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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 560. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a fuel allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46697/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (12 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 561. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a household benefits package application by a person (details supplied). [46698/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: The announcement last week on the Adare bypass was welcome, for which I thank the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross; the Taoiseach and the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin. Will the Taoiseach confirm if a planning application for the project has been submitted to An Bord Pleanála and, if not, when it will be sent to it?

Social Welfare (No. 2) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (13 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I welcome the Minister's budget. I wish to highlight some of the measures being introduced in it such as the extension of the hot school meals scheme to 35,000 additional schoolchildren. The living alone allowance payment will increase by €5 per week for people with disabilities and pensioners living alone. Some 370,000 households will benefit from the extra €2 for the fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (13 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 211. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a disability allowance payment was suspended for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46717/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: On the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, has research been done or are there any developments in that regard? Anderson Ireland in Rathkeale, where I am from, closed in 2014, and ProCad, a design company, has moved in to the area since then. Many of the workers in Anderson Ireland have retrained and found employment, which is very welcome. Has any sort of analysis been done on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: On the education and training boards, people who would have done hard physical work for years are physically not able to continue the work for which they are qualified or have experience in. Have the training bodies done any studies on how to help people diversify their skills? I have in mind people who were used to doing the same type of work and are not academically focused. Has work...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Living Alone Allowance (14 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 174. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the living alone allowance will be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46941/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (19 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 312. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the drug savings scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47086/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications Data (19 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for orthotic shoes within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47226/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (19 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 352. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated wear time for persons wearing orthotic shoes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47227/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (19 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 614. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a disability allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47378/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) (19 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 628. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a higher pension in view of changes made with regard to the backdating of homemaker's credits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47521/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Applications (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: 320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47992/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I thank the delegation for coming in. I am sorry for being late but I picked it up as Dr. Muldoon was talking about the pathfinder project. That is something I am trying to push through in the Dáil. It is with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and that is where we need to move it on from. I do not know if any correspondence has come back or if Dr. Muldoon knows anything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: -----because this is starting to move and shift. It is difficult for us to do this because the technology is moving so fast, and because the technology is driving the culture, everything is moving extremely fast and it is only in retrospect that we start to pick this up. I would be interested in the witnesses' thoughts on that or if any studies have been done. On the mental health side,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: What are the ideas around helping the teachers do that? Straight away we are asking teachers who do not have the skills to be reskilled and retrained. I am not saying I have the skills or that anybody else does because this is moving so fast.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: My point is there is nothing wrong. I am trying to get to the nuance of this and it probably needs a lot more debate. It is not the technology. It is how it is being used and how we are communicating. We can still market ourselves as technological leaders but it is how we use and interpret that as a culture.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I did not say we should ban mobile phones. I did not say that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: Discussion (20 Nov 2019)

Tom Neville: I am talking about the cultural communication and what is accepted in our society as rational communication style and content as opposed to the actual device. I am talking about the mannerisms and how we interact.