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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current status of the contributory pension for a person (details supplied); when a decision can be made on this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41962/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (28 Sep 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 236. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 749 of 20 September 2023, if he acknowledges that in stating that the 20% broadleaf requirement will be achievable on the vast majority of sites, this leads to a possible situation that some sites will not be suitable for 20% broadleaf afforestation; what the situation is with such sites; if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Are the minutes of the meeting of 26 September 2023 agreed? Agreed. I remind members to ensure that their mobile phones are switched off for the duration of the meeting because they may interfere with the broadcasting equipment of the Houses, even on silent mode. On behalf of the committee, from the Department of Education I welcome: Mr. Hubert Loftus, assistant secretary with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Excuse me. I am aware of the time of other members. I will ask Ms Cusack to come in to reply to the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Loftus may come back in briefly. I am aware of other members who are waiting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have a similar question. If a school wants to have catering or kitchen facilities because it sees it as better value financially and believes there will be a better quality of food if it is cooked on site, has it got that option? I heard about a school on RTÉ Radio 1 a couple of months ago. I am not sure, it could have been a devolved grant. They went off by themselves and say they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Senator, I will pull you up for a moment. I do not expect the building unit to know the specifics of a programme because, in fairness and in defence of the witnesses, we brought them in to discuss a list of ten items. I ask members not to get into specifics but more on policy around the specifics-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I want to be fair to everybody, including the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Absolutely, it is for everybody in this room. However, the solar panels issue is a policy question. We will deal with that first and then briefly answer the Senator. I am trying to be fair to everyone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: If there are specifics, and Mr. Loftus or his colleagues do not have the reply, I ask that they reply to the clerk of the committee who can then pass it onto the members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: We have a whistle-stop tour of the constituency. Can we answer the solar panels questions first? That is the policy issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Briefly, as we have gone over the ten-minute mark.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Next are Senator Flynn and Deputy Ó Cathasaigh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have no issue with members asking for specifics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have a specific one as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Just to cover myself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Current and Future Plans of the School Building Unit: Department of Education (3 Oct 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I made a mistake. I said Deputy Nolan but Deputy Farrell is next.