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Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Nuclear Waste
Neasa Hourigan
206. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the current situation regarding legacy dumping of nuclear waste in the State’s south-western waters; the risk analysis that has been undertaken; the threat from military activity from other states in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5591/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Neasa Hourigan
241. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will liaise and consult with the Minister for Social Protection to determine if funding received as part of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme will not be taken into consideration when means testing for social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5609/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Maritime Jurisdiction
Neasa Hourigan
273. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Defence the current situation regarding undersea telecommunications cables in the State’s south-western waters; the risk analysis that has been undertaken in relation to military activity from other states in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5592/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Neasa Hourigan
309. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will ensure that funding received as part of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme is not taken into consideration when means testing for social welfare payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5608/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Neasa Hourigan
371. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 477 of 21 September 2021, if she will reconsider plans to legislate to prescribe a set minimum sentence for those convicted of domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5675/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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Medicinal Products
Neasa Hourigan
133. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the medicines available under the drug payment scheme to treat hyperemesis gravidarum; the medicines available on the medical card to treat same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5225/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
139. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health his plans to expand the programmes run by an organisation (details supplied) to assist those living with neurological conditions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5263/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
158. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has costed the recommendations made in the report of the review of the health services for persons with autism spectrum disorders; if the necessary funding will be made available to implement these recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5452/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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School Equipment
Neasa Hourigan
122. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the details of the oversight process on progressing the delivery and implementation of accessible infrastructure for disabled students such as lifts and ramps, once funding has been approved and contractors appointed, in order that schools are fully inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4716/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Site Acquisitions
Neasa Hourigan
174. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education the engagement her Department has had with a school (details supplied) in relation to its new permanent school location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4357/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Homeless Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
344. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps taken by his Department to promote and fund dedicated LGBTQI+ emergency accommodation within homelessness services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4565/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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School Funding
Neasa Hourigan
494. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education if she will set out in respect of the €20 million capital allocation announced in budget 2022 to schools for the purchase of books, audio books and other media, the way schools can access such funding; the timeline for the roll-out of the funding; her plans to conduct an evaluation of its impact after the fact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4358/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Neasa Hourigan
634. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if the National Immunisation Advisory Committee plan to revisit its recommendation in relation to the interval between the primary vaccine series and booster doses for those who have had a breakthrough infection in terms of reducing the current three-month recommendation further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4280/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Neasa Hourigan
686. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he will consider making the HPV vaccine available free of cost to all persons up to age of 45 years given the October 2018 announcement from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States of America that the approved age for the HPV vaccine had been increased up to age 45 years for women and men; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Cross-Border Co-operation
Neasa Hourigan
791. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if he plans to promote and advertise the use of the Cross-Border Healthcare Directive scheme to help alleviate waiting lists for medical procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5037/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Irish Sign Language
Neasa Hourigan
123. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the report on the operation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017; when it will be published; and if he will ensure the final report is published in Irish Sign Language. [3779/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Neasa Hourigan
170. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in offering vulnerable high-risk children aged from 5 to 11 years of age prioritisation for a Covid-19 vaccination following the opening of the HSE online portal for this cohort on 28 December 2021; the reason that those who registered from 4 January 2022 but were not part of the vulnerable high-risk category were offered an appointment first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3773/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Mental Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
172. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health the progress made to date in relation to the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that mental health services are accessible to persons in the deaf community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3780/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Health Services
Neasa Hourigan
521. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his Department has made an allocation for the operational budget of the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force for 2022; and if this allocation for the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol Task Force is included in the HSE budget for 2022. [2877/22]
Thu, 20 Jan 2022
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Flood Risk Management
Neasa Hourigan
34. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on a national policy on flooding which was to have regard to climate change and was committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2551/22]