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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered providing a VAT rebate or reduction scheme for domestic solar panel installation, as found in other jurisdictions including the UK and France; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 248. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement that his Department has had with disability groups in relation to developing the online passport system given that some disabilities can affect passport photographs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44852/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 249. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department’s plans, if any, to make the passport application and renewal process more disability-friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44853/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that are being made to assist nations in the Horn of Africa in dealing with severe food shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44858/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement that her Department has had with disability groups in relation to developing the online public services card system given that some disabilities can affect public services card photographs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44854/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s plans, if any, to make the public services card application and renewal process more disability-friendly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44855/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 450. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí injured while working in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44862/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 576. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the banning of flavoured-vaping products in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44856/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 577. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ICU beds available in the health service in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44857/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 578. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the training procedures for emergency call operators; when the last review of training processes was undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44863/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 579. To ask the Minister for Health if clinical posts are vacant in the cancer genetics department of St. James’s Hospital; the length of time that these posts have been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44865/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 580. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to fund and recruit more permanent genetic counsellor posts to the cancer genetics department in St. James’s Hospital, in line with international standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44866/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 581. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date on implementing recommendation 19 of the National Cancer Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44867/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 582. To ask the Minister for Health the follow-up supports that are available within the public health system for women who start menopause as a result of prophylactic surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44868/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Research (14 Sep 2022)

Alan Farrell: 583. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of persons diagnosed with the genetic condition of lynch syndrome, also known as hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44869/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Chairman. I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their attendance this afternoon. I have seven questions. First, I believe there is marginally less supply in the Irish market than there was last year. I have taken that from the opening statements. Is that correct? Our guests might answer that question quickly, as some of my further questions relate to it. Mr. Foley...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Alan Farrell: Yes, that is what I mean.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Alan Farrell: No new supply has been provided and I emphasise “new” because I realise that existing plants came back on stream in the course of the past 12 months. Surely we have the capacity to plan on the basis of a gradual increase in demand for energy supply, which we are seeing right across Europe, and yet we have not actually provided anything new. That is my first question or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Alan Farrell: I am sorry for interrupting Mr. Gannon but I skipped one of my own questions, Chairman, which relates specifically to battery, which was just touched upon by Mr. Gannon. This was on the optimisation of battery performance, which has been flagged in the opening statements which were given to us this afternoon. What does that entail and what can we expect by way of delivery in the coming 12...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Alan Farrell: My apologies for cutting across the Minister. The Minister is effectively saying that the UK is treating the island of Ireland as part of its own network. Is that correct? I am trying to understand that if demand is higher in the Twenty-six Counties, for example, but not in the Six Counties, how does that work?