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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: The Minister is aware the major shock through the increase in energy costs is only beginning to happen. By the time we get to next winter, this will be a major crisis and not just an issue for many people. I acknowledge the €200 to help with electricity bills and I acknowledge the extra €125 paid this week to 371,000 household in receipt of fuel allowance. The restrictions on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: In my own name I have tabled a question about the availability of community welfare officers. I got some information last week that shows many people do not have access to a community welfare officer within their area. The service is being centralised. People do not have access to transport to get to the central service. It makes no sense to do what the banks are doing and tell people to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I am taking No. 77.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Reports (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: It has all been done. We have got the confirmation back from-----

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the tender process for all public employment services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s strategy to make sure that social protection payments keep pace with the higher cost of living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24667/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Care Services (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 551. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the initiatives he has undertaken to promote fostering in Ireland since his appointment; the steps he has taken to support existing and potential new foster parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 552. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster parents and families who have left the fostering system in the past five years; if any work has been carried out to identify the key reasons for their leaving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24582/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 553. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in Tusla who are dealing with foster children and foster families; if he has plans to recruit additional social workers for this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24583/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 554. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address the concerns of smaller early childhood care and education scheme sessional pre-school services in respect of the proposed new core funding model, particularly the lack of remuneration for non-contact hours (details supplied); and if an assurance will be given that no service should be...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 555. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to fund early childhood care and education scheme operators to finance a graduate uplift payment for childcare staff who have skilled up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (12 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her strategy to improve access to the transition year programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23660/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (12 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the improved employment conditions for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23659/22]

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I commend the Minister of State on bringing forward this Bill. It is one of the most significant overhauls of consumer rights legislation in some time and it is long overdue. What we are doing is embedding many rights but will we give information to people regarding their rights when they get involved in the system? I am sure everybody in this Chamber has signed up for some sort of service...

Defamation Act 2009 Review: Statements (11 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: I welcome the publication of the report. I agree with Deputy Howlin. I would like to see the initiation plan as soon as possible. This issue has dragged on for some time. I do not agree with the interpretation of Deputy Cairns as regards why it dragged on, but it is highly complex. The report that has been published deals with the complexity in detail, however, and I commend all those...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from counties Mayo, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Galway and Donegal, respectively, that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22652/22]

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: When one looks back on the decision by the Irish people 50 years ago in 1972 to join the then European Economic Community one must accept it was a big, brave and forward-looking decision by a country that was still in its infancy and that still had much to do to maximise the opportunity and the benefits of its independence. Only 50 years before that, the country had come through the War of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council meeting will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22653/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the working group into defective housing, in particular in relation to fire safety and structural safety deficits; if he anticipates including an expenditure provision for same in his 2023 estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23392/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (10 May 2022)

Dara Calleary: 522. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that she is taking to ensure the viability of the school transport service in view of the large cost increases for operators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23319/22]