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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 299. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Dental Services (7 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the challenges facing the dental sector regarding the retention of dentists in Ireland following the completion of their degrees; the steps he is taking at a University level to reduce this problem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36731/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the engagement he has had with the offshore renewable sector; if he is conscious of the need to ensure a steady pipeline of qualified graduates for this sector; the initiatives planned to promote this course of study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36716/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (7 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides funding for the development or refurbishment of playgrounds; if so, if he will provide details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36689/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (7 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the way his Department has scaled up to enable it to manage the humanitarian response to the Ukrainian war; the redeployments and restructuring that has taken place; the way the crisis is managed day to day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (12 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 109. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the Departmental review of the dental medical card scheme; his plans to alleviate access issues to dentists for medical card holders in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37698/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (12 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has given any consideration to further extending the buy and repair scheme to allow local authorities to provide cost rental homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37199/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (12 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request that local authorities set targets to provide social housing through the repair and lease scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (12 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that he is taking to ensure standardisation across all local authorities regarding commercial rate rebates for vacant commercial units; if he is concerned that such rebates act as a disincentive to returning these units to use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (12 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 517. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case (details supplied) of a Zimbabwean national with Irish citizenship who had his or her personal documentation sent to the South African embassy in Dublin as part of an application for an Irish passport; if there is a basis for this process; and if he will clarify the pathway for a passport...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (12 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the case of school bus drivers whereby once they reach 70 years of age, they are no longer allowed to be employed under the Bus Éireann school bus contract despite having passed a yearly medical assessment permitting them to drive other coaches; if she will review this matter; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (13 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38328/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Organic Farming (14 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department’s plans to develop markets for Irish organic produce to match the increase in the number of farmers entering the organic farming scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38248/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (14 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 133. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to an anomaly in the school meals programme whereby newly added schools for the DEIS programme for September 2022 do not qualify for the scheme due to funding shortages; the steps that she will take to bridge this gap in funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34292/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Jul 2022)

Steven Matthews: 423. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39423/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 Sep 2022)

Steven Matthews: 125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) which outlines a number of locations in County Wicklow in which noise mitigation measures are required due to high traffic volumes; if the funding for these measures will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44363/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (14 Sep 2022)

Steven Matthews: 146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a possible anomaly in the national car test in which a car being registered as being previously written off is not assessed or divulged to the owner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (15 Sep 2022)

Steven Matthews: 218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Steven Matthews: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding supports for SMEs that are seeking to significantly reduce energy consumption; if any capital grant funding proposals for permanent alterations to premises are under review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Steven Matthews: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the support scheme for energy audits; the number of SMEs that have successfully applied for this scheme to date; the initiatives that are in place to increase the uptake of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44621/22]