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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 472. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether funding will be granted for those involved in sport not funded by national bodies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37329/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 564. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37300/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the immigrant investor programme; if it is open or closed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37833/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are currently any applications being assessed under the immigrant investor programme or any applications under appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37834/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disability Services (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 725. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of a person will be examined (details supplied); if they can remain with the same service provider; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37135/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 728. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the qualifying thresholds for the NCS scheme, given that families earning just over €60,000 are entitled to the same discount as the highest earners on €100,000 and above; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 788. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the issue with regard to the lack of funding between the HSE and a charity (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if a subsidy is available for children directed to the care of a psychotherapist after six weeks (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Care Services (10 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 302. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a day care service will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38378/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: 48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a drivers licence for a person (details supplied) will be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40111/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Chair and committee members for the good work they do on this Oireachtas committee. As a rural-based TD, the work going on here on a regular basis is very important and I thank everyone for that. I thank the committee for the invitation to speak here about ash dieback and other matters, which I consider important to the forestry industry in Ireland. For the past 100 years, we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to the report on "Morning Ireland" this morning, I would like to answer that first of all in the following way. In Scotland at the moment, they are planting 17,000 ha per year, which is a massive amount of timber. I see our job as being to compete with that. In other words, we want to plant. It is in the programme for Government and it is part of our policy. We want to get to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: I am sorry. Could I just-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will give the Senator a straight answer: "No" to the agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: I would love the opportunity to expand on it-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: -----but if the Senator wants a straight answer, the answer would be "No". With regard to the roadside scheme, I am sorry to quote the Roads Act, but I have to because as the Senator knows - this is a great bone of contention in this room when it comes to cutting hedgerows and everything else along the side of the road - it is a fact that, unfortunately, section 70 of the Roads Act 1993...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is not as though we are sending people off and telling them they must manage by themselves. There is money for them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: With regard to a specific scheme, there are 100,000 km of roadway that could be affected by this. The Senator might do the sums himself. If we had a specific scheme, that would not be practical.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food: Ash Dieback and Other Forestry Issues: Discussion (16 Jul 2025)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is incorrect. With regard to the State rules we have, the answer is that is incorrect.