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Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
1427. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the provisions for the vaccine roll-out in relation to high risk persons with Down's syndrome that live at home with family members and are not accessing day services given concerns that they could possibly be overlooked it is important that they are vaccinated under the revised prioritisation. [14184/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe Flaherty
1428. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to prioritise private sector special needs education workers in the vaccine roll-out given that they are providing an invaluable service to families and in view of the fact colleagues in the HSE have already been vaccinated. [14185/21]
Thu, 11 Mar 2021
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Property Tax
Joe Flaherty
52. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider waiving the local property tax for pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance given that the benefit of the fuel allowance payment is null and voided by the local property tax payment. [13786/21]
Thu, 11 Mar 2021
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Fuel Allowance
Joe Flaherty
139. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of pensioners in receipt of the fuel allowance that are also paying the local property tax; and the value of local property tax collected in cases in which the payee is also in receipt of the fuel allowance. [13785/21]
Thu, 11 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
221. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there is an opportunity for students to avail of the HPV vaccine when the forthcoming school vaccination programme resumes given they are now in older years (details supplied). [13699/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Domiciliary Care Allowance
Joe Flaherty
579. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the steps that have been taken to revise the age thresholds for the domiciliary care allowance (details supplied). [12782/21]
Wed, 10 Mar 2021
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Animal Diseases
Joe Flaherty
1007. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if steps are being taken by his Department following the outbreak of a deadly strain of neurological equine herpes on mainland Europe (details supplied). [12664/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Rail Network
Joe Flaherty
28. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the current timeline for announcing the preferred bidder for the DART expansion programme. [12376/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Rail Network
Joe Flaherty
29. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if the business case for the DART expansion has been put to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform; and if not, when he expects it will be put forward. [12377/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Rail Network
Joe Flaherty
30. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the projected cost for the DART expansion programme. [12378/21]
Thu, 4 Mar 2021
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Rail Network
Joe Flaherty
31. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if the DART expansion project been delayed due to Covid-19. [12379/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Planning Guidelines
Joe Flaherty
336. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider replacing a previous condition in the planning regulations which was removed to allow homeowners to rebuild fire-damaged homes to the same specification without recourse to planning permission (details supplied). [11452/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
778. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when he plans to resume the school immunisation programme in particular the HPV vaccine which is best administered to persons before they are 15 years of age. [11245/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
779. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if the school vaccination teams now administering vaccines in nursing homes will cause a delay in the resuming of the school vaccinations once schools reopen. [11246/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
780. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if those students who have not yet received their second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine due to school closures in March 2020 and were unable to attend the summer catch-up clinics will be prioritised when vaccinations resume. [11247/21]
Wed, 3 Mar 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
781. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if provision will be made to allow children and others who missed the HPV vaccination to opt-in for vaccination when the scheme returns to schools given that large numbers of young children have missed out on the HPV vaccination over the past year. [11248/21]
Wed, 24 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
561. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount it would cost and the number of recipients who would be included, if those in year two of the back to work payment and due to finish the scheme from March to May 2021, received an additional year on the scheme as a one-off support, given level 5 restrictions and the impact of same on many recipients of the scheme. [9530/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Local Authority Housing
Joe Flaherty
278. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it will be ensured that the 2020 funding process is factored into an increased allocation in 2021 for the disabled person grant funding scheme for the local authorities (details supplied). [8274/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Tenant Purchase Scheme
Joe Flaherty
279. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the €15,000 reckonable income condition for the tenant purchase scheme (details supplied); and if not, if he will consider removing the reckonable income condition for a one-year period in the counties in which there was a significant concentration of ESB or Bord na Móna employees in order to facilitate them to access the scheme. [8276/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Courts Staff
Joe Flaherty
603. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if she will request the appointment of a court messenger to the Sheriff’s Court attached to Longford Courthouse (details supplied). [8277/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Hospital Staff
Joe Flaherty
638. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when the vacant role of diabetic nurse at Mullingar hospital will be filled (details supplied). [7876/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Ophthalmology Services
Joe Flaherty
747. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider putting in place a refund scheme for parents who have no option but to source eye testing for their children privately (details supplied). [8265/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
811. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when carers will receive the Covid-19 vaccine (details supplied). [8465/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
812. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there is a provision for general practitioners to prioritise Covid-19 vaccination for patients who are high risk but not over 85 years of age (details supplied). [8466/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
953. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the position of counsellors and psychotherapists in Covid-19 vaccine roll-out plans (details supplied). [8883/21]
Wed, 17 Feb 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe Flaherty
990. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the trade assurance scheme for combinable crops scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8743/21]
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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Bord na Móna
Joe Flaherty
12. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if local stakeholders and local authorities will be given an opportunity to apply for possible sites for the proposed €10 million peatlands knowledge centre of excellence and visitor centre for the midlands region (details supplied). [7692/21]
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
74. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will examine supports for the coach and transport sector (details supplied). [7690/21]
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Joe Flaherty
212. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to invite service providers to provide their feedback and observations as part of the current review and evaluation of the AIM. [7685/21]
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Joe Flaherty
213. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review and evaluation of the AIM will reconsider the qualification levels of AIM workers and SNAs for early years education (details supplied); and if the SNA course will qualify them for these positions, making it easier for early years providers to recruit and retain staff. [7686/21]
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Joe Flaherty
214. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review and evaluation of the AIM will explore an apprenticeship-style model of recruitment in the early years sector (details supplied). [7687/21]
Thu, 11 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe Flaherty
273. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to long-term dialysis patients in terms of their ranking in the groups for Covid-19 vaccination (details supplied); and if the group will be prioritised in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out. [7603/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Dental Services
Joe Flaherty
805. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if first class pupils in County Longford who did not receive an appointment with the school dentist in 2020 due to Covid-19 will be facilitated in 2021 alongside 2020-21 first class pupils (details supplied). [6791/21]
Wed, 10 Feb 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe Flaherty
857. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there are provisions to facilitate parents who have to accompany a child on a flight to the UK in the context of Covid-19 restrictions and polymerase chain reaction, PCR, test requirements (details supplied). [6987/21]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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Just Transition Fund
Joe Flaherty
22. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the status of approved just transition projects given recent confirmation that the stipulations for drawing down funding requires the project promoters to provide an unrealistic 50% in match funding for projected project costs. [4839/21]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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Just Transition Fund
Joe Flaherty
23. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with the ESB and request that the €6 million earmarked from the company for the just transition funding will be ring-fenced and allocated directly to the 30 plus projects struggling to meet the matching 50% funding requirements under the draw-down criteria for just transition approved projects. [4840/21]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe Flaherty
279. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if all CHO8 staff involved in Covid-19 testing and swabbing and specifically at the Mullingar and Longford test centres have received the Covid-19 vaccination; and if not, when vaccination is planned for same. [4848/21]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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Medicinal Products
Joe Flaherty
280. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that his Department monitors and tracks the development of the new drug omaveloxolone which presents the first real breakthrough treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia patients (details supplied). [4849/21]
Thu, 28 Jan 2021
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Agricultural Colleges
Joe Flaherty
342. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will insist on the suspension of the student placement component as part of the certificate in agriculture QQI level 5 and QQI level 6 courses in view of the Covid-19 pandemic (details supplied). [4874/21]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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Driver Test
Joe Flaherty
148. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons who have applied for and are awaiting their driver theory test by county (details supplied); and the number waiting at 31 December 2019, 31 March 2020, 30 June 2020, 30 September 2020 and 31 December 2020, by county in tabular form. [4094/21]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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Driver Test
Joe Flaherty
149. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport the waiting times for each county for the driver theory test from 31 December 2019 to end December 2020 by month. [4095/21]
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
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Driver Test
Joe Flaherty
150. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the growing numbers of persons who are awaiting their driver theory test (details supplied). [4096/21]
Thu, 21 Jan 2021
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Company Registration
Joe Flaherty
3. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with the Companies Registration Office, CRO, to resolve the issue of levying late fees to the original date for filing despite providing leeway for companies to file up until October 2020 (details supplied). [3036/21]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Local Improvement Scheme
Joe Flaherty
49. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding that will be provided in counties Longford and Westmeath under the local improvement scheme in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43609/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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National Broadband Plan
Joe Flaherty
67. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the establishment of a network of broadband connection points in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43608/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
140. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have availed of the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43806/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
153. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses in counties Longford and Westmeath that have received support under the restart grant and the restart grant plus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43805/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Arts and Culture Capital Scheme
Joe Flaherty
322. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when her Department will issue decisions in respect of applications under strand B of the cultural capital scheme 2020 (details supplied). [44335/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Housing Adaptation Grant
Joe Flaherty
341. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will direct local authorities to re-examine applications for housing grants for the elderly and disabled which were not possible to process due to the Covid-19 pandemic and reduced access to local authority offices (details supplied). [44337/20]
Thu, 17 Dec 2020
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Joe Flaherty
456. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract will be extended for the resource worker appointed to work with the 18 families recently resettled (details supplied) in County Longford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44347/20]