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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Offices (1 Jul 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 118. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to ensure continuance of face to face appointments for the public with community welfare officers given the importance of this service continuing and not being on a virtual office basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35345/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 Jul 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 177. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that has been had with the Minister for Finance to ensure that adult dependant recipients who are 80 years and over an increase for a qualified adult are included for increase of payment which presently is only available to State pension recipients over 80 years and over; and if she will make a statement on...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (1 Jul 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: There are one or two points on which I seek clarity. I thank the officials for their presentations and I got a good bit from the questions and answers earlier. Different Departments will have different levels of experience of dealing with the larger capital projects. There will also be interdepartmental projects that straddle Departments. For example, Garda stations for Clonmel and...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (1 Jul 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: What would be a trigger or threshold to draw the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's attention to a Department or project? Does Mr. Downes have any examples?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (1 Jul 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: I will follow up on the cyber example because there will definitely have to be learnings within the Department of Health and HSE on it. Will the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform co-ordinate with each of the Departments or will it all just happen in a silo? Is it a case of the HSE and the Department of Health, having now learnt the lessons, implementing their fixes while other...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus a gCaighdeáin Gaeilge, Deontais le hÁbhar Oidí a thabhairt faoi Thréimhsí Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid dá n-Oiliúint agus Curaclaim nua na hardteistiméireachta T1 agus T2: An Roinn Oideachais. (30 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus roimh a cur i láthair. Tá cúpla ceist agam. Tá roinnt plé cheana féin ar ábhar na ndeontas do scoláirí atá ag dul go dtí an Ghaeltacht. Is maith an rud é go bhfuil an deontas ar fáil. Is rud an-dearfach é sin agus fáiltím roimhe sin. Tá deacracht ann le...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus a gCaighdeáin Gaeilge, Deontais le hÁbhar Oidí a thabhairt faoi Thréimhsí Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid dá n-Oiliúint agus Curaclaim nua na hardteistiméireachta T1 agus T2: An Roinn Oideachais. (30 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Tá ceist amháin eile agam. Glacaim leis go bhfuil na cúrsaí faoi leith, cosúil leis an gceann in Marino agus na céimeanna éagsúla eile, ann. Bhí scéim phíolótach ann i gcomhair na fisice, na ceimice agus roinnt de na hábhair eile le cúpla bliain anuas. Bhíodar ag déanamh na ranganna ar an Idirlíon. Gan...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus a gCaighdeáin Gaeilge, Deontais le hÁbhar Oidí a thabhairt faoi Thréimhsí Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid dá n-Oiliúint agus Curaclaim nua na hardteistiméireachta T1 agus T2: An Roinn Oideachais. (30 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Glacaim leis go bhfuil an próiseas comhairliúcháin ar siúl faoi láthair agus go bhfuil síneadh ama ann. An bhféadfadh an tAire a rá cad go díreach a spreag an síneadh ama sin? Cad a dhéanfar leis an am breise? An mbeidh iarrachtaí breise nó eolas breise á chur ar fáil do dhaoine chun an próiseas...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Múinteoirí Nuacháilithe agus a gCaighdeáin Gaeilge, Deontais le hÁbhar Oidí a thabhairt faoi Thréimhsí Foghlama sa Ghaeltacht mar chuid dá n-Oiliúint agus Curaclaim nua na hardteistiméireachta T1 agus T2: An Roinn Oideachais. (30 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Is amhlaidh go raibh ceist ann nach bhfuair mé freagra uirthi mar gheal ar an slí gur féidir T1 agus T2 a bheith sa scoil. An mbeidh an rogha nó an deis ag an dalta le bua faoi leith ó thaobh teangacha an dá ábhar a dhéanamh, ar nós matamaitic, nó an mbeidh ar scoil rogha a dhéanamh T1 amháin a chur ar fáil nó T2? An...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 20. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on any recent engagement with representative organisations from the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34514/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there is a timeframe for the numbers in the Defence Forces to reach the approved threshold of 9,500; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34513/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: House Prices (24 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures being put in place to ensure that the introduction of the shared equity scheme will not create a rise in average house prices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33812/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (24 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options that are under consideration for mid-income families who cannot secure sufficient mortgages when financial institutions will not take their rental payments into consideration on their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33813/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the recommencement of hard copy passport applications including the passport express through post offices is expected; the timeline to clear the current backlog in these applications specifically given that the online process may not be a viable form of application for all persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33815/21]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas as an gcur i láthair. I have been learning a great deal from listening to the earlier discussion. I am glad the points on inheritance tax and the concept of the upper limit have been clarified. Is there a view on the lower threshold available there? House prices have increased a good bit since those thresholds for the A,B and C bands were set a number of years...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Tax Expenditures: Discussion (24 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: You could add a euro or two to the living alone allowance but is the commission really looking at trebling or quadrupling it? Would there be a ballpark or a direction the ESRI could see that going in?

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Page 76 of the programme for Government recognises a range of needs of the new Irish, yet at the same time there are ongoing difficulties and delays in processing naturalisation applications. Some of the applications that we have been dealing with are extending into their third year at this stage. Through that time, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, is holding original...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (23 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: People want to be able to finalise their applications and have their documentation to move on with their lives. What target or plan is there to have more timely processing of naturalisation applications?

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Curaclam Nua na hArdteistiméireachta (Atógáil): Plé (23 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Gabhaim buíochas as an gcur i láthair. Bhí deis agam roinnt de a léamh. Glacaim leis go bhfuil roinnt mhaith comhairliúcháin agus plé déanta ag na finnéithe agus nach bhfuil siad go hiomlán sásta fós go bhfuil gach rud pléite. Tá sé sin éasca le tuiscint. Tá an-chuid ann agus tá tuairimí...

Joint Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Irish Speaking Community: Curaclam Nua na hArdteistiméireachta (Atógáil): Plé (23 Jun 2021)

Aindrias Moynihan: Ba mhaith liom filleadh arís ar an bpointe mar gheall ar scoileanna ag cur an rogha ar fáil do na daltaí agus na hábhair bhreise ar fáil dóibh siúd le blas faoi leith ó thaobh teangacha de. Tuigim go bhfuil leibhéil dhifriúla de phlé déanta ag na ceardchumainn éagsúla agus tá an-suim agam sa tslí ina raibh...