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Climate Action Plan 2021: Statements (23 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: The average age in this House is 50. I checked that earlier today. Most of us will not be around when the real horrors of climate change hit this country, when farmers are having difficulty farming on flooded lands, when sea levels rise in our coastal communities and when parts of the planet will be hugely challenged by mass migration as parts of the planet will not be habitable. We will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the extension for a school (details supplied); if timelines can be provided for both construction and the provision of new special educational needs rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57199/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a site for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57198/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 6. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in County Wicklow who were in receipt of the pandemic unemployment payment but who have since returned to work in some capacity and are no longer in receipt of this payment or the jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57935/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: This morning, I wish to ask the Minister about the number of persons in County Wicklow who were in receipt of the PUP but who have since returned to work in some capacity and are no longer in receipt of the payment or the jobseeker's allowance. I ask that she please provide me with the figures in that regard.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: It is positive that the figures are going in the right direction. That is good to see. I always try to take the opportunity to acknowledge the work that goes on in the Department of Social Protection, the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners. The local employment offices were of great assistance to people in the past 18 months. It is positive when people go back to work and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (25 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: As the Minister knows, I engage regularly with the music and entertainment industry and I will continue to engage with the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, on that. The Minister mentioned the pathways to work scheme. We must look at how we can encourage or assist people into...

Planning and Development (Amendment) (Large-scale Residential Development) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (25 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the Minister. The joint committee carried out extensive pre-legislative scrutiny on the Bill and produced a report, which it submitted to the Department. It got a response back on the recommendations, some of which were accepted, some of which were partially accepted and some of which were not accepted at all. The committee is willing to proceed to Committee Stage if time is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (24 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 78. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount collected under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 as amended by each local authority in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57847/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (24 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 79. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders undertaken under the Derelict Sites Act 1990 as amended by each local authority in 2018, 2019 and 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57848/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 206. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to calls for a new coordinator to be appointed in a facility (details supplied); if a timeline and hiring process can be outlined for this vacancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57844/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the National Gender Service multidisciplinary team; when it will become operational; and the approximate timeframe expected to get an appointment for a 16-year-old based in County Wicklow, first referred to a similar service in the United Kingdom in August 2020 by CAMHS. [57852/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Advertising (24 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 208. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign and recent results of a survey published by a group (details supplied) seeking amongst other things a ban on alcohol advertising prior to the watershed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57853/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: 41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the commitment to develop a Traveller and Roma training, employment and enterprise strategy as committed to in July 2021 under Pathways to Work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57932/21]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will let the Minister respond and then I will put the question on these amendments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will now put the question on amendment No. 31.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: We have only a minute left so I suggest that we suspend until 3.15 p.m. and then we can reconvene and have a response from the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: We resume on amendment No. 21 in the name of Deputy Doherty. The Minister has responded. Do members wish to speak on the amendment?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: I will put the question unless the Minister wishes to respond.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Finance Bill 2021: Committee Stage (16 Nov 2021)

Steven Matthews: Is the amendment being pressed?