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Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Road Safety
Sorca Clarke
51. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the additional resources that will be provided to local authorities in County Longford to ensure that there are adequate road safety measures in place including footpaths for children walking to a school (details supplied) given the specific reference to physical activity amongst children in the programme for Government. [42446/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Road Safety
Sorca Clarke
52. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport the steps taken to date to facilitate safer walking to schools given the commitment in the programme for Government for an ambitious road safety strategy. [42448/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Flood Relief Schemes
Sorca Clarke
78. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the contribution request for €40,000 by Westmeath County Council to the OPW in June 2020 was facilitated; and if so, when the payment was made. [42458/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Illness Benefit
Sorca Clarke
86. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason illness benefit is classed as a temporary payment for the purposes of social housing assessment. [42463/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Defence Forces Data
Sorca Clarke
96. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the number of promotional positions waiting to be filled throughout the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42467/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Road Safety
Sorca Clarke
119. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education the additional resources that will be provided to local authorities to ensure that there are adequate road safety measures in place including footpaths for children walking to a school (details supplied) in County Longford given the specific reference to physical activity amongst children in the programme for Government. [42447/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
Sorca Clarke
155. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals by county that were upheld regarding the payment level of the pandemic unemployment payment in tabular form. [42460/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Social Welfare Schemes Data
Sorca Clarke
156. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a comprehensive list of the payments that are classified as temporary. [42462/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Workplace Relations Commission
Sorca Clarke
161. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to make the necessary funding available for the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission's agreement of August 2019 between a union (details supplied) and city and county childcare committees. [42466/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Child and Family Agency
Sorca Clarke
168. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the authority by which Tusla can compel attendance at medical, psychological or intervention therapies. [42464/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Student Universal Support Ireland
Sorca Clarke
179. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will request SUSI to specifically deal with the issue of estrangement in Article 21(3)(b) of the student grant scheme 2020 to more accurately reflect the reality for many families. [42465/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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State Pardons
Sorca Clarke
185. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the process by which a person can seek to have a historical conviction overturned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42459/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
231. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the spatial criteria for the separation of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 in paediatric emergency departments; and the recommendations regarding meeting the criteria. [42449/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
232. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of public hospitals that do not have spatial capacity in their emergency departments to meet the criteria regarding the separation of Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients. [42450/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Sorca Clarke
233. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the protocol for identifying alternative locations in circumstances in which a public hospital does not have the spatial capacity in its emergency department regarding the separation of Covid and non-Covid. [42451/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Patient Transport
Sorca Clarke
234. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the support and resources that will be provided regarding patient transport to and from each setting in circumstances in which a public hospital is considering moving an outpatient department to a facility that is not on site. [42452/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Hospital Services
Sorca Clarke
235. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the contract length for temporary circumstances in which a public hospital is considering moving an outpatient department to a private hospital facility on a temporary basis. [42453/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
236. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the outstanding issues regarding St. Mary's health campus, Mullingar, County Westmeath obtaining a fire certification; and the expected timeline for the certification. [42454/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Health Services
Sorca Clarke
237. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the current timeline for the St. Mary's health campus, Mullingar, County Westmeath becoming fully operational as a reablement and rehabilitation integrated and intermediate care facility. [42455/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Hospital Facilities
Sorca Clarke
238. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of public hospitals currently considering moving a department to a private hospital facility. [42456/20]