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Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Childcare Services Funding
Joe O'Brien
1091. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the childcare providers that her Department provided with a one-off payment to assist with insurance costs by county; the amount provided per provider; and the actual amount of such an insurance bill in tabular form. [3342/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Childcare Services
Joe O'Brien
1092. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if her attention has been drawn to the situation of a Montessori facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3459/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Community Services Programme
Joe O'Brien
1094. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason for discontinuing the funding for a service (details supplied) for the Fingal area. [3340/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Fire Safety Regulations
Joe O'Brien
1231. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on whether restricting escape routes from bedrooms to routes through the kitchen not including sprinklers and having a minimum distance of only 1.8 metres from escape route to potential kitchen fire are adequate safeguards in view of the revised Technical Guidance Document B – Fire Safety (2006). [3307/20]
Thu, 5 Mar 2020
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Social and Affordable Housing
Joe O'Brien
1232. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of revisions being made to the social housing application form to identify the need for wheelchair suitable housing; when he expects the revised application form to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3341/20]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Prisoner Data
Joe O'Brien
251. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the percentage of prisoners detained solely on remand in each prison; the breakdown of offences with which they are charged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52609/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Prisoner Data
Joe O'Brien
252. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons on remand in prison; the length of time they have been on remand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52610/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Prisoner Data
Joe O'Brien
253. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners held on remand since January 2019 by month; the percentage of prisoners held on remand who are eventually sentenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52611/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Prisoner Diversions
Joe O'Brien
254. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons diverted from prison through the prison in-reach and court liaison scheme in 2018 and to date in 2019; if there were delays in diversion due to a lack of appropriate community-based services or spaces; the types of services to which these persons were diverted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52612/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Prisoner Data
Joe O'Brien
255. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time individual prisoners spent in safety observation cells and high-support units in 2018 and to date in 2019; the longest duration of time spent in each type of cell over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52613/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Prisoner Data
Joe O'Brien
256. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners categorised as homeless on committal to prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52614/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Naturalisation Applications
Joe O'Brien
266. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied). [52643/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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National Positive Ageing Strategy Implementation
Joe O'Brien
325. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Health the steps taken to implement the national positive ageing strategy in his Department [53175/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Railway Stations Upgrade
Joe O'Brien
611. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned investment in lifts at train stations nationally to ensure they are reliable and accessible to persons with disabilities or who are mobility impaired. [53123/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Childcare Services Data
Joe O'Brien
624. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aftercare worker positions funded by her Department [52817/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Children in Care
Joe O'Brien
642. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of children that left residential care in each year since 2016 due to ageing out; and the number assigned an aftercare worker. [52812/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Child and Family Agency Data
Joe O'Brien
643. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of aftercare worker positions funded by her Department. [52813/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Child and Family Agency Data
Joe O'Brien
644. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of child support workers that have a specific role to work with homeless children funded by her Department. [52814/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Childcare Services Provision
Joe O'Brien
645. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to improve the level of community-based childcare provision in Fingal, County Dublin in view of the fact Fingal has the lowest level of community-based childcare and the youngest population. [52815/19]
Tue, 17 Dec 2019
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Homeless Persons Data
Joe O'Brien
770. Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the number of children nationwide that have experienced at least one month of homelessness since the beginning of 2016. [53189/19]