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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the Minister of State with responsibility for skills and further education, Deputy Niall Collins, and his officials. I thank him for the briefing documents he and his Department provided prior to the meeting. I will now ask the Minister of State to make his opening statement. The members can then ask general questions on Vote 45.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: One more question before we call on Deputy Ó Laoghaire.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Would it be as cheap as joining a golf club?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Would Deputy Conway-Walsh like to ask one additional question of the Minister of State before we conclude the meeting?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: That is as good a reason as any to remain silent.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 26 - Education (Supplementary)
Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (Supplementary) (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I thank the Minister of State and his officials for coming before the committee. That concludes our consideration of the Revised Estimates for Votes 26 and 45. In accordance with Standing Order 90, a message to that effect will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Messsage to Dáil (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: In accordance with Standing Orders 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2022: Vote 26 - Education; and Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider re-introducing the licensed haulage emergency support scheme for the months of November to April as a specific assist for the haulage industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59090/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are in place to support homeowners (details supplied) in County Wexford who are facing catastrophic damage to their home as a result of defective blocks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59198/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional school transport tickets that have been issued in County Wexford following the additional funding provided in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59355/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects to receive the results of the review of the school transport system; when any recommendations will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59532/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to waive the fees for school transport for the upcoming 2023-2024 school term and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59533/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to make any changes to the eligibility criteria for school transport, particularly in relation to giving consideration to feeder schools or catchment areas in addition to the current distance calculation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59535/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the State pension (non-contributory) for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59023/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the State pension (non-contributory) for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 428. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that recipients of disability allowance, blind pension or invalidity pension who are on community employment schemes or undertaking further education and training have been excluded from the additional payment of €500; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59226/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the provision of communal space for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59089/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels or accommodation centres housing Ukrainian refugees that have not been paid or have outstanding payments pending from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59530/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 695. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to increase the numbers of dentists accepting medical card patients in Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59322/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 705. To ask the Minister for Health the way that inheritance that has been disclaimed by an applicant for the fair deal scheme is treated; if this can be disregarded and not treated as an asset for the purposes of a fair deal scheme means assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59382/22]