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Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Attendance
Jim O'Callaghan
430. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown, by county, of school attendance funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47310/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Textbooks
Jim O'Callaghan
431. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of children, by county, who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at second level under the junior cycle scheme for the 2023/2024 academic year. [47311/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Textbooks
Jim O'Callaghan
432. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the number of children, by county, who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme at primary level for the 2023/2024 academic year. [47312/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Sentencing Policy
Jim O'Callaghan
854. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when she intends to extend the operation of the Parole Act 2019 to sentences of more than eight years and less than life; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48462/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
868. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank, attached to the Garda water unit as of 31 October 2023; if she will provide the corresponding figures as of 31 January 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48736/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
869. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda age ID cards that were issued in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48737/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
870. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number and percentage of interview rooms within Garda stations within the DMR that have audio and video recording facilities, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48738/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
871. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been provided in 2024 to purchase larger Garda prisoner transport trucks; the number of Garda prisoner transport trucks that entered the fleet to date in 2023; the number of Garda prisoner transport trucks withdrawn from the fleet to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48739/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
872. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of competitions held to date in 2023 for Garda personnel to apply to join Garda armed support unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48740/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
873. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí trained in each level of public order training within the DMR, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48741/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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State Pathology Service
Jim O'Callaghan
874. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if funding will be provided for the recruitment of WTE forensic anthropologists for the Office of State Pathologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48742/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
875. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank (details supplied), as of 1 November 2023; if a further recruitment campaign will be launched before end of year to increase the number of gardaí attached to CPU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48743/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
876. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 359 of 10 October 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48744/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
877. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda roads policing motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of RPU motorcycles withdrawn from the fleet during the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48745/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
878. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of conspiracy to kidnap offences reported to gardaí within the G district of the DMR to date in 2023. [48746/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jim O'Callaghan
879. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of unauthorised taking of mechanically propelled vehicle offences reported to gardaí within the E district of the DMR to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48747/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Maternity Leave
Jim O'Callaghan
997. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he plans to bring amending legislation to the Maternity Protection Act 2004 to address the anomaly that women diagnosed with cancer during their maternity leave can pause their leave and resume it once treatment ends; if there are plans to include Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas leave in this amending legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47669/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Business Supports
Jim O'Callaghan
141. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses in each county that successfully applied for inclusion under the temporary business energy support scheme; the estimated value or worth of the support in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47099/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Jim O'Callaghan
142. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance how many homebuyers have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47102/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Tax Credits
Jim O'Callaghan
143. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [47129/23]