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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made to date to advance the implementation of Action 20.4 of Housing for All; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7163/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce new legislation to deliver on Action 20.4 of Housing for All; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7164/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the work that is currently underway between her Department and Fáilte Ireland at identifying the best international practice with regard to the implementation of Action 20.4 of Housing for All; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7165/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rental Sector (10 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the expected timeline for the delivery of Action 20.4 of Housing for All; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7166/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 99. To ask the Minister for Health the total funding allocated for the National Treatment Purchase Fund for 2022; and the way this compares with the allocations in each of the past five years. [7865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to include the carer's allowance in the list of qualifying social assistance payments for fuel allowance given the inflationary pressure there presently is on the cost of heating a home and the service that home carers provide on a consistent basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7985/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Programme (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 594. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans for a major overhaul of the licensing laws; the timeframe for the publication of the new intoxicating liquor Bill; if it is expected that the new Bill will abolish the requirement to buy an existing licence and extinguish it to secure a new licence via an application in the District Court; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: I wish to raise the matter of pay and conditions for school caretakers and secretaries, which is a long-standing issue. An apparent breakthrough was made last September when the Department conceded that all school secretaries and caretakers should be placed on the public service clerical officer scale. A promise was also made in that deal that these people would not have to sign on during...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: Will he do so again?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if registered building contractors can carry out work directly under the national retrofitting scheme; if not, if the scheme is designed to be accessed exclusively through the one stop shop system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8639/22]

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: This is an ambitious plan in that the retrofitting programme aims to make at least 500,000 homes warmer, more environmentally friendly and cheaper to run over the next eight years or so. This will be the largest infrastructural investment this decade, with the State investing €8 billion and a similar amount spent by homeowners. This programme will need to achieve 50,000 to 70,000...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: Does that include the local employment services?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: On this programme, I welcome the Minister's announcement that jobseeker's payments will be returning to the post office network. This is hugely significant for the network. I understand initially it will apply to new jobseekers followed by others. Will the Minister give an overview and update on how that is going?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (16 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: The Minister knows about this committee's interest in local employment services. Could she outline the status of the request for tender for local employment services? Is she concerned by the apparent involvement of multinationals in bidding for local employment services? Could she give some reassurance that the new model that is being proposed will not lead to a loss of that community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 821. To ask the Minister for Health if nurses, such as those who work in a registered charity (details supplied) which has a service level agreement with the HSE, will be included in the proposed health care bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8106/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Digital Hubs (17 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made in developing the connected hubs system as persons return to work following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions. [8479/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Urban Development (17 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the expenditure of the town centres first funding that was recently allocated by her Department. [8480/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Joint Policing Committees (17 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the transition from the joint policing committees to the new community safety partnership system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8483/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under GLÁS 2020 will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (22 Feb 2022)

Joe Carey: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications and the number of applications approved, respectively, under the help-to-buy scheme, by county, in each of the years from the introduction of the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3057/22]