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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (13 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the date that the eligibility for an exemption from planning development charges will come to an end; whether it is intended to extend this date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6103/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (13 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when it is intended to make regulations under the Parole Act 2019 in relation to eligibility for parole of persons who are serving a determinate sentence of eight years or greater; the reason for the delay with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6319/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (13 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners with determinate sentences of eight years or more who sentences are being managed on an administrative basis by the Irish Prison Service; the number of these that have applied for temporary release or parole in each year since 1 January 2021; the number given parole or temporary release in each year;...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (13 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she intends taking in the very short term to deal with overcrowding in our prison system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6321/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (13 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of the EU Nature Restoration Law that proposes to categorise all drained agricultural peat soils as degraded systems in terms of access for products grown on such land to the EU market and eligibility in the long-term for EU Common Agricultural Payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6104/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Direct Provision System (13 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to house applicants for international protection at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6312/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 277. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under the ECO scheme will issue to a farmer in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5959/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (8 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 278. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment under ACRES will be issued to a farmer in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5995/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (8 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: 293. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether any property in Ballybane, Galway city is being considered as a centre for international protection applicants; if so, the details of the property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6007/24]

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have a number of appeals in the system, which I am everybody else has, that are a long time in the Department. They are not waiting for further information, or if they are, it has not been sought. It is a cause of great distress for people when they are months and months waiting for decisions. Would it be possible for the Minister to get the information for us regarding, in all cases...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I have one question. Are we doing working payments?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: So this is jobseeker's allowance and so on. Apologies, I was delayed. I am still on about a big policy issue all the time on why we are not facilitating more people who are on long-term jobseeker's payments onto schemes and to stay on schemes?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Okay, but which does this come under?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: What I am trying to do is move the people on jobseeker's, toforce the people who want to be more active off the jobseeker's and on to schemes. There seem to be places on the schemes and rules are holding up people staying on schemes. What is the policy position on this and has there been any change on the policy position on trying to encourage people to engage with the system? On the other...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I notice that the provision in the Estimate for people here from Ukraine has gone up for 2024. I would have thought the projection was that there would not be as many people coming in as previously, particularly with the recent Bill that the Minister has brought in. As the payments would not be as big and a larger number of these people would become engaged in the workforce, the provision...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: I accept that more people came in during the last year and I presume that until the laws change, they will continue to come in in reasonably large numbers, and we might even get a rush of people trying to get in ahead of that. As opposed to that, I would have thought there was an outflow of people and it would be expected to continue over the coming year because they would take up employment...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: The provision for children has decreased. I take it that has to do with a drop in the birth rate or is it the one-off payments?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: There is always a kind of process. How many one-off payments were there? This one was in regard to child benefit.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: How many were given in 2023?

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív: Is there anything pencilled in for double payments?