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COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: There were to be three speakers in this slot but only two are present so Deputy Ó Cathasaigh may use the remainder of the slot.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the ex-gratia scheme for community employment supervisors where such supervisors were made redundant would apply. [59447/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in respect of ex-gratia payments for persons who served as community employment supervisors. [59444/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school transport grant application submitted on the 20 September 2022 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [59196/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for additional needs payments and exceptional needs payments by county in 2021 in total; and the number of applications awarded in tabular form. [58766/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for additional needs payments and exceptional needs payments by county to date in 2022; and the number of applications awarded in tabular form. [58767/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown the waiting times in weeks for all additional needs payment and exceptional needs payment applications for the year 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form, broken down per numbers of week per application. [58768/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of exceptional needs payments under the supplementary welfare allowance paid in October 2021 and October 2022; the total and individual value of each payment; and the total expenditure by category and month for October 2021 and October 2022, in tabular form. [59340/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the process to obtain the €1,000 refund for college fees as recently announced in Budget 2023; if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59337/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 619. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of an outpatient clinic appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [58813/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: It does. We must understand and appreciate the service has only been operational for a matter of weeks really. It is an iterative process. I absolutely acknowledge that. My second and final point is in relation to the courts. We have been talking about reform of the courts for donkey's years and for decades. I believe that we think too rigidly in this country about how the Courts...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: Particularly on the Courts Service.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: To be fair, while one cannot say there has been a sea change, there has certainly been a shift in terms of the appointment of judges whose legal experience is grounded in family law and that is making a difference.

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Supports for Parents of Children in Foster Care: Discussion (29 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I have found this interaction with our witnesses very informative. I had not been conscious of the parent in all of this. I have looked matters through the prism of people who come to our constituency offices, and very often it is about a social protection query or a medical card query, but once one starts to open the box one sees that there are other issues, but one never really fully...

Forestry: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I wish her well with the new forestry programme that has been devised. We appreciate that it is a draft programme. One certainly perceives there has been a tremendous amount of energy put into forestry, certainly in recent months. The premiums for the proposed forestry programme, across the forestry types the Minister of State has outlined,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (24 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 302. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children and older adults afflicted with respiratory syncytial virus infection, recorded by hospital and month from September to February in each of the years 2019 to 2021, and from September to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the exact methodology applied by his Department in determining a 20% forestry grant increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58589/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will detail the difference in rates for afforestation grants in the next forestry programme between that contained in a report (details supplied) and the rates as recently published by the Forest Service of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58591/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the recently announced €1.3 billion forestry allocation includes premium supports for farmers who must replace dead or rotten ash trees affected by Ash dieback; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58590/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (24 Nov 2022)

Seán Sherlock: 341. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the annual afforestation target as published recently for the next forestry programme is in line with COFORD recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58592/22]