Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Medicinal Products

Michael Creed

680. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if the medication cariban will be made available to pregnant women for extreme nausea and vomiting; if he will outline the reason for the restricted prescription regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8767/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

729. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a GLAS payment for a person (details supplied); if he will review his Department’s initial decision on this payment in view of the medical evidence furnished on appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8461/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

740. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the eligible number to participate in the sheep improvement scheme 2023 for a person in County Cork (details supplied) in view of the fact that their reference numbers for the 2022 sheep welfare scheme were significantly greater. [8822/23]

Departmental Funding

Michael Creed

228. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the current situation regarding a project (details supplied) in County Cork; and if funding has been secured for the project in 2023. [7810/23]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

384. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a decision on an application by a person (details supplied) for the State pension (non-contributory). [6506/23]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

385. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been deemed not entitled to the maximum old age pension (contributory) given they have been making full-time social welfare contributions since inheriting the family farm in the late 1980’s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6507/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

386. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline in detail the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has been deemed ineligible for fuel allowance. [6508/23]

School Accommodation

Michael Creed

157. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education in view of successive years of increasing enrolment at a school (details supplied) and additional classroom requirement which for the school year commencing September 2023 will see a requirement for four additional classrooms, three mainstream classrooms and an SEN classroom, if her Department is considering sanctioning a permanent extension to the school to accommodate this increased enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6216/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

179. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to the free fuel allowance. [6237/23]

Revenue Commissioners

Michael Creed

106. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he can arrange for the Revenue Commissioners to issue confirmation of property tax affairs being in order to a home proprietor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5823/23]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

267. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a pension statement in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5822/23]

Social Welfare Code

Michael Creed

272. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to parliamentary question No. 505 of 31 January 2023, if she will outline the advantages to the applicant of switching from disability allowance to invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5987/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

473. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will investigate a BEAM application for a person (details supplied) in County Cork where there is alleged non-compliance; if he will take circumstances into account when considering this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5626/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

148. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given by her Department for the entitlement to free travel in circumstances in which there is a rapid onset of a fatal medical diagnosis but in which the person does not have the required social welfare payment eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4828/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

149. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will elaborate on section 119 (b) of the Social Welfare Act 2005, as it relates to applications for the invalidity pension and specifically the requirement for class A PRSI contributions in the relevant years; the person or body that is routinely liable for paying class A PRSI contributions; the reason that all other categories of PRSI contributions in the relevant period are deemed ineligible for consideration for the invalidity pension; her views on whether these conditions are fair and equitable with regard to the invalidity pension in circumstances in which there is a rapid onset of a fatal medical diagnoses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4837/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

156. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to process a fuel allowance application (details supplied). [4966/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

157. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to process a fuel allowance application (details supplied). [4967/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

428. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if a student (details supplied) will be approved for a school transport grant to a special school given recent documented experience with the taxi service provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4464/23]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

485. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has concluded its enquiries regarding a pension application (details supplied), and possible additional contributions being used to increase the level of pension payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4231/23]

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]