Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

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]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

219. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if two pensioners over 70 years of age who are in receipt of the State pension and one of whom is in receipt of a half-rate carer’s allowance are now eligible for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48762/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

220. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the current situation regarding an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied). [48763/22]

Departmental Funding

Michael Creed

258. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding that is available from her Department or agencies funded by her Department for the fit-out of new theatres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47973/22]

Bus Services

Michael Creed

98. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if bus transport from Charleville in County Cork to Limerick and Cork cities can be improved upon, given the existing services are both too infrequent and insufficiently early to deal with commuter and student travel to these locations; if public transport commuting from Charleville will be included in the Leap card programme; if other operators are entitled to operate on the route in the event the service cannot be improved by existing service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47760/22]

Visa Applications

Michael Creed

223. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the status of visa applications by persons (details supplied) who have received work permits from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. [47645/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Creed

250. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will request the HSE to pay a significant interim payment to all those awaiting payment of the €1,000 Covid pandemic payment in the private, voluntary and section 39 organisations pending the outcome of a HSE tendering process to assist with the payment of this pandemic bonus; the current timelines anticipated for payment under this HSE arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47707/22]

School Transport

Michael Creed

181. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the progress has she made with regard to concessionary tickets for the pupils referred to in previous correspondence (details supplied). [47437/22]

Industrial Development

Michael Creed

13. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is satisfied that the IDA is sufficiently focused on the potential for the Irish economy for assisting companies trading internationally with nearshoring production which to date has been outsourced internationally, given the recent developments in international trade including developments associated with international trade sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47065/22]

Business Regulation

Michael Creed

14. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the preparations that are being made in his Department for forthcoming European Union regulations on forced labour and corporate due diligence; the volume of exports from China which it is anticipated that may be impacted by these directives and in particular products from Xinjiang; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47066/22]

Energy Prices

Michael Creed

62. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the way that pay-as-you-go electricity customers can avail of the recent energy credit of €200.00; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47181/22]

Tax Code

Michael Creed

124. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will review the activation of section 6 of the Finance Act 2019 as it relates to liability for benefit-in-kind for employees with company cars given that presently the availability of lower emission, hybrid and electric vehicles is significantly curtailed thereby constraining employers and employees in their efforts to move to more sustainable motoring; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46811/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

305. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of a qualified adult dependent allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46898/22]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

306. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the means test for State pension (non-contributory) as it applies to money on deposit; if she will specifically clarify the position regarding money on deposit held jointly, where one of the account holders is in receipt of a State pension (contributory) and his spouse is contemplating an application for a State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/22]

Legislative Programme

Michael Creed

419. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice if she proposes to publish legislation shortly reforming the alcohol licensing regime; if so, when this legislation can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47198/22]

Hospital Services

Michael Creed

551. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a facility (details supplied) will open; the staffing and bed complement at this refurbished facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47159/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

277. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider extending free-travel eligibility to persons with a disability who do not qualify for a disability payment due to their financial means but who do meet the criteria for a disability payment on the basis of their medical condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46424/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

371. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for carer's benefit by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45642/22]

Community Employment Schemes

Michael Creed

372. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) has had their community employment scheme participation terminated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45643/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

396. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that a person (details supplied) in County Cork had their disability allowance discontinued; and if she will outline the means assessed against him. [44943/22]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

397. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that free travel was withdrawn from a person in County Cork (details supplied). [44944/22]

Disability Services

Michael Creed

606. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will make full-time residential care available for a disabled person (details supplied). [44993/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

653. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [44961/22]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

654. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive a decision on their application. [44976/22]

Primary Medical Certificates

Michael Creed

337. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding the appointment of members to a new Medical Board of Appeals with regard to the scheme under the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers (Tax Concessions) Regulations 1994; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42402/22]

School Staff

Michael Creed

834. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing an universal scheme for swaps or redeployment for teachers, based on the principle of treating all teachers equally and given the fact that there is already an internal system within education and training boards for redeployment and job swaps for teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42385/22]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

1177. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will remain in receipt of a payment pending a decision on a review. [44040/22]

Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries

Michael Creed

1270. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of UK-based survivors of institutional abuse including survivors of mother and baby institutions; the way that he proposes to meet these concerns in the context of financial redress; the engagement if any which that he proposes with the UK authorities about medical assistance equivalent to medical card provision and supported end of life care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43842/22]

Family Reunification

Michael Creed

1459. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for family reunification by an Afghan refugee (details supplied); if their application for reunification with their wife and daughter will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43813/22]

Health Services Staff

Michael Creed

1861. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the steps that he will take to address the recruitment and retention issues for staff working in section 39 organisations and the consequences which the current pay differential is having on service delivery for these bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43293/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Michael Creed

1948. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delay in the payment of the pandemic bonus to a cohort of student nurses (details supplied) and if he will arrange for immediate payment. [43841/22]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Creed

2150. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal has been received by the Independent Appeals Office regarding a beef data and genomics penalty in 2021 for a farmer (details supplied) in County Cork; and when a decision can be expected. [43812/22]