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Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Harbours and Piers
Christopher O'Sullivan
139. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to Cork County Councils request for funding to carry out the necessary work to reconstruct Keelbeg Pier in Union Hall, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18585/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Fuel Oil Specifications
Christopher O'Sullivan
263. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if there is evidence that changing to E10 fuel can cause damage to pre-2011 cars and motorcycles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18310/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Housing Schemes
Christopher O'Sullivan
746. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if steps are being taken to increase the staffing budget for local authorities to enable them to react in a timely manner to the increased demand for housing schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18311/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Emergency Accommodation
Christopher O'Sullivan
861. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what measures are being taken to increase emergency accommodation in the Cork South-West constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18312/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Service Executive
Christopher O'Sullivan
1793. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he can report on the amount of revenue the HSE spent on the cross-Border directive for the year ending 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18313/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Health Service Executive
Christopher O'Sullivan
1794. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he can report on the amount of revenue the HSE spent on the cross-Border directive for the CHO4 region for the year ending 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18314/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Control of Dogs
Christopher O'Sullivan
1851. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide the resources necessary to secure extra dog wardens for Cork county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17928/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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School Facilities
Christopher O'Sullivan
58. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the retrofitting of schools under the national retrofit programme; the number that have been refitted to date; the target building energy rating for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14093/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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School Transport
Christopher O'Sullivan
134. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the review of the school transport scheme; if consideration is being given to concessionary students in rural areas who have no safe pedestrian routes to school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13987/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Christopher O'Sullivan
15. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department, that have taken place to date in 2023. [12657/23]
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
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Solar Energy Guidelines
Christopher O'Sullivan
1535. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, under the new Tams 3, solar capital investment scheme, farmers can export back to the grid for an agreed price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12333/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Food Waste
Christopher O'Sullivan
34. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department is taking to tackle food waste. [11709/23]
Thu, 9 Mar 2023
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Official Engagements
Christopher O'Sullivan
62. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the agenda for the upcoming Agriculture and Fisheries Council to be held in Brussels on 20 March 2023. [11710/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Departmental Priorities
Christopher O'Sullivan
7. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [11358/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Tax Credits
Christopher O'Sullivan
103. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to amend the parameters of the regional uplift scheme to encourage film production as part of the film tax credit, section 481; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11157/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Work Permits
Christopher O'Sullivan
150. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department can confirm delays in the granting of work visas to internationally qualified clinical measurement physiologists who wish to work in Ireland and apply for recognition of their qualifications to the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurement Science; if his Department is taking any steps to alleviate such delays to ensure the availability of such a critical workforce to the healthcare sector here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11336/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Coast Guard Service
Christopher O'Sullivan
215. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport if he will confirm that the transfer of patients by the coastguard contractor (details supplied) falls outside its contract; if the contractor is charging separately for these transfers; if so, the cost per transfer and or the cost per hour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11428/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Medical Qualifications
Christopher O'Sullivan
638. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 23 February 2023, if his Department is aware of undue delays currently in accreditation of international cardiac physiologists by the Irish Institute of Clinical Measurement Science; if his Department has taken or proposes to take any steps to assist with the current challenges being experienced by the IICMP to ensure that internationally qualified clinical measurement physiologists who wish to work in the healthcare sector here can obtain visas to do so in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11335/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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National Broadband Plan
Christopher O'Sullivan
99. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan is on track to reach the forecast of 95% of premises having access to high-speed broadband by 2025. [9861/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Food Waste
Christopher O'Sullivan
116. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department has begun implementing the measures relating to food donation and distribution laid out in the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9862/23]