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Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Living City Initiative
Neasa Hourigan
226. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Finance his plans to expand the living city initiative to include all inner-city areas of Dublin city rather than just those designated special regeneration areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18327/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
487. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure the July provision is extended to include post-primary blind and visually impaired students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18679/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
488. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to prioritise the return to in-person teaching of blind and visually impaired children in September 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18680/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Neasa Hourigan
489. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) on the implications of Covid-19 on the education of pupils that are blind and visually impaired; her views on same;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18681/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
490. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought for a college to retain the existing five classroom prefabricated building on their site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18696/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
491. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the status of planning permission (details supplied) being sought by a college for the provision of a suite of additional prefabricated specialist classrooms that will be required to accommodate the existing cohort of students in September 2020 to include science, art, home economics and woodwork rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18697/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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School Accommodation
Neasa Hourigan
492. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to the fast tracking of an application by a college (details supplied) for inclusion on the building list of her Department to accommodate a new school and its growing population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18698/20]
Tue, 28 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
1042. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if it is safe for blind persons to use a sighted guide in view of Covid-19 health restrictions; his plans to issue guidance on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/20]
Thu, 23 Jul 2020
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National Parks
Neasa Hourigan
109. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Office of Public Works will partially close Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park at weekends for the summer as per previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17712/20]
Tue, 21 Jul 2020
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Traffic Management
Neasa Hourigan
229. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will publish a recent study on the effects of the closure of the peripheral gates of the Phoenix Park on traffic volumes in the surrounding areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17183/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Traffic Management
Neasa Hourigan
84. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the rationale for the decision by the Office of Public Works to reverse the closure of the peripheral gates of the Phoenix Park; when a public consultation process will take place on the future of the perimeter gates of the Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16322/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Energy Efficiency
Neasa Hourigan
99. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the timeline for the roll-out of a national retrofitting programme; the quarter in which the roll-out will commence; his plans to finance local authority retrofit programmes and grants for owners of private properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16462/20]
Thu, 16 Jul 2020
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Neasa Hourigan
174. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recently published review (details supplied); his views on the recommendations of the report; his plans to conduct a similar independent inquiry into the reported ill effects of the use of uro-gynaecological mesh in the surgical treatment of women based here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16383/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
76. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the sanctions for employers that do not follow the published return to work safely protocol, for example, failure to provide masks or to facilitate social distancing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15372/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Railway Stations
Neasa Hourigan
146. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to conduct an impact assessment on the future limitations to capacity at Connolly Station that the proposed planning application at 115 Amiens Street will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15017/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Neasa Hourigan
166. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure the enforcement of compulsory face coverings on all public transport services; when he expects enforcement to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14705/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Pensions Data
Neasa Hourigan
329. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reconsider the position of his Department in respect of releasing to the public, information on the pension payments of individual former taoisigh and Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15070/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Foreign Conflicts
Neasa Hourigan
455. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent steps taken by Ireland, the EU and the international community to address the ongoing instability in Yemen; his plans to increase Irish Aid funding in view of the looming food insecurity crisis in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14680/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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Human Rights
Neasa Hourigan
477. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent steps taken by Ireland, the EU and the international community to address the arbitrary arrests of peaceful demonstrators and issues regarding forcibly disappeared persons by the Assad regime in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15457/20]
Tue, 14 Jul 2020
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School Transport
Neasa Hourigan
502. Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to review whether the age of vehicles operating school transport services can be safely extended to 25 years subject to six monthly CVRT testing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15005/20]