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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware the waiting times for driving tests in County Wexford have increased from ten to 21 weeks since September 2022; and, if so, the measures being put in place to reduce this waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2865/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of plans to reduce opening hours and staffing levels in the NDLS office in Wexford; and, if so, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3130/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering extending the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality industry, given the challenging conditions the industry continues to face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether the development of log cabins should form part of the overall housing stock to assist with the housing crisis; his plans to remove the planning barriers to the development of this type of housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3188/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance can be offered in issuing a decision on the carer's allowance appeal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3015/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I am not accusing the Minister of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I am just asking was the Minister aware of it because-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: If the Minister of State is so confident in her officials, why has the submission not already gone to the EU?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely. The last programme, a five-year programme, was extended by two years to become a seven-year programme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Surely there was a light flashing red in the Department in 2020 saying the new programme must be got up and running by 1 January 2023 to give confidence to the forestry sector? Confidence in the sector is on the floor. I say that genuinely. When I was in the Minister and Minister of State's position I had to talk up my Department and give the Department line. The Minister of State should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have one more quick question. Let us say we are back here in five years' time. In 2020, there were 2,434 ha planted by the private sector. What does the Minister believe the figure will be for 2026 or 2027?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I agree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: That is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: -----Coillte withheld information when its representatives were before the committee. I, like everyone here, bought my own house and bought land. It takes months, not days or weeks, to get from the first part of the contract to the end of it. I am disappointed that a State body funded by the Department with taxpayers' money withheld information at our meeting with its representatives on 13...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 192. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to ensure that the pandemic bonus payment is paid to employees of private companies who have refused to complete the paperwork to ensure that their staff can get the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3656/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I will put my cards on the table. I worked in the forestry service for a number of years and know a fair bit about it. I have knowledge about the background of forestry and am passionate about it. The Government and the State should be doing an awful lot more about forestry. When we look at the graph that goes from 1998 to 2020, we see in 1998 that 10,002 ha - I think it is hectares -...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider revisiting the policy change on benefit-in-kind rates on company vehicles as there is widespread concern that this change will have a significant impact on people's finances and additionally disincentivise the purchase of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3866/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering modifications to the changes to benefit-in-kind for company cars, given that many of those who drive for work are hugely affected by the changes and cannot afford them, which in turn may lead to people refusing company cars and purchasing less efficient cars on the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 19 January 2023, if the information requested in the original question will be provided; if not, if the information is not known to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3927/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to the method of payment for a jobseeker's benefit recipient (details supplied) and the difficulties it will create with managing their finances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3796/23]