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Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I believe I am next. As of today, 65,660 refugees have been granted temporary protection. We also have 12,347 applicants for international protection. We had 24 refugees at the airport facility last night. There is no sign of any levelling off. My concern relates to the accommodation situation, which is very challenging. This week, we have seen county councils appealing for unused...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to ongoing delays with regard to exceptional needs’ payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59215/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 126. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be bringing forward a new customer charter and customer action plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59216/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her engagement with stakeholders regarding the provision of an occupational pension for community employment supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56442/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank all the witnesses for attending. Most of my questions about social workers and parents have been answered. In recent weeks, I met a group of foster parents. They raised some challenges in the system. In 2001, the working group on foster care recommended that the fostering allowance should be increased annually in line with social welfare payment increases. This was meant to have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on building works at a school (details supplied). [58212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) will be revised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58213/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enabling Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Ms Nic Aongusa for her answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enabling Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses. Their contributions were very informative. The committee is doing its best to make sure people with disabilities can access all they are entitled to. My first question is to the Department. Will it discuss its involvement in community development and the policies that enable joined-up thinking in this regard? Joined-up thinking is where we are falling down. I am a...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Now we have Solidarity People Before Profit. Deputy Boyd Barrett has ten minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sorry, ten minutes was on the clock. The Deputy can have 20 minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy very much. I call Deputy Higgins.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I greatly appreciate the efforts of the Government to reinforce new social welfare measures in the context of this legislation. It is good to see the goals of our recent budget fully realised and put into the legislation. After all, families who rely on welfare need as much help as they can get, and sooner rather than later. We can see the rising costs in the context of prices. Even for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Many children will be in a more vulnerable position because of the cost-of-living crisis. A Barnardos survey recently revealed that 26% of parents felt they did not have enough food to feed their children over the past year and that the cost-of-living crisis had led to 41% of parents cutting back on food spending. I welcome our budget. In July 2022, the Government report, Food Poverty:...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have used LocalLink bus services by route in County Kilkenny to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time vacancies by job title currently in Kilkenny Castle; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Kilkenny and Carlow Division that were refurbished by the OPW where the costs are in excess of €10,000 in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022; the nature of such works that were carried out at each station; if each capital works project is completed or still ongoing in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports applications that were made through Irish Embassy in Cairo, Ankara and Abu Dhabi in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda cars and vans attached to Kilkenny and Carlow Division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from this division during the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 650. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57699/22]