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Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Inland Fisheries
Mairéad Farrell
79. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason his officials in the inland fisheries division have failed to engage on an issue over an approximate ten-year period (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24771/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Inland Fisheries
Mairéad Farrell
80. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he and his officials in the inland fisheries division fully support the repugnant position of legislatively conserving non-native dace in all Irish freshwater catchments under the Conservation and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006, while the fish is concurrently classed as highly invasive in Ireland under the European Communities - Birds and Natural Habitats Regulations 2011 (S. I. No. 477 of 2011); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24772/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Defence Forces
Mairéad Farrell
101. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any military event that took place recently in the University of Galway, wherein uniformed foreign soldiers were seen walking around the campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24629/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Ukraine War
Mairéad Farrell
636. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current accommodation supports and the rates of payment that Ukrainian refugees are entitled to, broken down by accommodation type that is, hotels, those staying with families, and so on and the dates that any reductions are set to take effect, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24996/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Hospital Services
Mairéad Farrell
691. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the situation, owing to the recruitment embargo, whereby children in Galway who are suffering from Prader-Willi syndrome are having to travel to Tallaght hospital in Dublin, however the paediatric dietitian in Tallaght is now currently not working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24658/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Mairéad Farrell
871. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health in relation to the National Children’s Hospital; on page four of the 2022 financial statements of the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board under the heading Revenue Penalty Charge, it is mentioned that almost €1 million was as a result of Relevant Contract Tax (details supplied); can he confirm if this penalty charge arose from the misclassification of workers in relation to contracts of/for service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25511/24]
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
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Third Level Admissions
Mairéad Farrell
909. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide the breakdown of the number of veterinary places available in each university, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25181/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Mairéad Farrell
210. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their working family payment application. [24458/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Sexually Transmitted Infections
Mairéad Farrell
262. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of the limits that are placed on the provision of free tests for sexually transmitted diseases (details supplied); if he plans to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24562/24]
Thu, 30 May 2024
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Teagasc na Gaeilge
Mairéad Farrell
269. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Breisoideachais agus Ardoideachais, Taighde, Nuálaíochta agus Eolaíochta an bhfuil dualgais reachtúla ar Bhoird Oideachais agus Oiliúna chun (a) tacaíocht a chur ar fáil do ghrúpaí pobail atá ag fáil maoiniú Stáit cheana, sa gcaoi go mbeidh siad in ann níos mó ranganna Gaeilge a chur ar fáil mar chuid d’oideachas pobail, agus (b) ranganna Gaeilge a chur ar fáil iad féin mar chuid d’oideachas pobail; an leagfaidh an tAire an reachtaíocht ábhartha amach; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [24525/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Mairéad Farrell
75. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education to provide the full list of available teaching positions in secondary level schools in Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24156/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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School Staff
Mairéad Farrell
76. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if there if there is a facility where qualified teachers can register with her Department to be contacted for recruitment purposes if a vacancy arises; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24157/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Legislative Measures
Mairéad Farrell
131. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will confirm that no legislation exists to allow certain precedential group/class decisions to be made (details supplied). [24165/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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An Garda Síochána
Mairéad Farrell
146. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice the total overtime paid to Garda members and to gardaí at sergeant rank in each of the years between 2020 and 2023; and the total of overtime payments made to gardaí and to sergeants in Q1 of 2024, respectively (January, February and March). [24270/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Mairéad Farrell
57. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the issue of a school (details supplied) in relation to the provision of a special language class for the school year 2024/2025; if she will raise the need for mediation between her Department and the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23711/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Special Educational Needs
Mairéad Farrell
242. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the date for the publication of the next circular in relation to SNA allocation to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24018/24]
Tue, 28 May 2024
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Údarás na Gaeltachta
Mairéad Farrell
258. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 29 March 2022, the details and total cost to date of the development constructed at the Údarás na Gaeltachta industrial estate at An Tulach, Baile na hAbhann, Indreabhán, Contae na Gaillimhe; the number of staff employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24006/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Business Supports
Mairéad Farrell
74. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the general supports available for small businesses currently struggling; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22991/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Mairéad Farrell
286. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft instructors recruited as part of his national recruitment campaign to hire an additional 100 craft apprentice instructors. [23351/24]
Thu, 23 May 2024
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Mairéad Farrell
287. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of craft apprentices currently employed by the ESB and Bord na Móna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23352/24]