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Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Veterinary Services
Matt Shanahan
659. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the veterinary resources that are made available by his Department to the managing of the TB eradication scheme which manages badger monitoring, vaccination and culling operations to inhibit the spread of the disease; if these are resourced personnel Department employees or in the service outsourced; the level of badger culling activity per year that has taken place in the country by badger number over the past five years up to the present month; the percentage of overall badger population that this represents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49376/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Personal Injuries Commission
Matt Shanahan
80. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the substance of the initiatives in relation to the Action Plan on Insurance Reform (details supplied); the number of doctors that have completed the clinical education referenced to date; if that education is now standardised training at CPD level and specified in the personal commission reports from which this recommendation was taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47588/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Waste Management
Matt Shanahan
89. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the additional commercial concerns that can compete in the farm plastics recycling market place and receive access to the levy contributions as would be required in terms of open competition (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48405/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Waste Management
Matt Shanahan
90. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the initiatives his Department is taking in terms of improving the recycling rates of farm plastics (details supplied); the access to levy payments that has been offered to private contractors to provide alternative collection opportunities on and off-farm; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48406/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Waste Management
Matt Shanahan
91. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on concerns regarding issues of restricted competition or his Department’s support for a possible monopoly situation in the management of farm plastic recycling given that it appears that his Department has only licensed one entity for this activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48407/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Waste Management
Matt Shanahan
92. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the evaluations that have been carried out on licensed farm plastic film recycling sites in view of actions against a facility (details supplied); the location and licensing status of these sites; the storage capacity these sites are currently using or exceeding; the environmental protections and analysis that have been carried out in the past year with respect to these other sites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48408/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Foreshore Issues
Matt Shanahan
309. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage , further to Parliamentary Question No. 97 of 28 September, the details of both the approved application and the pre-applications that are currently being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48152/21]
Tue, 5 Oct 2021
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Foreshore Issues
Matt Shanahan
310. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of a foreshore application by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48153/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Hospital Services
Matt Shanahan
309. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the detailed annual operational and capital budget expenditures at University Hospital Waterford over the past five years; the whole-time equivalent hospital employment movements over this period or for the duration for which information can be accurately supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47258/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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Hospital Staff
Matt Shanahan
341. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the additional recruitment that has taken place at UHW in terms of roles (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47257/21]
Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Matt Shanahan
342. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the NTPF activity in relation to UHW waiting lists over the past five years; the individual procedures outsourced; the name of the hospital systems to which such NTPF activity was awarded and carried out; the proportion of these allocations that were achieved in each individual hospital system by name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47259/21]
Tue, 28 Sep 2021
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Departmental Licences
Matt Shanahan
97. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of foreshore licence applications that are currently in progress or pending relating to wind energy development in the south east; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44218/21]
Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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National Broadband Plan
Matt Shanahan
45. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the position in relation to the national broadband roll-out; the delays encountered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44217/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Immigration Policy
Matt Shanahan
101. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has considered introducing a points-based system for the entry into the country and naturalisation of skilled workers and their families similar to that in place in Australia and now being considered by the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36838/21]
Wed, 15 Sep 2021
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Legal Services Regulation
Matt Shanahan
548. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Justice if she will address a series of matters in relation to fees provided to criminal barristers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43414/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Science Foundation Ireland
Matt Shanahan
1247. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding available under Science Foundation Ireland research call SFI Research Infrastructure Programme 2021; the value of the call; the proposed number of preferred successful candidates; the closeout date; the award date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39409/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Matt Shanahan
1460. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the public health policy regarding many expectant mothers who continue to be separated from their partners during prenatal appointments and early stages of labour; the measures he has undertaken to ensure that HSE public hospital management observe comments and instruction from his Department and the HSE clinical director in relaxing these restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33460/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Dental Services
Matt Shanahan
2135. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health the status of medical card holders with respect to dental treatment; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many dentists are no longer accepting medical cards as a payment means for dental procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36651/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Dental Services
Matt Shanahan
2243. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the present status of medical card holders with respect to dental treatment; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that dentists are no longer accepting medical cards as a payment means for dental procedures; if his Department is responsible for any new orders with respect to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36645/21]
Tue, 27 Jul 2021
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Vaccination Programme
Matt Shanahan
2325. Deputy Matt Shanahan asked the Minister for Health if his Department will ensure that vaccination appointments are offered to persons living within a defined radius of the centres rather than based on allocated eircodes which appear to be directing patients to centres many hours away rather than the nearest centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37332/21]