary duties in this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9575/23]

Ukraine War

Michael Creed

323. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will elaborate and provide details regarding European Commission proposals for pre-finance purchase of weapons and ammunition for Ukraine; if Ireland’s approval for this EU initiative has been approved by Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9690/23]

Grant Payments

Michael Creed

331. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will extend eligibility for the Gaeltacht grant to students studying to qualify as primary teachers at a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10014/23]

School Staff

Michael Creed

348. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education given that the Teaching Council has now invited teachers who qualified outside of Ireland to register with them with a view to teaching in Ireland, and given that most of these teachers will not have the required H4 in Leaving Certificate Irish, if she will intervene to direct the Teaching Council to allow mature students who have high grades in ordinary level Irish to complete a PME (Professional Masters in Education) while at the same time upskilling their Irish to the required level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9771/23]

Teacher Training

Michael Creed

349. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will outline how the subjects of mathematics, physics and Spanish were chosen for giving upskilling to registered post-primary teachers to teach these subjects; if she will indicate the other subjects that are under consideration in respect of this initiative for future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9773/23]

School Staff

Michael Creed

376. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will sanction the retention of a teacher at a school (details supplied) in view of the projected enrolment for September 2023 which is in excess of both the retention and appointment figure in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10207/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

398. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been refused carers allowance; the reason her Department considers the applicant not to be providing full-time care for her mother; and if she will also clarify the situation with regard to the means test applied and if means had been reduced just below the threshold level of carers allowance payment that could be received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9576/23]

Citizenship Applications

Michael Creed

467. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if his Department can arrange for the issuance of confirmation regarding non-citizenship to a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [9466/23]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

485. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if, in conjunction with the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, he will reconsider the business/work permit arrangements as they apply to holders of Critical Skills Employment Permits (CSEP) where such persons are joined by dependent children on Stamp 3 arrangements, whereupon such adult children upon completing second-level education are not entitled to work part-time or progress to third- level on the same basis as their peers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/23]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

159. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if, her Department will immediately sanction funding for a second ASD classroom in a school (details supplied) given the current ASD accommodation will be required to facilitate the additional mainstream classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8957/23]

Insurance Industry

Michael Creed

211. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance the engagement he has had in recent times with an organisation (details supplied) in connection with affordable insurance for the sector to facilitate its calendar of events in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8794/23]