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Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Frankie Feighan
215. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider in the lifetime of this Government a pilot study or a report by a competent organisation into a possible narrow tax incentive scheme for owners/developers of town centre buildings in some rural counties incentivising them to develop same into modern commercial premises with over the shop apartments/living accommodation with an emphasis on recreating modern, high BER rating homes and commercial units (details supplied). [9580/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Frankie Feighan
366. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the number of children with autism in County Roscommon that are waiting for primary and secondary school places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10056/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Frankie Feighan
367. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the number of school places that will be made available in County Roscommon for 2023 and in 2024 for children with autism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10057/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Frankie Feighan
530. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to children with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10058/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Frankie Feighan
531. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for which key services and supports available to children with autism in County Roscommon stay in place for each child once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10059/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Frankie Feighan
643. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to teenagers and young adults with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Frankie Feighan
644. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe that key services and supports available to teenagers and young adults with autism in County Roscommon stay in place for each young person once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10061/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Frankie Feighan
645. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the key services and supports available to adults with autism in County Roscommon once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10062/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Frankie Feighan
646. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe that key services and supports available to adults with autism in County Roscommon stay in place for each adult once diagnosis takes place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10063/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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State Examinations
Frankie Feighan
417. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if she has spoken formally to the CEO of the State Examinations Commission to date in 2023. [8529/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Frankie Feighan
571. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice if he has considered an application by a person living in the UK (details supplied) seeking Irish citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8413/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Hospital Staff
Frankie Feighan
646. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time occupational therapists and speech and language therapists working in Sligo University Hospital in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [8525/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Care Services
Frankie Feighan
647. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the estimated current funding that would be required and the number of WTE, staff by job title that would need to be recruited before a facility (details supplied) in Sligo, returns to opening four days per week. [8526/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Dental Services
Frankie Feighan
648. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the number of sessions that are currently operating at Sligo University Hospital for dental services under anaesthesia per week. [8527/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Primary Care Services
Frankie Feighan
649. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietician vacancies currently within the primary care services in Sligo; and when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [8528/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Frankie Feighan
120. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a two-year waiting list for MRI with sedation for children in Dublin. [6289/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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School Transport
Frankie Feighan
277. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the reason a schoolchild (details supplied) in County Sligo who has to attend a school in Roscommon has not been granted any transport support to attend the only suitable school which is 85KM away; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7864/23]
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Frankie Feighan
44. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the body or outside agency associated with his Department that has the ultimate authority on the guidance to local authorities in relation to signage and the correct spelling of placenames, towns and villages across Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7535/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Tax Exemptions
Frankie Feighan
197. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners would issue a letter of VAT exemption to a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim as per their request. [7225/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Foreign Birth Registration
Frankie Feighan
287. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current waiting period for the Passport Office to process foreign births register applications; if he can outline how the State intends to alleviate the delays at the Passport Office for foreign births register applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6587/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Frankie Feighan
414. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider allocating some rent allowance or assistance to persons on disability allowance payments who are living in social housing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7292/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Medicinal Products
Frankie Feighan
705. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has any update on medications for hyperemesis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7029/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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State Pensions
Frankie Feighan
185. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person could be refused a full pension after returning to live in Ireland from the UK. [6341/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Sports Funding
Frankie Feighan
130. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when it is expected that her Department will open applications for the 2023 sports capital grants scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5610/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Frankie Feighan
507. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the community services programme will open to new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6059/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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School Accommodation
Frankie Feighan
121. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the status of the approval process for the building of two additional module classrooms sanctioned by her Department in August 2022 for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5193/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Departmental Data
Frankie Feighan
143. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education the status of a former school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5192/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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School Accommodation
Frankie Feighan
282. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if she or her Department will consider the case for a new primary school for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, given the huge deficit of space and the ever-increasing demand for school places in a town that has grown significantly in recent years. [4037/23]
Wed, 1 Feb 2023
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Wind Energy Guidelines
Frank Feighan
68. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 28 September 2022, the progress that has been made to date on developing new wind energy guidelines; when the publication of these new guidelines can be expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4844/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Departmental Reviews
Frankie Feighan
224. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects to publish the strategic rail review. [4348/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Frankie Feighan
579. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health if the case of an application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; the reason the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is insisting on a peace commissioner licence number being provided in by a peace commissioner in order to advance a registration application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4316/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Tax Code
Frankie Feighan
139. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide clarification on the residential zoned land tax and whether there are exemptions for farmers and agricultural land zoned for a mixture of uses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3145/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Frankie Feighan
140. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out an impact assessment on the change to benefit-in-kind tax in budget 2023 and the effect it is having on persons who require a car for work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3144/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Road Projects
Frankie Feighan
203. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Transport when it is expected that a new contractor will be appointed to complete works along the N5 Ballaghadereen to Scramogue bypass project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2792/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Frankie Feighan
357. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education following the arrival of Ukrainian children to Kiltyclogher, County Leitrim, if she will prioritise school transport for three children to attend the nearby secondary school (details supplied) by providing a larger bus to meet the new needs of the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3008/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Public Sector Pensions
Frankie Feighan
397. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Social Protection if community supervisors will be permitted to apply to extend their retirement age to 70 years for those turning 66 years from January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3019/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Frankie Feighan
454. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2760/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Frankie Feighan
672. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department is considering reopening the streetscape and shopfront enhancement projects under a future town and village programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2974/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Road Network
Frankie Feighan
8. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the proposed N4 upgrade and bypass works for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim, and for the eastern Garvogue bridge scheme in Sligo town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2387/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Bus Services
Frankie Feighan
35. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Transport if any consideration is being given to extending the Bus Éireann commuter fares outside of the greater Dublin area to financially assist those people commuting to Dublin from regions such as the north west; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2386/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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National Development Plan
Frankie Feighan
129. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the latest developments regarding the national development plan in respect to the north-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2385/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Public Expenditure Policy
Frankie Feighan
145. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good value for money; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2384/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Public Sector Pensions
Frankie Feighan
214. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he intends to sign and approve the 3% pension increase, backdated to 1 July 2022, for the over 15,000 pensioners (details supplied), as approved by the company some months ago. [2468/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Frankie Feighan
1101. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a current update on an application for Irish citizenship by a person (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1100/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Frankie Feighan
1141. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Justice if his officials have considered an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied) who was born in the United Kingdom but is married to an Irish citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1893/23]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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School Transport
Frank Feighan
576. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if additional school transport will be provided for nine students in a rural school (details supplied) in County Leitrim that were unable to obtain seats in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51043/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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School Staff
Frankie Feighan
414. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Education if student retention numbers can be lowered to allow minority ethos schools such as a school (details supplied) keep a minimum of two teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48223/21]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Frankie Feighan
284. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Finance if a matter relating to the temporary wage subsidy scheme (details supplied) will be investigated with the Revenue Commissioners; if contact will be made with the company in order to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14727/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Office of Public Works
Frankie Feighan
321. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will provide immediate additional funding to assistance and equipment to Leitrim County Council to enable works to be completed on the recent site location in Drumkeeran, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14686/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Hardship Grant Scheme
Frankie Feighan
809. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a dedicated hardship fund will be made available to the farmers affected by the flooding and landslides in Drumkeeran, County Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14687/20]