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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a universal rate will be decided on for microgeneration customers who have signed up to sell power from solar panels back to the national grid; if a date for these payments has been set, given that it was originally due to be in December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63254/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 833. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide support for a person (details supplied) whose pension has been reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63184/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 908. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been refused a carer's support grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1524/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 920. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of households receiving the over-70s fuel allowance; if there is a breakdown by local area, in tabular form, including Dún Laoghaire; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2068/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Victim Support Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 939. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the management of a redress scheme for victims of abuse of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63147/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 965. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the new childcare policy has made the model less flexible for those not availing of full-time childcare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63765/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1154. To ask the Minister for Health when the community neurorehabilitation team for CHO 6 (details supplied) will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1161. To ask the Minister for Health the entitlements that are available for children under seven years of age in terms of early intervention healthcare such as dental checks, hearing tests, eye tests and general medical check-ups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63158/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1224. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a child (details supplied) has waited for 24 months for their developmental check; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63474/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: 1325. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to healthcare staff (details supplied) who have been waiting for almost a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63833/22]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator. It is important to be consistent in every respect. The Senator is completely right about the timing of the review. Having spoken to the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, last night, I know that a number of meetings were held during 2022 and a draft final report was considered on 8 December. This really is very timely. The main conclusion of that report is, as the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: As the Senator is well aware, the parents in a school community and in a school such as Ábalta Special School know best what their children need. While I cannot speak to the specific site as I am at a remove from the Department of Education, I will convey to the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, that it is the parents and members of the school community who know best what a child with...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter. Something I am deeply interested in since coming into the Department is the way in which our tax structures can be of assistance to anybody who needs additional assistance, such as the disabled drivers or passengers community. I agree that the scheme needs to be reviewed, including from the perspective of accessibility to the scheme. I...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. He is correct that the Minister of State at the Department of Education, Deputy Madigan, who has responsibility for special needs, has met stakeholders. Last night, I spoke to her to get the most recent update for the Senator. She is in County Mayo; otherwise she would be here in person. I have a similar school in my constituency and I am well...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Industry (31 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. She is correct that the hospitality sector has suffered this double whammy from the impact of Covid and the energy crisis. She is also right to identify that the Government has tried to support businesses through both of these periods. As the Senator is aware, the 9% rate of VAT applies on a temporary basis to the hospitality and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tourism Industry (31 Jan 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator. I know and appreciate the importance of the tourism and hospitality sectors as significant employers. Both the Senator and I come from that background. It is right across the country. I emphasise the TBESS. In the Senator's area in County Limerick, there have been 736 applications to date, with 719 approved so far and €815,000 distributed. I see Senator Dolan...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (2 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank Senator Keogan for raising this issue. Of course, she is right. When this was introduced in 2019, it was part of the climate action plan and part of a climate focus on making a transition and bringing the benefit-in-kind, BIK, in line with the other vehicle taxes, namely, vehicle registration tax, VRT, and motor tax which, of course, are carbon-based. The Senator is also correct in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Tax Code (2 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I thank the Senator. I recognise that when something was legislated for in the Finance Act four years ago, it can seem a bit remote. The purpose of it was to enable fleet planning by companies, not by employees. The latter would not perhaps have had the same familiarity with the provisions of the Finance Act as we might have understood their employers to have, particularly when it came to...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The provisions contained in the Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022 will play a key role in driving positive cultural change in financial services organisations that will benefit consumers, employees and wider society. These provisions are designed to ensure that this change in the financial sector will happen in a way that is both real and enduring. The Bill...

Seanad: Central Bank (Individual Accountability Framework) Bill 2022: Second Stage (8 Feb 2023)

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I will try to address the points raised by the Senators as best I can. Senator Lombard is correct to raise access to cash points. He will have heard me speak forcefully on the radio that morning about Castletownbere in particular and the impact that would have. As Minister of State with responsibility for financial institutions, credit unions, and insurance, one of the things I am very...