Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

188. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25345/23]

Health Strategies

Michael Creed

728. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if his Department is considering a national screening programme for haemochromatosis. [24125/23]

Hospital Appointments Status

Michael Creed

745. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied), will have an ENT appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/23]

Passport Services

Michael Creed

159. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will issue. [23107/23]

Departmental Policies

Michael Creed

297. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is an overall cross-departmental approach to the rapidly developing technology surrounding artificial intelligence; and the estimated number of jobs that will be lost in the Irish economy in the next decade arising from the advancement in this area. [22961/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

316. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the progress being made regarding individual transport for a student (details supplied) in County Cork. [22518/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

317. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 4 May 2023, if it is anticipated that these classrooms will be available to meet September 2023 enrolment; her views on the concerns raised by the school regarding modular accommodation as opposed to permanent classroom structures as required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22519/23]

State Examinations

Michael Creed

349. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if specific additional accommodation can be made for students taking State examinations who suffer from dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23106/23]

Home Care Packages

Michael Creed

687. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of the current situation regarding tender for new home care (Tender 2023); the reason there have been three extensions of the existing tender since 2018, including most recently in April last; if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) on this matter; and if he will take immediate steps to conclude Tender 2023 at the earliest possible date. [22962/23]

Rent Supplement Scheme

Michael Creed

127. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to rent assistance. [21890/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Michael Creed

128. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if persons in receipt of the adult dependent allowance are entitled to payment under the recent cost-of-living social welfare initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21891/23]

Emergency Accommodation

Michael Creed

541. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has taken legal advice regarding its compliance with the law in respect of prompt payment for small businesses; and if his Department will arrange to make a payment immediately of all outstanding monies to an accommodation provider (details supplied). [21255/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

160. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the progress of a school building project (details supplied); if the required three temporary classrooms will be available for occupation in September 2023; the next steps by her Department in respect of this project; if school management will be informed of the status of the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20834/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

121. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the current situation regarding a farm assist appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [19627/23]

Road Projects

Michael Creed

176. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the current situation regarding funding in 2023 for a roads project in County Cork; the significance of correspondence on this matter to his office from Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII; and if a revised allocation is anticipated for this project in 2023. [19016/23]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Creed

455. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on proposed changes to payment dates for his Department's grants including ANC payments for 2023; the rationale behind this proposed date change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19535/23]

General Practitioner Services

Michael Creed

523. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the current situation regarding replacement of GP services at a location in County Cork (details supplied). [19017/23]

Covid-19 Pandemic Supports

Michael Creed

617. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a group of front-line healthcare workers (details supplied) will receive their Covid €1,000 payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19550/23]

Departmental Contracts

Michael Creed

144. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the arrangements being made for the tendering for a new contract to develop, implement, maintain and promote the national postcode system, Eircode which is necessary as the current contract expires in December 2023; the progress that he has made in consultation with the stakeholders to expedite the issue of Eircodes; the contractual obligations which the new tendering process stipulate for the new contract in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18643/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

220. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education when transport arrangements can be put in place for a pupil (details supplied) who is attending a special class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18639/23]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

295. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) has only been approved for a reduced rate of the State pension (non-contributory) in view of the fact that their sole household means is their spouse's disability allowance; if she will arrange for an urgent review of this case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18718/23]

Tax Rebates

Michael Creed

42. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the tax back process for donations to charities and approved clubs whereby charities are not allowed to claim a tax return/top-up for all PAYE workers; if he will clarify the situation regarding donations to such charities and approved clubs from PAYE workers who also happen to submit a form 11 for separate income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18567/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

660. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will make arrangements to restore supervised school transport for a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork attending a special school. [16778/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

884. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision is expected on a disability allowance application (details supplied). [16777/23]

Departmental Policies

Michael Creed

928. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 30 March 2023, if, given the fact that the recipient of the free travel referred to in her reply was out of work and on supplementary welfare allowance from November 2019 to February 2021 due to medical circumstances, and given that there was no entitlement to use the free travel pass for this period, her Department will consider extending the five-year eligibility for free travel to May 2024, which would extend the eligibility of the free travel to the full five-year period while back in the workplace; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17640/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

929. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm receipt of a recent disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied). [17641/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

930. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will clarify the circumstances where an employee is eligible for a social welfare payment arising from medical advice to cease employment due to ill health, where the person involved has many years of social insurance contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17643/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

931. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review a claim for disability allowance by a person in County Cork (details supplied); and if, in particular, she will review the financial assessment against the applicant in light of the circumstances and the medical evidence which would suggest from the applicant's consultant that the condition is serious and leaving the applicant unlikely to work for the foreseeable future. [17644/23]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Creed

1137. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the expenditure by a State organisation (details supplied) on professional indemnity insurance; if he can provide details of the number of claims made by clients against this indemnity insurance; the number of settlements reached in advance of formal claims by the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17586/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

1138. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding a 2022 BPS payment (details supplied); and if his Department can issue payment on two outstanding entitlements with regard to this claim. [17592/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

1170. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in paying farmers under the hen harrier scheme; and if he will arrange to pay a farmer (details supplied) under the scheme. [16748/23]

Health Services

Michael Creed

1652. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health the plans, if any, he has to review the qualifying criteria for benefit under the long-term illness scheme; if he believes it appropriate that persons suffering with ADHD should have their circumstances covered under the benefits of the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17600/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

190. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question Number 266 of 23 March 2023, if this reply is reflective of the Cabinet decision on the review of the school building programme of 21 March 2023 and decisions taken and announced subsequently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15831/23]

Social Welfare Appeals

Michael Creed

202. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will have a disability allowance appeal approved. [15788/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

204. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a re-instatement of the travel pass as a secondary benefit. [15874/23]

Control of Firearms

Michael Creed

165. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice his views on the establishment of the firearms expert committee in his Department in June of 2022, the focus and purpose of this committee; the number of times it has met; the agenda items considered at each of its meetings; the expert witnesses invited to attend each of its meetings; the reason the Firearms Users Representative Group, FURG, and other representative bodies have been excluded from input to the committee to date; if this representative body will be invited to attend the next meeting of the committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15700/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

783. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1565 of 21 March 2023, if he will clarify the situation regarding farmers whose herd breakdown predates 1 February but who have yet to receive any compensation; whether they will be entitled to the revised compensation rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15310/23]

Agriculture Industry

Michael Creed

784. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of concerns regarding the lack of alternative products following the proposed banning of a product (details supplied) at the end of April 2023; if he is aware of the consequences of this in respect of displacement of the product in the market place by imported product; and if in the circumstances, if he will consider delaying the introduction of the ban on this product until April 2024 to enable the market to catch up with the new regulations on alternative product. [15312/23]

Schools Building Projects

Michael Creed

266. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects to conclude its review of school building projects, which has seen a number of projects ready to proceed to construction being delayed; the anticipated additional funding required to enable these projects proceed to construction; and if she will ensure that a school building project (details supplied) that has been under consideration for over several years proceeds at the earliest possible date. [14465/23]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Creed

379. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if dairy farmers who are excluded from grant-aid for milking machines and dairy equipment, are eligible for grant-aid for the milking parlour buildings under TAMS 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14486/23]

Work Permits

Michael Creed

148. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider a work permit application for a person (details supplied); if he will reconsider this given the evidence confirming their application for a visa renewal was submitted well prior to their visa expiry and they only received an appointment for such a renewal for a date after their visa had expired. [13410/23]

Tax Code

Michael Creed

321. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the situation regarding excise duties and taxes and levies presently collected from an alternative fuel (details supplied). [13070/23]

Insurance Coverage

Michael Creed

383. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) in connection with prohibitive insurance costs, and how this might be addressed to enable the organisation to proceed with its calendar of events for the current year; the support available from her Department in this specific regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13031/23]

School Accommodation

Michael Creed

669. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will review arrangements for additional classroom delivery in County Cork (details supplied) in order to ensure optimum financial efficiency; if the November 2022 approval for a mainstream class and a SEN classroom still stands; if, in view of recent site visits by both her Department’s design team and subsequently by the building contractors she will take steps to ensure that the classroom is delivered in conjunction with the SEN classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12950/23]

School Transport

Michael Creed

673. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will take urgent steps to restore a school taxi service to a pupil (details supplied) in County Cork. [12985/23]

Ukraine War

Michael Creed

689. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if she will commit to her Department to engaging with all post-primary schools that are accommodating Ukrainian students with regard to the specification required in respect of Ukrainian as a non-curricular language being developed as an option by the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13071/23]

Pension Provisions

Michael Creed

828. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will issue on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied). [13137/23]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

834. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has received a request for a review of a domiciliary care allowance application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if her Department will look favourably on this application given the provision of the additional supporting documentation. [13411/23]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Creed

942. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the supports that are available from his Department to assist a small rural primary school board of management with the provision of pre-school and after school care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13075/23]

Solar Energy Guidelines

Michael Creed

1553. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views generally on the availability and restrictions on grant aid for solar panels under TAMS; his views specifically on the scoring system on TAMS applications as they relate to farmers who are not qualifying as young farmers and farmers who are not farming on designated lands; if he is satisfied that all applications can be approved and funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12870/23]