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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 1873. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the treatment benefit scheme will be extended to allow parents that pay PRSI contributions to claim for their dependent children’s eye care and glasses while they are in secondary school in view of the fact that the free eye care scheme ends when a child leaves primary school; and if she will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Home Loan Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 2000. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a requirement for persons who are approved for a Rebuilding Ireland home loan to sign up for a specific mortgage protection insurance policy; if they can opt for a policy from a company other than the one advised by the council approving the loan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36610/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank all those who presented to the committee. I will follow on from the point made by Deputy Catherine Martin on the Cassells report. We discussed this in private session. That it has been referred to the European Union means a further delay. It needs to be addressed and this committee wishes to move forward on it. The other major issue, which Ms Fitzpatrick mentioned, is the cost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Even if that involves going over a narrow mountain road, the distance that a person would normally take is longer. Does SUSI have any discretion in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: Is there more flexibility in the independent appeals process, which is the one a person can go to after SUSI?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: The person would only get it during one year but he or she would be in college for four years or longer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: That is fine. There is something in the SUSI submission concerning the suggested initial classification, or perhaps that is just around-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Eligibility Criteria of Student Universal Support Ireland: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: We do not have any in respect of the scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Costs: Discussion (12 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: I thank all of our witnesses for being here today. School costs is a huge issue for parents, particularly families on limited incomes. That the Society of St. Vincent de Paul received 250 to 300 calls per day about it in the week before schools reopened shows what a huge issue it is. It is ironic that the focus of our discussion today is finance. Ms Lynch is correct that the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Maintenance (18 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes that will be retrofitted in 2019 in order to protect tenants from high energy costs and to address climate change; if he has a monitoring process in place to ensure that the work is done and the funding allocated to local authorities is spent in a timely manner; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homelessness Strategy (18 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the strategy in place to stem the increase in the number of children in homeless services in view of evidence of the negative affect on their lives; if he will introduce a time limit on their stay in homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37493/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation Provision (18 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Housing First tenancies that have been provided in 2017, 2018 and in the first half of 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37494/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (18 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites that are being considered for development of cost rental homes in each relevant local authority area; the specific sites under consideration in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37496/19]

Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: We also support the Bill and its principle, although I have questions. My first response is to ask why it has taken so long. I was in the Department when we did the early work on the voluntary code. From my experience at that time, I know there was a strong request from the voluntary housing sector that they should have a Government structure and should be regulated, mainly because it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Administration (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the applications for home tuition for the current academic year have now been processed; if not, when it is expected that they will be completed; if he will ensure that application forms are available earlier in 2020 and into the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the negotiations to secure a permanent site for two secondary schools (details supplied). [38720/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a particular issue in the embassy in Abuja, Nigeria, that is causing difficulty in the processing of join family visa applications in view of the fact that there are serious delays in sending the applications to Dublin such as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Recruitment (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 248. To ask the Minister for Health if progress has been made in appointing a clinical lead for the national clinical dual diagnosis programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38234/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient detox beds for persons with a dual diagnosis; the HSE regions in which these beds are available; when such beds will be available for those that need them in all regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38235/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (24 Sep 2019)

Jan O'Sullivan: 548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have appointed a HAP pathfinder; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/19]