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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: In the 12 months up to April 2024, commencement notices for 52,500 homes have been actioned. This is a significant and welcome increase on previous years. Commencement notices typically represent homes built. If the Taoiseach can confirm that figure, I would like to congratulate the Government and the Minister for exceeding the Housing for All targets by 57% in the 2024 outcome projections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses for their commitment to evolving Part B to cater for mass-timber buildings. I appreciate that and think we are going in the right direction. I understand the conservative position we need to take relative to over jurisdictions where developments, as the Chair, Deputy Matthews, said, have reached eight storeys and well above that. That said, with the revised Part B...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: It is as simple as that. It can be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: To date, that has not happened. There has not been anything built over three storeys with cross-laminated timber, CLT, or purely CLT.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: It is possible. Is that what the witnesses are saying? I know I have worked on a building that has achieved a fire cert in Dublin, but to go above three storeys is very much possible under the current regulations.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Building Regulations (Fire Safety): Discussion (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: Fair enough. Perfect, that is great.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason her Department has made a cut to the ancillary grant to DEIS band 1 school (details supplied); if she is aware of the impact this is having on the learning materials for the school, limiting pupils’ access to high-quality, modern educational resources, which will inevitably impact their academic development; if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Rates (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 390. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated yearly cost of increasing the rate of jobseeker's allowance for all young people aged under 25 in line with the maximum person rate for those aged over 25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22573/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the full rate of jobseekers' allowance of €232 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22574/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of the lower rate of jobseekers' allowance of €141.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22575/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of young persons under 25 years of age who are in receipt of a rate of a jobseekers' allowance other than €232 and €141.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22576/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the chronic shortage of childcare spaces in the area of Dublin south-west with a case of one mother on 21 waiting lists; if he is further aware of the affordability crisis of childcare services and the impact this is having on working mothers trying to get back into the workforce; the measures...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 587. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if, in circumstances where a private/charitable service provider believes that it is in the best interests of a child to receive psychological support, where the private/charitable service provider has a policy that the consent of one parent/guardian is sufficient, one parent/guardian legally can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 588. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 30 April 2024, if her Department has considered issuing a guideline similar to the NHS (details supplied) that the consent of only one parent is necessary to allow a child to avail of psychological support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22580/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Fees (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 658. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of further reducing third level fees to €1,000 in 2024-2025, and subsequently abolish these fees in 2025-2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22577/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (21 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 659. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of abolishing the contribution fee for apprenticeships in higher education in the 2024/2025 academic year. [22578/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 May 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 267. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to continue the pathfinder programme in Tallaght and other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the shortage of classes and dedicated schools for moderate ID children in the Dublin 14 and 16 areas; what plans are in place to remedy the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19225/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 23 April 2024, if she will provide an update on the school application (details supplied) for an ASD unit considering the application was submitted in July 2022; when it is expected that a judgement will be given on the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19337/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 Apr 2024)

Francis Noel Duffy: 312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has considered supporting the installation of ASD units in school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17914/24]