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Tue, 14 May 2024
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Ukraine War
Peadar Tóibín
529. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of pets which have been brought to Ireland from Ukraine in each month since the invasion; and the cost to the State in relation to this in each of those months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21715/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Services
Peadar Tóibín
605. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the CHI neonatal intensive care unit for the most vulnerable newborns is not being prioritised and progressed. [21553/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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National Children's Hospital
Peadar Tóibín
606. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health his views on whether Dail Éireann was misled in the decision to proceed with locating the children's hospital on the constrained site at St. James’s, given that many of the major concerns raised in opposition to the project have already come to pass and the advocates for an alternative site have already been vindicated; and if he will hold an Inquiry into the original flawed decision-making process. [21554/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Admissions
Peadar Tóibín
621. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to University Hospital Galway via the emergency department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21704/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Emergency Departments
Peadar Tóibín
622. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the emergency department in University Hospital Galway without being seen in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21705/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Peadar Tóibín
623. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have left their jobs at University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21706/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Staff
Peadar Tóibín
624. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nurses recruited to work in University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21707/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Peadar Tóibín
625. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State waiting for hip replacement surgery at the end of each of the past ten years; the average waiting length in each of the past ten years, by county, in tabular form. [21708/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Dental Services
Peadar Tóibín
626. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a dental waiting list at the end of each of the last ten years, and if a breakdown, by county, can be provided on this figure. [21709/24]
Tue, 14 May 2024
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Health Service Executive
Peadar Tóibín
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against the HSE in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21710/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Control of Dogs
Peadar Tóibín
22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work of her Department in combatting dog attacks on sheep and livestock; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20532/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Rural Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
45. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work and progress of 'Our Rural Future'. [20533/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Peadar Tóibín
56. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of publicly-funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
Thu, 9 May 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Peadar Tóibín
322. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by her Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Peadar Tóibín
4. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children, education and disability will next meet. [17657/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Peadar Tóibín
38. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach to report on his recent conversation with the British Prime Minister. [20539/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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State Bodies
Peadar Tóibín
92. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of persons who have been made redundant by Bord na Móna in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; if there are plans to make additional people redundant in the coming weeks and months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20787/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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State Bodies
Peadar Tóibín
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of persons currently employed by Bord na Móna; and the average number employed in each of the past ten years. [20788/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín
314. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times persons living in County Galway in receipt of carer’s allowance had their allowance stopped, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [20546/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín
315. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in County Galway, who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [20547/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Deportation Orders
Peadar Tóibín
358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice in advance of the Court ruling last month that Britain was not a safe country, the number of people who were deported to Britain since they left the EU Dublin Regulations post-Brexit. [20271/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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International Protection
Peadar Tóibín
454. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown, in tabular form, of the number of private residential properties currently rented by IPAS in each county; the rental cost for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20456/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Freedom of Information
Peadar Tóibín
463. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason why a freedom of information request (details supplied) has not yet received a decision; if he will detail when a decision will be made on the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20600/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Health Services Staff
Peadar Tóibín
518. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of gambling addiction therapists and counsellors employed within the HSE; and the number of gambling addiction therapist and counselling services in receipt of HSE funding respectively, by county, for each of the past five years, in tabular form. [20264/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Nursing Homes
Peadar Tóibín
561. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide summary reports showing which nursing homes were claiming the TAPS scheme for 2020, 2021 and 2022. [20439/24]
Wed, 8 May 2024
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Vaccination Programme
Peadar Tóibín
582. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health pursuant to the Government's commitment to introduce a VICP for Covid mRNA vaccines as far back as April 2021, if he will detail the commencement date for same. [20545/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Official Engagements
Peadar Tóibín
26. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will list the hospitals he has visited since he took office. [18647/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Peadar Tóibín
46. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the longest length of time any child has been waiting for scoliosis or spinal surgery in Temple Street or Crumlin Children’s Hospitals. [18648/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Budget Process
Peadar Tóibín
77. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will list the occasions over the past 18 months on which Government Departments have requested additional funds from his Department; the purposes of these requests; which requests were granted; and which were refused. [18661/24]
Thu, 2 May 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Peadar Tóibín
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of publicly-funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past ten years; the cost of each contract; and the purpose for which each contract was awarded. [18662/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Peadar Tóibín
7. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [15074/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Peadar Tóibín
18. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [17659/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Child Poverty
Peadar Tóibín
41. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new unit in his Department to tackle child poverty. [15073/24]
Wed, 1 May 2024
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Home Schooling
Peadar Tóibín
152. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the disparity among home schooled children and children in mainstream education with regard to access to assistive technology (details supplied). [19682/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Constitutional Amendments
Peadar Tóibín
15. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his plan for constitutional amendments. [17658/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Peadar Tóibín
100. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in special emergency accommodation at the end of each of the past 52 weeks. [18649/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Child and Family Agency
Peadar Tóibín
112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will list the occasions upon which he has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since he took office. [18650/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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School Staff
Peadar Tóibín
357. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when a psychologist will be appointed by the National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, to a school (details supplied); and if she can provide an update to the school. [19411/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Water Supply
Peadar Tóibín
398. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has consulted with Uisce Éireann, An Bord Pleanála and local authorities with regard to sufficient water capacity throughout the national water supply system to meet both current demand and new connections for future housing development construction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18976/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Schemes
Peadar Tóibín
472. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the current number of applications for the long-term carer contributions scheme; the number of successful and unsuccessful applications since the commencement of the scheme; and the current waiting time for applications to be assessed, in tabular form. [19428/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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International Protection
Peadar Tóibín
563. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of persons from Ukraine under beneficiaries of temporary protection, and the number of international protection applicants respectively, who have been housed within each local authority nationally as of 22 April 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18819/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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General Practitioner Services
Peadar Tóibín
614. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the MIDOC in Birr, County Offaly closed; if there are plans for it to reopen; if there is an assessment of accessibility of primary care in Birr; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18735/24]
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
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Community Development Projects
Peadar Tóibín
770. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the current review of CLÁR designated areas within her Department, and when the review will conclude; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18829/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Appeals
Peadar Tóibín
8. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who, having been refused the disability allowance, were successful in their appeals of her Department’s decision to refuse in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [17667/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Social Welfare Payments
Peadar Tóibín
42. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times an individual in receipt of carer’s allowance had their allowance stopped, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and to provide a sample of reasons that carer’s allowance may be withdrawn from carers. [17668/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Agriculture Industry
Peadar Tóibín
59. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farms in Ireland in each of the past ten years. [17665/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Further and Higher Education
Peadar Tóibín
105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department collates statistics on the number of persons who obtain a green certificate qualification; and, if so, if he will provide a year-by-year breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17666/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Pension Provisions
Peadar Tóibín
166. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will detail the pension entitlements for An Taoiseach. [17660/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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School Funding
Peadar Tóibín
198. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education when the guidelines for the primary school book grant will issue for 2025; and the allowance per student. [18580/24]
Thu, 25 Apr 2024
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Regeneration Projects
Peadar Tóibín
215. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the regeneration projects for flat complexes within Dublin City Council's jurisdiction, in tabular form; the current stage of progress for these projects, including the movement of tenants out of their accommodation; to indicate any delays encountered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18528/24]