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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in relation to the three-school project at Hazelhatch, Celbridge, County Kildare incorporating a replacement school (details supplied) which is now an urgent requirement and two other schools on a single site; if all the necessary road and realignment works have been completed by the local authority to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which special needs' classes and special needs' teachers continue to be available in all schools through the country given the need to ensure a universal right to education for those children requiring special teaching; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58678/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which the school transport system has been reviewed with a view to making such transport available to those who had access heretofore and those who might require school transport in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58679/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Bullying in Educational Institutions (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the procedures that are currently in place or envisaged to combat school bullying in its various forms, without exception, at primary and second-level schools throughout the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58680/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 248. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which persons (details supplied) are likely to benefit from Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58507/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 263. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a person (details supplied) has received their appropriate entitlements in respect of social welfare payments in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which Tusla is being rendered ineffective by other agencies, with particular reference to family law cases in which certain persons are specifically excluded from discussions affecting the future of the children; if any lessons have been learned from the past in cases in which children’s...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis on which a public representative in a supportive capacity has been specifically excluded from a forthcoming CPC (details supplied) when specifically requested by a parent of the children involved, where only the interests of those seeking to penalise the children are allowed, and for what purpose; and...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied that the in-camera rule applies in situations in which children and mothers are being examined by Tusla in a way in which the mother or the child cannot be successful in the submission of their evidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which the son of a person (details supplied) is in receipt of their full entitlements by way of a SUSI grant as opposed to the half rate that they were awarded in the first instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 295. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the use of the in-camera rule in family law proceedings as a means of enabling the procedure of what is known as family alienation which is strongly contested by modern contemporary practitioners to influence the outcome in a misogynistic way; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Law Cases (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and names of the persons on the Family Justice Oversight Group; the extent to which the Group influences family law in this jurisdiction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58685/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 324. To ask the Minister for Health when an emergency medical card will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (24 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 325. To ask the Minister for Health when an emergency medical card might be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58689/22]

Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I want to point out something that we do not consider very much in this House. An income of €100,000 may seem like an awful lot of money but we must also remember that anybody with an income of €80,000, €90,000 or €100,000 does not collect that. They get approximately 60% of it if they are lucky. When Deputies are thinking about these things, they must remember...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister for her response to the demanding and challenging situation we have faced over the last couple of years. Many issues were in need of attention and they received it. This was because the Minister clearly understood the issues being faced and was determined to respond to them in good time. We therefore owe her congratulations for this and we wish her well in future. ...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I would not be comfortable over there.There are certain things that Deputy Gould can do over on that side of the House.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: 162. To ask the Minister for Health the grounds upon which evusheld which is used to prevent Covid-19 was not considered for emergency authorisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58186/22]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare: Discussion (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Bernard Durkan: I apologise for coming in late. I am trying to attend three meetings at the same time, which is very difficult, needless to say. I wanted to come in to support the positions taken by a number of my colleagues on the use of farmland in the future and the impact of capital taxation. There is also the fact that for people in the business, farm, shop or whatever it may be, they are working...