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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (12 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of Ireland's contribution to the defence of Ukraine through the Common Security and Defence Policy of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23836/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (12 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken by her Department to include climate action studies within the primary and post-primary curriculum; the future steps that might be taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional schools accessed the summer provision during 2021; the anticipated demand for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23827/22]

Consumer Rights Bill 2022: Second Stage (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: The Bill offers the opportunity to bring our consumer rights legislation into the 21st century and, in so doing, make it fit for the increasingly digitised world. The vast majority of the population daily streams or downloads goods or services from the Internet or the cloud. This practice is a clear divergence from the way we lived our lives just a decade ago, or even more recently. ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of files that are waiting to be actioned by educational welfare officers in Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23518/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational welfare officers who are assigned to cover Dublin Fingal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23519/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions that her Department is taking in view of the refusal of planning permission for a proposed school (details supplied) by Fingal County Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23520/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has completed the core funding contract with the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23521/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has considered the rise in the cost of living in the context of capping childcare fees due in September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23522/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 231. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the provision of the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system to persons with diabetes based on clinical need of any age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23513/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 232. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the health technology assessment of the FreeStyle Libre device is being prevented from being offered to patients over the age of 21 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 233. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering expanding the fair deal scheme to allow patients access private to home care packages as opposed to only nursing or residential care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23515/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 234. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in the Dublin Fingal area awaiting appointments with the children's disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23516/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Diagnoses (11 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 235. To ask the Minister for Health if there are clinical psychologists working in the private sector from whom the HSE will accept a report confirming a diagnosis of autism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23517/22]

Europe Day: Statements (10 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: It is 72 years since work first began on building a closer, more peaceful, more successful European Continent. The aftermath of two world wars left deep scars across Europe and fostered a resolve never again to repeat the failures of the past. It is also 50 years since 83% of the Irish people supported joining that Union and began a journey of transformation and development. Accession did...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the impact on consumer cost and security of supply following the Commission for Regulation of Utilities decision to permit the ESB to terminate existing contracts in relation to Ringsend, Corduff and Poolbeg plants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22683/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (10 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recent decision to reject planning permission for a primary school (details supplied); the next steps for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22681/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (10 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: 591. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the pandemic unemployment payment will be considered as a social welfare payment for those seeking to attain the special rate of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22682/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: New Retrofitting Plan and the Built Environment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Chair. Apologies as I have had some technical difficulties in my office and I was unable to turn on my camera or keep my hand up. However, I have been participating in the meeting from the beginning. It has been a thoroughly interesting conversation. I will return to the efficiency of heat pumps which we touched on at the very start of the meeting. There is a lot of rumour...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: New Retrofitting Plan and the Built Environment: Discussion (Resumed) (10 May 2022)

Alan Farrell: I have two very quick follow-up questions. The first of these is in relation to windows. I ask that the witnesses please forgive me for my non-technical phraseology. On the basis that the assessment needs to be made on a case-by-case basis for each property, and given that the air seal is probably one of the most important aspects, can a retrofit be successful in sealing up a property and...