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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I thank the Minister of State for her engagement in the aftermath of my raising the issue relating to this school previously. I do not in any way question her bona fides in relation to these matters, but we cannot treat children like this. It is just not fair. These are children with autism whose families may be struggling with other issues, as well as issues regarding their children's...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: That is exactly the difficulty here. The policy here is that the child who is born in this community cannot go to school where their parents went to school and where their brothers and sisters are going to school. They have to go in a different direction. The Minister of State, commended the management, and rightly so, on their willingness to open an ASD classroom. They have the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in place to provide an ASD room to a school (details supplied) that requires such an addition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52750/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I raised this matter with the Minister of State previously. It relates to St. Eunan’s National School in the town of Raphoe, which is in desperate need of a new ASD unit. Has she given further thought to this matter since I last raised it with her and what plans has she or her Department in place to provide a unit for this fantastic school and its deserving pupils?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ICT grants awarded to secondary schools in County Donegal; the amount awarded; if any awards have been refunded; if so, what reasons have been given, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52749/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in light of yet more new evidence emerging regarding the 1973 killing of a person (details supplied), he will make the family's desire for a public inquiry clear to the British Government; the steps the Irish Government is taking to aid the family in their quest for justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49807/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a marine application will process for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; the average processing times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52931/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 319. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from restricting the employers’ PRSI exemption for share-based remuneration to micro, small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53108/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Defective Building Materials (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 320. To ask the Minister for Finance the current status of the submission made by an organisation (details supplied) regarding a loan product with respect to households impacted by defective blocks; his Department’s assessment of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53109/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the submission made by an organisation (details supplied) regarding a loan product for households impacted by defective blocks; his Department’s assessment of the proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 458. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to explain why the owners of a premises (details supplied) have not received any money for housing beneficiaries of temporary protection, despite housing them for over a year now; exactly what measures need to be taken to ensure the owners are paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52941/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (30 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: 464. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options that are available for disabled people who cannot afford adaptions and are slightly over the means test threshold and therefore are not entitled to have it paid for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52999/23]

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Please.

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes.

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I obviously agree with the Bill passing. I thank the Minister of State and her officials for all their work on this legislation. I think this is the first piece of legislation the Minister of State has introduced herself. I may be wrong.

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Yes. It is the first she has taken through the House. I appreciate that the questions that were put have been addressed. We had good scrutiny on this Bill. There is cross-party support for the credit union movement and I appreciate the fact that the Minister of State has taken the time to look at the issues that were raised by me that, come back and report back. That is particularly true...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Is this amendment grouped with amendments Nos. 9 to 16?

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: Okay. This amendment deals with membership committees. I understand that amendment No. 4 concerns the review of doubtful membership applications. What are the current procedures in that regard? Again, what is the requirement for the amendment? I welcome amendment No. 5. It concerns an issue I brought to the Minister of State's attention on Committee Stage. There was an issue with...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: I am looking at the briefing note on this, which is always helpful with amendments on Report Stage. It references amendment No. 4. Am I correct in saying that the purpose of the amendment is to allow for credit unions to put in place digital and online membership application processes while still maintaining in-person membership application services? It appears that is not the case with...

Credit Union (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (29 Nov 2023)

Pearse Doherty: On amendment No. 8-----