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Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Sustainable Development Goals
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
95. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the policies and plans through which his Department will be working towards the achievement of the specific sustainable development goals targets that fall under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6219/21]
Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
111. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education the status of the commencement of building a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6171/21]
Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Sustainable Development Goals
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
142. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable development goals; if specific goals and sub-targets have been identified as being particularly relevant to his Department's work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6215/21]
Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Sustainable Development Goals
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
143. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policies and plans through which his Department will be working towards the achievement of the specific sustainable development goals targets that fall under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6220/21]
Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Hospital Services
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
219. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Health his views on whether there is need for the return of the modular catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford as an interim measure given that the completion of the second catheterisation laboratory is likely to be 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6169/21]
Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Sustainable Development Goals
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
261. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department’s new statement of strategy will support the implementation of the sustainable development goals; if specific goals and sub-targets have been identified as being particularly relevant to his Department's work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6217/21]
Thu, 4 Feb 2021
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Sustainable Development Goals
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
262. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the policies and plans through which his Department will be working towards the achievement of the specific sustainable development goals targets that fall under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6222/21]
Wed, 3 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
310. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of support through bilateral development aid and multilateral development funds and instruments being provided to developing countries and least developed countries in order for same to obtain and dispense the Covid-19 vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4986/21]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Rural Transport Services
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
71. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs to the Department of Transport including the integration of local link services and the subsidised hackney scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43327/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Rural Transport Services
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
285. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Transport the efforts his Department is making to highlight and prioritise rural transport needs; if a funding allocation specifically for rural transport has been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44583/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Rural Transport Services
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
286. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Transport the efforts his Department is making to further integrate LocalLink services with other existing public transport services, for example the National Transport Authority, to build on exemplar models of integrated rural transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Taxi Regulations
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
287. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Transport his plans for developing and supporting a subsidised local area hackney scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44585/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
410. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education if remote blended learning will be considered for students who have family members who are immunocompromised and therefore at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44556/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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School Accommodation
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
413. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the lack of school places for students in north County Wicklow; if actions are being undertaken to address the shortage of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44581/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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School Curriculum
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
414. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Education the measures that have been put in place to allow students exercise their right not to attend religious education in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44582/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Third Level Staff
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
78. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number and or proportion of academics and researchers employed in third level institutions in Ireland who hold short-term contracts and rely on social welfare to supplement their income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43303/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
79. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding and other supports that have been given to universities and colleges to support their students to engage with their studies online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43304/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Child Poverty
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
44. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress made in reaching the 2020 target to reduce by 66% from 2011 levels the number of children in consistent poverty as outlined in Better Outcomes Brighter Futures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40083/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Pensions Reform
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
69. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has established a process or framework for consulting and involving representative groups in the work of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40082/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Direct Provision System
Marc Ó Cathasaigh
110. Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to bring forward a white paper on the future of accommodation for persons in the international protection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40774/20]