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Thu, 13 Oct 2022
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Community Development Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
145. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has any plans to provide capital funding for the multi-functional community hub at Tullow Road, Carlow to remedy the serious lack of community facilities such as childcare, community, youth and family in the Tullow Road area in Carlow with a key partner (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50111/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
25. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on social affairs and equality will next meet. [49968/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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State Examinations
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
97. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if she will report on discussions that she has had with a group (details supplied) regarding supports for Leaving Certificate exams in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49784/22]
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
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Early School Leavers
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
104. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that County Carlow has the third highest national rates of early-school-leaving, and that absenteeism rates are higher than the national average; if she has plans to support measures in County Carlow to combat this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49785/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Vacant Properties
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
154. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if there are any plans to increase the vacant property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49342/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Budget 2023
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
155. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the amount in euros that the new concrete blocks levy will impact the cost of building one home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49343/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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State Examinations
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
254. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when the results of the Junior Certificate Examination will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49344/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
255. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works will commence on a school (details supplied); the expected timeframe for completion of these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49350/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
256. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works will commence on a school (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for completion of these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49351/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
284. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to increase payments to community employment scheme participants to take up work on a scheme and combat recruitment shortages, further to the Budget 2023 increase of €5; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49348/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
285. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any plans to acknowledge foster children as dependants to qualify carers for the one-parent family payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49349/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Third Level Education
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
318. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to keep his promise of a furtherance of education for Irish students displaced due to the war in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49347/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
331. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of evidential-breath-testing machines currently in use in the Kilkenny/Carlow Garda division; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49352/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
388. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when legislation will be published dealing with international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49345/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
389. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have long-Covid recognised as an illness; if a general practitioner card will be made available for long-Covid sufferers; if long-Covid medication will be listed as a long-term illness to bring the medication for treatment under the Government scheme which is free for certain long-term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49346/22]
Thu, 6 Oct 2022
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
390. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of full-time HSE-employed drug and alcohol outreach workers in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in each of the years of 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49353/22]
Tue, 4 Oct 2022
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Budget Process
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
87. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department or State agency that commissioned official promotional material in respect of budget 2023; the costs involved; if any special measures were requested in advance of the material to ensure inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48179/22]
Thu, 29 Sep 2022
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Sports Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if additional supports will be made available for sports clubs that support initiatives to open their facilities to persons with disabilities. [47528/22]
Thu, 29 Sep 2022
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Equality Issues
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
51. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on work under way to promote female participation in sport and enhanced female participation in leadership within sport. [47529/22]
Wed, 28 Sep 2022
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Housing Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
12. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of serviced sites that are available in towns and villages in County Carlow for the local authority in Carlow to implement the ready-to-build scheme for potential purchasers for the building by the purchaser of a principal private residence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47093/22]