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Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Potentially if we all keep to our times.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Deputy Murphy, please speak through the Chair. The Minister has on several occasions answered the Deputy’s questions about the proposals announced yesterday, that are not finalised or complete. He has noted on several occasions that they will be duly thrashed out in several different committees and particularly in the Department of housing, and no doubt in the Dáil before next...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I am not defending but being fair to a Minister visiting the committee room.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: I call Deputy Jen Cummins.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: That concludes our question-and-answer session. We are very grateful to the Minister for attending and engaging with us all.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: The title of the Minister's Department illustrates the diversity of the issues and the priorities we have for the Department. We look forward to continuing this engagement on specific issues in the Minister's brief. I thank the Minister again. We are now going into private session.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: Please allow time for the Minister to respond.

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 75. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline actions she is taking to support staff retention in community childcare facilities. [32394/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps she is taking to ensure pay increases for childcare workers and an increase in core funding to match this. [32393/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the timetable for the Bus Éireann route 161 which serves Dundalk to Newry via Carlingford in County Louth was last reviewed; and if there are plans to revise or improve the service. [31861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Transport Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 260. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has assessed the VAT liabilities arising from the use of the reverse-charge mechanism by ride-hailing platforms such as a company (details supplied); and to consider requiring such platforms to register and invoice from within Ireland to ensure compliance and protect taxi drivers.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 261. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has considered reducing the VAT rate on home energy upgrades to support households in decarbonising and retrofitting their homes. [31868/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the Department has plans to classify additional rivers, lakes, and estuaries as 'Heavily Modified Water Bodies' (HMWBs); and if so, the measures that will be taken to restore and support their natural features, habitats, fish, and wildlife.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 649. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number po BISS applications made in County Louth from 2015 to 2025, in tabular format. [31849/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any plans to appoint a national director of animal welfare. [31865/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Reviews (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 662. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 523 and 724 of 27 May 2025, to identify the lead Department responsible for the National Child Death Review. [31854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 664. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of applications received; the number of appeals submitted; and the number of those appeals that have been overturned. [31856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 665. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of funding that has been drawn down under the redress component of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. [31857/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Schemes (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 666. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a review of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme is expected to take place; if her Department is considering extending redress to all children who spent less than six months in mother and baby homes as part of that review. [31858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Erin McGreehan: 667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her Department plans for the National Centre for Research and Remembrance; actions are being taken in relation to its commemoration; and the amount funding has been allocated for this purpose. [31859/25]