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Wed, 6 Mar 2024
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Online Safety
Neasa Hourigan
102. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media ifs he will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a research programme around the concept of duty of care and the public interest in the design of online platforms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10936/24]
Wed, 6 Mar 2024
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Online Safety
Neasa Hourigan
103. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on the Programme for Government commitment to develop a research programme around the consequences, benefits and potential harms to society and children specifically of digital activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10937/24]
Wed, 6 Mar 2024
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Online Safety
Neasa Hourigan
104. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline her work towards regulating harmful content and creating a safer environment online for children and young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10938/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Just Transition
Neasa Hourigan
106. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the formation, meetings and work of the National Just Transition Taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10867/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Natural Gas Grid
Neasa Hourigan
120. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications how frequently the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in a floating storage and regasification unit will need to be replenished, given the inevitable boil-off of LNG over time; where this gas will be sourced; what measures will be taken to minimise the frequency of this occurrence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10280/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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School Transport
Neasa Hourigan
318. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the removal of the nearest school rule in relation to the school transport scheme; if she will consider early removal of the rule, or a pilot removal, for a school (details supplied) that has a substantial student base residing in Westport, County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10609/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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EU Bodies
Neasa Hourigan
359. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide an update on her Department's engagement with the European Commission in relation to the State Aid pre-notification process regarding the Local Democracy and Courts Reporting Schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10634/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Third Level Staff
Neasa Hourigan
799. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on a report (details supplied); his views on its recommendation for the implementation of employee status and university contract model for all PhD researchers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10203/24]
Thu, 29 Feb 2024
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School Admissions
Neasa Hourigan
177. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if an analysis has been conducted on the demand for primary school places in the Drumcondra, Marino, and Dublin 1 school planning area; her plans to ensure a sufficient number of primary school places in the same area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9756/24]
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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Greyhound Industry
Neasa Hourigan
94. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 7 February 2024, the total amount approved for Rásaíocht Con Éireann to redevelop Shelbourne Park greyhound stadium; and the total amount of the grant sought by Rásaíocht Con Éireann towards development works at Kilkenny greyhound stadium. [9484/24]
Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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Departmental Contracts
Neasa Hourigan
104. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the terms of reference for the awarding of tender in the provision of accommodation for persons seeking international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9465/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Waste Management
Neasa Hourigan
86. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the reinstitution of the price monitoring group to monitor the cost of residential waste collection to households; his plans to ensure price stability across the sector and prevent price gouging in areas that do not have the option of more than one service provider; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8977/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Climate Action Plan
Neasa Hourigan
140. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance the engagement his Department has had with Government colleagues regarding the Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8730/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Climate Action Plan
Neasa Hourigan
163. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the engagement his Department has had with Government colleagues regarding the Climate Action and Biodiversity (Mandates of Certain Organisations) Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8731/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Legislative Measures
Neasa Hourigan
256. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects the register for short-term tourist letting to be in operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9375/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Childcare Services
Neasa Hourigan
466. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available to assist childcare providers availing of ECCE funding with the extra costs associated with the new requirement to file detailed charter accounts reviewed by an accountant when previously childcare providers filed self-assessment accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9339/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
561. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if Glenwood House, Carrigaline, has opened as a residential mental health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9061/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
562. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if Garnish House, Cork, has ceased operating as a residential mental health service; the names of the services where residents are being or have been transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9062/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
563. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of building a set of residential mental health bungalows on the grounds of St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire, as set out in the HSE's current capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/24]
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
564. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the projected cost of building a new residential mental health service on the site of the Owenacurra Centre, Midleton, as set out in the HSE's current capital plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9064/24]
Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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Substance Misuse
Neasa Hourigan
162. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to conduct drug harm-reduction campaigns aimed at people attending Irish music festivals this summer; his plans to roll out the use of ‘back of house’ drug checking through the use of surrender bins, which was piloted last summer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8207/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Active Travel
Neasa Hourigan
177. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be made available for the construction of the Dunkettle Road active travel scheme phase 2 in Glanmire, Cork in 2024; whether his Department is aware that there is approximately a 500 metres section of uncompleted walkway/cycleway at this location; whether his Department is aware that completion of this gap would connect residential areas in Glanmire to a school (details supplied) and the Little Island business district, as such, completion is strategically significant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7818/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Road Safety
Neasa Hourigan
184. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport his plans to introduce a requirement on HGVs operating in Dublin city centre to eliminate all blind spots by adding camera equipment and other enhancements to driver vision, similar to the direct vision standard and HGV safety permit scheme operating in most of greater London; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7954/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Road Projects
Neasa Hourigan
187. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be made available in 2024 for construction of the Leghenaghmore road improvement scheme, given that part 8 planning was approved by Cork City Council in 2021 and that there is currently no continuous footpath by which residents can exit their estates safely other than in a car in what is now a large residential area with further housing in the pipeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7983/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Third Level Education
Neasa Hourigan
642. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to fund an extension of the number of fully funded radiation therapy places in Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Cork ahead of September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Third Level Education
Neasa Hourigan
643. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to fund an extension of the number of practise tutors for radiation therapy courses in Trinity College, Dublin and University College, Cork ahead of September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7571/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Legislative Measures
Neasa Hourigan
146. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his Department’s engagements with stakeholders in relation to potential legislative amendments to sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56597/23]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Telecommunications Services
Neasa Hourigan
161. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he plans to legislate to prevent retail telecoms and broadband providers from offering variable priced contracts based on the Consumer Price Index; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7212/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
352. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason the former HSE chief strategy officer has been replaced by the acting CSO; whether a process is under way to investigate a previous procurement matter highlighted to be of concern by the HSE CEO relating to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7262/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
353. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health when he expects the tender for the second phase of the HSE's Hospital performance visualisation platform to be issued; when he expects it to be completed; the estimated cost of phase two; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7263/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Health Service Executive
Neasa Hourigan
354. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been spent to date on developing the HSE's integrated information system; how many hospitals it is connected to; how much of the spending has been paid to external contractors and management consulting firms (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7264/24]
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
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Recycling Policy
Neasa Hourigan
160. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to provide recycling facilities for duvets and pillows, as opposed to current situation of placing them in the general waste bin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6146/24]
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]