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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: Responsibility lies with both the Minister and the Department.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: It is concerning that this matter has not been examined. There are several issues.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2023 (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline eligibility for the working family payment; and the impact the changes will make to this payment in respect to Budget 2023. [50709/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the eligibility criteria for carers and provide further financial supports to those who provide full-time care. [50710/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline his intentions to provide further financial supports to parents to combat rising childcare costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50707/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline details of a new scheme under the Childminding Action Plan to simplify the registration of childminders to help parents access Government subsidies under the national childcare scheme. [50708/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (12 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: There has been an immediate call from early childhood care providers to increase capitation for the early childhood care and education, ECCE, programme, from €69 to €76 per week, at a cost of €30 million per annum. I have been contacted by several providers in Mayo who state that their businesses will no longer be viable if increased capitation is not put in place....

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (12 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputies Paul McAuliffe and Cormac Devlin - to discuss the Go-Ahead Ireland bus service in Dublin and ongoing issues with provision and reliability of bus services in Dublin. Deputy James Lawless - to discuss the student levy that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (12 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 158. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the number of meetings and expenses allocated to members of a forum (details supplied) payable by the HSE in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 164. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that has been provided for MS sufferers in Budget 2023; if he has included a request by an organisation (details supplied) for additional funding from the HSE to provide an additional 1220 additional bed nights at a centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50423/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed the final stages of refinement of the new DEIS identification model; if so, if her Department will carry out a review of schools (details supplied) to ascertain if DEIS status can be given; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49914/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: I ask the Minister to provide an update on the current status of the review of the DEIS identification model.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: I thank the Minister for her response. I welcome the recent major expansion of the DEIS programme, which demonstrates the Minister's commitment, and that of the Department, to inclusive education and supporting students facing disadvantage. However, I am concerned about the identification model, which the Minister has stated is objective and statistics-based. I regularly meet with many...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Educational Disadvantage (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the expansion of the programme. Within County Mayo, an additional 15 schools were included in the expansion announced in March of this year, which was most welcome. However, I wish to highlight the inconsistency of there being no DEIS schools in west or south Mayo. All the schools allocated DEIS status are in north or east Mayo. Certainly, while I understand that the model is a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: I welcome the increased funding for the NCSE and our SENOs. That is an important area that needed to be strengthened, especially the engagement with principals and educators in both primary and secondary schools. How swiftly will these 160 additional staff posts be advertised and is there a breakdown of the allocation per county as a result of this €13 million investment in the NCSE?

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: Like many on both sides of the House, I have stated that the energy crisis and fuel costs in general comprise one of the biggest challenges facing citizens in this country, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Many households and businesses throughout the country are worried heading into the winter months. The cost of energy and that of doing business are also rising, food and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Textbooks (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department intends to implement the scheme for free primary schoolbooks; if local bookstores that currently provide these books will be included in the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49915/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Functions (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the developments that have been made in considering the demographic need for a college (details supplied); if the process has been completed within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (11 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: 580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that he has in place for students who have paid repeat fees (details supplied); if they will be entitled to claim a refund as announced in budget 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Oct 2022)

Alan Dillon: The emergency department at Mayo University Hospital remains under significant pressure. The hospital is postponing a number of elective day cases and inpatient procedures due to high admission rates and pressure on the site. The signs for the winter ahead at Mayo University Hospital in Castlebar are not promising due to these issues. Given that the hospital and the HSE are aware of...