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Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [21327/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Aindrias Moynihan
2. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22344/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
3. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22348/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Pádraig O'Sullivan
4. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22349/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
5. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22695/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Bernard Durkan
6. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will meet next. [22709/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Mick Barry
7. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [22817/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Ruairí Ó Murchú
8. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23653/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Christopher O'Sullivan
9. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [23895/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Rose Conway-Walsh
10. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [24104/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Urban Development
Jim O'Callaghan
11. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach to provide a report on the task force for Dublin city centre that he announced on 9 May 2024. [22005/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Urban Development
Paul McAuliffe
12. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach to provide a report on the task force for Dublin city centre that he announced on 9 May 2024. [22006/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Urban Development
Mary Lou McDonald
13. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach what level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force. [22484/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Urban Development
Alan Farrell
14. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach the level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force [22758/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Urban Development
Bríd Smith
15. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach what level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force. [23877/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Urban Development
Cian O'Callaghan
16. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach the level of engagement his Department will have with the Dublin city centre task force. [24003/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Bríd Smith
17. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [21748/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Brendan Smith
18. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23693/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Richard Boyd Barrett
19. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23880/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Paul Murphy
20. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23883/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Christopher O'Sullivan
21. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with defence will next meet. [23897/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Cabinet Committees
Bernard Durkan
22. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [22708/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Foreign Birth Registration
Michael Healy-Rae
33. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24198/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Middle East
Chris Andrews
34. Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs who invited the Israeli ambassador to the national famine commemoration on 19 May 2024; his views on whether this was appropriate given the looming famine in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Renewable Energy Generation
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
35. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications what supports are available for businesses to install solar energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24205/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Energy Conservation
Michael Ring
36. Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if an application for the warmer homes scheme can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo, in view of the extenuating circumstances in their case. [24212/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Climate Change Policy
Thomas Gould
37. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that community groups have been told they must pay for works granted under the Climate Action Fund and will only then be reimbursed through the fund. [24262/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Tribunals of Inquiry
Matt Carthy
38. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when engagement with a group (details supplied) can be expected from the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24168/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Tribunals of Inquiry
Matt Carthy
39. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for Defence if he will report on the process involved in establishing the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24169/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Tribunals of Inquiry
Matt Carthy
40. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he has considered providing funding to survivors or groups representing them in order to better facilitate their own engagement with and participation in the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24170/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Tribunals of Inquiry
Réada Cronin
41. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Women of Honour have not been contacted to-date by the tribunal of inquiry into certain matters relating to the complaints processes in the Defence Forces; the reason for the delay in signing the statutory instrument; if his Department is prepared to give funding to the group on a parity basis with other support organisations to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24210/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Road Tolls
Martin Kenny
42. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of deferring an increase in toll costs for a further 12 months. [24177/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Public Transport
Martin Kenny
43. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making the current 20% reduction on public transport fares permanent. [24178/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Public Transport
Martin Kenny
44. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of making the 50% reduction for Young Adult card fares permanent [24179/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Dublin Bus
Martin Kenny
45. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of increasing the Dublin bus fleet by 10%. [24180/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Bus Éireann
Martin Kenny
46. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of increasing the Bus Éireann bus fleet by 10%. [24181/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Rail Network
Martin Kenny
47. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of building and operating the national train control centre, including a breakdown of capital and current costs. [24182/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Rail Network
Seán Sherlock
48. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if the toilet facilities in Athy and Newbridge train stations are open; if so, the opening times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24237/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Aviation Industry
Matt Shanahan
49. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport the key policy achievements realised and new initiatives taken by his Department to date and during 2024 in relation to regional aviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24240/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Aviation Industry
Matt Shanahan
50. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an outline of the spending in aviation in his Department to date and during 2024; to provide an account of any overspend or underspend noted by his Department in this Government programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24241/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Airport Policy
Matt Shanahan
51. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport the main sectors of analysis his Department is applying to the present Waterford airport runway extension review; the number of similar reviews using the same analysis template that have taken place in his Department over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24242/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Airport Policy
Matt Shanahan
52. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline, regarding the Waterford airport runway extension business review, the way in which the exposure of the Exchequer being capped at maximum €12 million liability is captured in the present review report; to detail any other projects reviewed by his Department requesting Government funding where a similar ‘costs cap guarantee’ was provided to Government; how this cost benefit is weighted in terms of the overall review report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24243/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Road Safety Authority
Duncan Smith
53. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the reason there are two vacancies on the Board of the Road Safety Authority that arose on 1 January 2024, given the alarming increase in road deaths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24245/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Road Safety
Robert Troy
54. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if he will urgently review the practice of switching off sections of motorway junction lights in the interest of public safety, given particular concerns have been raised regarding the lighting of junctions on the M6 at Kilbeggan and Moate. [24253/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Tax Data
Thomas Pringle
55. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the vacant homes tax to ten times the annual local property tax rate in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24141/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Tax Data
Thomas Pringle
56. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance the expected revenue yield from an increase in the residential zoned land tax to 5% of the land’s annual value in a full year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24142/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Departmental Data
Rose Conway-Walsh
57. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of expenditure items that are derived from sources other than the central fund, and as such, do not impact on the net expenditure figures, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Living Wage
Catherine Connolly
58. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated cost of introducing a living wage set at €14.80 per hour for public and civil service workers. [24137/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Employment Rights
Louise O'Reilly
59. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new Employment Regulation Order for workers in the security sector is under discussion; if there is engagement at JLC level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24227/24]
Wed, 29 May 2024
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Employment Rights
Willie O'Dea
60. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he intends to sign the new draft ERO for security officers into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24244/24]