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Thu, 10 Sep 2020
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Drugs Payment Scheme
Neasa Hourigan
217. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when the monthly drugs payment scheme threshold will be reduced to €114 as provided for in budget 2020; when a commencement order will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23098/20]
Wed, 9 Sep 2020
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Traffic Management
Neasa Hourigan
117. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected start date and completion date of the proposed consultation process on a Phoenix Park traffic management strategy. [22895/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
300. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his views on the deemed disposal rule which was introduced in the Finance Act 2006; his plans to revise same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22141/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Proposed Legislation
Neasa Hourigan
923. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice her plans to prevent and detect the importation and sale of illegal fireworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21614/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Disease Management
Neasa Hourigan
1378. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the timeline of the review of the epidemiology of tuberculosis here considering the public health impact of having no BCG vaccination since April 2015; when this review will be complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22492/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Live Exports
Neasa Hourigan
922. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the views of a number of animal welfare groups that an upcoming shipment of live animals from Ireland to Libya could contravene EU rules on protecting transported live animals to third countries; his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19925/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Nursing Staff
Neasa Hourigan
1146. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the number of Parkinson’s disease nurse specialists in view of the shortage here with three in Dublin and none elsewhere in Leinster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19898/20]
Thu, 30 Jul 2020
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Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1147. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to improve access to essential services for those with Parkinson’s disease such as to neurologists, physiotherapy, speech therapy, occupational therapy and dietetics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19899/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
87. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to publish specific guidelines for the reopening of pubs; when he last met with representatives of an organisation (details supplied); the supports available to pubs which have been unable to reopen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18925/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Living City Initiative
Neasa Hourigan
226. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living city initiative to include all inner-city areas of Dublin city rather than just those designated special regeneration areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
487. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure the July provision is extended to include post-primary blind and visually impaired students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18679/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
488. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to prioritise the return to in-person teaching of blind and visually impaired children in September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18680/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
489. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) on the implications of Covid-19 on the education of pupils that are blind and visually impaired; her views on same;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18681/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
490. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought for a college to retain the existing five classroom prefabricated building on their site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18696/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
491. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought by a college for the provision of a suite of additional prefabricated specialist classrooms that will be required to accommodate the existing cohort of students in September 2020 to include science, art, home economics and woodwork rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18697/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
492. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the fast tracking of an application by a college (details supplied) for inclusion on the building list of her Department to accommodate a new school and its growing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18698/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1042. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if it is safe for blind persons to use a sighted guide in view of Covid-19 health restrictions; his plans to issue guidance on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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National Parks
Neasa Hourigan
109. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will partially close Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park at weekends for the summer as per previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17712/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Traffic Management
Neasa Hourigan
229. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a recent study on the effects of the closure of the peripheral gates of the Phoenix Park on traffic volumes in the surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17183/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Traffic Management
Neasa Hourigan
84. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the decision by the Office of Public Works to reverse the closure of the peripheral gates of the Phoenix Park; when a public consultation process will take place on the future of the perimeter gates of the Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16322/20]