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Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Alan Kelly
749. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he visited The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during his recent visit to Canada for St. Patrick’s Day events. [15490/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Alan Kelly
694. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if she will summarise in detail the number of new school build projects in County Tipperary that have been put on hold by her Department; the reason some large school building projects are currently on hold; when these projects will be back on track; the way these schools were chosen; and the criteria why these were chosen over others. [13106/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Alan Kelly
695. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the reason a new build fora school (details supplied) has been put on hold, given that this project was at a stage where works were expected to commence on site in May 2023. [13107/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Alan Kelly
1490. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the total compliment of long-stay beds HIQA approved in a nursing home (details supplied) in Roscrea in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13773/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Alan Kelly
1491. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the total compliment of long-stay beds HIQA approved in a nursing home (details supplied) in each of the years 2016 to 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13774/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Alan Kelly
1493. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the date the agreement was made by the HSE to purchase of a facility (details supplied); when the contract was signed and by whom for both parties; and the amount of the purchase price. [13795/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Alan Kelly
1494. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of new patients the gender clinic in Crumlin Hospital have taken in from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13796/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Alan Kelly
1495. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of new patients the National Gender Service in Loughlinstown Hospital have taken in from 2018 to date in 2023, in tabular form. [13797/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Nursing Homes
Alan Kelly
1496. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the guidelines regarding value for money and risks that they have in place for the purchase of private nursing homes. [13798/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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State Bodies
Alan Kelly
148. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 28 February 2023. [11222/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Emergency Services
Alan Kelly
176. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the current contract for the provision of handling emergency calls services is due to expire; and the amount his Department spent on this service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11216/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Military Aircraft
Alan Kelly
208. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of times the Irish Aviation Authority was informed of military exercises by foreign military or naval services affecting Irish-controlled airspace in the past three years; and the countries involved. [11223/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Semi-State Bodies
Alan Kelly
209. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost in 2023 of doubling the number of revenue protection officers within Iarnród Éireann. [11224/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Alan Kelly
265. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the funding he intends to make available to address serious flooding concerns in Ballina, County Tipperary following on from a number of flooding incidents that have taken place in the town over the last couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Alan Kelly
300. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11226/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Alan Kelly
353. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in either France and Canada in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11225/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
386. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE architects employed by her Department in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11232/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Alan Kelly
517. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of drones owned by An Garda Síochána. [11229/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Alan Kelly
518. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the estimated cost of training an additional 225 gardaí in the competency-based driver level 3 course in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [11230/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Departmental Data
Alan Kelly
519. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with burglary within the Tipperary division in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11231/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Dental Services
Alan Kelly
623. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of dentists in County Tipperary who are on the medical card dental scheme; and the number of these dentists that are accepting new patients. [11217/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
624. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the names of international recruitment agencies in the United States, Canada, Australia, UK and New Zealand that have contracts with the HSE to advertise for posts to be filled within the Irish public health service. [11218/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Alan Kelly
625. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres in University Hospital Limerick; and if each of these theatres is in use. [11219/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
626. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has advertised for the post of consultant ophthalmologist since January 2021. [11220/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Mental Health Services
Alan Kelly
627. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of CHOs 3 and 5 funding, by local team level, for psychology services. [11221/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Tourist Accommodation
Alan Kelly
65. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans she has to develop the tourism product and experience throughout the Lough Derg areas of counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway, particularly given the huge improvement in access to the area that is being provided through the construction of the Shannon Crossing between Ballina and Killaloe. [8627/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Official Engagements
Alan Kelly
104. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met with the CEO of a company (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [6673/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Revenue Commissioners
Alan Kelly
184. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance if funding will be provided this year to purchase two additional mobile X-ray scanners for the Revenue Commissioners; and if he will seek EU funding to cover some of these costs. [6682/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Air Corps
Alan Kelly
298. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when he expects the two new C295 maritime patrol aircraft to come into the Air Corps fleet. [6683/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Alan Kelly
330. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if any capital works projects under the remit of her Department received EU funding in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if so, the name of the capital works project; and the amount of EU funding received per capital project, in tabular form. [6676/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Departmental Data
Alan Kelly
493. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons arrested and charged with dangerous driving within the Tipperary Garda division in the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6670/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Alan Kelly
494. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if all members of the Garda armed support units are fully trained in emergency lifesaving first aid. [6671/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Alan Kelly
621. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of kidney transplant procedures carried out in each of the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried out. [6677/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Community Care
Alan Kelly
622. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if there will be any specialist posts created in community healthcare under the field of maternity care, antenatal clinics, post-natal care and so on. [6678/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Hospital Staff
Alan Kelly
623. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric dermatologists attached to University Hospital Limerick in each of the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [6679/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Alan Kelly
624. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish patients awaiting initial assessment for a sleep disorder screening appointment in either a respiratory clinic or specific disorder clinic. [6680/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Health Services Staff
Alan Kelly
625. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time lactation consultants that were appointed in 2022 in CHOs 3 and 5 in 2022; and if any appointments of these consultants in either of these CHOs are scheduled. [6681/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Hospital Staff
Alan Kelly
703. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the staff complement for the radiography departments in Ennis, Nenagh and UHL hospitals in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Horse Racing Industry
Alan Kelly
895. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the allocations made by Horse Racing Ireland to its prize fund; the allocation to the prize fund from the horse and greyhound racing fund; and the allocation from commercial activity in each of the past two years, in tabular form. [6674/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
896. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff by job title working in his Department’s laboratory at Backweston as of 7 February 2023; the number of vacancies by job title; and when those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [6675/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Alan Kelly
219. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the current status of a new-build application that has been sanctioned for a new school (details supplied); when the project will be allowed to progress for a planning application; and when construction will commence on site. [5858/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Alan Kelly
414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health for the full attendance record when mid-west Oireachtas members met the HSE and the Taoiseach on 11 January 2023. [5859/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
425. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any officials within his Department attended meetings in 2022, relating to forestry, which included representatives of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5454/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
426. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or any officials within his Department were included in correspondence in 2022, relating to forestry, which included representatives of a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5455/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
427. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he or his Department officials were in contact with their counterparts in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, regarding the joint venture between Coillte and a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5456/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
428. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates he or his officials met with Coillte to discuss it’s proposed joint venture with a company (details supplied); the attendees, the agenda, and the minutes of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5457/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
429. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he had any communication with the Irish Strategic Investment Fund in 2022, relating to forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5458/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
430. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he issued a letter of expectation to Coillte in 2022; and if he will provide the details of subsequent correspondence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5459/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
279. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Finance when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4625/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Coillte Teoranta
Alan Kelly
292. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he or his Department became aware of the forestry deal between Coillte and (details supplied). [4626/23]