Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Credit Unions

Holly Cairns

380. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline his engagement with the credit union movement to fulfil the commitment in the programme for Government for credit unions to become a key provider of community banking. [2289/23]

Tax Code

Holly Cairns

381. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance his views on retaining the 9% tourism VAT rate for all of 2023 to support the hospitality sector. [2290/23]

Insurance Coverage

Holly Cairns

389. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance the steps that he is taking to ensure insurance providers offer reasonable flood insurance to households and businesses within flood relief scheme areas. [2426/23]

Tourism Funding

Holly Cairns

460. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the development of new infrastructure at Garrylucas Beach, Ballinspittle, County Cork, which was announced in April 2021. [2309/23]

Housing Schemes

Holly Cairns

588. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the limits on the first home scheme will next be reviewed. [2305/23]

Housing Schemes

Holly Cairns

589. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that he is taking to ensure that the limits for the first home scheme are being consistently applied in all local authorities. [2306/23]

Site Acquisitions

Holly Cairns

590. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on working with Cork County Council to secure a site currently for sale (details supplied) to build social and affordable housing. [2307/23]

Foreign Policy

Holly Cairns

630. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of his engagement with the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran concerning recent protests for women’s rights and the treatment of protestors by state security services. [2425/23]

School Transport

Holly Cairns

675. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education when an individual transport service will commence for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63352/22]

National Educational Psychological Service

Holly Cairns

820. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education on the number of National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, transition consultations for children who are transitioning out of primary school into secondary school that were conducted in 2022. [2283/23]

National Educational Psychological Service

Holly Cairns

821. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the way that children can access NEPS transition consultations to assist them transitioning out of primary school into secondary school. [2284/23]

Teaching Qualifications

Holly Cairns

822. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the steps that she is taking to ensure that a higher education course (details supplied) for special needs assistants is accredited as a level 7 programme. [2285/23]

Special Educational Needs

Holly Cairns

823. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education the number of children who are waiting on a placement in autism spectrum disorder, ASD, units in County Cork; her plans to open further units given that all units are currently full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2286/23]

School Meals Programme

Holly Cairns

937. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that she is taking to provide the school meals scheme in all DEIS and qualifying schools. [2421/23]

Child Poverty

Holly Cairns

1013. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will immediately establish a new National Child Poverty Plan with a dedicated unit that encompasses an integrated and cross-governmental approach to address high levels of poverty in households headed by one parent. [2265/23]

Birth Certificates

Holly Cairns

1014. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps that he is taking in response to individuals being informed that they will not be provided with their personal information within the statutory 90 days, under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022, by a State body (details supplied). [2266/23]

Birth Certificates

Holly Cairns

1015. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional staff who have been recruited to assist in processing applications for personal information made to a by a State body (details supplied) under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. [2267/23]

Disability Services

Holly Cairns

1016. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the working group to publish proposals in relation to Government-funded transport and mobility schemes, including the disabled drivers and disabled passenger schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2310/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

1018. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on removing the State’s reservations to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2417/23]

Rights of People with Disabilities

Holly Cairns

1019. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2418/23]