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Tue, 23 Oct 2018
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Traveller Education
Jan O'Sullivan
288. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the response from third-level institutions to the bursary scheme to increase the number of Travellers participating in third-level education; the number who were offered places through the scheme in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43715/18]
Tue, 23 Oct 2018
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Traveller Education
Jan O'Sullivan
289. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills when he will conduct a full audit of the transition and retention outcomes of Traveller children in post-primary education; his plans in place to improve retention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/18]
Tue, 23 Oct 2018
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Traveller Education
Jan O'Sullivan
294. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will publish the review that took place in 2017 of the remaining recommendations of the Traveller education strategy 2006 in addition to the education recommendations in the national Traveller and Roman inclusion strategy, NTRIS; the actions proposed following the review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43754/18]
Tue, 23 Oct 2018
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Local Government Reform
Jan O'Sullivan
688. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if the amalgamated Limerick City and County Council is regarded as an administrative county or an administrative county borough for the purposes of Article 12.4.2°ii of Bunreacht na hÉireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43419/18]
Thu, 18 Oct 2018
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Enterprise Support Schemes
Jan O'Sullivan
6. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extra support available to Irish businesses to trade online; her plans to ensure this support is available to small, as well as larger, retail businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42697/18]
Thu, 18 Oct 2018
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Retail Sector
Jan O'Sullivan
9. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to reports from retail businesses that banks, which would previously have extended their overdraft facilities at times of the year when such businesses need extra credit owing to cashflow patterns, are now insisting that they take out loans; if she will engage with the banking sector to represent the interests of businesses rather than the interests of banks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42700/18]
Thu, 18 Oct 2018
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National Development Plan Funding
Jan O'Sullivan
13. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which the disruptive technologies innovation fund can be applied for; when grants will be awarded under the fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42699/18]
Thu, 18 Oct 2018
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Gender Balance
Jan O'Sullivan
14. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the guidance given to agencies under her Department's remit to ensure there is more gender balance in terms of the leadership of the companies and research projects that are funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42698/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Overseas Development Aid
Jan O'Sullivan
135. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the review of the White Paper on Ireland's international development policy will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42542/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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State Examinations Commission
Jan O'Sullivan
233. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of qualified teachers versus the number of third level students who do not have recognised teaching qualifications and who were engaged by the State Examinations Commission to mark State examination papers in each specific subject area for the junior certificate and leaving certificate examinations in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42320/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Leave to Remain
Jan O'Sullivan
280. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a dispute between the IPO and GNIB is preventing registration of a number of persons granted permission to remain under the International Protection Act 2015; the steps he will take to ensure this matter is resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41780/18]
Tue, 16 Oct 2018
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Hospital Procedures
Jan O'Sullivan
362. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of hip and knee replacements carried out at Croom Hospital, County Limerick, in each of the years 2016 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the number of persons awaiting hip and knee replacement operations at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41836/18]
Thu, 11 Oct 2018
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Services for People with Disabilities
Jan O'Sullivan
121. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41634/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Work Permits Data
Jan O'Sullivan
200. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of permits that will be issued under the proposed meat permit pilot scheme to address labour shortages in the meat processing sector; the nationalities of the employees to receive permits from this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41034/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Work Permits Data
Jan O'Sullivan
201. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if there is a list of the employers involved in the proposed pilot scheme to address labour shortages in the meat processing sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41038/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Work Permits Data
Jan O'Sullivan
202. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if and when copies will be provided of the written statements from employers involved in the proposed pilot scheme containing the information outlined in section 3(1) of the Terms of Employment (Information) Act 1994; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41039/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Work Permits Data
Jan O'Sullivan
203. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she has met the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to discuss the matter of the proposed pilot scheme to address labour shortages in the meat processing sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41042/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Emergency Departments Services
Jan O'Sullivan
289. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if the construction and staffing of the 60-bed unit at University Hospital Limerick (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40878/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Health Services Staff
Jan O'Sullivan
374. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if funding for an additional community based diabetes podiatrist in County Limerick will be made available in the upcoming budget; the reason Limerick had the second largest year-on-year increase in the number of persons with diabetes hospitalised for foot ulceration treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41187/18]
Tue, 9 Oct 2018
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Meat Processing Plants
Jan O'Sullivan
383. Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information has been received or research completed on the meat-processing pilot scheme proposed by the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41043/18]