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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. I am not sure if they have had the opportunity to listen to the delegation from the IFA. I have just been listening in online for the last while and I do not want to be repetitive in the questions I will ask. Does the Department believe there is merit in the IFA approach for carrying out the review, putting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: Are the Department officials happy with the checks that are in place at the moment on the importation of timber? Are the checks making sure the beetle is not in some of the imported products and timber being imported at this time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Threat of Bark Beetles to Plantations: Discussion (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: I do not want to harp on about it but ash dieback has been mentioned by every contributor here this evening and by the IFA well. I raised one point with the new president of the IFA on the issue of forestry implantation in general. If the Department did not hear his reply, I would ask Mr. Delany and his officials to listen to his reply. It was alarming for the first-time president to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider amending the terms of the scheme to provide electricity credits to domestic residents to include people living in accommodation that have been deemed ineligible for energy credits due to a low consumption designation when a person can demonstrate that current consumption meets normal levels, for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he is taking any steps to ban disposable vapes as they are increasingly becoming an environmental hazard in terms of waste and production of single-use plastics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 354. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason non-green projects under the SCBI growth and sustainability loan scheme are not being funded in the initial tranche of loans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1220/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 371. To ask the Minister for Finance how many farmers were refused VAT exemptions for purchase of fixed equipment between 1 November and 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1879/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 431. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the latest minimum income requirement from January 2024 for a horticulture work permit renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 437. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether the increase in the minimum salary requirement for new general employment permits to €39,000 will apply to existing permit holders when they apply for permit renewal after 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1218/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what determines a school's educational profile; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57132/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 533. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a person currently employed as a nurse by the HSE is entitled to transfer years of service to the Department of Education if they take up a job as an SNA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57173/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ASD class in a secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57383/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 1154. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on delays in ACRES payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 1433. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property is being considered as an IPAS accommodation centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1880/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 1456. To ask the Minister for Health whether there are plans in place to overhaul the dental treatment service scheme to ensure that practitioners continue to remain on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56288/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 1591. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he is taking to control access to vaping products for children under the age of 18 years to restrict the sale of highly flavoured vapes which are marketed towards children and to control the levels of nicotine in vapes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 1743. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1909 of 11 September 2023, if there is any further development in the provision of a pathway for a person to claim compensation for what they believe to be illegal nursing home charges paid between 1977 and 1979, who has not as of yet made any claim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1640/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (17 Jan 2024)

Paul Kehoe: 1748. To ask the Minister for Health if he can confirm what adult dental treatment is offered by the HSE to adults in County Wexford in need of dental treatment, caused by medications/medical treatments for other conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1665/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Dec 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 217. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there is any mechanism to prevent a bank from selling a performing loan to a debt collecting agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55876/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (14 Dec 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether there has been any communication between her Department and the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform on how retired gardaí have to draw the jobseeker’s payment for nine months in order to avail of their supplementary pension; if she is aware of the issues that...