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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: As Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Tánaiste will be aware of the back-to-work enterprise allowance scheme. While it is not administered by his Department, it is an important safety net for many people setting up in business, coming off the live register. He will also be aware of the enormous shortage of taxis in our city at peak times. However, the back-to-work...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total funding allocated by her Department for sporting bodies and other bodies for the promotion of physical health and mental health in the area of fitness and well-being for people over 50 years for the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the application by a school (details supplied) for the Summer Works Programme given that the original approval for a boiler upgrade is now inadequate to cover the cost of the work and the school is seeking an increase in funding. [36314/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Physical Education (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding allocated by her Department to schools, both primary and secondary, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and well-being for students for each of the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 297. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to individual bodies, both state and voluntary, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and well-being for people with disabilities for the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 298. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to bodies, both state and voluntary, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and well-being for people with mental health issues for the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 299. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to bodies, both state and voluntary, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and well-being specifically for younger persons for each of the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 300. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated by his Department to nursing homes, both state and private, to fund the specific promotion of physical health, fitness and well-being for residents for each of the years 2018 to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of active retirement groups by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36517/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care of the Elderly (6 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of day care centres for older persons by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 257. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the request for a refund for a passport application by a person (details supplied), which has been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35278/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if assistance will be provided in relation to a passport application (details supplied) given that the link to submit a new consent form has expired and the applicant’s parent cannot make contact with the Passport Office to have a new link issued. [36064/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (5 Jul 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will assist with finding a school place in a special school for a child (details supplied). [36052/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: If Mr. Dunne keeps making references from George Orwell to Dumbo, he will feature in Miriam Lord's column very soon. I thank the witnesses for being with us today. I have a few questions, the first of which is about how carers connect with supports that may or, in often cases, may not be available. From my experience, initial contact is through the public health nurse. What issues do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am thinking about more practical things like social welfare supports and the former respite care grant we have talked about. Often people do not know about those things. I am thinking about almost a Citizens Information for carers that is tailored to the interactions of carers when they present. As Mr. Dunne rightly said, it is not just the caring element but also the financial element...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I hear everything Mr. Dunne says. This is sometimes very much akin to the issue of rough sleeping in that there are supports there but for various reasons people fall between the cracks or do not know where to access those supports. Does Mr. Dunne think that separating the caring support connection from the public health nurse structure might be of benefit? The public health nurse has a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: With the Chair's discretion, may I ask one further question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was facilitating the committee to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I cannot get my head around the contract and the tender for the service where people arrive for 15 minutes of professional care. With most tenders and contracts, the provider inflates the tender such that it is often bigger than what is required in order that they can gain profit and so on. However, the system we currently have seems to be such that they have almost cut the costs out of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Sometimes it is not casual either.