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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 491. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proactive actions that have been taken to inform recipients of payments made by bank transfer that due to the closure of a bank (details supplied) alternative bank details will need to be provided to ensure that there is no interruption to payments. [16666/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 492. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time that it takes to change bank account details on the mywelfare app given the imminent need for welfare recipients to provide alternative bank details due to the closure of a bank (details supplied). [16667/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 493. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the eligibility for social welfare on the binary basis of days worked and consider a cumulative hours worked basis which could encourage many workers in the home care sector to accept additional hours without being penalised. [16672/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 530. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current staffing levels of the section responsible for the processing of citizenship applications; and the plans there are to increase same given the expended period of time beyond normal that some applicants have been waiting. [16570/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of section 47 assessment and reports that have been challenged to the regulatory body of the assessor. [15969/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 652. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital, Galway. [15971/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 653. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) has been waiting over six years to be seen by orthopaedics in Merlin Park University Hospital Galway; and the immediate action that will be taken to address the damage caused. [15972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 654. To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 payment as announced on 19 January 2022 for healthcare workers will be paid. [15975/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the situation whereby section 38 funded staff working overnight only get paid the sleepover rate which is the minimum wage even if staff are required to work and be on the floor during those times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16389/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 825. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the introduction of a national statutory support scheme for the licensing and regulation of home care providers. [16668/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 827. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider the right to receive care in a nursing home on a statutory basis; if he will consider giving the same statutory right to receive care at home, which is the preferred option of the majority of older persons in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16671/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Care Services (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 826. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct his Department officials to review the current practice by which his Department obstructs the payment of travel time to tendered service providers in the home care sector even though they provide it to their own staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16669/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (29 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 890. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures implemented to alleviate the financial burden placed on farmers due to rising fertiliser costs. [16390/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Missions (22 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 100. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current schedule for trade missions for 2022; if adjustments will occur considering the ongoing fuel crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13975/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (22 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that are being taken to ensure that the rapid increase of the cost of fuel does not impact on the service delivery of emergency services and community-based care providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13964/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Prices (22 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if serious consideration is being given by his Department to reducing excise duty on fuels considering the fuel crisis and the additional hardships being experienced by families as a result of increased prices. [13973/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (22 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions taken in relation to the amendment put forward by Government in November 2020 to the River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14025/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (22 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 651. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding options available to an organisation (details supplied) that is endeavouring to organise events in June 2022 to promote gay pride and inclusion. [14722/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (22 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 824. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioner practices with capacity to accept new patients in counties Longford and Westmeath in tabular form. [13972/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (10 Mar 2022)

Sorca Clarke: 176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed solution to ensuring both road safety, maintenance and repair of the road in circumstances in which a rural road is not taken in charge by the local authority and also does not meet the criteria as set down under the local improvement scheme as they serve only houses or buildings occupied or used by persons not engaged in...