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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Funding (16 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 436 of 8 September 2020, if the funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied) is Housing Assistance Payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62632/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 55. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the current employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, levels for the hospitality sector until April 2022 at the earliest, which were significantly scaled back on 1 December 2021, given that businesses need support in order to sustain the livelihoods of the remaining staff employed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 56. To ask the Minister for Finance if it will be ensured that the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, includes an automatic qualification for hospitality businesses that qualify for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, and that a 30% threshold would apply; and if he will consider a cap on CRSS payments to be set at €25,000 to ensure that no hospitality businesses are...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (15 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide clarity on the LPSS 2021: Strand II criteria; if a panto has to have a turnover of €100,000 in one year per annum, or over the period indicated in the guidelines of 2019 – 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62021/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made on the Oireachtas Report into Future Funding of Domestic Water Services and the recommendations specifically in relation to private well owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61981/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the approximately 467 teachers on secondment that were to be made available for substitute work have made themselves available to schools given schools continue to report failing to find substitute teachers to cover classes in view of the fact they do not know the way to contact these teachers; the reason the teachers were not deployed...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: An Garda Síochána (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that have been made to streamline the Garda vetting process for substitute teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61669/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: 569. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to extend vaccine passports to include booster shots given that several persons have been told they will need proof of boosters to travel to certain EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61230/21]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: We have apologies from Senators O'Sullivan and Seery Kearney. If any members or witnesses participating remotely experience sound or technical issues, will they let us know through the chat function? Otherwise we will proceed. As this is a public meeting, the chat function on MS Teams should only be used to advise participants of any technical issues or urgent matters and not for...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Shakespeare and invite Ms McCarthy Flynn to make her opening statement.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms McCarthy Flynn and invite Ms Kiernan to make her opening statement.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms Kiernan. We move to Ms McKenna and her opening statement.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I thank Ms McKenna. I will open up the meeting to questions and answers now. If members have specific questions, they may want to direct them because there are a number of groups here with us today. I call Deputy Costello.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Are the Deputy's questions for Ms Kiernan?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: We will start with Ms Kiernan.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Excuse me. There are eight others left to speak so, unfortunately, I will have to limit speaking time. I will come back to Ms Foster-Breslin on the next round of questions. I ask members to direct their questions because, unfortunately, there will not be time for each organisation to come in on every single member's questions. I call Senator McGreehan.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: There was a question for the Rialto Youth Project.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: Thank you. I call Ms Shakespeare.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: There was a question about individualised plans. Ms Foster-Breslin was talking about that. Will she come back in on that question?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Child Poverty: Discussion (14 Dec 2021)

Kathleen Funchion: I believe Ms Kiernan also wishes to respond to the Senator's question.