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Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Banking Sector
Joe McHugh
226. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is signed up to the contingent reimbursement model code; if the company has an Irish banking licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16500/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Joe McHugh
399. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will be initiating the six-month review of the Defective Concrete Block Scheme, which was promised and committed to almost one year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16506/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Rights of Way
Joe McHugh
556. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education to engage through her officials with Donegal County Council to enable discussions in finding a sensible solution with regard to a road and established right-of-way at Ballyconnell in Falcarragh, County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15484/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Joe McHugh
718. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the next sub-group meeting regarding defective blocks will happen; if he will consider up-front payments to homeowners who are currently struggling with finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15476/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Joe McHugh
286. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage which stakeholders contributed to the review of the implementation of the defective concrete blocks scheme from July to December 2023 that is due to be presented to the Minister in the next few weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9058/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Health Strategies
Joe McHugh
624. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health when he intends to launch the national strategy on diabetes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9287/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Hospital Staff
Joe McHugh
626. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the reason Letterkenny University Hospital was not allocated advanced nurse practitioner posts in the recent allocation made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9290/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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School Funding
Joe McHugh
208. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education the STEM grant funding process for schools, following the recent announcement of €4.7 million; how unsuccessful schools can ensure that STEM is made a key learning area in the curriculum without the adequate STEM resources; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5557/24]
Wed, 31 Jan 2024
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Health Promotion
Joe McHugh
144. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered technology to create incidental activity which leads to better health outcomes without people realising it at the time (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4348/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Joe McHugh
376. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify the recent Supreme Court decision with regard to unmarried widowers without children; his Department's timescale with regard to implementing this Supreme Court decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4049/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Defective Building Materials
Joe McHugh
368. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when an organisation (details supplied) will provide clarification on the structural reliability of a building following remediation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3061/24]
Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Community Care
Joe McHugh
540. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on proposed closure plans for a service (details supplied) which operates across Donegal providing not-for-profit child and adult counselling services; the status of plans to ensure these services are retained in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2911/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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School Staff
Joe McHugh
547. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education for an update on salary and pensions for caretakers in school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57240/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Joe McHugh
223. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education what measures are in place to assist mainstream schools who are catering for children with additional educational needs, to ensure that these children can attend their local school along with their siblings where this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53195/23]
Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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Tax Rebates
Joe McHugh
40. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the current Revenue Commissioners guidelines for the VAT 58 rebate for farmers on certain farm equipment such as feed bins, milk bulk tanks, automatic calf feeders, milking parlour equipment, automatic scrapers, etc., where farmers are being refused a rebate on such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52591/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Joe McHugh
429. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what the funding pathway and opportunities are for an existing community childcare limited company by guarantee that wishes to expand to a green field site to cater for increased demand (currently 500 on the waiting list); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49538/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Food Industry
Joe McHugh
417. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many meetings have taken place, if any, in 2022 and to date in 2023 between his officials and officials from the Department of Health to discuss the range and quality of food offerings in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48668/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Joe McHugh
509. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48093/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe McHugh
933. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to initiate a specific payment for farmers who have land in SPA and SAC outside the normal payment schemes that are available that is, similar to the top up payment that Islands got a number of years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48091/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Joe McHugh
1344. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered positive organisational scholarship as a possible intervention in healthcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48667/23]