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Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Housing Policy
Joe Flaherty
423. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the income thresholds for social housing supports will be updated. [37602/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Joe Flaherty
424. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the current €30,000 upper limit on the amount payable under the essential works grant scheme for the elderly will be reviewed upwardly; and if so, when this will occur given the current inflationary costs affecting construction. [37603/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Housing Policy
Joe Flaherty
425. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are any plans to revisit the new ten-year tenancy requirement before a tenancy can apply for the tenant purchase scheme and to reduce the wait time for the many households that felt that they could have been approved in 2022. [37604/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Local Authorities
Joe Flaherty
426. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will give an assurance that Longford County Council will be compensated in respect of the significant, unavoidable and unbudgeted over-spend for the housing retrofit scheme (details supplied). [37608/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Community Employment Schemes
Joe Flaherty
599. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if any consideration will be given to community employment scheme supervisors who retired prior to the 2008 reference year in order to allow them to receive the CE ex-gratia payment (details supplied). [37222/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Gender Balance
Joe Flaherty
25. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline his Department’s strategy to encourage more female participation in science, technology, engineering and maths; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36763/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Joe Flaherty
42. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline the take up of the apprenticeship incentivisation scheme by sector and county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36762/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Departmental Strategies
Joe Flaherty
132. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline commitments under Ireland’s National Action Plan for the EU Child Guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36705/22]
Wed, 6 Jul 2022
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Passport Services
Joe Flaherty
93. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will retrieve the tracking numbers in respect of the passport applications of two children (details supplied). [36544/22]
Tue, 5 Jul 2022
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Passport Services
Joe Flaherty
261. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied). [35422/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Register of Electors
Joe Flaherty
275. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to make it possible to apply online to be included in the electoral register. [34316/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Disability Services
Joe Flaherty
897. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if information in relation to the staffing levels in the progressing disability services team at a centre (details supplied) in County Longford will be provided. [34425/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Disability Services
Joe Flaherty
906. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on actual case numbers assigned to the progressing disability 8 service in County Longford as of 1 June 2022, given that as of March 2022 the case load assigned was 790. [34435/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Health Services
Joe Flaherty
907. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown by age profile nought to five years and so on of wait times for services - S&L, occupational therapy and psychology, based on the PDS 8 case numbers for 1 June 1 2022. [34436/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Disabilities Assessments
Joe Flaherty
908. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting ASD assessments at the PDS 8 service in County Longford; and the average wait time for this service as of 1 June 2022. [34437/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Disability Services
Joe Flaherty
909. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on plans to move the PDS 8 service to a purpose-built facility currently vacant at the Ballyminnion campus (details supplied); and the up-to-date staffing position in terms of vacant posts as of 17 June 2022. [34438/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Common Agricultural Policy
Joe Flaherty
944. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the new CAP scheme will compensate farmers who do not cut turf on their boglands regardless of any commitment to ensure that farmers will still be able to cut turf on their own bogs (details supplied). [34468/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Passport Services
Joe Flaherty
130. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of applications for passports to date in 2022 from counties Longford and Westmeath; the number of passports issued; and the number of outstanding applications for passports currently awaiting processing in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32951/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Passport Services
Joe Flaherty
285. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that they are due to travel abroad on Tuesday 21 June 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33303/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Passport Services
Joe Flaherty
286. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that they are due to travel on Monday 20 June 2022.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33304/22]