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Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
63. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department maintains ongoing contact with an organisation (details supplied); if his Department continues to provide funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
82. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the lack of engagement with stakeholders such as an organisation (details supplied) on the Roadmap for Service Improvement: Disability Services for Children and Young People 2023-2026. [48535/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Direct Provision System
Seán Sherlock
84. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had regard to the OCO report on Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48536/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Illegal Dumping
Seán Sherlock
155. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been undertaken by local authorities in terms of CCTV monitoring of illegal dumping, including dog fouling and anti-social behaviour, since the enactment of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, in tabular form. [47849/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
212. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will approve the establishment of bus shelters in an estate (details supplied). [47416/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
213. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure double-decker services for a route at peak times (details supplied). [47417/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Road Safety
Seán Sherlock
250. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding ringfenced and drawn down for a project list in an area (details supplied); and if a timeline has been established for same, in tabular form. [48088/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
266. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport when a bus shelter will be installed at a location (details supplied). [48352/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Waterways Issues
Seán Sherlock
601. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position with a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47391/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Housing Provision
Seán Sherlock
602. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental tenant in situ homes completed to date for each local authority; the number in progress, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Seán Sherlock
669. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) that relate to his Department and an agency. [48431/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Legislative Measures
Seán Sherlock
794. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position with the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; when the Bill will progress through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47394/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Diagnoses
Seán Sherlock
978. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need within each CH0 awaiting an appointment; the breakdown by each CHO; his plans to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47393/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
1022. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what is intended under the student sponsorship programmes proposed, under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People; what role these programmes will play; and what engagement has taken place with third-level institutions on such a programme. [48025/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
1023. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated increase in the number of children in CDNTs, under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People when the CDNT Information Management System is rolled out; and if the roadmap caters for that rise. [48026/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
1024. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date from which data collection will commence under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People on the matter of CDNT metrics on page 21; and the proposed date of first publication. [48027/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
1025. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if mitigation one, to the first risk outlined in the report under the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People, implements actions to improve staff retention through development opportunities, includes a change in pay under terms and conditions across all CDNTs. [48028/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
1026. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the budget line provisionally allocated to each risk category outlined in the published Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Children and Young People, in tabular form. [48029/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Seán Sherlock
1074. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will bring forward from November 2024 to January 2024, the proposed rise in foster carer allowance announced in Budget 2024. [46387/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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School Admissions
Seán Sherlock
1085. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment will be allowed to ensure a child (details supplied) can be accepted into schools in their area. [48813/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services
Seán Sherlock
1115. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a transport budget within the HSE to assist vulnerable patients attend hospital appointments where public transport may not be an option for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47389/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Health Services
Seán Sherlock
1116. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there is a budget within his Department or the NTA to assist vulnerable patients attend hospital appointments where public transport may not be an option for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47390/23]
Thu, 26 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Seán Sherlock
258. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to address an issue with therapists in a school (details supplied). [47078/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Education Welfare Service
Seán Sherlock
91. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if she will respond to the correspondence from a parent in County Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46820/23]
Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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Health Services
Seán Sherlock
184. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding a national register for the location of AEDs throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46825/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
69. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection when the ‘best of both’ calculation was undertaken for the period 2020 to 2023; how many State pension recipients were better off under the total contributions approach than under the old system; how many people were worse off under the total contributions approach; and if she will undertake to preserve the ‘best of both’ option for those categories of persons who will be worse off under a total contributions approach calculation. [46390/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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State Pensions
Seán Sherlock
93. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she agrees with the principle of restoring the State pension to its 2020 spending power; and if she will commit to doing this within the lifetime of this Government. [46388/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Departmental Data
Seán Sherlock
98. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional needs payments made, where a family requested such a payment to cover the costs of a therapy or service required as an urgent need, by county, from 1 January 2023, in tabular form. [46386/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Budget 2024
Seán Sherlock
112. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will publish the Budget 2024 input document for the State pension process in October, given that Ireland is the only Eurozone country that does not index its State pension to earnings or inflation; and the current status of benchmarking the rate of the State pension against 34% of average earnings. [46389/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Public Transport
Seán Sherlock
180. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport when the new rail fares for the proposed Dublin community zone will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46624/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Seán Sherlock
280. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) in County Laois will receive promised ASD units; when the temporary buildings will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46329/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Information and Communications Technology
Seán Sherlock
281. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if internet speeds will be increased for a school (details supplied). [46330/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Sports Funding
Seán Sherlock
311. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the amount of funding allocated per year through the Sport Capital Fund, over the past ten years; the amount allocated this year; the value and number of applications, per county this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46622/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Housing Schemes
Seán Sherlock
340. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position on the review of the housing adaption, housing aid and mobility grants as administered by each local authority; when the review will be announced; if additional funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46623/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Seán Sherlock
362. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is having a weekly deduction from their social welfare payment; the amount that may still be owed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46328/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Seán Sherlock
370. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of fuel allowance for 2023; and if she intends to expand the qualifying criteria. [32064/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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State Pensions
Seán Sherlock
375. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a query in relation to entitlement to the State pension will be expedited (details supplied). [46574/23]
Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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Housing Schemes
Seán Sherlock
185. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to ensure that social housing tenants will not be subject to higher rents because of social welfare rate increases in Budget 2024. [45510/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Teacher Training
Seán Sherlock
51. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Education given her Department's Initial Teacher Education Policy Statement (2023), if it is intended to reduce the initial teacher education (ITE) two-year PME programme to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44904/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Public Transport
Seán Sherlock
122. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the updated timeline for publishing in full the route for a project (details supplied); the cost incurred on the project to date and since May 2023; and the dates he has met with the NTA and TII on the project from June 2023 to October 2023, in tabular form. [44744/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Seaweed Harvesting
Seán Sherlock
299. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the cutting of seaweed at a location (details supplied) requires a licence. [44906/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Budget 2024
Seán Sherlock
336. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason an additional €16 million for the Cork Event Centre was pledged under Budget 2024; what documentation was received by his Department to come to that decision; if he will publish that documentation; if he will detail all public monies currently pledged to the project following the decision in the Budget, in tabular form. [45232/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Children in Care
Seán Sherlock
476. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the delay for the rise in payments to foster carers under Budget 2024 to end 2024; and if he will bring it forward to alleviate pressures on foster carers. [45216/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
551. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health why a person was excluded from the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied). [44953/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Seán Sherlock
588. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a child will be seen for an urgent assessment (details supplied). [45159/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
605. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive the pandemic recognition payment. [45224/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
606. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health to address the issue of non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45230/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
607. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will examine the issue of the non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment (details supplied). [45231/23]
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
622. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if the non-payment of the pandemic recognition payment to a person (details supplied) will be investigated and resolved.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45303/23]
Tue, 10 Oct 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
55. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the date for the next round of BusConnects Cork consultation will open. [43617/23]