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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant homes officers who are employed by local authorities nationally; if those employed as vacant homes officers also carry out duties outside of this role; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2260/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 608. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have been taken by his Department to enforce European Union sanctions against Russia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1045/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 609. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have been taken by his Department to enforce European Union sanctions against Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1059/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered introducing a national voluntary redeployment panel for secondary teachers who wish to relocate and keep their permanent and contract of indefinite duration status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63395/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the removal of route 4 to primary teaching will further exacerbate the supply crisis in teaching; her further views on whether the current recognition pathway and the route through a college (details supplied) should be prolonged to keep more supply in the industry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63396/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether route 4 recognition, whereby graduates of a school (details supplied) can register with the Teaching Council, should be extended to ensure that there are sufficient primary school teachers available to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63397/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the research that has been carried out by her Department into the benefits of ending the provision of homework for primary school pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1028/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that provided July provision in the past five years, by county; the number of schools that propose to facilitate July provision in 2023, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1594/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average class size in primary and secondary schools, per county, in each of the past five academic years, including 2022-2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1623/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 777. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any plans for additional secondary schools in the Sandyford-Stepaside-Dublin 18 area, given the rising population and the lack of schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1681/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Energy Prices (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether churches should be able to avail of relief for their electricity bills given the current energy crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1230/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1049. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications that were made for the SUSI grant in the past four academic years, per county, in tabular form; the number of those applications that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1593/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1085. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Filipino citizen who is married to an Irish citizen but is residing in the Philippines can apply for Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63705/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1321. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether there should be an awareness campaign to deter vaping in public spaces, such as in bars and nightclubs; the steps that he is taking to deter persons from doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63790/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1335. To ask the Minister for Health the way that those who qualify for free nappies for their children can access the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63860/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Tests (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1388. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered implementing mandatory Covid-19 tests for inward visitors from China to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1076/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1540. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the increase in the pension in budget 2023 is pushing some pensioners slightly over the threshold for a medical card, thereby leaving them worse off; if he will increase the threshold for medical cards proportionally with the increase in his Department’s budget to ensure that this does not happen; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1541. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to reports that the increase in the pension in budget 2023 is pushing some pensioners over the threshold for a medical card; if he will take steps to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1542. To ask the Minister for Health the status of each operational primary care centre per county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1685/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (18 Jan 2023)

Neale Richmond: 1663. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to expand access to paxlovid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2052/23]