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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the review of her Department’s Reasonable Accommodation Fund grants scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 461. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to providing more phased payment methods for school transport; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that parents would benefit from the option to pay school transport costs over a longer period of time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 187. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of companies in each of counties Cork and Kerry that have applied for funding under the Irish Innovation Seed Fund Programme in tabular form; the number that have been successful in each county; and the total funding awarded in each county to date. [24975/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the progress made to date in the implementation in the South-West region of the IDA Strategy - Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021 – 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on supports for students of DEIS schools to access further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25277/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline supports in place for students with disabilities to access further education and training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25276/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (25 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 223. To ask the Minister for Health if the age restriction that are in place for the Freestyle Libre glucose monitoring system will be removed to allow access based on clinical need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (26 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 39. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who were waiting for a first assessment from the HSE under the Disability Act 2005, as of 1 May 2022 or the latest date available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26632/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (26 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 81. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on the speech and language therapy assessment waiting list, the speech and language therapy initial treatment waiting list, the speech and language therapy further treatment waiting list and the occupational therapy first-time assessment waiting list; and the number that have been waiting for more than 12 months on each list....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Official Engagements (26 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has had engagements with the Minister for Finance in relation to the ongoing issue with agricultural relief and the limit on the percentage of the land area of a farm that can be taken up with solar panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26948/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Phelan, Wynne and Murnane O'Connor and Senator Clonan. Senator Conway is substituting for Senator Seery Kearney. The purpose of today's meeting is to resume our discussions on employment and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, UNCRPD. On behalf of the committee, I extend a warm welcome to: Mr. Patrick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Mr. Flanagan and now call on Mr. Murphy to make his opening remarks. It is great to welcome Cork people every now and then. He is very welcome, as is Mr. Porter of the National Learning Network, NLN, Bantry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I thank everyone for the opening remarks. I will now go to the members as per the rota. I call Senator Martin Conway, who is substituting for Senator Mary Seery Kearney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I thank Mr. Flanagan very much. I call on Ms Hartney to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I call Mr. Murphy to speak now, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I call Mr. McGrath to speak now, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: Mr. Murphy, there were points to which you wanted to respond.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Employment and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed) (19 May 2022)

Michael Moynihan: We would appreciate that. I thank one and all for their detailed contributions this morning. Some of the evidence we have heard recently, particularly on employment, shows the fear among people who have a disability and who are on benefits of going into employment and losing those benefits. It was mentioned that the medical card is crucial and gold. We hear that week in, week out. We...

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Bill. I also welcome the Minister and the Minister of State. We are talking about the basis of the decision-making capacity Act. On the 2015 Act and its non-enactment, we are talking about very complex legal issues. Previous speakers referenced Acts that have been there for almost 200 years. The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2022)

Michael Moynihan: 223. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline workers who have received the pandemic bonus payment to date; when all payments are expected to issue to frontline workers eligible for the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28362/22]