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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (17 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will detail on a county or local authority basis the number of residential purchases in each that have been approved for support under the first home scheme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45166/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (17 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason applicants for an Irish visa are requested to show bank statements of a person with whom they will be staying when they arrive in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45071/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 459. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the number of speech and language therapists for each CHO area employed for disability services in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, tabular form. [44853/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 460. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail for each CHO area the number of occupational therapists employed for disability services in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44854/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 463. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the number of physiotherapists for each CHO area employed for disability services in 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44874/23]

Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: At present, the world is a very dangerous place. There is a serious risk this could escalate further beyond the regional dispute we see in the Middle East. I know people may say it was a dangerous place 50 years ago or 100 years ago or further back, but in fact when we look at what is happening now, there seems to be an inability on the part of people to recognise that we have to share the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the officials for coming before the committee. I will not be keeping them long. Ms Conduit raising the issue with the UK situation and head 5 and how persons in the UK who receive a payment under head 5 may lose some of that because of the pension or social welfare rules there. Have there been any previous examples where our Department of Social Protection or the officials'...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Yes. It was brought to our attention yesterday that the rules - I think it may be a statutory instrument in the UK - certainly disregard any income a person receives if that person has been the subject of historical institutional child abuse in the UK and received money to that effect. I would have thought there would be some form of sympathetic response from the UK in any event. Does Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: On the role Sage Advocacy is going to play, it appears there is not going to be any specific statutory provision dealing with a professional advocacy group. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay. Will it have responsibility for identifying people in the UK as well or is that going to be given to some other body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: People will obviously have been identified as having been in institutions, but what does Ms Conduit see the role of Sage Advocacy as being? Is it assisting people with the process or is it making people generally aware it is there for them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I know what Ms Conduit means. It is about facilitating people in going through the bureaucracy of the State. Presumably, Sage Advocacy will be able to assist people even if they are the UK.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: All right. As a final point, in head 12, I think, the records of the dissolved body now come under the ownership and responsibility of the Minister. Do they go to the National Archives or what happens to them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Thus, in years to come people will be able to do research on them or access them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: Okay, so they probably will not be of that much academic interest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Education (Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: I thank the Chairman.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (18 Oct 2023)

Jim O'Callaghan: 127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what steps he intends to take to expedite the applications for work permits in the processing industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45507/23]