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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Community and Voluntary Energy Support Scheme (CVESS), administered by Pobal on behalf of my Department, is providing once-off support to incorporated organisations and registered charities within the community and voluntary sector which fall outside the parameters of other energy support schemes being delivered by Government. While Phase One of the CVESS closed on 2nd December, I...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Ukraine War (21 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Since the start of this crisis, flexibility has been offered by my Department for the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) so that its some 600 community development workers across Ireland can contribute locally in responding to the needs of the people from Ukraine to help them settle in and engage with local communities. In 2022, DRCD allocated €10.5 million for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of efforts to provide additional primary school places in Lusk, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6776/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 600. To ask the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain the drug cariban; the reason that the drug cannot be prescribed by a GP on the DPS (details supplied); if he will outline the current standard practice in other EU member states; his Department’s recommendations to help with the extreme nausea and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 592. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of prescriptions for cariban which have been processed by the HSE through the general medical services and drugs payment schemes to date. [6588/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (14 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports 420 community-based organisations, to provide local services through a social enterprise model. CSP provides an annual co-funding contribution towards each full-time equivalent (FTE) position being supported, and, where warranted, towards the cost of employing a manager. The CSP contribution is not aligned to the minimum wage and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (9 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Tús was introduced 2011 as a response to the high level of unemployment and the large numbers of people on the live register at that time. It is a community work placement initiative which aims to provide short-term work opportunities for those who are unemployed for more than a year. The duration of each Tús contract is for a maximum of 12 months; a time limit set to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Anti-Racism Measures (9 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 and 108 together. In 2020, the Government established an independent Anti-Racism Committee to strengthen the Government’s approach to combatting individual and institutional racism, and build on the antiracism actions included in the Migrant Integration Strategy and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy. This is part of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Defibrillators Provision (8 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Some of my Department's programmes fund the purchase of capital equipment such as through the Community Enhancement Programme (CEP). This programme provides small grants to community groups to enhance facilities in disadvantaged areas. The 2022 Community Support Fund (CSF) under the Community Enhancement Programme was launched in November 2022 with funding of €10 million, and is now...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Programmes (8 Feb 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The Department's Community Services Programme (CSP) supports over 420 community organisations to provide employment opportunities and the delivery of local services through a social enterprise model. Qualifying organisations must be social enterprises capable of generating income from their activities in order to meet the full salary costs of the supported posts, for example, from income...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (31 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: 725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the severe shortage of available spaces on GP lists in north County Dublin; the steps that his Department is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Tax Code (31 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: My Department is responsible for the Seniors Alert Scheme which encourages community support for vulnerable older people in our communities through the provision of personal monitored alarms to enable them to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Funding is available under the scheme towards the purchase by a registered community-based organisation of a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (26 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Firstly, I wish to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that CE supervisors/assistant supervisors provide in running CE schemes in delivering local based community services while providing a valuable training and development opportunity to the long-term unemployed and to those often furthest removed from the labour market. I acknowledge that these workers have not received a pay...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Energy Prices (26 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: I was delighted to launch the Community Support Fund with funding of €10 million on 18th November last year. This fund, under the Community Enhancement Programme, is designed to assist community groups across the country. Support is available to Parish Halls, Community Centres, Local Development Associations, Social Clubs, Senior Citizen Groups, Men’s and Women’s Sheds...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Firstly, I wish to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that CE supervisors/assistant supervisors provide in running CE schemes in delivering local based community services while providing a valuable training and development opportunity to the long-term unemployed and to those often furthest removed from the labour market. CE supervisors and assistant supervisors are employees...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (25 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Firstly, I wish to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that CE supervisors/assistant supervisors provide in running CE schemes in delivering local based community services while providing a valuable training and development opportunity to the long-term unemployed and to those often furthest removed from the labour market. I acknowledge that these workers have not received a pay...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Sector Pay (24 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: Firstly, I wish to acknowledge the valuable and dedicated service that CE supervisors/assistant supervisors provide in running CE schemes in delivering local based community services while providing a valuable training and development opportunity to the long-term unemployed and to those often furthest removed from the labour market. CE supervisors and assistant supervisors are employees...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (24 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long-term unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their local communities. The programme aims to improve participants' opportunities to return to work in the open labour market. Budget 2023 was designed to assist recipients of Social...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of disadvantaged and long-term unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities for them within their local communities. The programme aims to improve participants' opportunities to return to work in the open labour market. As the economy and society emerged from COVID, it was...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (24 Jan 2023)

Joe O'Brien: The aim of the Community Employment (CE) programme is to enhance the employability of long-term unemployed people by providing work experience and training opportunities within their local communities on a temporary fixed term basis. The programme aims to improve a person’s opportunities to return to employment. I am very conscious of the important role that CE schemes play in...