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Thu, 9 May 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Colm Brophy
267. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the State has access to mother and baby records from a private nursing home (details supplied); if the public can access this information; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21113/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Colm Brophy
333. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education her Department’s plans to address the inadequate number of school spaces available for children with a moderate intellectual disability in the Firhouse/Knocklyon area of Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19287/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Mother and Baby Homes
Colm Brophy
565. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if attempts have been made by his Department to secure all mother and baby records which were kept by private nursing homes in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18884/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Enterprise Support Services
Colm Brophy
247. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is willing to expand the supports available through the local enterprise offices to social enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10047/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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School Staff
Colm Brophy
290. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education if consideration can be giving to enabling SNAs make contributions to an AVC pension scheme directly from their salary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2683/24]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Public Sector Pensions
Colm Brophy
169. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if pensioners or soon-to-be pensioners of An Post, who were originally employees of the Department of Posts and Telegraphs prior to the creation of An Post, can still exercise their right to claim a Civil Service pension rather than the reduced pension available from the An Post scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55059/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Childcare Services
Colm Brophy
476. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the number of creches which are withdrawing from the core funding programme since September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53435/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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School Transport
Colm Brophy
255. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update regarding the provision of a school bus service to a school in Crumlin (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51959/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Colm Brophy
246. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Transport to outline the total cost to the taxpayer of the administrative errors incurred by the NTA which have resulted in extensions to the public participation process of the BusConnects Bus Corridor schemes; if these costs could be broken down by each error which has occurred to date, across each Bus Corridor scheme, and to include the costs of re-advertising each time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48046/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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School Transport
Colm Brophy
264. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update in relation to bus transport for children at schools (details supplied) in Dublin South-West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45251/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Foreign Conflicts
Colm Brophy
21. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update in relation to the ongoing situation in Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39783/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Colm Brophy
324. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on an ASD class for a school (details supplied) in Dublin south west; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31212/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Equality Issues
Colm Brophy
138. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with progress to date on the Women in Finance Charter, which was developed in partnership with various stakeholders (details supplied), whereby signatories of the charter commit their organisations to improving the number of women in management and board-level positions to achieve better gender balance and a more inclusive working environment. [30024/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Energy Prices
Colm Brophy
109. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is concerned at the deviation in trends between wholesale gas and electricity prices and what consumers are paying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28745/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Tax Exemptions
Colm Brophy
222. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Finance if the recent announcement to make solar panels VAT-exempt will be applied so as to refund the VAT portion to those who placed orders prior to the announcement; and if there will be a retrospective clawback for those who have purchased and fitted in 2023. [26150/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Disability Services
Colm Brophy
594. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of vacant posts waiting to be filled in the Mid-West Disability Team providing services to children living in County Clare in 2022 and 2023; if he will outline the vacant posts, by discipline, in tabular form; the status on the recruitment for these vacant posts and efforts being made to fill these posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25734/23]
Thu, 25 May 2023
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Crime Prevention
Colm Brophy
16. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Justice the new measures that have been taken to ensure that communities are safe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25172/23]
Thu, 25 May 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Colm Brophy
48. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Justice the level of criminal offences committed by under-18s to date in 2023 in comparison with previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25173/23]
Wed, 24 May 2023
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Air Safety
Colm Brophy
67. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a complete breakdown of the cost incurred by drone disturbance in the past two years in Dublin Airport; the amount of this cost that has been covered by the State; if counter-drone technology is now operational; the estimated amount that anti-drone technology will cost on a yearly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25146/23]
Thu, 11 May 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Colm Brophy
257. Deputy Colm Brophy asked the Minister for Health the number of functional vision assessments that have been completed on blind or vision-impaired students at primary and second levels in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22253/23]