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Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Fuel Poverty
Robert Troy
425. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason persons (details supplied) do not qualify for fuel allowance. [10150/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Departmental Policies
Robert Troy
457. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish protocols for dealing with local communities in advance of establishing direct provision centres in any area and a forum for ongoing engagement following the establishment to ensure integration. [10202/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
549. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment in St. James’s Hospital. [9561/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Health Services
Robert Troy
584. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [9721/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
610. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the particular years in question in relation to possible discrepancies in the administration and charges of the fair deal nursing home support scheme. [9888/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Robert Troy
650. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an ASD assessment for a child (details supplied). [10089/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Disability Services
Robert Troy
656. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the services that are in place in County Westmeath for children with autism when they reach 18 years of age. [10142/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Rural Schemes
Robert Troy
712. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will clarify issues with regard to the €2,000 payment to an organisation (details supplied); and in particular whether, if branches do not manage to claim the payment, the excess funding will be distributed among other branches. [9873/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Rural Schemes
Robert Troy
720. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when the rural regeneration schemes will re-open for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10204/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Industrial Development
Robert Troy
127. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the IDA will put out to tender the construction of a new advanced manufacturing building on its site at Marlinstown, Mullingar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8884/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Regional Development
Robert Troy
148. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the new regional enterprise development fund will be open to applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8883/23]
Thu, 23 Feb 2023
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Telecommunications Services
Robert Troy
171. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will request ComReg, while recognising it's statutory independence, to provide further clarity in relation to the licence coverage conditions applying to the specific locations in the multi-band-spectrum-award; if the licences require any coverage within and throughout the buildings at these locations; if so, the timeframe for provision of same at each location; the specific testing regime it might use to assure performance and compliance at, within, or throughout these buildings given the likely number of simultaneous users; and if he will make whatever response ComReg might provide available to the Houses of the Oireachtas and the public. [9414/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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National Risk Assessment
Robert Troy
21. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the draft list of strategic risks 2023 in the national risk assessment. [8881/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Housing Provision
Robert Troy
140. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of notice-to-quit properties bought in each local authority in 2022, in tabular form. [9040/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Appeals
Robert Troy
175. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite a carer's allowance appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied). [8956/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
208. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [8909/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
209. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an application for the fair deal scheme on behalf of a person (details supplied). [8929/23]
Wed, 22 Feb 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Robert Troy
249. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES application can be awarded to a person (details supplied). [8964/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Robert Troy
36. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Economy and Investment will next meet. [7393/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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School Admissions
Robert Troy
431. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will approve a school placement which is currently under appeal (details supplied). [8726/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
623. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is on the waiting list at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital for a cataract procedure. [8287/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
683. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) has been referred to the public waiting list for a cataract procedure. [8776/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Asylum Applications
Robert Troy
35. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice his plans on reforming asylum seekers process; the number of additional staff to be hired; the way applications can be processed more efficiently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6616/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Deportation Orders
Robert Troy
82. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the actual number of people deported on foot of a deportation order in each of the last 12 months; the number of these that were deported for criminal convictions and or being a threat to the State or not meeting the permission to remain criteria. [7442/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Nursing Homes
Robert Troy
164. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider a further change to the fair deal guidelines on the family home to incentivise more homes to be rented out. [6615/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
407. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [8017/23]
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Robert Troy
142. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the status of the progression of the naturalisation process for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7570/23]
Wed, 15 Feb 2023
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Medicinal Products
Robert Troy
152. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the process in writing by which pregnant women experiencing extreme nausea and vomiting can obtain cariban; the reason the drug not be prescribed by a GP on the DPS, given the majority of women do not see a consultant until after 12 weeks (details supplied); the current standard practice in other EU countries; the steps pregnant women should take to help with the extreme nausea and vomiting for the first 12 weeks or until the drug can be accessed; and the number of cariban prescriptions that have been processed through the DPS to date, in tabular form. [7452/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Departmental Properties
Robert Troy
65. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current position with regard to the electric vehicle, EV, centre of excellence at Columb Barracks, Mullingar. [6613/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Broadband Infrastructure
Robert Troy
124. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the network infrastructure map in relation to the published contract with broadband provider National Broadband Ireland (details supplied) is functioning in full; if it is currently accessible, as described, by service providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Broadband Infrastructure
Robert Troy
134. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the roll-out of fibre broadband to a business (details supplied). [7232/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Robert Troy
391. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if people in receipt of carer's benefit are informed in adequate time before the payment ceases to enable them to submit an application form for carer's allowance to avoid a period of no payment. [6601/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Family Resource Centres
Robert Troy
426. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he might be in a position to establish new family resource centres in areas with a high need. [6603/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Health and Safety
Robert Troy
460. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will address an issue with regard to Safe Pass online courses which may slow the number of applicants successfully obtaining a Safe Pass; and if he is aware that there are 500 possible Safe Pass questions and no written information booklet for applicants to revise. [7194/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Third Level Fees
Robert Troy
465. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the third level fee supports which are currently in place for students who came to the country as asylum seekers and have been granted permission to remain through the regularisation scheme, if there are any plans to make such students eligible for SUSI supports for the coming academic term; and if he is aware of any specific scholarships which such students could avail of. [7384/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Robert Troy
567. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure patients who suffer with amyloidosis can be approved on the long-term illness scheme. [6539/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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National Treatment Purchase Fund
Robert Troy
597. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the criteria for people availing of the NPTF in order that anyone waiting in excess of six months can self-refer to a private hospital similar to people who opt for cross-border treatment. [6602/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
687. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when section 39 staff can expect to receive the €1,000 Covid bonus payment; and if his Department has issued guidance to section 39 employers on the application process. [6878/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Care of the Elderly
Robert Troy
704. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be transferred to a suitable care unit on the request of their social worker. [7017/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Forestry Sector
Robert Troy
885. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the review of the ash dieback replanting scheme. [6545/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Departmental Policies
Robert Troy
886. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is currently considering funding supports for landowners to cut down dangerous roadside trees and to replant an equivalent amount elsewhere on their land holding. [6546/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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Travel Documents
Robert Troy
143. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any additional information which grandparents must provide in order to bring their grandchildren abroad on holidays. [6297/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
293. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide up-to-date information on a number of speech and language therapy vacancies in CHO 8 (details supplied). [6366/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Robert Troy
297. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can be placed on the May 2022 review list instead of the October 2022 review list. [6370/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Robert Troy
250. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will consider introducing additional supports for second level schools to develop autism-friendly rooms for recently diagnosed students (details supplied). [6107/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Third Level Fees
Robert Troy
307. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will clarify whether students studying for a masters or postgraduate degree would qualify for the reduced fee contribution of €1,000. [6027/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Robert Troy
464. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) did not receive a Covid bonus payment. [6152/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Defence Forces
Robert Troy
31. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there will be a new army headquarters in Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4785/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Naval Service
Robert Troy
38. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures he will take to boost retention rates in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4786/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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School Funding
Robert Troy
101. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the minor works grant; when she expects the grant to be paid in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4938/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Education and Training Boards
Robert Troy
138. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on the Longford Westmeath Education and Training Board’s application for a new headquarters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4936/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Robert Troy
334. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expedite an application for partial capacity for a person (details supplied). [5411/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Insurance Coverage
Robert Troy
398. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will address an anomaly in relation to private health insurance whereby policy-holders automatically have to take out maternity cover; and his views that such cover should be an optional add-on to insurance policies. [5413/23]
Thu, 2 Feb 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
419. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an appointment. [5511/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Trade Promotion
Robert Troy
101. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the role his Department plays in advancing Ireland’s trading interests; how it utilises the diaspora in relation to this aim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4395/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Passport Services
Robert Troy
129. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications from County Westmeath that are currently outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4394/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Customs and Excise
Robert Troy
251. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the measures that are in place to ensure that materials from United Kingdom passing through Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland are captured for customs and excise to ensure a level playing field; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4027/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
330. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if housing aid for older persons to repair damaged external plastering will be considered by local authorities (details supplied). [4158/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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School Transport
Robert Troy
472. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education the actions that her Department is taking to deal with cases in which a child has been allocated a seat through the free bus ticket scheme but the child in question is not availing of the seat and there are other students waiting to take up a seat on the same route; and her views on whether in cases in which a ticket is not being used, her Department should have the right to cancel the ticket and allocate a seat to an alternative student. [4742/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Legislative Measures
Robert Troy
508. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Amendment Act 2015 will be commenced; and the reason for the delay in commencing same. [4548/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Departmental Data
Robert Troy
565. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice the number of asylum seekers seeking international protection who arrived in Ireland in 2022 having come from another European country; and the number who were returned under the Dublin Convention. [4549/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Mental Health Services
Robert Troy
697. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will facilitate community mental health community services to assist a person (details supplied). [4353/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Health Services
Robert Troy
717. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason that under-16s cannot currently be referred for a free MRI through the HSE; and if he plans to rectify this anomaly with immediate action. [4562/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Health Services
Robert Troy
718. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a patient (details supplied), who is under 16 years of age, can be referred for a free MRI through the HSE. [4563/23]
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Robert Troy
736. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a surgery date for a person (details supplied). [4707/23]
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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Heritage Projects
Robert Troy
16. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans that are in place to promote the Famine walkway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3660/23]
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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Departmental Funding
Robert Troy
21. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there will be increased funding or new funding streams for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3661/23]
Wed, 25 Jan 2023
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Local Authorities
Robert Troy
64. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the granting of controlled burning permits by local authorities; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no permits are currently being granted due to a directive from his Department. [3470/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Credit Unions
Robert Troy
82. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the way he is supporting credit unions to grow and develop; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2858/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Mortgage Interest Rates
Robert Troy
87. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if any action can be taken regarding non-bank lenders not offering an option of fixed mortgage rates to mortgage borrowers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2857/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Rates
Robert Troy
383. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the fuel allowance to €40 per week for the 2023-2024 period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2703/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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State Pensions
Robert Troy
400. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the contributory pension review of a person (details supplied). [3131/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Family Resource Centres
Robert Troy
401. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will review the current funding band rates for family resource centres (details supplied). [3134/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Emergency Departments
Robert Troy
480. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who attended the accident and emergency department at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [2701/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Robert Troy
481. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of children aged between 0-8 years of age who were diagnosed with autism in each of the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form. [2702/23]
Tue, 24 Jan 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Robert Troy
655. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reinstate BPS payments to a person (details supplied) on the basis of an appeal which has been submitted to his Department. [2977/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Business Regulation
Robert Troy
24. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it is permitted for companies to charge employees an administration fee to process payroll. [63551/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Media
Robert Troy
30. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is currently preparing any legislation to deal with synthetic technology or "deepfake content" on social media; if he agrees that the use of such technology has the potential to be harmful to democracy; if he agrees that Ireland is in a unique position to compel some form of action from relevant companies given Ireland’s position as a European headquarters for many social media outlets; and if he will consider introducing legislation which would ensure that all such content was clearly labelled as synthetic reality. [63964/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Haulage Industry
Robert Troy
199. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if additional financial supports will be forthcoming to assist the haulage business in dealing with the substantial increase in the cost of fuel (details supplied). [63935/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Revenue Commissioners
Robert Troy
338. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance if he will address the delay that solicitors are having acquiring capital acquisitions certificates from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Capital Acquisitions Tax Unit, Government Buildings, Millennium Centre, Dundalk, County Louth (details supplied). [1322/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Tax Exemptions
Robert Troy
362. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Finance the reason that dentists and dental surgeries have not been able to avail of a VAT exemption on PPE which was purchased during the pandemic period (details supplied); and if he will make an amendment to introduce a VAT exemption with regard to PPE. [1898/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Sports Funding
Robert Troy
455. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the funding avenues that are available through her Department which could assist a sporting organisation with the purchase of land, particularly where a club does not currently have a ground of its own and there is a proven need within an area. [1909/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Water Supply
Robert Troy
463. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will examine the way that an application by a person (details supplied) for a private well grant can be refused, citing proximity to a mains water supply as the reason when the same property could not be considered for a group water scheme in recent years due to the cost of developing a scheme to the property being considered excessive; if he agrees that both determinations are at odds with each other; and if he will agree to have the recent well grant application for this property re-examined. [63211/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Housing Schemes
Robert Troy
464. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether a person who suffers from an illness such as COPD can be considered for a housing adaption grant for people with a disability to replace windows at a property if there is sufficient medical evidence to support an application. [63214/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Defence Forces
Robert Troy
648. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will consider allowing all trained technicians to extend their retirement age beyond 60 years, given the level of training acquired in this field. [1453/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Defence Forces
Robert Troy
651. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will outline the investment plans for Custume Barracks, Athlone, following the recently announced capital budget for the Defence Forces. [1522/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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School Staff
Robert Troy
798. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Education if a special needs assistant will be put in place for a child (details supplied). [2071/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Robert Troy
851. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will urgently address an issue with regard to recent cost-of-living payments, whereby recipients of partial capacity are excluded from the relevant payments. [63398/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Community Employment Schemes
Robert Troy
879. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider amending the eligibility criteria for participants in community employment schemes (details supplied); and if she will consider expanding the eligibility criteria, for example, the possibility of making Ukrainian immigrants eligible to participate in CE schemes and allowing people in receipt of jobseeker's for less than 12 months. [1091/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Social Welfare Offices
Robert Troy
907. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide an update on the future of the social welfare sub-office in Castlepollard, County Westmeath. [1523/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Childcare Services
Robert Troy
993. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the review of the county childcare committees will be completed; and when the regional hubs will be designated. [1525/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Dental Services
Robert Troy
1172. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will provide approval for a patient (details supplied) to be fitted with chrome cobalt palate free dentures. [63212/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Health Services
Robert Troy
1313. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a speech therapy appointment for a person (details supplied). [63701/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Health Services Staff
Robert Troy
1314. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will reinstate staff to speech therapy services in County Longford (details supplied). [63703/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Robert Troy
1368. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the issues in supply of ConvaTec Combihesive Natura REF (GB) S7247 57MM (Flanges used for Stomas) are resolved without delay (details supplied). [63961/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Disability Services
Robert Troy
1370. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if there are any supports available for businesses that provide sensory experience for persons with disabilities and mental health issues. [63965/22]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Robert Troy
1491. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the number of appeals that have been received in his Department for the HSE pandemic bonus payment; the timeline for a decision on these; and the reason that certain grades in the vast majority of CHO areas have received this payment while the same grade in other CHO's have been refused. [1450/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Care Services
Robert Troy
1507. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health if a residential care place will be approved for a person (details supplied). [1519/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Robert Troy
1580. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health when nursing home facilities can make additional applications to the HSE pandemic bonus scheme on behalf of former employees who are no longer employed at a facility. [1786/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Robert Troy
1629. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Health the reason that staff in dental practices have not yet been eligible for the HSE Covid bonus payment; and if he has plans to rectify this matter. [1900/23]