Parliamentary questions

Tax Rebates

Jackie Cahill

100. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance his response to concerns from farmers who were refused refunds on VAT items that previously qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/24]

Tax Rebates

Jackie Cahill

106. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Finance the reason calf feeders were VAT refundable without any question up to August 2023 and are now being refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22702/24]

School Accommodation

Jackie Cahill

318. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education for an update on a primary school’s ASA project (details supplied), which is currently at stage 1 under review, given the serious health and safety concerns posed by the current situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22906/24]

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Jackie Cahill

478. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine with nitrates banding and the reduction from 250kg to 220kg p/h, to ensure that farmers are provided monthly figures on their organic nitrogen position; and if he will make a decision on the matter. [22550/24]

Community Development Projects

Jackie Cahill

664. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding streams may be available to a horticulturist looking to provide a community garden service, location already acquired, to local older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22549/24]

Disability Services

Jackie Cahill

95. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the progress of a new travel support scheme, following the closure of the mobility allowance and motorised transport grant scheme in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21941/24]

Departmental Programmes

Jackie Cahill

311. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what budget cuts have been made to the national school summer programme that schools can opt into for students with complex educational needs or disadvantage; what funding will be made available for this crucial service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21498/24]

Childcare Services

Jackie Cahill

521. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a childcare centre (details supplied), which is community run, currently catering for over 100 children with 26 employees, will be allowed to issue its own fees in order to compete with the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21501/24]

Health Services

Jackie Cahill

553. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if, following the closure of the medical clinic in Emly, the HSE would consider running a monthly clinic in the building, with a nurse to take bloods, and so on, for older local residents, who are otherwise forced to attend GPs and run the risk of picking up an illness or infection or travelling a greater distance to Tipperary town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21220/24]

Official Engagements

Jackie Cahill

89. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any engagement or discussions with his Slovakian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20585/24]

Foreign Policy

Jackie Cahill

115. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to recent events in Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20584/24]

Departmental Funding

Jackie Cahill

78. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the types of funding that would be available to an association (details supplied) in County Tipperary in order to provide necessary insulation for the association’s properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20199/24]

Flood Relief Schemes

Jackie Cahill

83. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19822/24]

National Development Plan

Jackie Cahill

94. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome (NSO) 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19821/24]

Broadband Infrastructure

Jackie Cahill

174. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the aids available to alleviate costs for a community hall providing broadband to members of the community
; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/24]

Teacher Training

Jackie Cahill

338. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education what plans his Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for post primary teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19299/24]

Social Welfare Payments

Jackie Cahill

466. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection if an individual applies for the additional needs payment, if this can be used for hospital transportation where the individual has no other means of transport available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19317/24]

Hospital Transfers

Jackie Cahill

634. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the travel options that may be available to an elderly patient travelling from Thurles, County Tipperary, to Croom, County Limerick for a rheumatology appointment, who has no other means of transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18790/24]

Departmental Projects

Jackie Cahill

799. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available to renovate a building (details supplied) to encourage more activities and events; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19384/24]

Nitrates Usage

Jackie Cahill

96. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if low-intensity farmers who import slurry onto their land could have their calculation based on the preceding year's stocking rate as this would provide clarity to low-intensity farmers as to the quantity of slurry they could import for the coming year and considering this would greatly encourage the importation of slurry onto their land and assist in reaching climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15016/24]