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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I will add to what my colleague has been saying. The most expensive years are probably the years when someone heads off to college. As many people now will no longer be living on campus because of the shortages of college accommodation, they will be commuting. The costs are astronomical for parents. If you are below a certain income threshold, there are many really good supports that the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: We will back the Minister.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has examined expanding the payment of child benefit to children in full-time education or training up until the age of 22 years; the amount her Department estimates that this will cost; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24444/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: This question was transferred to Deputy McAuliffe. I wish to come in at the end if that is possible.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: As I said during an earlier contribution, we in County Clare are very proud of the response we have made over the past 16 or so months in providing refugee accommodation. There has been a sea change in the approach on the ground, from an official point of view, over recent months. Twelve months ago, there were boots on the ground from many Government agencies, which were co-ordinating this...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 28. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on a humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22441/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 16. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22440/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the impact the Ukrainian refugee situation has had on tourism. It is estimated that the current impact is approximately €1.1 billion in terms of hotels tied up with contracts. We in County Clare are very proud to have played a major role so far in providing accommodation. Approximately 6% of the population of the county is made up of Ukrainians or...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22438/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: Schools are willing to play their role by providing autism classes. Increasingly, the response from the Department is that they provide modular accommodation. I think schools deserve more and it needs formal investment. I ask the Taoiseach to respond.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of jobseeker’s allowance for each year from 2016 to 2019 inclusive; how these numbers compare with the number of recipients of this payment for 2020, 2021 and 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24445/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department intends on taking in terms of restoring the ex-quota position for guidance counsellors in schools and improving the ratio of guidance counsellors to students across the board, in recognition of their role in dealing with student mental health issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24144/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that a teacher (details required) is registered with the Teaching Council of Ireland without further delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24557/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support the efforts of a school (details supplied) to open an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25009/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update as to where the new scheme for homes impacted by defective blocks and pyrite is currently at (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24148/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 519. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied); and if he will expedite same. [24762/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 659. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria his Department uses for identifying suitable properties for international protection applications; if his Department takes cognisance, in particular, of the remoteness of a facility and lack of connecting infrastructure to populated centres such as villages, towns and cities; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Properties (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 695. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what he intends to do with the abandoned former Tusla facility at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 804. To ask the Minister for Health if he will announce the launch date for the income limit for the GP visit card to be increased to include people on or below the median income original date from April 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24535/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 May 2023)

Cathal Crowe: 873. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the University of Limerick Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24885/23]