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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new schools built in County Cork in each of the years 2011 to 2021; the cost involved in building each school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11057/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided to DEIS schools in County Cork by year from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11061/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided to schools in County Cork by year from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11062/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 496. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if confirmation will be provided that PRSI will not be imposed upon pensioners over the age of 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11036/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 497. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if confirmation will be provided that no changes will be made to the PRSI status of persons aged over 66 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11037/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 498. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the criteria for fuel allowance in order that persons that are living with another family member, earning a low income and not in receipt of one of the qualifying payments for fuel allowance would not be disqualified from same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11038/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 499. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to amending the criteria for fuel allowance in order that persons that are living with children of working age that are earning a low income and not in receipt of one of the qualifying payments for fuel allowance would not be disqualified from same; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 500. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic at age 70 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11051/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 501. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic at age 75 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11052/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 502. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic at age 80 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11053/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 503. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of making the entitlement to fuel allowance automatic upon receipt of the State pension (contributory); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11054/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 504. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount spent in social protection benefits and allowances, by programme and by year in County Cork from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11058/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 505. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to increasing the threshold for means for persons applying for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11064/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for older persons that wish to retrain in information technology in order to return to the workplace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11063/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the Munster Technological University since its inception; the level of funding provided to same in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11065/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 656. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the income threshold for the medical card for those aged under 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11055/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 657. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the income threshold for the medical card for those persons aged over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 775. To ask the Minister for Health if he has arranged for the Department to establish a high-level working group as proposed by a group (details supplied) which would include all of the relevant stakeholders in order to develop a clear programme of action for the expansion of primary healthcare and community care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11628/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 860. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if her Department is on target in its promise to issue a 107% increase of afforestation licences for 2022 in view of the percentage of afforestation licences issued year to date at 13% of the total which is similar to figures of afforestation licences issued in the same timeframe in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (1 Mar 2022)

Colm Burke: 861. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a consistent number of licences have been issued to Coillte each week from week ending 21 January to week ending 18 February 2022 with the number of licences issued to the private sector declining in the same period in view of the number of licences issued declining overall from 143 to 99 during this time; and if he...