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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 383. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if steps will be taken to address an anomaly whereby a recipient of a non-contributory pension will not be able to rent out their empty home under the terms of the fair deal scheme; if she is aware that the former family home will now be treated as an asset and contribute to their means assessment, and in most instances...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection will steps be taken to address an anomaly whereby a recipient of a non-contributory pension will not be able to rent out their empty home under the terms of the Fair Deal scheme; is he aware that the former family home will now be treated as an asset and contribute to their means assessment, and in most instances renting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 599. To ask the Minister for Health when the HPV catch-up programme for females up to 25 years of age will be introduced as announced in May 2022. [61962/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (14 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for his forbearance at the outset. I appreciate that we are here at an unusually late hour after a long day in a long week, but it behoves me to share my concerns with the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, about the funding of our nursing homes. Whether we agree with it or not, we are dependent on a network of privately owned nursing homes. My office - and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Nursing Homes (14 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Butler. I would certainly like to think that the nursing home operators and providers acknowledge the supports they have received to date. I believe the nub of the issue is money. We must acknowledge that the numerous costs being absorbed by private nursing homes are not applicable to public facilities. These include, for example: capital costs;...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 16. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding could be allocated to community groups and centres to help them meet the increased costs of operating this winter. [62481/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (15 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports that are available to community centres facing rising energy bills. [62482/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the roll-out of high-speed broadband under the national broadband plan, in the constituency of Longford-Westmeath. [62473/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (15 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the European Commission will formally adopt the Territorial Just Transition Plan and the accompanying programme, which will provide essential funding to the midlands. [62472/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all of the speakers for coming here. We have a great collection of brains in front of us and we are nearly overwhelmed. I wish to focus on the two issues of ACRES and the so-called "forgotten farmer". Both issues were addressed to some degree by my colleague, Deputy Fitzmaurice. I, too, have an issue with the criteria outlined concerning Macra in terms of the six points of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: It was to be 30,000 farmers but the figure has probably exceeded everybody's expectations. The figure I saw was about 44,000 applicants. That is great to see. It reinforces what we have frequently said in this committee, that farmers are steadfast in their commitment to the environment and want to do right. There is probably a responsibility on us as partners in Government to impress upon...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: The IFA has made staunch representations on having a payment front-loaded which would primarily resolve an issue for the tranche 2 farmers. Is there any possibility we could fast-track the scheme and pull something into 2023 to resolve the tranche 3 farmers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agricultural Schemes, Eradication of Bovine Tuberculosis and Compensation: Discussion (14 Dec 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is a reasonable response. I have to make the point however that many people among the forgotten farmers had to make serious lifestyle choices. When they left school they were faced with the problem of how to get anything from their farm and whether farming was a realistic option. We have been a long time looking for the forgotten farmer scheme, to the point that it was a key ask in...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I rarely take issue with my colleague, Deputy Matthews, but I emphasise that the Government parties are as one on the climate action plan. I appreciate there are many Green Party fingerprints on the plan but we in this three-party Government are passionate about it and have enthusiastically supported it. I commend Deputy Matthews on acknowledging that there is a will and desire in rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the director for joining us and giving us some insight. However, I am somewhat disappointed by the level of detail given in the slides. DG Environment obviously has significant detail on which the presentation was based, so I had been hoping for more detail in it, but we are where we are. In fairness, the director and his colleagues are probably doing a reasonable job in trying to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Regulation on Nature Restoration: European Commission (18 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I appreciate that Dr. Delgado Rosa only had a short period of time in which to do the presentation. If he could he share any of the back-up material with the committee, it would be a huge help. We would see ourselves as slightly distinct from the rest of Europe in that we are an island nation surrounded by water so Dr. Delgado Rosa can understand why in respect of rewetting, people here can...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (19 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the route selection process for the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Rooskey, given that additional funding was allocated to complete the route selection works and a decision on same was expected to be finalised before the end of 2022. [2029/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make SUSI grant supports available to those who have obtained stamp 4 residence permits via the regularisation of the long-term undocumented persons' scheme. [2473/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (19 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to make SUSI grant supports available to those who have obtained stamp 4 residence permits via the regularisation of the long-term undocumented persons scheme. [2474/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance the proposals he will be bringing forward in relation to income tax over the medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2994/23]