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Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Brian Leddin
678. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhounds that ceased racing in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular form; the number of greyhounds rehomed by an organisation (details supplied) in this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43381/20]
Tue, 15 Dec 2020
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Greyhound Industry
Brian Leddin
679. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care centres funded following the issuing of a tender (details supplied); the location of these centres; the details of the ownership and management of these centres; the number of greyhounds being cared for at these centres; his views on the adequacy of the care provided at these centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43382/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Equality Issues
Brian Leddin
94. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of funding allocated for LGBTI+ services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Youth Services
Brian Leddin
132. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports his Department has put in place to ensure the sustainability of youth services in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40776/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Pigmeat Sector
Brian Leddin
394. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department’s programme of inspections with the aim of progressing compliance towards rearing pigs with intact tails; the number of pig farms that have been inspected as part of the inspection programme; the level of compliance inspectors have found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40931/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Live Exports
Brian Leddin
395. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to reports (details supplied) that unweaned calves being transported from Ireland to continental Europe are travelling without food for over 18 hours in contravention of EU Regulation 1/2005; the steps he will take to ensure transported calves are adequately fed and are not subject to undue suffering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40932/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Pigmeat Sector
Brian Leddin
396. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a letter sent to his Department in May 2020 by the European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety; his views on the Commissioner’s identification of routine tail-docking of pigs as Ireland’s main area of animal welfare non-compliance; if the Commissioner plans to take decisive legal action against Ireland unless this systemic non-compliance is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40933/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Live Exports
Brian Leddin
397. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 899 of 22 September 2020, the manner in which a problem by which a livestock vessel (details supplied) had certificates of approval from both Romania and Ireland in contravention of Article 19 of EU Regulation 1/2005 was resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40934/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Pension Provisions
Brian Leddin
196. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if older defined benefit pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority require extra funding from air traffic control user costs to ensure the sustainability of such schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40423/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Pension Provisions
Brian Leddin
197. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if requirements under the Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 to agree pension schemes with staff for the Minister to approve such pension schemes and for any scheme to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas have been complied with for all pension schemes operated by the Irish Aviation Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40424/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Residency Permits
Brian Leddin
120. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Social Protection the information her Department has been given from the Department of Justice regarding the requests for up-to-date residence permit cards from migrants in view of the ongoing renewal backlog in Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37227/20]
Wed, 18 Nov 2020
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Garda National Immigration Bureau
Brian Leddin
154. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Justice the number of registrations Henry Street Garda National Immigration Bureau office in Limerick city is processing each week; the wait time for appointments; the current backlog in registrations for the Limerick office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37226/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Transport Policy
Brian Leddin
47. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport the steps he will take to ensure that the metropolitan area transport strategies produced by the National Transport Authority are compatible with Government policies on transport emissions and modal shift; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35519/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Road Safety
Brian Leddin
74. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the dangers faced by vulnerable road users from the parking of cars on footpaths; if the Road Safety Authority has any responsibility for the issue in promoting behavioural change and safe parking practices on the part of motorists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35518/20]
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
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Regeneration Projects
Brian Leddin
153. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the annual funding drawn down by Limerick city and county councils for regeneration projects in each of the years 2014 to 2019, inclusive, and to date in 2020. [29777/20]
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
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Regeneration Projects
Brian Leddin
154. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects that are included in the Limerick regeneration plan for 2020; and the funding he plans to provide to the projects. [29778/20]
Tue, 13 Oct 2020
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Regeneration Projects
Brian Leddin
155. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a list of regeneration projects and associated costs in Limerick city and county in 2019 and to date in 2020 will be provided. [29779/20]
Tue, 6 Oct 2020
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Veterinary Inspection Service
Brian Leddin
801. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 896 of 22 September 2020, the date he proposes to have a veterinary presence on livestock consignments to third countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28748/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Medicinal Products
Brian Leddin
712. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health when the HSE executive management team will reconsider supporting the reimbursement of dupilumab dupixent for the treatment of moderate to severe atopic dermatitis in adults and adolescents of 12 years of age and older that are candidates for systemic therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Animal Welfare
Brian Leddin
896. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a veterinarian will be present on all live export consignments to third countries in accordance with commitments made in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25509/20]
Tue, 22 Sep 2020
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Animal Welfare
Brian Leddin
899. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that livestock vessels (details supplied) which were awarded certificates of approvals in Ireland in early 2020 were already under approval in Romania and that this is a potential breach of Article 19 of EU Regulation 1/2005 which may invalidate the certificates of approval in Ireland; if and when this was rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25648/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Hospital Data
Brian Leddin
1038. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting times and numbers attending adult outpatient clinics for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Galway. [21279/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Hospital Data
Brian Leddin
1039. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the position regarding waiting times and numbers attending adult outpatient clinics for type 1 and type 2 diabetes in University Hospital Limerick. [21280/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Hospital Data
Brian Leddin
1040. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the number of adult diabetes outpatient appointments being offered in University Hospital Limerick; and if telephone or video consultations are available. [21281/20]
Tue, 8 Sep 2020
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Diabetes Strategy
Brian Leddin
1041. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Health the progress on implementing the recommendations of the national survey of diabetes care delivery in acute hospitals 2018 in University Hospital Limerick to provide dietitians and diabetes nurse specialists in the adult diabetes service in the hospital and to offer diabetes self-management education and insulin pump therapy to adults with type 1 diabetes in the mid-west region. [21282/20]