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Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister of State for giving me some time. I commend the Minister, Deputy Foley, on her initiative and empathy this evening. Throughout her tenure, no other Minister has been more in tune with the challenges facing our families nationwide. Sinn Féin does not have a monopoly on change. The Minister earlier this year unveiled one of the most expansive reviews ever and a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied). [35422/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: The approval only came through on the last day of term even though the school had been chasing it for several months because it was conscious that it would lose two incoming siblings if it did not have the class.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: It needs to be collaborative. When a school reaches out, we expect the full apparatus of the State to fall in behind it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank both unions for coming in and giving excellent presentations. There is no doubt that the country is facing many challenges. One of the defining challenges of our time, for which a call to action is required, is the need to address the deficiencies in special education. I acknowledge that the change in the socio-economic landscape has fed into that in terms of additional challenges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I know that to get to that point, a lot of building blocks are needed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Ms Ní Chéileachair made an articulated pitch for it and I have taken all of what she said on board. Has there been engagement with the Department on providing therapies on-campus or is it early days?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I welcome the Minister of State and wish her well in what is a busy portfolio. I am conscious that some of my contribution will cross over into the responsibility of her colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, but both areas of responsibility come together with a common purpose in the betterment of our children. Notwithstanding the Minister of State's legislation that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Minister and his departmental officials for their work on this important area. It is good to see it coming before us in such a timely fashion. I have a couple of key questions. The UTP directive is being operated currently on an interim basis by the Unfair Trading Practices Enforcement Authority, UTPEA, since 2019. Will the Minister give us some details on what activity we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Has the agency taken anybody to task yet?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Mr. Collins. The Minister outlined there will be a CEO and five board members. In terms of staffing, what kind of personnel will be assigned to this body?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: What is being envisaged in terms of the skill set? Is it forensic accountants or what type of people?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: In terms of a comparison with the UK Groceries Code Adjudicator, is this agency modelled directly on it or have we looked at European models as well? Is this going to be best in field? Will the Minister give an oversight on what the agency has been based on and the level of research that was carried out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank Ms Robinson. Moving on to the UTPs, we have the ten practices classified under the directive as black, which we take as a given. There is an element of concern about the six grey ones. We have had a number of years' lead-in to this and we have custom and practice. Many of these have been bedded in. There is an unfair advantage there to the retailers, particularly against the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I bet most of the respondents were retailers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I accept some of that. Much of the work Mr. Collins and his team have done has fed into what is being proposed. We now have a body of information to hand that will allow us to see what is happening in terms of the additional costs to small suppliers. I take on board that some suppliers will probably favour the grey practices remaining because they are market-dominant suppliers, it suits...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: General Scheme of the Agricultural and Food Supply Chain Bill 2022: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (29 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am happy with the Minister's commitment in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Register of Electors (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there are plans to make it possible to apply online to be included in the electoral register. [34316/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 897. To ask the Minister for Health if information in relation to the staffing levels in the progressing disability services team at a centre (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided. [34425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (28 Jun 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 906. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on actual case numbers assigned to the progressing disability 8 service in County Longford as of 1 June 2022, given that as of March 2022 the case load assigned was 790. [34435/22]