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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: Is it occasionally at variance with the view of other State agencies with similar professional qualifications as guardians ad litem?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: Is the view of the guardian ad litem, which is informed by his or her professional qualifications and social work, occasionally at variance with the views of persons in various State organisations who have similar qualifications? Where I am coming from - I do not mean to be deliberately coy - is that our experience is informed by constituents' representations and these are difficult cases....

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: General Scheme of the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: I want to tease out this issue by asking one further question. Regarding forming an opinion about the voice of the child and their best interests, a picture is painted over time through engagement with the child and the involvement of Tusla and other actors, some of whom might be family members. This is very often where my experience becomes complicated and frustrating. I refer to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme (10 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is entitled to rent assistance. [21890/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Cost of Living Issues (10 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if persons in receipt of the adult dependent allowance are entitled to payment under the recent cost-of-living social welfare initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21891/23]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Michael Creed: Lest you need to ask, Chairman, for confirmation, I am on the campus. I concur with the two previous speakers that we have a very suitably qualified, experienced chair-designate and I wish Ms Yiasouma every success in her role. On a lighter note, as a professed lifetime Gooner, which I am myself-----

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Michael Creed: -----she could not but be eminently qualified for such a position, and I wish her well.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Oberstown Children’s Detention Campus: Chairperson-Designate (23 May 2023)

Michael Creed: I will not advise Deputy Sherlock as to what the chair-designate's definition of success in a given football calendar is if he is a Spurs supporter, but I do think we have somebody who is eminently qualified. I have two questions. Ms Yiasouma mentioned in her address that significant progress had been made and it was her ambition to build on it. Maybe she could give us a flavour, looking...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will issue. [23107/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 297. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is an overall cross-departmental approach to the rapidly developing technology surrounding artificial intelligence; and the estimated number of jobs that will be lost in the Irish economy in the next decade arising from the advancement in this area. [22961/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made regarding individual transport for a student (details supplied) in County Cork. [22518/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 4 May 2023, if it is anticipated that these classrooms will be available to meet September 2023 enrolment; her views on the concerns raised by the school regarding modular accommodation as opposed to permanent classroom structures as required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22519/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if specific additional accommodation can be made for students taking State examinations who suffer from dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (16 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 687. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an outline of the current situation regarding tender for new home care (Tender 2023); the reason there have been three extensions of the existing tender since 2018, including most recently in April last; if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) on this matter; and if he will take immediate steps to conclude Tender 2023 at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 728. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering a national screening programme for haemochromatosis. [24125/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 745. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied), will have an ENT appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24209/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (25 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 188. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will arrange to issue a decision on a domiciliary care allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [25345/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork is in receipt of the maximum contributory pension; if not, if her Department will review this case with regard to credit for social insurance contributions paid while working in the UK between 1964 and 1967; if she will further consider 2003 when the pensioner considers that...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (30 May 2023)

Michael Creed: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department is currently conducting a review of the continuing eligibility of recipients of carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26108/23]