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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2024 (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the €60 million funding for cost-of-living supports for schools announced in Budget 2024; how this will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46252/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (24 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 357. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding the expansion of the hot school meals programme to non-DEIS primary schools; how schools can register their interest for this programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46247/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on how the sports capital programme will support sports clubs to invest in projects that will reduce their emissions and lead on climate action within their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Ukraine War (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any Department-led initiatives that seek to improve the integration of people fleeing the war in Ukraine into sports clubs and sporting activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45595/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45972/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (19 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the issues in providing a school bus service (details supplied); if efforts are ongoing to resolve this issue; if a timeline for a resolution can be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45926/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to reconsider the timeline for the expansion of the children's allowance to include 18-year-olds in full-time education; if the basis for decision to delay this change to September 2024 could be outlined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45761/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Industrial Disputes (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to proposed industrial action by some Section 39 workers related to pay disparity disputes; if his Department is engaging with representatives of these organisations to seek to avoid this escalation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45496/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: I welcome the witnesses. I agree with Senator Doherty that it is quite an exciting time, not just for the conference, but also for Ireland when we put it in the context of the programme for Government agreement, where we agreed to spend the transport budget 2:1 on public transport over new roads, and also the significant negotiation around active travel spend. Ireland is in a position where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: In terms of those participating in or presenting at the conference, is this open to research, academic and political participants and the general public? Who is the intended audience and who will present?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: Is an active travel aspect particular to this also? One of the difficulties and pinch points we have when we try to implement active travel is this conversation which goes on which is about the reallocation - I would not call it the loss of parking - of road space to other users to try to address that imbalance we have developed over 60 years of car dominance. Will there be a European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: The more we discuss this, the more I-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Research Arena Event in April 2024: Discussion (18 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: I appreciate the Chair's indulgence. Earlier, I was discussing electric vehicles and that change involved. There is certainly potential with electric vehicles with regard to energy systems. The vehicle parked outside, which may be getting charged from solar on the roof, can then operate in the opposite way, in that there is an 80 kW battery sitting in the garden that a person may not be...

An tOrd Gnó (Atógáil) - Order of Business (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: In last year's budget, we announced the roll out of solar panels on our schools. The growth in solar energy in this country is one of the renewable energy successes of this Government. We removed VAT and put in substantial grants. We have a good feed-in tariff and have removed the requirement for planning permission. In the budget, we expanded the tax disregard to €400 for that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s efforts to promote the safety of civilians on both sides in the ongoing Israeli/Palestinian conflict at an EU level; how these diplomatic efforts are being carried out in practical terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45106/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 164. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 475 of 11 September and 160 of 20 September 2023, if he will consider an amendment to the Finance Act 2024 that would eliminate the anomaly in the approved retirement fund legislation whereby, upon the death of an ARF holder, foster children are treated under the ‘others’ category rather than the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to conflicting information related to a planning matter as stated (details supplied); the analysis which he or his Department has carried out on the planning permission in question; how the conclusion was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45248/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (17 Oct 2023)

Steven Matthews: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to concerns raised by (details supplied) regarding the staggered increase in foster care allowance; if the final increase proposed for Q4 2024 can be brought forward to January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45038/23]