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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I have two more questions, on which I ask Mr. Loftus to get back to the clerk. First, as part of our work in the committee, we make key recommendations on making mental health supports and therapeutic counselling services available on site. As Mr. Loftus is aware, this is an issue the Minister has spoken about for some time. It will require additional spaces in schools to which students...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I will get a reply to that point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: We normally finish at 1.30 p.m. I will be fair and ask our guests to reply to the committee members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Do our guests wish to make any closing remarks before we wrap up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Mr. Dolan mentioned climate change. That is something the committee might look into further. We can seek information about what is happening in the Department in respect of old buildings and new builds. That will be an important issue, going forward, as Mr. Dolan said. Committee members might want to hear more about that. We might invite Mr. Dolan to come back before the committee. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Will Mr. Loftus confirm the newspaper report that the opinion of the planning officials of Wexford County Council about the construction of a primary school and a post-primary school on the site was not sought and that no official from the Department visited the site before it was bought? These questions have been put to me by people in my constituency. In terms of forward planning and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Briefing on Current and Future Plans for the School Building Unit: Department of Education (31 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Projects.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 201. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider revisiting the policy change on benefit-in-kind rates on company vehicles as there is widespread concern that this change will have a significant impact on people's finances and additionally disincentivise the purchase of electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3866/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering modifications to the changes to benefit-in-kind for company cars, given that many of those who drive for work are hugely affected by the changes and cannot afford them, which in turn may lead to people refusing company cars and purchasing less efficient cars on the open market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3889/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 249 of 19 January 2023, if the information requested in the original question will be provided; if not, if the information is not known to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3927/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 268. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to the method of payment for a jobseeker's benefit recipient (details supplied) and the difficulties it will create with managing their finances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3796/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 281. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which a person (details supplied) can apply for a visa to enter the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3771/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 284. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3815/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentages by year for when the 1,005 unused afforestation licences were issued in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3871/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of afforestation applied for each year of the past forestry programme and the actual area planted in each of those years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (26 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: 334. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what assistance is available to an organisation (details supplied) with set-up costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3769/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Alejandro Miszan, a nine-year-old boy from Enniscorthy, as the Taoiseach well knows, was attacked by a pit bull terrier in November. I will not say he has fully recovered - he will never fully recover - but, gladly, he is back home with his parents in Enniscorthy. Quite a number of constituents have raised this issue with me and reckon that the Government is not moving quickly enough on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State and their officials. I am totally opposed to the Coillte partnership. I am very disappointed that when its representatives appeared before this committee on 13 December, they were aware of a lot more of the details around Gresham House than they disseminated to the members here. I would go as far as to say they misled the committee. They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: Was the Department one of the signatories of the contract between Gresham House and Coillte?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Policy and Strategy: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (25 Jan 2023)

Paul Kehoe: When Coillte was before the committee, its representatives said they could not reply to some of the questions because there was a third party involved. Is the Minister aware of who the third party is?