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Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Climate Change Policy
Neasa Hourigan
198. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his Department's policy on motor tax rates for pre-2008 vehicles; his views on allowing motorists to avail of rates based on an alternative basis to engine size, considering the embedded carbon preserved by pre-2008 vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6136/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Transport Costs
Neasa Hourigan
199. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport the direct and indirect subsidies for international passenger air travel; the direct and indirect subsidies for international passenger ferry travel; the climate costs and benefits of each, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6139/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Electric Vehicles
Neasa Hourigan
228. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to reassess the VAT rate for new electric vehicles, including new electric vehicles imported from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6187/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Water Quality
Neasa Hourigan
387. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to on-going problems of discoloured water in Cork; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no "do not drink" notice has been issued in relation to the problem, despite Irish Water acknowledging to Cork City Council on 16 January 2024 that the discoloured water is unsafe to drink at the tap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6137/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Heritage Schemes
Neasa Hourigan
397. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if multi-annual funding is in place or planned to be in place for the built heritage investment scheme and/or the historic structures fund through local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6286/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Departmental Reviews
Neasa Hourigan
603. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeline for when the clinical review group will complete its work to determine if evidence exists to expand the scope of the medical cannabis access programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6555/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Third Level Fees
Neasa Hourigan
619. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the work that has been undertaken to include payments incurred by families under the fair deal scheme for care in the consideration of eligibility for the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6450/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Defence Forces
Neasa Hourigan
43. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of trainees in the military medicine training programme who voluntarily left the Defence Forces and were required to refund the cost of such training, including the cost of pay and allowances paid to them during the period of attendance in the programme, in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. [4951/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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School Transport
Neasa Hourigan
162. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education her plans to expand the provision of school bus transport to a school in Glanmire, County Cork (details supplied); if she is aware of growing attendance at the school and interest in bus transport from surrounding areas, including Crawford Woods; how her Department intends to address this pressure on school bus transport to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4921/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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State Properties
Neasa Hourigan
247. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a timeline for when the Government will conclude its consideration of sites recommended for transfer to the Land Development Agency; if he anticipates the former Cork Prison site to be included among these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4993/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Neasa Hourigan
312. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to reassess the criteria around the duration a person can be in receipt of partial capacity benefit, in the case of both someone moving from illness benefit and someone moving from an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5541/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Greyhound Industry
Neasa Hourigan
388. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered non-coursing greyhound owners for each of the years 2013 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form. [5154/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Greyhound Industry
Neasa Hourigan
389. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on plans submitted to his Department concerning the redevelopment of Shelbourne Park and Kilkenny greyhound stadiums respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5171/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Cancer Services
Neasa Hourigan
467. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to outline any work undertaken by his Department on the development of lung cancer screening for high risk groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4922/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
497. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the €7.5 million allocated in Budget 2024 for "new services", specifically the amount designated for expanding newborn screening; if plans for implementing SMA screening will be included in the HSE Service Plan for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5085/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
226. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work underway to implement the recommendation of the Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that the remittance basis of taxation should be subject to a lifetime limit of three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Bord na Móna
Neasa Hourigan
159. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a copy of the shareholder letters of expectation sent to Bord na Móna in each of the years 2020 to date. [4046/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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Road Safety
Neasa Hourigan
200. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on actions nos. 67 and 122 from Phase 1 of the Government Road Safety Strategy 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4103/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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European Union
Neasa Hourigan
216. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the Government's position during recent negotiations at EU level relating to fiscal rules around national debt and public spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3817/24]
Tue, 30 Jan 2024
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
284. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on where a school (details supplied) will be located for September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4150/24]