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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: 465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the foreign birth registration application for a person (details supplied) can be reviewed and expedited; and if he will address matters in relation to the delays in this process. [55508/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (8 Nov 2022)

Steven Matthews: 664. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the loss of a caretaker in a community organisation (details supplied) who works under the CE scheme; if any flexibility can be provided in this case, in order for the person to remain in situ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54825/22]

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

Steven Matthews: 915. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a child (details supplied); if he will seek to have the case expedited as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54205/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Poverty Impact Assessment (27 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 124. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the instruments being used by her Department to identify and address intergenerational poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50432/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (26 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of available substitute primary school teachers in County Wicklow; the initiatives that she is supporting to reduce the impact on schools and to increase the number of teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53691/22]

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

Steven Matthews: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the total number of tree preservation orders that are currently in place nationally; the number that were issued in the past five years, broken down by local authority area as designated under section 205 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53483/22]

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

Steven Matthews: 335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the total number of special amenity areas currently in place nationally; the number designated in the past five years by local authority area, as designated under section 202 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53488/22]

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

Steven Matthews: 336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of protected structures that are currently designated nationally; the number assigned this status in the past five years by local authority area as designated under section 202 of the Planning and Development Act 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53490/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (20 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 172. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the dental treatment services scheme; if the additional funding allocated by his Department to this scheme in the past six months has led to an increase in the number of dentists accepting medical card patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (20 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 4 October 2022, if the attention of his Department has been drawn to any flood risks associated with a site (details supplied); if any previous flooding incidents took place that caused damage; if so, if this was considered when replacing oil tanks at this location; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (20 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 325. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the Departmental review of the dental medical card scheme; if a timeline can be provided for its completion; his plans to alleviate access issues to dentists for medical card holders in the short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43851/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (18 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 131. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the initiatives that he has facilitated to encourage the recruitment of apprentices to the construction sector in order to achieve construction targets as set out in Housing for All; if he is considering any additional measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51440/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (18 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 4 October 2022, if her attention has been drawn to an application by a school (details supplied) for temporary accommodation; if she will advance the approval of this urgent application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51129/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Environmental Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 466. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools (details supplied) will be considered for future iterations of the Schools Energy Retrofit Pathfinder Programme; if this programme will be expanded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51846/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Poverty (13 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that her Department is taking to tackle the issue of food poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Strategies (13 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to bring forward the completed anti-racism strategy soon; the way in which he envisages that the strategy will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50214/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he will take to ensure that local authorities are adequately funding to address new noise mitigation requirements associated with road noise; if an action plan that identifies key locations that need to be addressed is already available at council level; if funding will be forthcoming to support same; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 231. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding changes to the cost rental equity loan scheme; if the total level of funding available from his Department that has been increased to account for these changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50818/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider supporting funding for travel passes to be used on all public transport services for staff of special schools, only to be used while travelling with their students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50962/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Pollution (12 Oct 2022)

Steven Matthews: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will request that Irish Water and the Environmental Protection Agency investigate the cause of the confirmed presence of methylisoborneol in the water supply for County Wicklow and south County Dublin; if methylisoborneol has been found in other water supplies nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter....