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Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
321. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the status of a school application for works funding (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19234/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Sport and Recreational Development
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
376. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18935/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Sport and Recreational Development
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
381. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the support her Department is providing for the proposed water hub in Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19230/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Sports Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
382. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital funding allocations will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19241/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Septic Tanks
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
411. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of septic tanks that have been inspected in Carlow annually since 2000 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19239/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Pensions Reform
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
412. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the consideration he has given to extending the retirement age for retained firefighters; if those already approaching retirement will be issued with a stay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19240/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
519. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Carlow women's refuge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19231/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
520. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the refurbishment of Leighlinbridge Garda station; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19232/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
581. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a service hotline will be set up for the mother and baby redress scheme for Oireachtas Members to assist constituents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19242/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
664. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for a status update on the provision of a health service building and the occupants of same in Carlow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18934/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
707. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Tullow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19235/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
708. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there is to be an injury clinic provided in Carlow town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19236/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Primary Care Centres
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
709. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there is to be a primary care centre provided in Borris, County Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19237/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Library Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
774. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current progress and eventual timeline for the provision of an extension for Carlow library (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18936/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Meals Programme
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
9. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has measured the progress and success of the school meals programme in the context of diet, attendance and educational attainment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18078/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Departmental Bodies
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
34. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection when we can expect to know the findings of the interdepartmental working group between her Department and the Department of Health concerning a reform of the disability payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18079/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Food Industry
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
85. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if producers in County Carlow will be awarded the new PGI for Irish grass-fed beef. [18298/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Tillage Sector
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
102. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to assist tillage farmers in Carlow who are facing unprecedented weather conditions. [18299/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
40. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the provision of refuge spaces to underserved areas under the zero tolerance strategy. [17546/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
41. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the provision of a women’s refuge in County Carlow. [17545/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Public Sector Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
64. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he will be bringing forward legislation to increase the mandatory retirement age for certain public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17648/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Rail Network
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
166. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the nature of refurbishment works carried out at Kilkenny and Carlow train stations in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the future refurbishment works that are scheduled to take place at these stations over the next 18 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17619/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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National Car Test
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
167. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost to recruit an additional 25 NCT testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17620/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Driver Test
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
168. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the estimated full-year cost to recruit an additional 25 driving testers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17621/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Public Sector Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
219. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the steps being taken to ensure those suffering from long-Covid are not penalised in the public sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17918/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
256. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a child (details supplied) will receive the support they need in an educational setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17323/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Sports Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
338. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected date of the sports capital funding announcements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17616/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Fraud
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
409. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons prosecuted for social welfare fraud in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17626/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Rates
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
410. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Exchequer to increase child benefit by €10 per child in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17627/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Prison Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
437. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full-year cost if an extra 185 prison officers were recruited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17615/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Alcohol Sales
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
438. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of inspections Gardaí within the Carlow-Kilkenny division carried out on pubs, clubs and so on, to ensure full compliance with liquor licensing regulation in 2023 and to date in 2024; the percentage of premises that were found in breach of legislation in each of the years in question, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17617/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Disability Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
546. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the adult and children overnight services that are currently operating in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17618/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
614. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant respiratory medicine and respiratory medicine registrars based at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17622/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Departmental Data
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
615. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients aged 40 years and younger diagnosed with chronic kidney disease in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17623/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
616. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant paediatric ENT surgeons working in the public health service; his plans to expand this number; the international recommended best practice ratio for paediatric ENT surgeons to population and current ratio; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17624/24]
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
617. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant plastic surgeons based at St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny, in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17625/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Business Supports
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
89. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford and Waterford that have registered to date for the increased cost of business, ICOB, grant; when payments under the grant will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16879/24]
Thu, 18 Apr 2024
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Regional Development
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
90. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the implementation of the south-east regional enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16880/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Grant Payments
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
59. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education for an update on the minor works grant; when she expects this to be paid this year for schools in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16156/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
111. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started; how many have yet to be tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16157/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Tax Code
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
230. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing households, and their impact on trade for businesses and road users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16602/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Currency Circulation
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
231. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if establishments and organisations are entitled to refuse to take cash; if there are steps being taken to ensure consumers can continue to use cash in transactions; if there are plans to put such an entitlement to use cash on a statutory basis; how his Department proposes to protect the role of cash in the Irish society and economy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16603/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
232. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the changes that are being considered to the debt warehousing scheme to support private businesses availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16605/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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State Bodies
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
264. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits hosted by the IDA in County Carlow in 2023 and for the first two months of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
352. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of schools in County Carlow which have applied for ASD units; the number which were successful; the reasons for which those that were not successful; the timeline on delivery of the units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16612/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Sports Events
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
381. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on a meeting she had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16600/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Housing Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
404. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will extend the social housing retrofitting programme to Approved Housing Bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16607/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
405. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applicants who have applied for the defective concrete block scheme grant in Carlow; when he expects the first grants to be issued to those applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16608/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
485. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the free travel pass is only assigned to those in receipt of the carer’s allowance and cannot be assigned to both the recipient of the carer’s allowance and the other parent or guardian, where the second parent or guardian can prove they contribute to the care of the child whose care needs gives rise to the eligibility for the payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16609/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
742. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of staff at St Luke’s, Kilkenny paediatric diabetes clinic; if his Department is aware that all new insulin pumps have been put on hold as they no longer have the staff to facilitate training and after care; to provide an estimated timeline on the recruitment of new staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/24]