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Tue, 23 Jan 2024
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Community Care
Joe McHugh
540. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on proposed closure plans for a service (details supplied) which operates across Donegal providing not-for-profit child and adult counselling services; the status of plans to ensure these services are retained in the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2911/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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School Staff
Joe McHugh
547. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education for an update on salary and pensions for caretakers in school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57240/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Joe McHugh
223. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education what measures are in place to assist mainstream schools who are catering for children with additional educational needs, to ensure that these children can attend their local school along with their siblings where this is the case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53195/23]
Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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Tax Rebates
Joe McHugh
40. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance to clarify the current Revenue Commissioners guidelines for the VAT 58 rebate for farmers on certain farm equipment such as feed bins, milk bulk tanks, automatic calf feeders, milking parlour equipment, automatic scrapers, etc., where farmers are being refused a rebate on such items; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52591/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Joe McHugh
429. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what the funding pathway and opportunities are for an existing community childcare limited company by guarantee that wishes to expand to a green field site to cater for increased demand (currently 500 on the waiting list); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49538/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Food Industry
Joe McHugh
417. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many meetings have taken place, if any, in 2022 and to date in 2023 between his officials and officials from the Department of Health to discuss the range and quality of food offerings in the retail sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48668/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Joe McHugh
509. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48093/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Joe McHugh
933. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to initiate a specific payment for farmers who have land in SPA and SAC outside the normal payment schemes that are available that is, similar to the top up payment that Islands got a number of years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48091/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Joe McHugh
1344. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he has considered positive organisational scholarship as a possible intervention in healthcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48667/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Hospital Staff
Joe McHugh
269. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health to provide the terms of reference for the work EU consultants are carrying out at Letterkenny University Hospital currently; the duration of the contract, and contracted price for said work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47054/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Health Services
Joe McHugh
560. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if the option is available for suitable patients in County Donegal in need of intravenous therapy to be facilitated in their own community setting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46450/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Health Promotion
Joe McHugh
244. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health if he agrees that there should be a moral obligation on food retail outlets, large or small, to sell fresh fruit, that is, individual fruits, a whole banana, apple, pear, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45374/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Joe McHugh
256. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the status of ongoing plans in terms of addressing the concerns raised by the general practitioners in Donegal (details supplied); if he will meet them to discuss these concerns as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45443/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Emergency Departments
Joe McHugh
258. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health the average wait time from check-in to seeing a clinician at Letterkenny University Hospital emergency department; the national average for this figure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45447/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Emergency Departments
Joe McHugh
259. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Health to confirm the average wait time from arrival at the emergency department at Letterkenny University Hospital to admission; what the national figure is; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45450/23]
Thu, 5 Oct 2023
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School Curriculum
Joe McHugh
246. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Education to outline the steps that are being taken to incorporate nutrition on an inclusive basis into the curriculum, at both primary and secondary levels; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43335/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Environmental Policy
Joe McHugh
150. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views that €70 million is sufficient to drive zero carbon investment in industry through scaling up and expanding industry supports in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42161/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Joe McHugh
231. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a VAT refund order worth 5% of a new home for the purchase of new build homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42162/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Joe McHugh
232. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider extending the benefit-in-kind relief for workplace health and well-being supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42165/23]
Tue, 3 Oct 2023
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Tax Code
Joe McHugh
233. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider facilitating a short term solution with regard to the ongoing issue of tax implications for cross-Border remote workers; while this short term solution, similar to temporary solutions during the covid pandemic, is in place, a comprehensive long term solution can be worked on a bilateral British-Irish basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42167/23]