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Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1443. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if ionafornid treatment in the rare disease progeria will be licensed here; if the State will be providing the financial burden of hospitals providing such treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20964/20]
Wed, 29 Jul 2020
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
72. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make rent supplement more easily available to victims of domestic violence. [18973/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
323. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be complete; when the review will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17968/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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Social and Affordable Housing
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
49. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17376/20]
Wed, 22 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
31. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider additional supports for local communities to hold replacement events in view of the cancellation of a number of festivals and other cultural events in counties Carlow and Kilkenny in recent months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17283/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Flood Relief Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
37. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the development of a flood relief scheme on the border of counties Carlow and Kilkenny. [16804/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Army Barracks
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
100. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Defence when works commenced on the new gymnasium at James Stephen's Barracks, Kilkenny; and when works on same will finish. [16439/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Rent Supplement Scheme
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
140. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing rent supplement limits by 10%. [16441/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Healthcare Policy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
183. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health his plans for the elimination of HPV-related cancers within a generation here; the strategies that need to be implemented in the coming 12 months, acknowledging that the introduction of a catch-up programme for boys in sixth year for the HPV vaccine will accelerate this public health goal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16437/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Hospital Data
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
185. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of cataract operations that were carried out at St. Luke's hospital, Kilkenny, in 2019 and to date in 2020. [16440/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
186. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when funding and approval for the immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab will become available for persons with bladder cancer which has migrated to their lungs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16442/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Social Welfare Offices
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
382. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if local social welfare offices and staff are exempt from the payment of rates; the local authorities that operate under this premise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15299/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Social and Affordable Housing
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
412. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the review of income thresholds to qualify for a place on a local authority housing list will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15321/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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School Transport
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
504. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if a person over 70 years of age is permitted to drive a school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15319/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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English Language Training Organisations
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
601. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if supports will be provided for ACELS, QQI and MEI accredited English language schools that were closed due to the Covid-19 pandemic in March to reopen in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15297/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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State Examinations
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
609. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills if post-leaving certificate students prohibited from undertaking practical exams due to Covid-19 restrictions are to be graded under a predicted grade system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15322/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Medical Cards
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1020. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of applications for a refund of phlebotomy charges incorrectly incurred by medical card patients in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number of these applications that were approved and refused, respectively. [14822/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1136. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if approval will be given to the immunotherapy drug osimertinib; if a timeline can be provided for its availability for lung cancer patients; and if not, the reason. [15318/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
574. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a group (details supplied) has been excluded from the childcare sub-committee convened in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic to discuss the impacts on the childcare sector and plan for the future reopening of service; and if it will be included in future committee discussions. [13737/20]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
668. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when funding and approval for the immunotherapy drug Osimertinib will become available for persons with lung cancer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13747/20]