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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a school can make an application for funding for a sensory room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the funding that is available to schools for the development or enhancement of facilities for special education; if programmes such as the minor works scheme could be expanded for the improvement of special education facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that special schools are not sanctioned for the post of home-school liaison officers; if consideration has been given to expanding the post to special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46936/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be granted the non-adjacent special rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (27 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a review will be considered for a person (details supplied) given the change in pension contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47079/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (27 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 473. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for when those in the health sector who have not yet received their pandemic bonus payment will receive same in tabular form; the sectors within the health service that have not received the payment; the timeframe for when each outstanding sector will receive the payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46785/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (22 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has met with an industry (details supplied) in advance of Budget 2023; if additional supports will be offered in view of the significant pressures on the industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46201/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (22 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 37. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will retain the reduced public transport fares to help with the cost of living in 2023; if his Department has considered reducing the public transport fares even further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46200/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (22 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 119. To ask the Minister for Finance if the VAT rate of 9% for the tourism and hospitality sector will be extended beyond February 2023 in view of the cost-of-living crisis and the pressures facing businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46194/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Credit Unions (22 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 153. To ask the Minister for Finance when he will bring forward his proposals on reforming the credit union policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46193/22]

Screening of Third Country Transactions Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I understand Deputy O’Donoghue wants to come back in.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering the installation of solar panels in schools as a form of energy for schools for heating and water as a potential cost-saving measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46154/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider increasing grants for the installation of solar panels in domestic settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46155/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the consultation on private wire direct-line renewables will be released; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46156/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the additional workload that community welfare officers are facing due to the huge demand for the additional needs payment; if additional staff will be recruited to help with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46157/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for attending. I do not want to rehash the discussions that have gone before. Ultimately, the recent announcement was motivated by the right reasons and was very much welcome. The nub of the issue is the children who have been displaced, to whom the Minister alluded. I listened to the Minister's interview last night on "Prime Time" in which she stated that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Issues: Engagement with Minister for Education (21 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I would like to ask a supplementary question about the budget discussions that will be going on. If I were booking a bus to matches or for an event, and the Minister was a schoolteacher so she is familiar, I would book it months in advance, ordinarily. Maybe it is just the optimist in me, but I hope there will be good news in the budget next week about this. Can we take an optimistic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with the Minister for Finance regarding a windfall tax on energy companies’ earnings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45676/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: This question was submitted prior to the EU meeting referred to by Deputy Stanton. What engagement has the Minister had with the Minister for Finance regarding a windfall tax on energy companies?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (20 Sep 2022)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I should have said from the outset that we all know the backdrop to the discussion we are having. Some people might paint the windfall tax as a panacea for all our woes, which it certainly will not be. Many commentators have more or less said that in the past few weeks. An article I read said that the best benefit of a windfall tax might be in the name of social cohesion. I am not so sure...