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Page 111 of 371
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Peadar Tóibín
118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken by her Department to assist parents of school children with the costs associated with children returning to school in September. [38777/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Peadar Tóibín
170. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased since her Department was established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38778/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Departmental Bodies
Peadar Tóibín
468. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education if she has given approval to the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment’s documents titled an inclusive approach to SPHE/RSE – LGBTI+ identities and the use of inclusive and respectful language which appear on her Department’s website and is advice for teachers of national school children; if it is her policy that teachers of primary school children should use and understand a list of terms when teaching (details supplied); if it is her policy that teachers of national school children should be discouraged from using the phrase boys and girls and are encouraged to use gender-neutral alternatives; if it is her policy that picture books are used to teach children in primary school about gender identity; and the discussions or consultations that she has undertaken with parents and their representative groups in terms of trans issues being taught to primary school children. [38814/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín
526. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection if she has made any changes to the family income supplement scheme since she took office. [34033/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Peadar Tóibín
527. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of times that the fuel allowance has been increased or decreased in each of the past ten years. [34034/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Departmental Functions
Peadar Tóibín
27. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the parliamentary liaison unit within his Department. [32077/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Peadar Tóibín
37. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the leader of the British Labour Party. [35867/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Departmental Data
Peadar Tóibín
39. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of all State apologies that he has issued since he assumed office. [35868/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Vacant Properties
Peadar Tóibín
118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the way that the Office of the Revenue Commissioners researched the level of empty homes in each county in Ireland; the reason that its figures are at odds with those produced by the Central Statistics Office by over 100,000 homes; if it is his contention that the CSO is wrong in its quantification of empty homes; and the rate of tax that he will apply to empty homes. [38195/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Child and Family Agency
Peadar Tóibín
400. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of times that Tusla has issued apologies to persons or groups of persons in each of the past ten years (details supplied); if a list of dates upon which these apologies took place will be provided; and the general details of each case in tabular form. [38190/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Peadar Tóibín
459. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if any capacity and demand analysis in relation to bed numbers has been carried out on the supply of emergency and critical care at University Hospital Limerick as recommended by the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2009; if so, the number of studies and analyses that have been conducted; and the findings of those studies. [38148/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Peadar Tóibín
460. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason that University Hospital Limerick never received extra beds despite a higher number being deemed the necessary number of beds to provide safe emergency and critical care, following the closure of Nenagh Hospital. [38149/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Peadar Tóibín
461. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of additional beds introduced in University Hospital Limerick by bed type by year in each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [38150/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Commissions of Investigation
Peadar Tóibín
16. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the investigation being carried out by the Secretary General of his Department into the leaking of details of the mother and baby homes commission of investigation. [32076/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Legal Cases
Peadar Tóibín
117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of claims notified or the proceedings that have been issued against CervicalCheck regarding the alleged misreading of smear tests in each of the past five years and to date in 2022 (details supplied); the number of claims which came from women affected by the scandal; the number which were from the families surviving women who died allegedly as a result of the misreading of smear tests (details supplied); and the number of claims received by the CervicalCheck Tribunal. [37589/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Emergency Departments
Peadar Tóibín
183. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if he will provide clarity on the future of the accident and emergency department in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan. [37588/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Advertising
Peadar Tóibín
207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the total amount spent on online and media advertising by his Department in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [37918/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Functions
Peadar Tóibín
208. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the economic policy unit in his Department. [37919/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Flood Risk Management
Peadar Tóibín
359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the efforts that are being undertaken by the State to expand flood-relief measures beyond built-up areas in County Wexford to support low-lying houses in the area which are at risk from flooding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Child and Family Agency
Peadar Tóibín
688. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the HSE has signed contracts or entered into any agreement with a private company (details supplied) to locate any Tusla services in its proposed facility in County Meath; if there have been any discussions between the company or any of its associated companies or agents to enter into an agreement with them in the delivery of health services in Meath. [37878/22]