Parliamentary questions

Social Welfare Code

Michael Creed

505. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork can have their payment transferred to an invalidity pension payment in view of medical circumstances; the process involved in this transaction and the benefits to the applicant in this regard if approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4678/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

506. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide more details regarding the announcement on 18 November 2022 that maintenance payments will not be included in means testing in the future; when legislative effect will be given to this change; if it applies to all means tested social welfare payments such as jobseeker’s allowance, working family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and if the arrangements will be backdated to the date of the announcement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4679/23]

Education Costs

Michael Creed

545. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the financial supports or tax relief available to individuals returning to education, in particular with costs associated with their education fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4229/23]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Creed

769. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the situation regarding entitlements on a herd number (details supplied); if he will restore these entitlements to the herd owner in light of the personal circumstances involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4230/23]

Schools Refurbishment

Michael Creed

259. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the situation regarding the minor works grants for schools for the 2023-2024 school year; when schools can expect payment for this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3821/23]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

122. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the situation regarding entitlement to a reduced rate of the State Pension (Contributory); the number of PRSI contributions required for such a payment; if existing contributions plus the homemakers' scheme and homemaking credits can be combined for the purpose of a reduced rate of the State Pension (Contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3552/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

124. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the living alone allowance. [3681/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Creed

137. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of registered preschool providers in the country; the number of these that provide the EECE programme only; the number of children attending these EECE only providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3570/23]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

150. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if visa applications by persons (details supplied) will be processed. [3547/23]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

151. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the current status of a visa application appeal by a person (details supplied). [3571/23]

School Funding

Michael Creed

260. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the situation regarding the minor works grant for schools in the 2023 calendar year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2548/23]

School Funding

Michael Creed

261. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will clarify the situation regarding the payment of the next tranche of the Covid cleaning grant to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2549/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

391. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a late application by a person (details supplied) under the 2023 fodder scheme can be accepted in light of circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2550/23]

Energy Prices

Michael Creed

78. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the contact that he has had with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities in the context of rising electricity prices; if he has raised the issue of the cross subsidisation of the unit price of electricity on itemised bills by higher rises in the standing charges; his views on whether greater legal clarity is required by electricity providers with regard to the purpose for which the standing charge is applied; if his Department has tracked the rise in standing charges across all service providers; if he is satisfied that the level of increase is justified; his views on whether the law in this regard needs to be strengthened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63699/22]

Bus Services

Michael Creed

164. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify the situation regarding the future of Bus Éireann routes (details supplied). [63442/22]

Driver Test

Michael Creed

255. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if any special arrangements are made in respect of a driver theory test for persons suffering from particular medical conditions as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1605/23]

Tax Reliefs

Michael Creed

318. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to a refund in respect of medical expenses incurred. [63882/22]

Child Abuse

Michael Creed

738. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 6 December 2022, if she is satisfied with the situation whereby the State’s capacity to address the issue of child sexual abuse at a location (details supplied) is contingent on its request to the religious order involved to retain all existing records relating to allegations of child sexual abuse; her views on the failure of the State to date to seize all existing records held by the religious order; the risk of evidence being destroyed; the assurances, if any, that she has received that this will not happen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63962/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

832. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to homemaker's credits in respect of the period of time spent rearing their family; if the cumulative number of contributions paid including homemaking credits give them an entitlement to a State pension (contributory) or a reduced level of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63169/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

854. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living alone allowance is taken into account as means when assessing eligibility for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63478/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

876. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the fuel allowance. [63938/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

919. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if claims for illness benefit can be submitted online to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1992/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

922. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their carer's allowance application. [2105/23]

Childcare Services

Michael Creed

1002. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene on the issue of core funding for a childcare service (details supplied) with both Tusla and Pobal and thereby ensure that these services can remain open whilst outstanding planning matters are resolved. [2000/23]

Childcare Services

Michael Creed

1005. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if provision will be made to ensure the ongoing viability of small, rural preschools, which offer a vital service to communities in their local areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2106/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Creed

1006. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many small, independent early learning and childcare facilities are experiencing serious financial difficulties as a result of the introduction of his Department’s new core funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2107/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Creed

1007. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department’s new Core Funding Programme is putting service providers who only offer a preschool service at a financial disadvantage compared with larger providers who are in a position to offer the full range of early learning and childcare services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2108/23]

Parental Leave

Michael Creed

1017. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person can avail of parental leave immediately after maternity leave eligibility expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2311/23]

Immigration Policy

Michael Creed

1119. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to the anomaly which arises for Stamp 3 visa holders, particularly as it applies to the children of critical care workers (details supplied); if he considers it fair that under these Stamp 3 visa restrictions, these children, many of whom are in full-time secondary education, are not allowed to work part-time, and the problems that this will give rise to, given recent proposals to accredit work experience for the Leaving Certificate; if he will outline any changes which he plans in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1456/23]

Vaccination Programme

Michael Creed

1225. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the current situation regarding the HPV vaccination programme and in particular catch-up clinics that specifically target males under 25 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63475/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Creed

1343. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for surgery. [63880/22]

Health Service Executive

Michael Creed

1369. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he is satisfied with the strategy adopted by the HSE in terms of correspondence with individuals whose personal information was hacked from HSE databases; if his attention has been drawn to reports that the communication which is issued to these individuals did not contain a phone number or email where further information could be obtained from the HSE; if he understands the reluctance of these individuals to create a new online account with the HSE which requires further personal documentation; if he will initiate a review of these procedures with the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63963/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Creed

1741. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify the way that the export of slurry from farm holdings is facilitated under the new nitrates' derogation arrangements; if he will outline a rationale for the proposed changes in this specific regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63160/22]

Inshore Fisheries

Michael Creed

1742. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding access to inshore waters by large boats; the initiatives, if any, which he proposes to reinstate protection measures in these waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63161/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

1877. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had a penalty on their 2022 BEEP payment; if he considers the penalty applied to be proportionate given the circumstances in this case including the fact that the applicant has been a beneficiary in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2102/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

138. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the continuing lack of school transport for a family (details supplied); and if, in the circumstances she will intervene to ensure that transport is provided for these children. [62394/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

165. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason arrangements for double payment of social welfare recipients are not made on consecutive days up to 23 December 2022; the engagement which her Department has had with postmasters on this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62386/22]

Departmental Funding

Michael Creed

246. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will indicate any schemes funded by his Department to assist community voluntary and Section 39 organisations towards the replacement of transport fleets for senior citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62382/22]

Departmental Funding

Michael Creed

247. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if she has received an application from a Section 39 organisation (details supplied) regarding the possibility of additional funding for specific services; when these additional monies will be allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62383/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

308. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is expected that a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their basic payment. [62409/22]

Departmental Circulars

Michael Creed

428. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the directives or circulars from her Department that have issued to State-funded services, including MABS, regarding the mandatory retirement age; the way that this issue is being treated in State-funded organisations; the way that it impacts in particular on a cohort of workers who were seconded from her Department to these agencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62253/22]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Creed

678. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will indicate the level of grant-aid that is available for on farm production facilities in terms of capital grants for non-mainstream dairy and beef operations which have an established export potential; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62137/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

263. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will issue a decision on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [61407/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

264. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [61409/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

368. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork has not been facilitated to continue their GLAS participation given the fact that they have previously indicated their interest in remaining in the scheme to his Department; and if he will make arrangements for continuing the payment of the person's GLAS grant. [61408/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

83. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a decision to deny children’s allowance payment to a person in County Cork (details supplied). [61388/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

85. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a disability allowance review for a person in County Cork (details supplied). [61398/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

176. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork given that the BEAM payment referred to under the appropriate herd number has in fact delivered the required 5% reduction in organic nitrogen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61066/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

184. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will be paid their TAMS grant. [61387/22]

Job Creation

Michael Creed

95. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the efforts that are being made to capture the job opportunities associated with the move to electric vehicles and in particular the specific opportunities associated with battery manufacture for these vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60636/22]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

101. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will approve a work permit (details supplied). [60749/22]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

102. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will approve a work permit (details supplied). [60750/22]

State Claims Agency

Michael Creed

183. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the manner in which the State Claims Agency deals with claims for compensation arising from damage to private property by State actors; if he is also satisfied that all relevant State actors respond in a timely fashion to the State Claims Agency thereby enabling it to finalise individual claims; the way that eligibility for compensation is determined in cases where property is damaged by State actors where no questions arise regarding the bona fides of the property owner or his compliance with the law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60748/22]

Child Abuse

Michael Creed

272. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if any consideration is being given at Government level to seizure of archival material held by a Religious Order (details supplied) in respect of ongoing investigations into allegations of child sexual abuse. [60799/22]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

359. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork, who has been declined a Qualified Adult Dependent payment may be entitled to a State Pension (Contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60560/22]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

453. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if her Department will review the decision on an application for a holiday visa by a person (details supplied). [60158/22]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

455. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if she will expedite a holiday visa application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60249/22]

Hospital Procedures

Michael Creed

613. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to reimbursement for the costs incurred from a private medical procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60561/22]

School Transport

Michael Creed

361. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education when a child (details supplied) will have a taxi service to a special school reinstated. [59119/22]

Asylum Seekers

Michael Creed

522. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the situation regarding a location (details supplied) for accommodation of persons seeking international protection. [59519/22]

Departmental Schemes

Michael Creed

809. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will confirm receipt of an application under the community centre investment fund from an organisation (details supplied); the status of this application; and when funding will be distributed to these category 3 applicants. [59518/22]

Housing Schemes

Michael Creed

182. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which applicants under his Department's first home and-or shared equity scheme can submit an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58552/22]

Irish Language

Michael Creed

376. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if Irish language education in secondary schools is placing enough emphasis on spoken Irish and giving due recognition to native Irish speakers and Gaelscoil students, with regard to certain aspects of the current curricular requirements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57369/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

445. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been on carer’s benefit in respect of care for the elderly parent is entitled to a further round of carer’s benefit in respect of a new application for care of their other parent. [57543/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

446. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who is presently having their PRSI contribution credited is in receipt of such credits; the way that this impacts on eligibility for the carer’s support grant; the way that the carer’s allowance means test treats income from accommodation provided in a person’s own home for student accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57549/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Creed

614. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an appointment for their awaited CT scan which is urgently required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57551/22]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Creed

725. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork can expect an appointment for their awaited CT scan which is urgently required. [58038/22]

Tax Code

Michael Creed

37. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation as it applies to separated couples in respect of the standard tax rate cut-off point where there is a legal separation and shared custody of children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55776/22]

Foreign Policy

Michael Creed

455. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if “he is satisfied with the status of the Chinese embassy” given recent allegations of illegal policing at Chinese embassy offices at locations across Europe; his views on the content of the recent paper published by the European Union Foreign Service Office regarding EU member states and their engagement with China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55028/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

651. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection , further to Parliamentary Question No. 451 of 25 October, if she will clarify whether or not the accounts for the businesses submitted were in fact considered when reviewing eligibility for this payment as requested. [54635/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

699. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a decision has been made on a carer’s allowance review of a person (details supplied). [55121/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

734. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the delay in approving an application by a person (details supplied) for a State pension (contributory). [55603/22]

Qualifications Recognition

Michael Creed

821. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will clarify the situation regarding the validity of qualifications received from previous regional technical colleges and institutes of technology, which have now been upgraded to technological universities; the status of these qualifications and of the awarding bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55032/22]

Naturalisation Applications

Michael Creed

867. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for a certificate of naturalisation by a person (details supplied). [54859/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

1274. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive payment under the areas of natural constraints scheme. [54857/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

236. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application for fuel allowance has been received from a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if the applicant will qualify for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54032/22]

Energy Prices

Michael Creed

187. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the details of the EU energy package; the way that this €40 billion redeployment of regional and structural funding will affect Ireland; the amount of financial support that will be available from this fund for Ireland; if this is additional support with energy costs for households will be additional to the Government announcements to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53032/22]

Foreign Policy

Michael Creed

348. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made representations to the Algerian embassy and the Algerian government in connection with the disappearance of an Algerian citizen (details supplied). [53346/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

451. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will reconsider a decision in respect of eligibility for the disability allowance in cases in which the medical criteria are clearly qualifying the applicant and in which the financial means test as currently applied is using the capital value as opposed to the rental income from a second property to disqualify the applicant in view of the accounts (details supplied) that were approved by accountants and submitted to the Revenue Commissioners; if she will review this case given the circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53040/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

378. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected average annual payment for farmers participating in the agri-climate rural environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52514/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

379. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers whose participation in GLAS will expire in the current calendar year; the number of farmers expected to be accommodated in the new agri-climate rural environment scheme; the funding available for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52515/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

133. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the fuel allowance. [52223/22]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

171. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the review of critical skills shortages in the Irish economy will be initiated with a view to sanctioning new work permit applications from various sectors suffering from skill shortages; if his Department is open to additional work permits in the dairy sector; if so, if he will be conscious of the fact that most of these are required for spring calving herds and need to be in place shortly so as to enable the required visa applications to be submitted and approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51929/22]

Environmental Schemes

Michael Creed

173. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the way that the waiver system for domestic refuse charges operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51227/22]

Water Charges

Michael Creed

331. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the way the waiver system for domestic water charges operates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51227/22]

Nursing Homes

Michael Creed

764. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding beneficiaries of the nursing home support scheme; the way in which the balance of nursing home fees under the scheme are eligible for tax relief; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51499/22]

Nursing Homes

Michael Creed

765. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation as regards the revised arrangements under the fair deal nursing home support scheme as regards the treatment of working farms and the way this asset is assessed in circumstances where the farm is in a long-term lease as part of a farm partnership arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51500/22]

School Transport

Michael Creed

89. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if pupils attending special classes in primary school who have been eligible for special transport arrangements will, in all circumstances, be entitled to similar transport for their attendance at special classes at second level, particularly where there are no special classes available within their secondary school catchment areas and where they would be categorised as concessionary pupils for school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50515/22]

School Transport

Michael Creed

90. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will review the matter regarding eligibility for school transport for pupils who are transitioning from primary to post-primary schools who have been attending special classes in primary school and for whom there are no special classes available within their catchment area at post-primary and who are therefore obliged to attend as concessionary pupils for public transport at units outside of their catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50516/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

108. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the matter regarding PRSI contributions that relate to carer's benefit in cases in which a recipient is applying for a further round of carer's benefit in respect of care for a second eligible person commencing immediately after the expiry of the current eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50514/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

112. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be approved for a free fuel allowance. [50554/22]

Local Authorities

Michael Creed

340. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the situation regarding liability for local authority rates by social welfare offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50233/22]

Social Welfare Offices

Michael Creed

519. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if social welfare offices throughout the country which are owned by her Department are liable for commercial rates; if she will clarify the situation regarding social welfare offices which are not owned by her Department and which are contracted privately to her Department as regards their liability for commercial rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50234/22]

Student Visas

Michael Creed

604. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if a student visa will be approved for a person (details supplied). [50092/22]

Departmental Reviews

Michael Creed

756. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will commit to an interdepartmental working group involving the Department of Education, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and his Department to examine the issue of funding for the training of psychologists, particularly educational and child psychologists; his views on the inequity of funding for the training of educational child psychologists, relative to clinical psychologists and counselling psychologists and the funding available in respect of training of the latter, as opposed to trainee educational and child psychologists; his views on staff shortages in the area of CAMHS; the way in which this inequity of funding is contributing to this recruitment challenge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50235/22]

Social Welfare Code

Michael Creed

273. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when the changes in the income threshold for the fuel allowance in Budget 2023 will come into effect. [49232/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

279. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will review a decision on a disallowing a disability allowance claim by a person (details supplied) on the basis that the rental income from the second property rather than the capital value of the property would qualify the applicant for a disability allowance payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49305/22]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Creed

305. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that his Department insists on an age requirement to participate in ECCE; the reason a child (details supplied) has been advised that it is not possible to participate in ECCE in 2022; if he will review this regulation thereby empowering parents to determine when the child will participate in the ECCE year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49288/22]

Medicinal Products

Michael Creed

376. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of streptozocin as a cancer treatment drug for cancer patients in the State; and if he will confirm that a patient (details supplied) in County Cork is eligible for this treatment. [49295/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

218. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) who has been on the carer’s benefit in respect of care for their elderly father is entitled to a further round of carer’s benefit in respect of a fresh application for care of their mother. [48761/22]