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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the fixed-payment notice for taxi drivers who refuse to carry guide dogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1435/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the issue of cyclists and persons on e-scooters using their bikes or e-scooters on the footpath in view of the risks to pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1438/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 303. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the processes and mechanisms used by Ireland’s customs and excise authorities to identify goods from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, and in particular to distinguish between such goods and services and those from Israel. [2025/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 333. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to retain the 9% tourism VAT rate beyond February 2023; the analysis that his Department has carried out in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1221/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 619. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement that he has had with his counterparts in Israel with regard to the imminent expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000 Palestinian residents of the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, in view of the announcement on 2 January 2023 by the Israeli Government that the transfers would commence immediately; the details of any...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 624. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he intends to take at European Union and United Nations level in response to the stated intention of the new Israeli Government to expand a regime of Jewish control over all of Palestine including those lands which are supposed to constitute a future Palestinian state, given the views that were recently expressed by the new...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 14 December 2022, the details of any engagement she or her Department have had with a union (details supplied) with regard to its proposal to establish a new system of redeployment for teachers, whereby teachers wishing to relocate could retain their permanent and contract of indefinite duration...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Meetings (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 14 December 2022, her plans to meet with a group (details supplied) in early 2023; the details of her engagement to date with this group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63708/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 722. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received to date to the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; the number approved; the number rejected and the reasons therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63804/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 723. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to remove the requirement that court proceedings must have been instituted against the State prior to 1 July 2021 in order to qualify for a payment under the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63805/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason persons must have instituted proceedings against the State prior to 1 July 2021 in order to qualify for a payment under the ex gratia scheme for survivors of childhood sexual abuse in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63806/22]

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

Catherine Connolly: 886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the free electricity allowance in view of energy price increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1179/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Commissions of Inquiry (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 967. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to establish a State inquiry into the practice of illegal adoptions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63815/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Policies (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 968. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to ensure that all persons whose illegal birth registration is established in the future are entitled to financial support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63816/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 994. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of recruitment for the role of special rapporteur on child protection; when the role will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1562/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 995. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the role of special rapporteur on child protection has been filled on an interim basis since the expiry of the term of the previous special rapporteur in July 2022 and until the new special rapporteur is in situ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1563/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 996. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase the stipend associated with the position of special rapporteur on child protection, as recommended in the 2022 Annual Report of the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1564/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Agreements (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 1091. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland intends to ratify the Optional Protocol to the CRC on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2000, and signed by Ireland in 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63817/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 1522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pandemic recognition payments made to HSE employees in each of the months April to December 2022 and to-date in January 2023; the number of payments outstanding in this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1616/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (18 Jan 2023)

Catherine Connolly: 1523. To ask the Minister for Health the number of pandemic recognition payments made to Section 38 employees in each of the months April to December 2022 and to-date in January 2023; the number of payments outstanding in this category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1617/23]