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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]
Tue, 7 Jul 2020
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Vaccination Programme
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
679. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the schools vaccine programme; if students who would ordinarily have received vaccinations but did not due to Covid-19 will receive their vaccines in the autumn roll-out of vaccinations nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13793/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Ambulance Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
403. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when the €350,000 allocated to the ambulance base in County Carlow will be provided; when he expects works to begin; when County Carlow will have an ambulance base that is fit for purpose; and his views on whether it is unacceptable for a town the size of Carlow to not have its own ambulance base. [12842/20]
Tue, 30 Jun 2020
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Dental Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
519. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if dental patients on medical cards can access the National Treatment Purchase Fund to have pressing procedures undertaken; the waiting list time in the HSE schools programme for children under 16 years of age awaiting approved braces or HSE dental procedures; and if a breakdown of the procedure is unavailable, the timeline for these procedures to take place in view of the Covid-19 restrictions by county on waiting list numbers. [13406/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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School Transport
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
104. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the prohibition of persons over 70 years of age to drive a school bus; his further views on whether this rule is ageist and discriminatory; and if he will consider the absence of legislation on health checks for public service drivers as a contributor to this rule and examining same. [12262/20]
Tue, 23 Jun 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
877. 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 completed; the timeline for publication; and if disproportionately low thresholds such as those in County Carlow will be amended upwards. [11852/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Trading Online Voucher Scheme
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
774. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the online trading voucher scheme has been cancelled (details supplied). [10815/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Driver Test
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
849. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driver tests will resume (details supplied). [10990/20]