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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 521. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school bus transport refund for a family (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36775/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 576. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the pandemic unemployment payment will be reinstated for businesses in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36439/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 686. To ask the Minister for Health the actions being taken to address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36250/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 868. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding coursing-bred greyhounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36134/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will be brief because I have other questions for later in the session. Coillte, because it is so big, is probably being more adversely affected by Covid-19 than our ordinary rank and file farmers, investors and people who just want to grow trees, get on and get them processed. At the moment, there are 20 million plants available in one nursery, as our guests know, and another 10 million,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: I will be as brief as I can. I thank the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, and her officials for attending and I wish her well. From people contacting me I can see that there is a sustained programme of clawing funding back from people who have planted forestry. People who planted ten or 20 years ago are receiving letters from the Department demanding repayment of funds over alleged...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: On a point of order, I might ask the Chairman - he is an excellent Chairman - whether he could ensure that at a future date, the very persons who are responsible for not issuing licences and for causing this problem, will appear before the committee in order that we will be able to ask direct questions of them. As the Chairman will be aware, I am too polite to name names but Mr. Hayes knows...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Challenges for the Forestry Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: The officials are the same. That is the point.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: I raise the issue of funding for Irish Water projects which are administered in our county of Kerry. I will give some examples. We have a water main in Farranfore that keeps breaking. It causes awful trouble because it is on a main artery road through our county. From there up to Ash-hill and Farmers Bridge, everything needs upgrading and replacing. An upgrade is also needed to the water...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: It is Desmonds Avenue.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: I thank the Taoiseach very much for that reply. On sewerage schemes, Irish Water seems to want to work in areas where infrastructure is already in place. Unfortunately, there are areas in County Kerry that have no schemes whatsoever, which is hard to believe. Places such as Caherdaniel, Scartaglin and Currow have no schemes at all. How are these areas supposed to develop? How are they...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: Will the Taoiseach and the Government commit to reviewing the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, grant scheme before next April? In light of the cost of living and other considerations, the income thresholds are not appropriate to the times we are living in. Students who were entitled to and received the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP will not receive a grant in 2021, which means...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 215. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when BPS payments will issue to farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37223/20]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (18 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 216. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers awaiting BPS payments due to software issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37224/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (19 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37414/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (19 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 215. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on a matter on entry requirements for primary teaching (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37415/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37511/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance (19 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37634/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37510/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (19 Nov 2020)

Michael Healy-Rae: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if a licence will be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/20]