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Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1078. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of places that have been provided in designated accommodation centres for the purposes of the temporary protection directive. [13895/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1081. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there were any persons residing in the designated accommodations centres prior to their designation; if they are going to remain there; and if not, where they will be accommodated subsequently. [13898/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1082. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the duration that such designated accommodation centres are expected to serve a person, by location if the dates in question are different. [13899/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1079. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it remains the policy of his Department that those in 'designated accommodation centres' for the purposes of the temporary protection directive and the Social Welfare Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2024, shall only be newly arrived beneficiaries of the directive, and that no persons will be accommodated in...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1080. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any intention to open further designated accommodation centres; and how many places he intends to provide in this category of accommodation. [13897/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (9 Apr 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 1575. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on whether a primary health care centre is planned for the Douglas area in Cork. [15138/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (7 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to address the challenges that rural communities are facing in relation to increased costs with household energy and fuel. [10553/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Services (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development what efforts are underway to increase library membership and participation; and to provide an update on membership numbers at local authority libraries each year over the last five years. [10549/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what the average wait time for an additional needs payment application is; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10206/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of correspondence or reports she has received from the Judicial Council regarding its responsibility for sentencing guidelines within the past two years. [10834/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (5 Mar 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether any consideration has been given to supports to people transitioning from full-time jobs, who may have costs such as mortgages, to allow them to take up apprenticeships, but are concerned they could not meet their financial obligations. [10835/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (29 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth-focused community projects and staff across the state; if he is aware of gaps in coverage or large and populous areas without or with inadequately resourced projects and how do they intend to resolve this. [4038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (28 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the discussions between her Department and the Irish Dental Council in relation to the treatment benefit scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9721/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 599. To ask the Minister for Health whether the recent decision in the parity claim of medical scientists with biochemists, which has put both categories on the same payscales from January 2024, will also apply to recent retiree medical scientists; and whether their pensions will also be brought to parity, particularly given the attempts to secure parity have been ongoing since 2002. [9212/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered whether illness benefit can be extended to self-employed persons. [7913/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (20 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether she has considered the situation of those providing kinship care, and the discrepancy between the financial supports provided to kinship carers by comparison to non-familial foster carers. [7915/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (20 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the fact that standard disregards for maintenance that apply in the means testing of other payments do not apply in the means testing of the guardians payment non-contributory. [7914/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the 220 and 220X bus service in Ballincollig, Cork is experiencing significant delays, with buses only turning up every 90 minutes regularly on what is supposed to be a 15 minute interval service at peak times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5175/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (1 Feb 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the application process will open for the Safe Routes to Schools Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4698/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4037/24]