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Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Neasa Hourigan
10. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29297/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Data
Neasa Hourigan
11. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [29295/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Sustainable Development Goals
Neasa Hourigan
153. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to attend the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July 2023, where Ireland will present its Voluntary National Review; the concrete commitments he will make between now and then to ensure we are reaching the furthest behind first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28429/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Sustainable Development Goals
Neasa Hourigan
154. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) published last month which assesses Ireland's progress on meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically the commitment to reach the furthest behind first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28430/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Environmental Policy
Neasa Hourigan
161. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the timeline for completion of a policy on geothermal energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Environmental Policy
Neasa Hourigan
162. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline work undertaken by his Department to map the Dublin city area for geothermal energy potential; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29452/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
245. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the items of which the reduced VAT rate of 5% have been applied in the Irish context to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29300/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
246. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance whether the reduced VAT rate of 5% has been applied to all 24 points of goods and services, as per the VAT Directive, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
247. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the items of which the reduced VAT rate of less than 5% have been applied in the Irish context to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Neasa Hourigan
248. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance whether the reduced rate of 0% VAT has been applied to a maximum of seven items as per the VAT Directive to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Building Regulations
Neasa Hourigan
392. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on plans to amend Part M of the Building regulations to include UD++ Wheelchair liveable accommodation; if he will provide a timeline for the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29717/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Pension Provisions
Neasa Hourigan
408. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline the work undertaken by her Department to date to develop proposals to benchmark rates of pension payments to gross average industrial earnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29222/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Neasa Hourigan
447. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 885 of 13 June 2023, the overall value of overtime payments paid to members of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive and to date in 2023. [29609/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Promotion
Neasa Hourigan
476. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be sending a representative to the Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in Geneva. [29288/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Neasa Hourigan
525. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether a public consultation will form part of the stakeholder engagement process during his Department’s ongoing review of the ECCE programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29465/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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International Protection
Neasa Hourigan
532. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a breakdown by county and, in Dublin, by post code of the total number of people in International Protection Accommodation Services or direct provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29606/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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International Protection
Neasa Hourigan
533. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether his Department considers existing International Protection Accommodation Services, direct provision and regional homeless facilities when locating a new International Protection Accommodation Services centre. [29607/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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International Protection
Neasa Hourigan
534. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a table of the top ten recipient companies, by cumulative funding, for the period 1 January 2020 to 31 May 2023 for direct provision services, the accommodation of International Protection seekers and accommodation for the Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection, with funding broken down by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29608/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Promotion
Neasa Hourigan
647. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will be sending a representative to the Global Congress on Implementation of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk Substitutes in Geneva. [29287/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Neasa Hourigan
648. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health to list the hospitals with the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the emergency department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29298/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Cancer Services
Neasa Hourigan
649. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the National Acute Oncology Nursing Service is in place in Letterkenny University Hospital to assist patients undergoing active cancer treatment in avoiding attending the emergency department; if not, if there is an alternative system in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29299/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Neasa Hourigan
662. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the change of scope of works to the Carraig Mór intensive care mental health facility (details supplied) in Cork ; if these changes involve an increase in bed capacity; if so, by how much; the number of service-users who will be accommodated on site when the building works are complete; if these will include service-users referred for acute admissions as well as long-stay residents; the breakdown of bed capacity for each cohort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29365/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Neasa Hourigan
663. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 599 of 25 April 2023 and 622 of 16 May 2023, the reason the HSE cited a figure publicly in 2021 of €4.5 million to renovate the Carraig Mór mental health facility in Cork without accounting for design team costs, site works, surveying works, VAT and other essential costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29366/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Neasa Hourigan
664. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of grievance and dignity at work cases submitted by HSE employees to management and recorded by employee relations in each CHO in 2022 and to date in 2023; the duration in each case that the employee waited or is waiting for a grievance or dignity at work hearing to take place since submitting their complaint, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29367/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Neasa Hourigan
699. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the origins of emails sent by clerical staff of the Cork HSE mental health services on 7 January 2021 offering the possibility of priority Covid vaccines to non-patient facing staff, including several senior HSE managers (details supplied); the HSE managers responsible for making these offers of priority vaccines to colleagues; if the CEO of the HSE is aware of this possible breach of the vaccine scheduling protocol in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29589/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Neasa Hourigan
722. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the application for pricing and reimbursement of (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29728/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
727. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the number of public representatives who applied to HSE management for consent to make political videos on the grounds of HSE health settings in CHO4 for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022; the names of the HSE representatives who monitored the making of those political videos, as per the HSE communications policy; if applicable, the number of public representatives who made such political videos on HSE grounds without consent and who were later contacted by HSE management in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29790/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Third Level Education
Neasa Hourigan
738. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to end the current restrictions on recruitment in the higher education sector imposed under the Employment Control Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29194/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Energy Policy
Neasa Hourigan
128. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will clarify whether the Energy Security Review must include liability and insurance cover in the consideration of new energy projects; if he will comment on the contraction in the market of insurers willing to extend cover to the construction of new LNG terminals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28431/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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International Sanctions
Neasa Hourigan
134. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on US sanctions imposed on Cuba in relation to banking operations and how that aligns with current EU policies on those sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21314/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Disability Services
Neasa Hourigan
257. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports and services available to adults with special needs to continue to live independently in the community following the death of a parent who had previously cared for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28888/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Departmental Reviews
Neasa Hourigan
262. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review into the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; when this review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28890/23]
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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Economic Policy
Neasa Hourigan
3. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the Government's response to Ireland's Competitiveness Challenge 2022. [25953/23]
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Neasa Hourigan
10. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Health is next due to meet. [25680/23]
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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Waste Management
Neasa Hourigan
47. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on his work to ensure that all households with a waste collection service are provided with an organic waste bin by their waste collection company by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28667/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Council of Europe
Neasa Hourigan
6. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent attendance at the Council of Europe. [25679/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Neasa Hourigan
13. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the national reform programme for the European semester. [25951/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Neasa Hourigan
22. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island dialogue all-island women's forum civic initiative. [25952/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Renewable Energy Generation
Neasa Hourigan
224. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to introduce supports towards the purchase and installation of solar photovoltaic panels for those in receipt of a State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28269/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Properties
Neasa Hourigan
315. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport what plans exist to bring Nos. 10-13 Conyngham Road, Dublin 8 back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28395/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Road Network
Neasa Hourigan
323. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if he can provide an update on the work underway as part of Project BRUCE, Better Road User Charging Evaluation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28457/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Policies
Neasa Hourigan
333. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living city initiative, in particular to include the Ballybough area of Dublin city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27071/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Neasa Hourigan
885. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 533 of 23 May 2023, the overall value of overtime payments paid to members of An Garda Síochána in administrative posts in each of the years 2018 to 2022 inclusive and to date in 2023. [27567/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Childcare Services
Neasa Hourigan
1024. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the lack of early learning and care and school-age childcare services in the Dublin 7 area; if he will outline the most recent research conducted into the capacity of existing childcare provision in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27271/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1219. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the Mental Health Commission took any action against the HSE in 2022 following the transfer of a resident of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital which had conditions on its registration following inspection reports in 2021 and 2022 by the Mental Health Commission which raised serious concerns about the premises, the staff culture, lack of rehabilitation focus and fire safety; if so, if he will provide details of that action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27942/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Neasa Hourigan
1233. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the Health Act 2004 to assess the nature of services provided by Section 39 organisations; his plans to ensure a multi-annual, sustainable funding model for Section 39 organisations; his plans to address the pay disparity between Section 39 organisations and their HSE and Section 38 counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28072/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Commission
Neasa Hourigan
1291. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the undertakings the HSE committed to in respect of the transfer of a patient to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital in July 2022 in breach of a condition of registration of that service as an approved centre such that the Mental Health Commission suspended a prosecution it had commenced against the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28398/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1292. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the steps taken by the Mental Health Commission to uphold the rights of a patient transferred to Unit 3, St. Stephen's Hospital in July 2022, in breach of a condition of registration of that service as an approved centre following the Mental Health Commission's the decision to suspend a prosecution it had commenced against the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28399/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Commission
Neasa Hourigan
1293. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the undertakings the HSE committed to in respect of the transfer of a patient from the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton to another facility in July 2022 outside of the agreed process of transfers in place, such that the Mental Health Commission suspended enforcement action it had commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28400/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
1294. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if a resident transferred from the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton to another facility in July 2022 outside of the agreed process of transfers in place, was given the option to return to the Owenacurra Centre; if the Mental Health Commission judged the placement in question to be meeting the needs of the resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28401/23]