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Wed, 17 Nov 2021
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Health Service Executive
Noel Grealish
190. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the amount of public funds allocated from the 2020 HSE Service Plan to facilities (details supplied). [56462/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Schools Building Projects
Noel Grealish
351. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education the amount that was awarded to a school (details supplied) in the Capital Emergency Works Programme 2021; the breakdown of the works to be completed under this specific grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55579/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Grant Payments
Noel Grealish
58. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if a grant can be paid out in respect of a person (details supplied) who was not able to carry out the works prior to the grant expiry due to Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54889/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Ports Policy
Noel Grealish
67. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if Dublin Port will be used for cruise liner traffic in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54886/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Ports Policy
Noel Grealish
68. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his strategy for utilising Ireland’s ports as a tourism development tool in the years ahead and in particular Dublin Port; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54887/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Ports Policy
Noel Grealish
69. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport the options he has investigated for cruise liners in view of the unavailability of Dublin Port for tourism traffic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54888/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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National Treasury Management Agency
Noel Grealish
75. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 22 June 2021, the position regarding the amount of negative interest charged to any money held on deposit including current accounts by the banks including the Central Bank on behalf of the National Treasury Management Agency since negative interest rates were introduced (details supplied); the amount of negative interest charges in total that have been incurred by the NTMA for each year since negative rates were introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54993/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Legislative Measures
Noel Grealish
274. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the estimated timeline for drafting the insurance (miscellaneous provisions) Bill now that it has been approved by Government; if the title of the Bill will remain the same; the issues to be covered in the proposed legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52781/21]
Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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Driver Licences
Noel Grealish
167. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if a person with a truck and bus licence from Ontario, Canada can exchange that licence for an equivalent Irish licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51871/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Noel Grealish
87. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if State supports are taken into account when assessing eligibility for the employment wage subsidy scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51583/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Tax Code
Noel Grealish
88. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a two-tier stamp duty rate for land with a reduced rate applying to active farmers who work the land directly in order to increase output and production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51584/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Tax Code
Noel Grealish
89. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance if he will introduce a tax incentivisation scheme that facilitates owners and purchasers of town centre commercial buildings convert them into residential properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51585/21]
Wed, 20 Oct 2021
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Housing Policy
Noel Grealish
105. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will temporarily suspend the limitations of usage on holiday homes in order to permit prospective tenants to reside in them in order to alleviate the housing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51586/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Public Transport
Noel Grealish
307. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport if there is now no plan to construct a MetroLink southern route towards Terenure and Rathfarnham or towards Belfield and Stillorgan (details supplied); the reason these routes are not being proposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51223/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Electric Vehicles
Noel Grealish
310. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport when he will introduce a Bill to make e-scooters legal on public roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50385/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Legislative Measures
Noel Grealish
367. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the status of the central bank (individual accountability framework) Bill; when it will be available for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50727/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Noel Grealish
397. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason an accommodation provider cannot avail of the tourism accommodation providers business continuity scheme grant due to the fact that it is not registered with Fáilte Ireland despite the fact that it has suffered the same losses as those registered with Fáilte Ireland; if there is another means by which this accommodation provider can avail of supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50541/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Housing Schemes
Noel Grealish
456. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has made a decision on whether social housing allocated under Part V housing provisions can be purchased by tenants under the tenant incremental purchase scheme; when a decision on this policy is likely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50650/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Further and Higher Education
Noel Grealish
566. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education the status of her plans for the former Technological University of Dublin Conservatory of Music campus in Rathmines, Dublin 6; if space at the buildings will be made available to the adjacent Rathmines College of Further Education following the current temporary allocation of the buildings to a school (details supplied); the steps she will take to ensure that the current overcrowding at Rathmines College of Further Education is remedied by the long-term allocation of space at the former Technological University of Dublin buildings to it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50726/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Commercial Rates
Noel Grealish
116. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if veterinary practices, dentist surgeries, physiotherapy clinics, holistic healing centres and other such services are entitled to apply for a Covid-19 commercial rates waiver from their local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49933/21]