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Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Tourism Funding
Imelda Munster
306. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update with regards to the Covid-19 adaptation fund for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form, detailing the allocation per county and details of projects approved for grant-aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4652/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Tourism Funding
Imelda Munster
307. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update with regards to the €17 million scheme for developing outdoor dining capacity for 2020 and 2021, in tabular form, detailing the allocation per county and details of projects approved for grant-aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4653/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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School Accommodation
Imelda Munster
454. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Education when construction will commence of the new school building for a school (details supplied) in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4654/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Mental Health Services
Imelda Munster
727. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in mental health services and associated services in the HSE that are in the north east, broken down by grade and category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4650/23]
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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Tourism Industry
Imelda Munster
1. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Question No. 1 of 17 November 2022, if she will provide an update on whether the wide range of alternative options being explored by the Government will be made available in time for the reopening of hotels to tourists in summer 2023, and on the engagement carried out by her Department on the senior officials group, including a copy of or details of the concerns she communicated on behalf of the tourism sector to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and any response received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3676/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Sports Funding
Imelda Munster
438. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a date for new applications for the sports capital grant 2023; and the amount that has been allocated. [63471/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Food Promotion
Imelda Munster
285. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update with regards to activity regarding the Fáilte Ireland Food and Drink Strategy 2018-2023; and if there will be a new strategy developed for the period 2024-2029. [61973/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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Local Authorities
Imelda Munster
302. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have legal authority to raise rents specifically for the intention of ringfencing the rent increase to fund local property tax. [61975/22]
Thu, 1 Dec 2022
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Local Authorities
Imelda Munster
13. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage His plans, if any, to introduce guidelines, on a statutory basis or otherwise, to protect local media outlets from undue pressure from local authorities in terms of influencing editorial decisions in return for advertising funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47591/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Gender Equality
Imelda Munster
507. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the centralised online reporting system that he announced in September (details supplied) will include overall breakdowns and averages of the gender pay gap for all employers included in the scheme, as required by the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021; if it will include breakdowns or averages of the GPG for employers who are not required to report under the scheme; if it will provide a summary list by employer of the size of the gender pay gap by each of the different measures on which businesses are required to report; if it will provide a summary in order to track of the size of the gender pay gap of each employer over time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59270/22]
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
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Gender Equality
Imelda Munster
508. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the resources that are being made available by his Department to develop the centralised online reporting system announced in September under the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021; his views on the way that compliance with the Act will be monitored; if this will be carried out by his Department or by another body; if his Department will keep a complete list of all businesses required to report on their gender pay gap under the Act; if his Department will maintain a register of employers that have not complied with their responsibilities and requirements under the Act; if such a register will be made available publicly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59271/22]
Thu, 24 Nov 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Imelda Munster
245. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given to granting the cost-of-living disability support payment to those in receipt of partial capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58491/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Tourist Accommodation
Imelda Munster
1. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide details of any plans she has for the hotel and accommodation sector in 2023, with particular regard to the effect of the Ukrainian refugee crisis on the sustainability of the sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56967/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Imelda Munster
3. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has had any communications with RTÉ on the matter of pay discrepancies between workers in Raidió na Gaeltachta and those in English language RTÉ radio stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56968/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Tourism Policy
Imelda Munster
32. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she would be in favour of the extension of Ireland's Ancient East marketing brand to include counties such as Antrim, Armagh and Down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56969/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Tourism Industry
Imelda Munster
48. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the prospect of the introduction of varying VAT rates for different parts of the tourism sector; if she intends to raise this with the Minister for Finance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56970/22]
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Imelda Munster
221. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans to address the payscales and current pay rates of community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; if additional funding will be made to locally-based CE sponsoring authorities to provide pay increases to their staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57070/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Departmental Expenditure
Imelda Munster
335. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of Vote 33 across programmes A to E, inclusive of programme A to E subheads, including both current and capital expenditure for each of the years 2020 and 2021 and to date in 2022 and the proposed expenditure for 2023, in tabular form. [54656/22]
Tue, 8 Nov 2022
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Departmental Data
Imelda Munster
389. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual cost of the housing assistance payment in each of the years from its inception until 2022, by county in tabular form. [54826/22]
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
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Childcare Services
Imelda Munster
570. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the basis that Section 56 childcare organisations which were previously Section 38 organisations, identified as public sector workers by their inclusion in the HSE superannuation scheme, were excluded from public sector pay agreements and pay restoration when re-designated as Section 56 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51808/22]