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Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Defence Forces
Brendan Howlin
180. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if we will outline the actions taken to date to procure a primary radar capability for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29774/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cybersecurity Policy
Brendan Howlin
181. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will set out the progress made to date in establishing a Joint Cyber Defence Command; the number of additional cyber specialists recruited to date to manage cyber defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29775/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Defence Forces
Brendan Howlin
182. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the progress made since the publication of the Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces on the development of anti-drone or counter UAS (unmanned aircraft systems) in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29776/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Passport Services
Brendan Howlin
164. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that the renewal of a passport for a child (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28209/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Passport Services
Brendan Howlin
165. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure that the passport application for a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28211/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Brendan Howlin
475. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education if her Department has considered the urgent need to secure additional accommodation for a school (details supplied) who have been informed that they must use their school library and GP hall to accommodate classes for the next academic year; if she is aware that this school will have 12 children in their ASD classes from September who need a space to interact; if she will ensure that the additional accommodation is provided immediately; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27066/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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School Funding
Brendan Howlin
591. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a clear calendar of timelines in relation to the provision of ICT grants to national schools, that set out in advance the dates in which payments will issue to schools to cover the cost of ICT equipment purchased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28162/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Housing Schemes
Brendan Howlin
648. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will re-examine the rates of HAP payment in the light of the experience of a person (details supplied) who is struggling to pay rent of €1,150 per month and has been offered a HAP payment of €13.76 a month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27074/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Visa Applications
Brendan Howlin
927. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1064 of 18 April 2023, if he will ensure that an original passport is returned to a person (details supplied) who submitted it as part of a visa application in respect of their father and which they now require urgently in order to travel for medical treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28302/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Home Care Packages
Brendan Howlin
1155. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will review the refusal of a home care package for a person (details supplied) who has a variety of obvious and serious needs but is under the age of 65 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27472/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Third Level Education
Brendan Howlin
1371. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will review the SUSI grant application case of a person (details supplied) on the basis of fairness and justice where the special rate maintenance grant payable heretofore to family members whose father was in receipt of the working family payment and who last year, through illness, was out of work and in receipt of illness benefit, which is not characterised as a long-term social welfare payment and therefore does not qualify for the special rate of maintenance grant; if he accepts that this is totally unjust; if he will address this anomaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27933/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Brendan Howlin
134. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that a child (details supplied) will be given an assessment appointment at an early date, following commitments made in Dáil Éireann in relation to the provision of publicly funded autism assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26478/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Social Welfare Offices
Brendan Howlin
480. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if she is satisfied with the operation of her Department's central call centre when clients are seeking to make contact with individual social welfare offices; if she has reviewed the operation of this centre to ensure that all clients are speedily responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26366/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Housing Provision
Brendan Howlin
383. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the two local authority housing units approved for construction at a location (details supplied) have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24051/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Housing Provision
Brendan Howlin
384. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the local authority housing unit approved for construction at a location (details supplied) has finished construction; if so, its completion date; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24052/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Housing Provision
Brendan Howlin
385. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 26 local authority housing units approved for construction at a location (details supplied) have finished construction; if so, their completion date; the final number of units delivered; the total cost of the project; if the development was officially opened by a Minister; if so, when that happened; if not, the reasons for the project not proceeding; the current status of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24053/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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State Bodies
Brendan Howlin
320. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current staffing complement for the Marine Area Regulatory Authority, including the grade level of staff currently assigned there, the optimum number of staff expected to be recruited to the authority, and the timeline of reaching its optimum employment level; when the authority will be fully functioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23721/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Brendan Howlin
438. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will intervene to ensure an early appointment with the outpatient ENT Clinic in Waterford University Hospital for a child (details supplied) who has been told that the waiting time for an appointment is up to four years, and whose hearing is significantly disimproving; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23700/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Care Services
Brendan Howlin
442. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if he will set out the current situation concerning the new home care tender process; if he and Minister Butler have met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied) to address this issue; the matters that remain to be resolved in finalising the tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23737/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Brendan Howlin
444. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health when the pandemic payment will be paid to clerical staff who worked in the Enniscorthy vaccination centre during the pandemic who met with thousands of members of the general public as they received their vaccinations, and who were contracted by a private contractor (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23740/23]