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Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe Flaherty
61. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise in relation to an NPWS farm plan application (details supplied). [48946/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe Flaherty
62. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise in relation to an NPWS farm plan application (details supplied). [48947/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe Flaherty
63. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise in relation to an NPWS farm plan application (details supplied). [48948/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe Flaherty
64. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise in relation to an NPWS farm plan application (details supplied). [48949/23]
Wed, 8 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe Flaherty
65. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will advise in relation to an NPWS farm plan application (details supplied). [48950/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Joe Flaherty
770. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will ensure that claimants who are likely to lose the free transport benefit over the next eight months and before fulfilling eligibility from July 2024, are not deprived of this important and crucial benefit (details supplied). [48551/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Business Supports
Joe Flaherty
237. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine a bespoke scheme for the challenged horticulture sector as we move to the increased €12.70 minimum wage (details supplied). [46668/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Work Permits
Joe Flaherty
238. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update and timeline for the seasonal work permit scheme, given its introduction is crucial to the horticulture sector as Ireland moves to the €12.70 minimum wage. [46669/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Joe Flaherty
356. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person who was forced to stop working 20 years ago, now aged 61 years and in receipt of a local authority pension of €294 per week is eligible for the household benefits package. [46240/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Animal Feedstuffs
Joe Flaherty
424. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a product (details supplied) will be released to the business that bought the product. [46177/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Horticulture Sector
Joe Flaherty
439. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the white mushroom production sector and the vast majority of Irish strawberry growers are excluded from the new horticulture support scheme. [46674/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Horticulture Sector
Joe Flaherty
440. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a bespoke scheme for the challenged horticulture sector as we move to the increased €12.70 minimum wage (details supplied). [46675/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Education and Training Boards
Joe Flaherty
140. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the total allocation of capital grants (devolved capital grant and the further education capital grants) to the Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45529/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Education Policy
Joe Flaherty
154. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way his Department is acting to support the workforce and talent development of Irish SMEs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45530/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Joe Flaherty
417. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the necessary legislation has not been introduced to allow Rásaíocht Con Éireann to set up its own dedicated stud book, as promised in its Strategic Plan 2018-22, given that Rásaíocht Con Éireann incurs a loss of revenue estimated to be €1 million a year to the Irish Coursing Club, and given that this is not a question about the merits or otherwise of their new traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44738/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Greyhound Industry
Joe Flaherty
418. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, he agrees with claims frequently made by representatives of Rásaíocht Con Éireann that greyhound racing is an important part of Irish culture (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44739/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Joe Flaherty
520. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce the shingles vaccine to the national immunisation programme similar to what is in place for people over 65 years of age, with no charge, in Northern Ireland. [44802/23]
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Joe Flaherty
35. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how Budget 2024 will help the SME sector. [44196/23]
Thu, 12 Oct 2023
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Industrial Development
Joe Flaherty
60. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose-built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44195/23]
Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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Business Supports
Joe Flaherty
85. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans for any further supports to help businesses coping with increased costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43191/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Housing Schemes
Joe Flaherty
282. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a tenant-in-situ application, whereby a couple qualifies for the scheme, but it is not the landlord’s intention to sell the house but rather to take up occupancy themselves, can still be processed; and if an applicant can access the help-to-buy scheme and the first-home scheme in respect of the same property. [43761/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Joe Flaherty
137. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will be reviewing the tax reliefs available for the SME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43190/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Joe Flaherty
652. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will add age-related macular degeneration to the eligible illnesses on the long-term illness scheme (details supplied). [42523/23]
Tue, 26 Sep 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Joe Flaherty
500. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the request from a person (details supplied) to have their two children included in the ECCE scheme this year. [41603/23]
Thu, 21 Sep 2023
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Housing Schemes
Joe Flaherty
182. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing adaptation grant for older people can be used to rehabilitate a sewage system in a single house as there is no other option to remedy the issue. [40793/23]
Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Joe Flaherty
697. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice the status of a citizenship application (details supplied). [40132/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Housing Schemes
Joe Flaherty
949. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the numbers who accessed the mortgage allowance scheme in each of the years 2012 to 2022, by local authority, in tabular form. [38930/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Visa Applications
Joe Flaherty
1206. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied). [38762/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1967. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an MRI scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39362/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1968. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for a CT scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39363/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1969. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for a bone scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39364/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1970. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an angiogram in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39365/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1971. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an electroencephalogram in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39366/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1972. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39367/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1973. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an ultrasound scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39368/23]
Mon, 11 Sep 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Joe Flaherty
1974. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting, as of 1 September 2023 or the nearest available date, for an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the Ireland East Hospital Group for the following waiting periods, in tabular form: less than three months; three months to six months; six months to nine months; nine months to twelve months; and more than twelve months. [39369/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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School Textbooks
Joe Flaherty
435. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education the estimated number of children who will benefit from the free schoolbooks scheme in primary schools in counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly, respectively for 2023-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35895/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Citizenship Applications
Joe Flaherty
179. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice for an update on an application for citizenship for a person (details supplied). [34563/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Immigration Status
Joe Flaherty
479. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if an update will be provided on the outcome of a review request of application for the regularisation of undocumented persons scheme by a person (details supplied). [33595/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Housing Provision
Joe Flaherty
33. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on social housing provision in Longford from 2020 to 2022; the target in place for same in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33147/23]
Thu, 6 Jul 2023
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Housing Provision
Joe Flaherty
57. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how the current social housing waiting list in Longford compares with that in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33148/23]
Wed, 5 Jul 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Joe Flaherty
186. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will detail in tabular form the health infrastructure projects currently underway in CHO8; the projects completed since June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32889/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Building Energy Rating
Joe Flaherty
360. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the BER which rating that is acceptable in the terms of the new croí cónaithe scheme to refurbish derelict and vacant rural houses, given that a number of local authorities are insisting on a BER 1 certification on completion but others are satisfied with a BER 2 rating. [32340/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Energy Prices
Joe Flaherty
33. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the development and implementation of a scheme to assist businesses which have been impacted by significant increases in the cost of kerosene heating oil. [31389/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Regional Development
Joe Flaherty
46. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for a report on progress being made to acquire an IDA Ireland purpose built facility in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31388/23]
Thu, 29 Jun 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Joe Flaherty
462. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if an extension can be given to an organisation (details supplied) to draw down is Clár funding for a new bus as the bus supplier has informed the organisation that the bus will not be ready in time for its end-of-June deadline, and the organisation is hoping that it can be given an extension for drawdown to 30 September 2023. [31783/23]
Wed, 28 Jun 2023
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Further and Higher Education
Joe Flaherty
176. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if tutors currently working in the further education sector will retain the right to receive social welfare payments during holiday breaks if they decide to stay as they are and not accept the adult educator contracts recently offered to them by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31575/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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National Development Plan
Joe Flaherty
62. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the progress made to date under national strategic outcome No. 5 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30884/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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National Development Plan
Joe Flaherty
79. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the estimated cumulative value of the investments to be made in counties Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly, respectively, under the timeframe of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; the estimated funding drawdown to date in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30883/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Diaspora Issues
Joe Flaherty
9. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a report on the implementation of the Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28096/23]