Parliamentary questions

Health Services

Robert Troy

1373. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if pain management patches can be supplied to a person (details supplied). [16440/23]

Nursing Homes

Robert Troy

1391. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently review an application for nursing home support by a person (details supplied). [16519/23]

Health Services

Robert Troy

1413. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will investigate the reason local social services groups are currently being denied access to the HSE clinic at 81 Derrygreenagh Park, Rochfortbridge, County Westmeath (details supplied). [16633/23]

Ambulance Service

Robert Troy

1428. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the expansion of ambulance services in Athlone, County Westmeath. [16678/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

1464. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for a procedure in the Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar. [16807/23]

Primary Medical Certificates

Robert Troy

1468. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if children with autism are eligible to apply for a primary medical certificate; and, if not, if he intends to change the eligibility criteria to include people diagnosed with autism [16816/23]

Home Help Service

Robert Troy

1549. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite the provision of home help hours for a person (details supplied). [17181/23]

Hospital Services

Robert Troy

1582. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase accessible and timely access to genetic testing, and specifically to increase capacity and decrease wait times at the Department of Clinical Genetics of Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. [17322/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Robert Troy

1700. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [17840/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

1795. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite a surgical appointment for a person (details supplied). [18332/23]

Pension Provisions

Robert Troy

1831. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on his Departments efforts to resolve pension issues across the university sector (details supplied). [18145/23]

Departmental Funding

Robert Troy

1852. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the next round of CLÁR funding will be open to applications. [18031/23]

Broadband Infrastructure

Robert Troy

1854. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on steps being undertaken by her Department to address connectivity issues on some sites with the WIFI4EU system. [18098/23]

Family Resource Centres

Robert Troy

15. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review the funding criteria for family resource centres. in particular centres (details supplied) in Ballynacargy and Athlone, County Westmeath, whose funding has remained largely the same since they first opened despite a significant expansion of services being provided. [14842/23]

Wards of Court

Robert Troy

18. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the use of the ward of court process when vulnerable persons are transferred to long-term nursing home care. [6614/23]

Passport Services

Robert Troy

176. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if consideration has been given to notifying passport holders that their current passport will expire within a certain period for example, six months, thereby prompting renewal applications in a timely manner. [15848/23]

Labour Activation Measures

Robert Troy

122. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the labour activation measures put in place by her Department, considering many sectors are facing recruitment challenges and unemployment stands at 10.2% youth unemployment and 3.4% for persons of 25 years plus. [14840/23]

Financial Services

Robert Troy

235. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will urgently investigate the circumstances in which a financial institution (details supplied) is continuing to sell mortgages on to third-party mortgage brokers, particularly in cases where a mortgage has never been in arrears and is fully serviced. [14707/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Robert Troy

242. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the delay that solicitors are having acquiring capital acquisitions certificates from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Capital Acquisitions Tax Unit, Government Buildings, Millennium Centre, Dundalk, County Louth. [14805/23]

Departmental Policies

Robert Troy

266. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to protect LGBTQ+ teens from hate and harassment on social media, as well as to prevent harmful anti-LGBT ads from being targeted towards them; and if she will consider working with the Data Protection Commission to ensure gay teens' data is kept private and not used against them in online spaces. [14967/23]

Religious Persecution

Robert Troy

341. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised concerns regarding the persecution of Christians to the relevant international forums (details supplied); and the steps his Department is taking to raise awareness for and combat Christian persecution in other countries. [15012/23]

Schools Amalgamation

Robert Troy

428. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will request the relevant officials to engage and advise the two national schools in Moate, County Westmeath who is are exploring the possibility of a merger. [15370/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Robert Troy

457. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if an invalidity pension appeal, on behalf of a person (details supplied), will be expedited. [15054/23]

State Pensions

Robert Troy

469. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify entitlement to a State pension (non-contributory) for a person (details supplied); if this person should have received any of the cost-of-living supports which were put in place over the winter months; and if this person will be moved to an Irish pension during the course of 2023 following an agreement with the UK pensions service. [15285/23]

Third Level Education

Robert Troy

548. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if assistance is available to a single parent who is studying part-time and working part-time; and if there is a payment that persons on low income who are studying to improve their situation can avail of. [15010/23]

Departmental Meetings

Robert Troy

602. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the steps he is taking to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) is consulted regarding matters of firearm regulation throughout the Firearms Expert Committee's review process, ensuring that its concerns regarding the firearms licensing process are heard. [15455/23]

Defence Forces

Robert Troy

7. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the independent review into a group (details supplied); when the report will be published; the actions he will be taking in respect of the report; and if all the recommendations be implemented. [14165/23]

Defence Forces

Robert Troy

50. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there will be a new army headquarters in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14164/23]

Schools Building Projects

Robert Troy

74. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on Project Nore, in particular in relation to schools (details supplied). [13923/23]

School Textbooks

Robert Troy

108. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the introduction of the free schoolbooks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13924/23]

Industrial Development

Robert Troy

160. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects to appoint a new CEO of the IDA. [14565/23]

Industrial Development

Robert Troy

161. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will detail current vacant positions across Enterprise Ireland and the IDA, that is, the position, location and period each has been vacant; and the measures in place to fill these positions. [14566/23]

Grant Payments

Robert Troy

209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the specific grants available for a sports club to install a lift and-or stairlift facility to allow members access an upstairs clubhouse facility. [14500/23]

Grant Payments

Robert Troy

210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the energy upgrade and efficiency grants available to sports clubs that incorporate a clubhouse facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14503/23]

Departmental Schemes

Robert Troy

226. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish the criteria local authorities must apply when evaluating to purchase properties under the NTQ scheme or if it is based on criteria set locally. [14568/23]

Travel Documents

Robert Troy

327. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice if he has engaged with various airlines to see the additional measures that can be introduced to ensure all passengers passports/verified copy of passport is available to the authorities on arrival in Ireland. [14564/23]

Charitable and Voluntary Organisations

Robert Troy

344. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will review the funding that is provided to meals on wheels services and consider increasing their allocated funding, given they provide invaluable services to communities and are urgently in need of more support. [14423/23]

Home Help Service

Robert Troy

363. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form in each CHO region the current number of home helps employed; the nuance of vacancies; if there are plans to hire additional numbers; and his views on the optimal number to be employed in this critical service. [14567/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Robert Troy

380. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently open a round of GLAS to accommodate the 14,000 farmers who have not been able to apply to the ACRES scheme but were part of GLAS in previous years. [14504/23]

Flexible Work Practices

Robert Troy

289. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the possibility of funding a remote working hub at Moate, County Westmeath as part of the town centre first policy. [13991/23]

Foreign Policy

Robert Troy

93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the current situation in Myanmar; the action Ireland is taking at international level in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13646/23]

Religious Persecution

Robert Troy

102. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland is taking to protect people from persecution on account of their religious beliefs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13645/23]

Angling Sector

Robert Troy

187. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps his Department is taking to stop the decline of trout and other fish stock in the River Shannon, which has hurt by recreational fishing and slowed the fishing tourism business along the river. [13170/23]

Office of Public Works

Robert Troy

352. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a clear timeframe as to when the OPW will have all the flood defence measures completed in Athlone, given this work was to have been completed by the end of 2022 and has yet to happen; the reason for the delay; and when the work is now scheduled for completion. [12488/23]

Office of Public Works

Robert Troy

366. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the way his Department is handling rapidly increasing insurance premiums for individuals whose homes reside in the OPW's new fluvial tile, given many of these people are unable to obtain a quote from alternate insurance companies. [13171/23]

Passport Services

Robert Troy

527. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [12659/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Robert Troy

632. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will urgently expedite an emergency works application for a school (details supplied). [12590/23]

National Council for Special Education

Robert Troy

701. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if he will consider introducing a timebound appeals process for schools appealing to the NCSE, in order that they might have a prospective date by which they will receive a response. [13148/23]

School Textbooks

Robert Troy

702. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education when each primary school will be advised of the amount they have been allocated under the new free book scheme; and when each school can expect to receive payment. [13159/23]

School Transport

Robert Troy

703. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if he will consider introducing an annual schedule of grants and their pay-outs in order to provide schools with more clarity in an often-confusing process that is, the bus escort grant being paid in July, despite schools paying for buses for months in advance of this date. [13162/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Robert Troy

835. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure all social welfare payment officers will refrain from advising and encouraging people to have their payment paid by EFT to a nominated bank account rather than through the post office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13413/23]

International Protection

Robert Troy

947. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 129 of 1 March 2023, if an assessment has been carried out to support the decision not to extend eligibility criteria for the accommodation recognition payment, given that at a time of a shortage in property, all offers should be considered. [13138/23]

Pension Provisions

Robert Troy

1037. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address persisting inequalities in the receipt of pensions across higher education institutions, namely for individuals in the technological university sector and certain research staff who are still ineligible to join the public sector pension scheme. [13865/23]

Control of Firearms

Robert Troy

1076. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the steps his Department is taking to ensure that shooting sports are not severely handicapped given the Firearms Expert Committee suggestion for stricter guidelines; and the measures that will allow law-abiding competition shooters to continue with their sport. [13174/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Robert Troy

1209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address the issue of a long wait for orthodontic surgery in CHO8 (details supplied). [12512/23]

Primary Care Centres

Robert Troy

1283. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently reinstate primary care services at Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre, Athlone, for all service users who have recently had their service transferred to Longford Primary Care Centre; and if he is aware that the primary care centre in Longford has had a substantial increase in service users without any additional resources being put in place to this point. [12742/23]

Primary Care Centres

Robert Troy

1284. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the proposed primary care centre for Ballymahon, County Longford, will be operational and fully staffed; if he agrees that primary care service users who had been attendees at Clonbrusk Primary Care Centre, Athlone, should be reinstated at that facility until such time as the Ballymahon service is operational. [12743/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Robert Troy

1291. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when an HSE employee (details supplied) will receive their Covid bonus payment. [12803/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Robert Troy

1344. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify when the Covid bonus payment will be made to a person (details supplied). [13065/23]

Nursing Homes

Robert Troy

1398. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure a transitional nursing home payment is extended for a person (details supplied). [13263/23]

Housing Provision

Robert Troy

107. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of modular homes constructed for local authorities in 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11601/23]

Local Authorities

Robert Troy

124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notice to quit properties that were bought since permission was given to local authorities to purchase these properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11600/23]

Business Supports

Robert Troy

80. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in County Westmeath that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11154/23]

Mortgage Interest Rates

Robert Troy

109. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if any action can be taken for borrowers who previously experienced difficulties in making mortgage repayments to banks and had their loans sold to non-bank lenders companies and are now stuck paying very high variable mortgage repayments, with most credit servicing firms not offering new fixed rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11153/23]

Health Services

Robert Troy

283. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason proof of payment for procedures through the cross-border directive has to be provided to the cross-border office to secure reimbursement (details supplied). [10600/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

37. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital projects undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10548/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

45. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10555/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

54. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

65. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10553/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

68. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10556/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

79. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10551/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

93. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10546/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

110. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10547/23]

International Protection

Robert Troy

129. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will amend legislation to ensure properties held in trust can receive payment for accommodating Ukrainians. [10354/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10545/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

140. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10549/23]

International Protection

Robert Troy

146. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection who arrived in Ireland to date in 2023 having come from another European country; and the number who were returned under the Dublin Convention. [10353/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

154. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10552/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

195. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10550/23]

Agriculture Industry

Robert Troy

210. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a further update on the implementation of the recommendations from the food vision beef and sheep group; and if he has given consideration to concerns raised through the sector regarding the reduction of suckler cow numbers and the inclusion of the diversification and extensification schemes. [10405/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

212. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the capital projects that have been undertaken by his Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10544/23]

Capital Expenditure Programme

Robert Troy

218. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the capital projects that have been undertaken by her Department in Westmeath since June 2020; the funding allocated each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10554/23]

Fuel Oil Specifications

Robert Troy

144. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the steps that are currently being taken to embrace hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) fuels by his Department. [9844/23]

Bus Services

Robert Troy

167. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the NTA to review the bus stops in Milltownpass, County Westmeath, to ensure they are in the correct location and to erect bus shelters at these locations. [10205/23]

Pension Provisions

Robert Troy

185. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that he will not sign any amending Statutory Instrument changing the benefits of members of the CIÉ 1951 scheme given that the independent actuary of the 1951 Committee of Trustees has confirmed that the 1951 scheme now meets the minimum funding standard provisions of the Pensions Act 1990 and is solvent. [9683/23]

Pension Provisions

Robert Troy

186. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Córas Iompair Éireann to provide a detailed explanation on a matter (details supplied), including all of the outstanding information sought by the statutory Committee of Trustees of the 1951 scheme. [9684/23]

Driver Test

Robert Troy

192. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport the steps that are being taken to reduce overly-long waitlist times for driving tests with the Road Safety Authority. [9781/23]

Insurance Coverage

Robert Troy

223. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure that a union (details supplied) is able to obtain an appropriate insurance quote that would allow for the running of any road, off-road and circuit racing on the island of Ireland in 2023, seeing as the union has, as of yet, been unable to obtain any such quote. [9762/23]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

254. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next round of sports capital funding will be open to applications. [9717/23]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

255. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the funding ceiling for clubs will be raised in the forthcoming round of sports capital funding. [9718/23]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

256. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will clarify whether a club that has already been approved for a sports capital grant can repurpose this grant to an alternative purpose, provided the alternative purpose is eligible for funding. [9719/23]

Sports Funding

Robert Troy

257. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a club can reapply for a second tranche of sports capital funding for a project it already received funding for in 2021 (details supplied). [9720/23]

Housing Schemes

Robert Troy

275. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the extension of the first-home scheme will be introduced; if the extension will be open to first-time self-builders who already own a house; and or if it will be for first-time self-builders who do not currently own a home. [9671/23]

Public Sector Pay

Robert Troy

303. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when outstanding pay rises for public servants will be paid. [10096/23]

Wind Energy Guidelines

Robert Troy

310. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the guidelines local authorities and ABP must consider when assessing an application for on shore wind turbines. [10203/23]

Planning Issues

Robert Troy

311. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department is taking to ensure self-catering tourist accommodation providers operating from their primary place of residence in rural sections of rent pressure zones will be exempted from the specific planning permissions required under the Short-Term Lettings Enforcement Bill 2022; and if accommodations, through granted planning or planning exemptions, will be made for self-catering properties in which bedrooms are not attached to the main home, but are still indivisible parts of the property folio. [10228/23]

School Facilities

Robert Troy

347. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education where the administrators of a school (details supplied) can direct their concerns regarding ongoing developments at the school site, including the refurbishment of the septic tank to foster further construction onsite. [9744/23]

State Pensions

Robert Troy

408. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the contributory pension appeal by a person (details supplied), and if an oral hearing can be arranged. [9871/23]

Fuel Poverty

Robert Troy

425. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) do not qualify for fuel allowance. [10150/23]

Departmental Policies

Robert Troy

457. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish protocols for dealing with local communities in advance of establishing direct provision centres in any area and a forum for ongoing engagement following the establishment to ensure integration. [10202/23]