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Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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State Bodies
Noel Grealish
189. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged negative interest by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced; the amount of interest that has been charged to each State agency, organisation or board in each year in which such charges were applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39608/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Road Projects
Noel Grealish
213. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the N6 Galway City Ring Road project; if he is firmly committed to funding the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39934/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Road Projects
Noel Grealish
214. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the costs that have been incurred to date on the development of the Galway City Ring Road project by year; the details of the costs incurred; the further costs that are expected to be incurred before construction begins; the expected cost of construction; and the estimated total overall cost of the project. [39935/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Road Projects
Noel Grealish
215. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the projected timeline for the development of the Galway City Ring Road; the length of the delay that is expected to result from the judicial reviews currently before the High Court; the work that can be undertaken pending the outcome of the High Court proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39936/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Primary Medical Certificates
Noel Grealish
337. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 372 and 415 of 14 June 2022, the current status of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; if a new Board has been appointed; when outstanding appeals will be heard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39933/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Interest Rates
Noel Grealish
519. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media further to Parliamentary Question No. 440 of 14 June 2022, if she will provide a list of the agencies and bodies under the aegis of her Department, with email contact details for each. [39601/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Community Development Projects
Noel Grealish
907. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available from her Department for the construction of a building for a group (details supplied) in Oranmore, County Galway in which a suitable site is available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38832/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Flood Risk Management
Noel Grealish
188. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the updated flood maps for the Carnmore and Claregalway areas will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38238/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Pension Provisions
Noel Grealish
230. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason that he has not signed off on a 2% pensionable increase for An Post pensioners, which was effective from 1 January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37183/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Maritime Safety
Noel Grealish
260. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the date that Ireland expects to become a party to the agreement called the Wilhemshaven Memorandum of Understanding between Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Holland, Great Britain, Spain and Norway relating to SDS, special designated historic ships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37259/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Planning Issues
Noel Grealish
389. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the lack of uniformity in the application of planning policy pertaining to the extension of planning permissions, in circumstances in which delays were encountered by developers of residential construction sites over the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37180/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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State Bodies
Noel Grealish
604. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Social Protection the vacancies that are currently available on State boards (details supplied); the way that these vacancies will be filled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37258/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Health Promotion
Noel Grealish
816. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the findings of a recently published report commissioned by the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care which found that a 40% increase in the rate of persons quitting smoking was required each year for the target of less than 5% smoking prevalence in England by 2030 to be met; the way that he proposes to achieve similar increases in the numbers of persons quitting given the Tobacco Free Ireland objective for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37181/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Health Promotion
Noel Grealish
817. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if he will request his officials to consider the recently published report commissioned by the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in completing the process of drafting the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2019 following the release by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health of the report on the Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37182/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Work Permits
Noel Grealish
134. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a work permit application can be approved in situations in which the job title is an ineligible job category but the job description and role are under eligible job categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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Tax Reliefs
Noel Grealish
216. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if persons employed as fully-qualified accountants in either the public and civil service sector or the private sector are eligible for tax relief under section 114 TCA for their professional membership fees paid by themselves to their accountancy representative body; if fully-qualified accountants employed in accountancy practices are similarly entitled when they pay the fees themselves; if he will provide details of the legislative requirement in which such fees must be incurred wholly, exclusively and necessarily by an individual in the performance of the duties of his or her employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33700/22]
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
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School Costs
Noel Grealish
609. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education if she will provide additional funding to schools to help them cope with the increased costs of electricity and heating; if the Covid cleaning payment will be paid to schools in the next school year 2022/2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34013/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Mental Health Services
Noel Grealish
401. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if funding will be allocated to a community-based counselling and psychotherapy service (details supplied) in Galway city, that provides counselling services to adults over 18 years of age and who receive a significant number of referrals from general practitioners; the funding schemes are available from his Department for this group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33294/22]
Wed, 22 Jun 2022
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Tax Code
Noel Grealish
22. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will share the Department’s fiscal contingency plan in the event multinational companies leave the Irish market on foot of the implementation of the global and or European minimum tax rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33171/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Interest Rates
Noel Grealish
140. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Taoiseach the State agencies, organisations or boards under the responsibility of his Department or that receive funding from his Department that have been charged negative interest by financial institutions since negative interest rates were introduced; the amount of interest that has been charged to each State agency, organisation or board in 2021 in each of the preceding years in which such charges were applied. [29213/22]