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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline her plans to bring the State pension (contributory) up to 34% of the average industrial wage index linked, as promised in 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25030/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (24 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25238/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline in tabular form the number of students who have received braille exam papers for both the junior and leaving certificate examinations for each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24234/23]

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

Michael McNamara: 416. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict sites acquired by each local authority under the Derelict Sites Act 1990, the Derelict Sites Act 1961, or the Acquisition of Derelict Sites Act 1940, used for the purpose of housing in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24380/23]

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

Michael McNamara: 396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if properties, the upper floors of which are vacant but the ground floor is and has been in use, are eligible to apply for the croí cónaithe (towns) fund scheme in respect of the upper floors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24145/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 415. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites placed on the vacant sites register of each local authority during 2021 and 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24379/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 417. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount levied by each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 as a levy under section 15 of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015, known as a vacant site levy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24381/23]

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

Michael McNamara: 665. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth which agency or body approved the use of Magowna House to accommodate applicants for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24304/23]

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

Michael McNamara: 666. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Clare County Council was informed of the proposed change of use of Magowna House to accommodate applicants for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24305/23]

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

Michael McNamara: 667. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Magowna House had been deemed unsuitable for recipients of temporary protection in the past two years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24306/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Refugee Resettlement Programme (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 700. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a property (details supplied) in County Clare is being acquired by the International Protection Accommodation Service to accommodate refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24746/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (23 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 744. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the proposed delivery of a primary healthcare centre in Sixmilebridge, County Clare; the services that will be delivered at the facility; the staffing resources that will be dedicated to the operation of these services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24208/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (17 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23358/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (17 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 117. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update regarding two applications submitted by Clare County Council to his Department for wastewater treatment facilities in Cooraclare and Broadford, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is providing assistance in repatriating an Irish resident (details supplied) stuck in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23173/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with a driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22641/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 301. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline any plans to change the minimum wage for persons under 18 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22576/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 8 February 2023, if her Department will consider advising Bus Éireann’s school transport section to move a student collection point (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23255/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 564. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he would consider more flexibility with the ECCE hours to accommodate parents on shift work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22592/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (16 May 2023)

Michael McNamara: 614. To ask the Minister for Health if mask-wearing in health facilities such as hospitals reduces transmission of Covid-19 and/or RSV; if he will outline any evidential basis for same; and if he will outline the rationale for the recent decision to no longer require the wearing of facemasks in such settings. [22523/23]