Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits

Marc MacSharry

282. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have a decision on their application for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60142/22]

Departmental Policies

Marc MacSharry

319. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice the arrangements that have been put in place for persons who want to open a bank account who do not have a passport or driving licence, who before October 2022, were able to get a Garda form ML10 stamped by a member of An Garda Síochána on production of other forms of proof of identity, and it was accepted as proof of identity for financial institutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59997/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

454. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby participants on social schemes who are eligible for the Christmas bonus but happen to be in receipt of illness benefit when the bonus is being paid out do not qualify for the bonus even though they have not ceased participation on the social schemes and, had they not fallen ill, would have received an extra week payment on the social schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59462/22]

Departmental Schemes

Marc MacSharry

807. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will review the eligibility criteria for the community and voluntary sector energy support scheme to include organisations that are receiving minimum part-funding from the HSE and are struggling financially to maintain vital services to older and vulnerable persons in rural areas (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59312/22]

Social Welfare Benefits

Marc MacSharry

361. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will have a decision on their invalidity pension claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56112/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

393. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) who had their back to education allowance withdrawn and have the payment re-instated having regard to the extenuating circumstances of this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56514/22]

State Pensions

Marc MacSharry

630. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will abolish the means test for persons in receipt of a State pension who have a disability, in view of the unprecedented increase in energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54108/22]

Health Services Staff

Marc MacSharry

125. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of the additional 23 specialist nurses in adult neurology services who will be allocated to Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52462/22]

Disability Services

Marc MacSharry

136. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the number of children's disability network teams in both CHO1 and CHO2; the locations in which each team is based; the numbers of staff in WTE terms approved for each team; the numbers currently assigned to each team; the number of vacant positions on each team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52461/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Marc MacSharry

199. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 8 September 2022, if he will clarify the reason An Post does not propose to comply with Paragraph 8 of DPER Circular 16/2021 in relation to the submission of its request for Ministerial approval of the 2% increase due to its pensioners from 1 January 2023 (details supplied); if he will ask An Post to undertake the necessary processing well in advance of the payment due date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51501/22]

State Pensions

Marc MacSharry

518. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide greater clarity in writing for the reason for refusing an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; if the person’s application was made inside the required one year since becoming continuously incapable of work; if she will provide a list of the qualifying contributions paid by the applicant since 2018, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51489/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

515. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will address the anomaly whereby a person (details supplied) who is in receipt of a State pension and who fulfils the means criteria for receipt of the fuel allowance is ineligible for the allowance if they are residing with a pensioner who is not in receipt of a qualifying payment from the Department, but are in receipt of an occupational pension from another Government body; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50141/22]

Medical Cards

Marc MacSharry

392. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health if he will allow persons with dependent children who held a medical card prior to qualifying for the widow's, widower's or surviving civil partner's (contributory) pension on the death of a partner or spouse to retain the medical card for three years if they subsequently take up new employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49360/22]

Bus Services

Marc MacSharry

79. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the route of the Rural Link bus managed from the Cavan/Monaghan Rural Link office to accommodate persons from the Carrigallen area in County Leitrim to travel to Cavan town, to include members of the Ukrainian community (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46902/22]

Health Services

Marc MacSharry

443. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health when the early-intervention youth service for counties Sligo and Leitrim will be finalised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46631/22]

Health Services Staff

Marc MacSharry

453. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason for the many anomalies in the payment of salaries, premiums and overtime in the CHO 1 area in disability services since the adoption of a new system approximately 12 months ago; the number of errors that have been made, in tabular form; the reason these errors occurred; the length of time it took for each underpayment to be rectified; the remedial steps that have been taken to prevent the recurrence of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46697/22]

Health Services Staff

Marc MacSharry

454. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is taking a full 12 weeks to pay overtime to staff, including nurses; the reason this is the case; if he is prepared to shorten the inordinate time healthcare professionals are expected to wait to receive their overtime payments amidst an unprecedented cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46698/22]

Education and Training Boards

Marc MacSharry

266. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of an education and training board employee (details supplied) who has been advised that they will not receive wages until mid-October 2022 due to an issue with the payroll system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46409/22]

School Transport

Marc MacSharry

269. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the refusal of special school transport for a pupil (details supplied) to the ASD unit in a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46428/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic

Marc MacSharry

306. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the reason that frontline staff in a healthcare setting (details supplied) who provide a service on behalf of the HSE and come under Section 39, were not included in the list for the €1,000 pandemic special recognition payment; if he will rectify this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45288/22]

Public Sector Pensions

Marc MacSharry

106. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason for the delay since January 2022 in paying the 2% increase to An Post pensioners, which is causing financial hardship; when his Department plans to seek the approval of same from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43512/22]

Animal Diseases

Marc MacSharry

2138. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review the plans to introduce mandatory six months testing for TB on bovine herds given that it will place an unnecessary burden and cost on farmers. [43501/22]

Tax Code

Marc MacSharry

369. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the regulation whereby items that have their origin in the European Union and are brought to the UK for sale but whose first ownership will be when imported to Ireland, if the purchasers of such items are exempt from custom duties or tariffs when sold in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40528/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

255. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite passport applications for a family (details supplied) given that the target issue date has been exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38152/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

258. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that the target issue date has been exceeded and the travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38183/22]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Marc MacSharry

641. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on an application for the carer's benefit for a person (details supplied) given that the carer has serious health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37794/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

105. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the passports of children (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36586/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

304. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that the additional requested information has been provided and the travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36091/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

311. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the target issue date has been exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36121/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

173. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport renewal application for a child (details supplied) given that the target issue date is the day before the travel date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35164/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

174. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35165/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

511. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport renewal application by a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded the target date and the travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34380/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

512. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied) given that the additional requested information has been provided and the travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34381/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

278. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to a passport by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31791/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

308. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their child’s passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31928/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

529. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32805/22]

Special Educational Needs

Marc MacSharry

538. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education , further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 10 May, if consideration will be given to the provision of a non means-tested subsidy for summer camps for children with additional needs and their siblings through the National Council for Special Education; if she will liaise with the Minister responsible for Employment Affairs on relaxing the means-test for the carer's allowance for the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31828/22]

Passport Services

Marc MacSharry

46. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31040/22]

State Pensions

Marc MacSharry

1103. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim will receive a decision on their application for the State pension (non-contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29524/22]

Social Welfare Schemes

Marc MacSharry

461. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the free travel scheme to Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) based in rural areas on a temporary basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25854/22]

School Transport

Marc MacSharry

452. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education when a decision will be made in relation to a proposed minor change to a school bus route to a post-primary school (details supplied) in County Sligo to facilitate additional students who wish to attend the school in question in September 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24436/22]

Special Educational Needs

Marc MacSharry

523. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education the plans for the July provision programme 2022 for a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; if a pupil attending that school who availed of the programme up until Covid-19 restrictions were implemented will be able to avail of the programme this summer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23325/22]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Marc MacSharry

753. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Health the timeframe as to when all categories of HSE front-line workers including home support workers will receive the €1,000 Covid payment from the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22947/22]

Foreign Birth Registration

Marc MacSharry

222. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign births registration application made by a person (details supplied) in October 2020; if this application can be linked to a subsequent application made for a sibling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21677/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

240. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 717 of 26 April 2022, if will outline in detail the nature of the reciprocal agreement referred to; if his Department is providing a paid one year secondment of a first secretary to a company (details supplied); the cost of this secondment; the existing precedent for a paid secondment by a senior Departmental official to a commercial enterprise; the previous examples of secondments to the private sector paid for in the public sector from his Department; the genesis of this secondment; if the secondment arose as a result of an approach by the company to his Department, the Minister of the day or as a result of an approach by his Department or the Minister of the day to the company; if a business case for this secondment was approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; if he will publish the business case for such a paid secondment to a private sector company; the rationale for doing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21976/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

169. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Taoiseach if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health. [19557/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

187. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19546/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

250. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19547/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

351. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his Department for secondment to another public, private or semi private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19559/22]

Departmental Staff

Marc MacSharry

481. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide the details of the name, salary, position and roles of persons who are being paid for by his Department for secondment to another public, private or semi-private entity in tabular form following the announcement that the salary of a person (details supplied) being seconded to Trinity College, Dublin will be paid by the Department of Health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19548/22]