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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special needs assistant will be allocated to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46324/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 423. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications on hand for forestry felling, thinning permits and licences; the average time to process applications; the oldest application on file; the estimated amount of timber and logs covered by these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46342/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 424. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details in respect of calf exports (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46347/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Farm Data (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 425. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide information in respect of calves (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46349/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund Applications (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 519. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when applications under the rural regeneration and development fund will next be approved; the number of applications received to date; if an application (details supplied) will be considered as part of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46567/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 520. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of applications received under the town and village renewal scheme for 2020; when decisions are expected to be made on the matter; if applications (details supplied) will be considered as part of this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46568/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 550. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the entitlement to carer's benefit of a person who is working five mornings per week and is essentially in part-time employment; if the full carer's benefit is payable; if it is a pro rata carer's benefit payable; the number of years carer's benefit can be paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46350/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 551. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the hours a person can work up to of 18.5 hours per week and claim carer's allowance and-or benefit will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46351/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Eligibility (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 552. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if carer's benefit can be paid to a parent whose son or daughter reaches 16 years of age and will receive a disability payment in his or her own right having previously been on the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46352/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: 562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to assist persons with disabilities in wheelchairs to ensure there is a minimum standard for toilets to be 2 m wide by 2 m long for wheelchairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46326/19]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness. He is joined by Ms Geraldine Mooney, deputy director of audit. We have received no apologies for this meeting. The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 24 October - we had no meeting last week - together with the follow-up questions sent to the Department of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Yes, it would appear so.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: We made the recommendation, but that is not to say that it may not have been done in any event. The committee did make a recommendation, however. The Comptroller and Auditor General compiled a chapter on it.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: To which page number is the Deputy referring?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: It would have been the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: What is the purpose of that unit?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Is it a permanent unit and fully staffed?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: We might ask for a note on that. I was not aware of its existence.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: I wish to make one or two final comments. We will obviously write to the Secretary General of the Department about the implementation of the recommendations listed on page 3. Recommendations have been made and we want to see what is happening. That is a minor point. We should write to the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about this issue and send this...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Fleming: Very well. We want to ensure that projects take a whole-of-Government approach if funding comes from various sources and not just the line Department. We also want the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to have a policy on reports. A public spending update is to be published, or perhaps it has already been published. One recommendation is that training should be mandatory. While...