Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

453. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has had their disability allowance withdrawn. [10525/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

524. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department's sanction is required with regard to sale of entitlements (details supplied); and if required, when this sanction will be issued. [10397/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

532. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a young farmer payment will issue to persons (details supplied). [10830/24]

Agriculture Supports

Michael Creed

397. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive their 2023 young farmers payment. [9208/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

111. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details provided) who has been denied a benefit payment recently has sufficient contributions to be eligible for a contributory pension when they reach 66 years in January of next year; if she will review the decision to refuse the benefit payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8343/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

113. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carer's allowance application (details supplied). [8390/24]

Road Projects

Michael Creed

192. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the proposals by his Department for a property (details supplied). [8040/24]

Tax Rebates

Michael Creed

225. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance when a person in County Cork (details provided) will receive their VAT refund. [8030/24]

School Curriculum

Michael Creed

311. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education if her Department will continue with the curricular adjustment put in place during the Covid-19 pandemic of the reduction in the number of sraith pictiúr for Leaving Certificate students of Irish in 2025 and future years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7963/24]

Special Educational Needs

Michael Creed

316. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Education the status of an application for special classes by a school (details supplied) in County Cork. [8041/24]

Sports Funding

Michael Creed

327. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the progress being made regarding evaluation of grant applications under the sports capital programme; if it is her intention to deal with applications for sporting equipment first; if so, the timeline for this and when the remaining applications will be dealt with; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7487/24]

Health Services Staff

Michael Creed

567. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have their CORU registration completed. [7713/24]

Education and Training Boards

Michael Creed

649. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made with regard to a cohort of workers (details supplied) in connection with contracts of employment, in particular the progress made on foot of union responses to the published proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8005/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

489. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agri-climate rural environment scheme, ACRES, payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in Cork. [6271/24]

Tax Rebates

Michael Creed

165. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive their VAT refund. [5934/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

238. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carers allowance application (details supplied). [5925/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Michael Creed

239. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a domiciliary care allowance application (details supplied). [5926/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

273. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a young farmer payment will issue to persons (details supplied). [5908/24]

Social Welfare Code

Michael Creed

313. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite arrangements for the delivery of PPS numbers to EU applicants wishing to work here in the construction sector; if she is aware that the construction industry has indicated that its international recruitment efforts are being hampered by this delay of up to 12 weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5561/24]

Public Procurement Contracts

Michael Creed

241. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the level of oversight by the Office of Government Procurement regarding contracts awarded; the oversight of a particular contract in the Dublin area (details supplied); the level of complaints received with regard to service delivery under this contract; if this contractor has other contracts; if details of same can be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4763/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

305. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the outcome of a review of a disability allowance payment (details supplied). [4773/24]

Citizenship Applications

Michael Creed

315. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice when an applicant for citizenship naturalisation (details supplied) can expect progress on their application. [4656/24]

Early Childhood Care and Education

Michael Creed

349. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the financial pressure on the childcare sector, if consideration is being given to increasing the core funding provided to pre-school childcare facilities to cover the increased costs of operating in the sector, including the costs associated with the additional financial governance and accountability obligations on partner services under the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 13/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4762/24]

Driver Licences

Michael Creed

193. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the efforts being made by his Department or the RSA for additional driving licence exchange arrangements with other jurisdictions; the impact that this could have on driving test waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3909/24]

Office of Government Procurement

Michael Creed

232. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform why the Office of Government Procurement has not granted a contract (details supplied) to the most economically competitive price submitted; if he will identify the sourcing team involved in the adjudication in this case; if he will explain why having decided to divide the country into 16 distinct lots for the purpose of this contract it subsequently decided to allocate the contract to a UK company for the entire country; if he will review this specific decision in light of the above and review the oversight of sourcing teams and their considerable powers; and if he will further clarify who is obliged to purchase from the preferred tenderer in circumstances where the public purse would be better served financially by allowing the entities obliged to purchase from cheaper providers who are Irish SME businesses. [3936/24]

Housing Schemes

Michael Creed

329. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will expedite the regulations and instructions to local authorities to give effect to the announcement last October of extending the local authority home loan scheme to renovations; if he will ensure that maximum discretion is allowed to local authorities to deal with the many and varied circumstances that they encounter in this regard; and if he will give a timeline for the introduction of these regulations. [3926/24]

Social Welfare Benefits

Michael Creed

382. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive child benefit. [4151/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

438. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their young farmer top-up payment. [3818/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

442. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive their ACRES payment. [3902/24]

Postal Services

Michael Creed

66. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will clarify the legal obligation on post and parcel delivery services to certify parcel delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3174/24]

Financial Irregularities

Michael Creed

202. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance arising from the published reports into secrecy surrounding financial transactions in Cyprus (details supplied), if he will instruct the Revenue Commissioners to conduct a trawl of Irish owned companies funded with monies from Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2426/24]

Financial Irregularities

Michael Creed

203. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied that money laundered via Cyprus is not being invested in Ireland; the steps which the Revenue Commissioners is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2427/24]

Office of Government Procurement

Michael Creed

224. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how the tender process operates for the Office of Government Procurement; if he will specifically outline how the Office of Government Procurement defines the most economically advantageous tender; how cost, product quality and environmental sustainability of the product are factored into the procurement process; if he will further clarify who exactly is obliged to procure from the successful tenderer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2442/24]

Civil Marriages

Michael Creed

379. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection how a person can become registered as a marriage solemniser; if such positions are open to non-Departmental staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2411/24]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

383. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) had their rent allowance withdrawn and if she can make arrangements for the reinstatement of same. [2448/24]

Legal Services Regulation

Michael Creed

419. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Justice the steps she will take to address the cost of litigation through the Irish courts; if she accepts that this cost is denying many access to justice; if she will introduce legislation to allow for third party litigation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2409/24]

Departmental Policies

Michael Creed

474. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will clarify his Departments intentions regarding an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2591/24]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

485. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) has had such a significant reduction in their farm payments this year. [2891/24]

Health Services

Michael Creed

610. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive treatment for their condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2628/24]

Economic Sanctions

Michael Creed

47. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given the European Court of Justice ruling in 2022 to bar public transparency on beneficial ownership and the international consortium of investigative journalists findings from their “Cyprus Confidential” investigations showing clear evidence of money laundering and EU sanction evasions by Russian oligarchs in Cyprus, the initiatives envisaged at a European Union-level to counteract this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1646/24]

Road Traffic Accidents

Michael Creed

176. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport the data available to TII regarding fatal and non-fatal accidents on a stretch of the N22 (details supplied) over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56381/23]

Road Traffic Accidents

Michael Creed

177. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the weekday average traffic count threshold used by TII for the identification of roadways for improvement from single lane to dual carriageway/motorway standard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56382/23]

National Car Test

Michael Creed

185. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Transport if he will review the approach by the contractor approved to carry out NCT tests whereby the applicants are required to re-present for a test less than twelve months after passing their most recent NCT, as a consequence of the delays in securing appointments when due for their original test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56691/23]

Tax Code

Michael Creed

313. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance what consideration has been given by him to a more favourable VAT and customs regime for products deemed to be more environmentally friendly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56511/23]

Economic Sanctions

Michael Creed

367. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Finance given the European Court of Justice ruling in 2022 to bar public transparency on beneficial ownership and the international consortium of investigative journalists findings from their “Cyprus Confidential” investigations showing clear evidence of money laundering and EU sanction evasions by Russian oligarchs in Cyprus, the initiatives envisaged at a European Union-level to counteract this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1653/24]

Housing Schemes

Michael Creed

734. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the situation regarding eligibility for the first-home scheme in circumstances where a letter of loan approval has issued from the bank to the applicant but where due to escalating costs and being several months since the loan offer issued, the loan offer and savings and the help-to-buy scheme are no longer sufficient to meet the contractual costs; and if in such circumstances, eligibility for the first-home scheme can be considered. [56432/23]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

884. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork has an entitlement to the State pension (non-contributory). [56772/23]

State Pensions

Michael Creed

891. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied) for the State pension (non-contributory). [56884/23]

Social Welfare Eligibility

Michael Creed

897. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied), through paid and credited contributions, has an entitlement to the State pension (contributory), either at maximum or reduced rates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57017/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Michael Creed

1199. Deputy Michael Creed asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive their ACRES payment.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56596/23]