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Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
297. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE structural engineers working in her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29150/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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School Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
318. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if the ICT grant as part of the Digital Learning Plan will be paid to a school (details supplied) in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29460/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Budgets
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
341. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of vote 33 across programmes A, B and D subheads, including both current and capital expenditure in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29145/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Legislative Process
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
357. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the Fire, Emergency, Management and Public Safety Bill; when this Bill will move to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
430. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the amount of cash seized by gardaí on proceeds of crime legislation in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount of cash seized that was returned to the Exchequer in each of the years in question, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29151/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
431. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 16 May 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29152/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
472. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department has had with a premises; the plans, if any, his Department has to meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29163/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
610. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists attached to both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29153/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
611. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners for diabetes in pregnancy working in each maternity unit in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29154/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
612. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiac physiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation beds opened in CHO5 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29156/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Rural Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
102. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the projects funded by the Transitional LEADER programme in County Carlow, as well as the amount of funding Carlow has received under the initiative. [28285/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Rural Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
105. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on thefunding allocated and works undertaken in Bagenalstown, County Carlow under the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative. [28284/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
389. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether or not active farmland is excluded from RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
515. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the precise number of special needs organisers currently working in County Kildare; the number of positions currently vacant; her Department's plan to fill these vacancies; if she will otherwise outline the optimum number of special needs organisers required to fill the demand in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27517/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
607. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a new special educational needs organiser will be appointed to the Carlow area following the vacancy arising (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28451/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most up-to-date housing needs assessment for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number on each of the local authority housing waiting lists for these counties. [28281/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Septic Tanks
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the infrastructure fees waiver that has been announced includes septic tanks. [28282/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
840. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 23 May 2023, the reason those on non-contributory pensions were omitted from the Spring bonus cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28366/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Visa Applications
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
929. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the plans being put in place by her Department to address serious backlogs in atypical visa processing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Visa Applications
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
930. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken to ensure adequate staff are available to service the nursing home care sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28375/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Forestry Sector
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
983. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to introduce a scheme for private homeowners living in the countryside in addition to the €9 million in support to landowners with ash dieback infected plantations by removing and replanting their sites with alternative species to avoid an endemic spread of the disease to rural gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
999. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on delivery of funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1105. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the recognition of Covid/long-Covid as having an occupational connection in social or health care and certain other settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27064/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1147. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long-term illness scheme, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1149. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long- term illness scheme under the terms of mental illness, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27380/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Health Strategies
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1300. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the promised National Testing Directory for genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1308. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health what engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services provided, and where its payments had been reduced in 2009 and have been frozen ever since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Educational Reform
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1347. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the integration into the higher education framework in a region of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Further and Higher Education
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
128. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
356. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Community Development Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
48. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with Carlow County Council on the provision of a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
50. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to address waiting lists for assessments for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Disability Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
606. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be issued for non-emergency transport for those using disability services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
664. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme for non-diabetic patients; if there are plans to widen the prescription of saxenda and ozempic to medical card holders with a BMI of greater than 35 as a preventative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Hospital Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
751. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to operate a weekend service for diagnostic scans in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny and Waterford University Hospital, based on evidential need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26116/23]
Thu, 25 May 2023
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Third Level Education
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
295. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made to date regarding the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's into the Higher Education Authority; the engagement the Department has had on the issue with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
4. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22439/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
91. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to reinstate the multiple payment of child benefit to parents of twins, triplets, and so on, which were previously given at primary and post-primary school entry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24248/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
106. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to introduce cost-of-living supports for adult dependents or those on non-contributory pensions, as many have been left out of earlier cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24247/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
391. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied). [24072/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Urban Development
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
411. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made to date regarding URDF in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
544. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a women’s refuge in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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International Protection
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
651. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where phase two of the resettlement programme in Carlow aims to resettle the refugee population and how many International Protection persons are to come to Carlow for this IRPPII process; the status of the Inter Agency Working Group in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Community Development Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
670. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a community centre for young people at Tullow Road in Carlow; the engagement his Department has had with Carlow local authority on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24340/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Ambulance Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of an ambulance base in Carlow; the date on which the National Ambulance Service requested HSE estates to refurbish the existing building there as an ambulance base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24335/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have an injury clinic in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Disability Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
778. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a new fit-for-purpose building for Holy Angels Day Care Service for Children with Special Needs in Carlow; the date on which his Department expects HSE estates to begin works at the Kelvin Grove site; if he will provide a list of proposed tenants to the Kelvin Grove building under the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Arts Policy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
54. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the arts funding for Carlow in 2023; and what funding is for the visual arts centre in Carlow. [23670/23]