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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (24 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify if special needs assistants are entitled to the flat-rate expenses allowances for tax purposes allowed by the Revenue Commissioners to teachers. [2729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 339. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on extending the tax relief for renters to those on RAS and other tenancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1336/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to be unworkable; if she will request the Department of Social Protection to review the rates to bring them in line with current economic circumstances; and her views on extending the scheme to make it available to all...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the school meal allowance scheme should be funded and administered by her Department. [63287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in the education system that operate a shorter day for infants' classes than the rest of the classes. [63645/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 844. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she agrees with ETBI that the current rates for the school meal allowance scheme are unrealistic and causing the scheme to be unworkable; if she will request her Department to review the rates to bring them in line with current economic circumstances; and her views on extending the scheme to make it available to all...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 845. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the school meal allowance scheme should be funded and administered by the Department of Education. [63286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1051. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of approved safepass organisations providing safepass training for each of the years 2018 to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1661/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1052. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of safepasses that were certified for each of the years 2018 to 2022; his plans, if any, to increase the volume of certified safe passes to be granted in 2023; if he will address the delays in accessing safepass courses and registration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1662/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1053. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the oversight he has in the pricing of safepass courses and to account for the significant increase in cost in accessing some safepass courses over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1663/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1080. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for naturalisation of a child born in Ireland where their parents are non-EU citizens and legally resident in Ireland. [63608/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (18 Jan 2023)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 1115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any review of the Garda vetting system to avoid a situation where the same person is required to go through more than one vetting by different organisations within 12 months to fulfil the criteria for different roles, such as a person qualified and vetted to be a counsellor who has also been required to get...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (13 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of current waiting times for driving tests for B category vehicles in all north Dublin test centres, to include the number of persons awaiting a test at each centre; and the number of weeks that they are currently on the waiting list, broken down into four-week periods 0-4, 4-8, 8-12, 12-16, 16-20 and so on in tabular form....

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sports Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 234. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will work with the Minister for Finance to ensure that joint ventures operating all weather pitches such as a company (details supplied) owned and operated on a not-for-profit basis by a soccer club and a GAA Club, will be eligible for the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61771/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Sports Funding (13 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 241. To ask the Minister for Finance if joint ventures operating all weather pitches such as a company (details supplied) owned and operated on a not-for-profit basis by a soccer club and a GAA club, will be eligible for the temporary business energy support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61770/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (7 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine any policy or operational mechanisms to support a full-time nursing student such as a person (details supplied); his views on whether it is more likely this student will be able to support herself and her family over the long term if she is supported in college, rather than if she drops out to qualify for...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (6 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has collated any figures regarding the number of reports made to gardaí of incidents where scramblers and quads have been reported as posing a danger to the public and if she can make them available. [60510/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (6 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has had talks with the union representing Civil Service workers in the gardaí regarding proposed changes under the Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill. [60511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (6 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budgetary and human resources that are available to the prison education service; and if there are any plans to ensure educational supports are available to prisoners during the summer. [60512/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (6 Dec 2022)

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin: 46. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has engaged with the Garda Commissioner in preparation for the introduction of the power to seize scramblers and quads under the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2022. [60509/22]