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Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Home School Community Liaison Scheme
Joe Flaherty
276. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will engage with Tusla Education Support Service, TESS, and provide a full-time home school community liaison scheme to support disadvantaged pupils and families (details supplied). [11318/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme
Joe Flaherty
277. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will liaise with the Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board, LWETB, and restore the VTOS programme for Longford town as part of the just transition reskilling programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11319/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Services Provision
Joe Flaherty
528. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will consider permitting local public health nurses to take bloods and administer the 'flu jab in the homes of elderly persons and especially those suffering from dementia (details supplied) in advance of the winter 'flu jab programme. [10848/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Services Provision
Joe Flaherty
529. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will request that staff assigned to a facility providing care through the share-a-break scheme and a foundation can resume the service (details supplied). [10849/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Health Services Staff
Joe Flaherty
606. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for the Be on Call for Ireland campaign. [11033/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Driver Licences
Joe Flaherty
857. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a driver licence by a person (details supplied). [11023/20]
Tue, 16 Jun 2020
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Departmental Staff
Joe Flaherty
1020. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff by location and function in each office of her Department nationally. [11468/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Public Sector Staff
Joe Flaherty
95. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an extensive campaign aimed will be undertaken at encouraging civil servants to switch to roles at locations closer to their homes (details supplied) [10140/20]
Tue, 9 Jun 2020
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Bord na Móna
Joe Flaherty
519. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if confirmation has been received from Bord na Móna that its health and safety plans and procedures have been updated to provide sufficient support to deal with bog fires in the absence of the recently laid-off 200 plus staff (details supplied). [10141/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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State Examinations
Joe Flaherty
259. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions or options for students who were planning to sit one subject in the leaving certificate in 2020, primarily students who were planning to repeat Irish with a view to securing a necessary higher grade (details supplied). [9129/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Garda Deployment
Joe Flaherty
370. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will recommend the reallocation of probationer gardaí attached to districts as part of the Covid-19 response back to those districts as soon as their training is complete (details supplied) [9134/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
414. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the criteria for the business restart scheme will be amended to include charity shops which are precluded (details supplied). [9133/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Counselling Services
Joe Flaherty
523. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when full counselling services will resume in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business (details supplied). [8337/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Nursing Homes Support Scheme
Joe Flaherty
601. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will direct that the fair deal scheme will apply to a person (details supplied). [8784/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Gambling Sector
Joe Flaherty
660. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health his plans to meet with major bookmaker firms and ensure that they have sufficient safeguards and public health measures in place to safeguard staff and members of the public before reopening in June 2020. [9132/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Fishing Licences
Joe Flaherty
826. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider returning fees paid in respect of salmon fishing licences for the 2020 season due to the fact that anglers had little time on the water due to Covid-19 restrictions. [9131/20]
Wed, 3 Jun 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Joe Flaherty
1287. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a one-off emergency post-Covid-19 restart grant payment in association with the Arts Council will be considered for small regional theatres in view of the potential loss of six months or longer in ticket sales (details supplied) [9130/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Special Educational Needs
Joe Flaherty
335. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide the July provision for special needs students in July as normal or August as per public health advice; and if the traditional provision is not possible in 2020, the alternatives that are under consideration as otherwise special needs children will go six months without attending class. [6605/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Garda Transport Provision
Joe Flaherty
472. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda vehicles allocated to each Garda district in the Longford-Westmeath Garda Division to date in 2020. [6450/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Podiatry Services
Joe Flaherty
524. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when podiatry and chiropody services will be fully resumed [6475/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Joe Flaherty
628. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation when bookmakers will re-open in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and the resumption of full services; and if as a licensed business bookmakers will follow the same reopening timeline as bars. [6607/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Respite Care Services
Joe Flaherty
660. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children in the context of the Roadmap for Reopening Society and Business and the resumption of full services; and the plans and safeguards in place to protect special needs children (details supplied). [6606/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Assisted Human Reproduction
Joe Flaherty
766. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when IVF services will be fully resumed. [6474/20]
Wed, 20 May 2020
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Respite Care Services
Joe Flaherty
767. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when it will be possible to offer a return of respite care for special needs children; and his plans to safeguard such children. [6476/20]
Wed, 13 May 2020
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Just Transition Commissioner
Joe Flaherty
1019. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the report from the Just Transition Commissioner will be published in view of the fact that Bord na Móna is facing an increasingly uncertain future post Covid-19. [5499/20]