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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Direct Provision System (21 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 822. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, following the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, there are plans to increase the direct provision allowance. [12886/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 921. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to allow asylum seekers to engage with homeless services at local authority-level, based on the outcomes of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process. [12883/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (21 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 1064. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, following report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, there are plans to lift the restrictions on the right to work on all asylum seekers. [12887/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I will start with Ms Clinton. Sometimes we are very cynical about Americans but they seem to have stolen a march on us in this area. A service provider from New York has come over and done some work with St. Christopher's Services disability centre in Longford. It referenced the quota in place for employers in the United States that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We are probably some distance down the road from it. Does Project SEARCH have a presence in Ireland at present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: That was referenced earlier.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: What does it need to scale? Some well-intentioned person decided to go with it in Naas. Does it need a significant push to try to replicate it throughout the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: We are fortunate to be members of this committee. Something we are learning is that we need transitional services. They are key. Reflecting on what Ms Clinton has said, we are probably looking at a multidisciplinary and multidepartmental team involving the Departments with responsibility for further education, health, education and social protection. If people and families are fortunate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I would imagine that would be an easy fix. If I am in receipt of the disability allowance and I manage to get a job, I can go for it but I will need that security blanket whereby, if it does not work out, I will not have to engage in a battle royal to get back my payment. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I commend Ms Tonge on the wonderful work she is doing. Her centre has a range of supports and that is evolving all the time. Does she see any obvious gaps in the supports it is providing? Is there something else she has realised, perhaps in the past year or so, that it should be doing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: A dedicated service.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I am just conscious of time and the Chair might indulge me with one further question. We have mentioned time, and the other big issue is money. In my experience, the SUSI grant is not autism friendly, not least if the student struggles during the year. I am not speaking specifically about UCD but I have come across several instances of students who have begun first year, really struggled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I am conscious of one student whose application has just come through today and the same is true in respect of other branches. Students have almost completed their first year the second time around, therefore, and their grants are only just coming through. Is there anything else we could do within SUSI to assist students, aside from making repeating easier? Perhaps we could look at...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Nursing Homes (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will prioritise the right of homeowners in nursing homes to rent out their vacant homes without it affecting their non-contributory pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15137/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will look at further widening the thresholds for accessing the fuel allowance scheme in Budget 2023 given that the cost of heating homes remains very high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15136/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any concerns about the loss of revenue incurred by Rásaíocht Con Éireann arising from the fact that an organisation (details supplied) maintains control of the stud book for racing greyhounds, a loss of revenue estimated to be around €1 million a year; if he has any plans to introduce the legislation...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (28 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 752. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care homes with a dedicated, unique visitor room funded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann that are currently in operation; the total capacity of such care homes; the location of these care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14649/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (30 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will address an anomaly where recently approved applications under the undocumented scheme are precluded from the SUSI grant support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15551/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (30 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the students from Scoil Mhuire National School in Newtown Forbes, who have a keen interest in further education. Will the Department help to address an anomaly whereby recently approved applications under the undocumented scheme are precluded from Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grants, and will the Minister make a statement on the matter, please?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (30 Mar 2023)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister for his reply. I am reminded of the supermarket offer, "Buy one, get one free," as he is covering both of his Departments. It is timely for me and some of the other Deputies present. I welcome the Minister's update. It is the most promising update I have received to this point. This is a major issue. Many families that came here are, strictly speaking,...