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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being put in place to ensure that Travellers who pay their rent directly to local authorities have access to the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme; if Travellers who missed out on phase one of the scheme will be refunded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58520/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (24 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures being put in place to ensure that Travellers who live on unauthorised sites, without meter point reference numbers, have access to the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58521/22]

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

Cian O'Callaghan: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the measures that are being taken to improve healthcare for trans persons, in view of the ranking by an organisation (details supplied) of Ireland as the worst EU member state for trans healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58619/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (23 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options that are available to students who do not have a local school in their catchment area but subsequently face a selection process in schools outside their catchment area; if this process is discriminatory to those without a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58307/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of expenditure by his Department on public relations advice since he assumed office, broken down by the amount paid to each company or external agency in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57294/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that she will take to accelerate the provision of mixed-gender and non-denominational schooling in the Dublin area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57684/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action that she will take to expand the provision of special reading schools and or reading units in schools for children with significant dyslexia in north Dublin city; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57685/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Grant Payments (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a timeline for when the students who are in receipt of the disability support grant that missed the 14 November 2022 payment will receive their next payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57253/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Work Permits (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will ensure that the spouses of migrant workers on general work permits are able to access a work permit in the way that spouses of migrant workers on the critical skills list can do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57686/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reform the recruitment processes for the National Ambulance Service to give greater recognition to prior learning and or prior experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (22 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 649. To ask the Minister for Health the proportion of appointments to the National Ambulance Service that are held by graduates of the BSc in paramedic studies from the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57688/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (16 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 165. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56872/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (15 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue guidance to local authorities requesting that they facilitate housing assistance payment tenants who wish to move from one local authority's transfer list to another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56377/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new assessment of needs scheme will ensure that children being assessed by SET teachers will have the same supports and resources available regardless of the school which they attend; if SET teachers will be given equal and adequate training in order to conduct an AON in an objective manner; if school support plans are expected to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (8 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 622. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that teachers who qualified abroad have access to the Droichead framework, in order that they can register with the Teaching Council without completing another professional masters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55542/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (8 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 904. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an updated timeline for the delivery of the Covid-19 recognition payment for front-line healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54111/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 1019. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an estimated timeline for the second Covid-19 booster to be rolled out for those of under 50 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (27 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 186. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP recipients who have received the increased discretionary rate since the change to the HAP discretion rate from 20% to 35% came into effect on 11 July 2022, in each local authority area in tabular form; the up-to-date average percentage amount of discretionary top-up in each local authority area in tabular...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (26 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 70. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homeowners availing of the rent-a-room relief scheme each year since its introduction in 2001, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53761/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (25 Oct 2022)

Cian O'Callaghan: 332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the consultative committee on building regulations and fire safety; the number of meetings that the committee has held; the outcomes of its discussions; the composition of the committee; the outputs that the committee will publish; when they will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter....