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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 296. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider sending a large delegation of experienced and trained election observers to observe the elections in Hungary in April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12948/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a grade three school secretary can only move up to grade four if their school has 40 full-time staff; if so, when this criterion was devised; the reason for this condition; if she will review this criterion in order that these school secretaries are not left behind in terms of pay and related issues; and if she will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I thank the ambassador for coming in again, for giving us those accounts of what is happening on the ground in Ukraine and for updating us on the horrific situation we are witnessing on our television screens. I also pay tribute to President Zelenskyy for his extraordinary leadership. He is a wartime president. I am sure he is an inspiration to the people of Ukraine and, indeed, the world....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I welcome the ambassadors to the meeting. Mr. Zurabashvili is a regular attender at our meetings and around Leinster House. We appreciate his briefings. I also welcome Mrs. Miculet. I am delighted that the embassy is open. It will provide an opportunity for an exchange of views and information, which is welcome. Ireland supports enlargement of the EU. It always has and always will as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Ukraine's Application for Membership of the European Union: Engagement with Ambassador of Ukraine. (15 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: I thank the ambassadors for their comprehensive presentations and strong words, which are warranted at this time. Some years ago I had the honour of going to Warsaw for the St. Patrick's Day celebrations and was warmly received by the Polish people, such friendly people. It certainly made a lasting impression on me. Long may that friendship between our two countries continue. On the...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: The Russian invasion of Ukraine will, no doubt, dominate the forthcoming meeting of the European Council. We know it was the main issue considered at the special meeting of the Council held in Versailles on 10 and 11 March. Russian actions are illegal, unprovoked and unjustified and constitute war crimes by any objective criteria. There have been indiscriminate killings of civilians and...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Company Closures (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 109. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is being kept informed regarding the proposed closure of a factory (details supplied); when production at this plant will cease; if any activity will continue on this site; if the social protection protocol has been activated in this case in order that employees can be assisted in claiming benefits and undertaking...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Prices (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will urgently review the relevant legislation which classifies district energy users as commercial users rather than residential users given that the mechanism of gas supply to some residential apartment developments is through the district energy mechanism which is resulting in them paying a much higher price...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 271. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will amend the help-to-buy scheme in order that potential homeowners can avail of it to purchase second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 285. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will introduce measures to make social media platforms more responsive and accountable for hate speech and crime online targeted at persons on the basis of their asylum or refugee status, race, colour, nationality and ethnicity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14975/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Solar Energy Guidelines (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 348. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will update the planning regulations in respect of solar panels; when the process of updating the planning regulations to facilitate the installation of solar panels will be finalised; when the updated regulations will be in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14739/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide humanitarian relief and assistance to help with the refugee crisis in Moldova following the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14740/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for maternity benefit in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 by county; the overall cost per year by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14345/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that community employment schemes providing drug rehabilitation services are finding it difficult to recruit youth support and drugs rehabilitation support workers; if she will review the regulations in relation to eligibility for these schemes in order to deal with this problem;...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (23 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will put a system in place to allow for the recruitment of personnel to work in paid or unpaid employment in Government Departments such as the Department of Justice and the Department of Social Protection to help administer the arrival of the refugees from Ukraine to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15113/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (24 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the humanitarian assistance being provided by Ireland to alleviate the distress of refugees fleeing Ukraine to border countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14743/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (24 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland in relation to calls by a number of European Union member states for increased defence cooperation and a common defence strategy; the way Ireland has responded to these proposals following the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14742/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Functions (24 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the central authority for child abduction in her Department gives advice to Irish parents that have been the victim of child abduction; if a response will issue in relation to the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15546/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Crime Prevention (29 Mar 2022)

Seán Haughey: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which car thefts are a growing problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16087/22]