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Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Greenways Provision
Alan Kelly
412. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the south Kerry greenway will commence; and the amount he expects it will cost by completion. [20833/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Road Projects
Alan Kelly
413. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to put a road by-pass of Thurles on the national development plan by this Government. [20837/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Road Projects
Alan Kelly
414. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport when the construction of the Shannon crossing at Ballina/Killaloe will commence. [20838/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Road Projects
Alan Kelly
415. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if there is funding being provided by his Department for the Thurles inner relief road. [20839/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Regional Development
Alan Kelly
603. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the consideration that has been given to a product development and marketing campaign to promote Lough Derg and it’s environs around counties Tipperary, Clare and Galway. [20836/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Passport Services
Alan Kelly
706. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will arrange for the expeditious processing of a renewal passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19274/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Schools Building Projects
Alan Kelly
940. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education when construction will commence on a new school (details supplied) in Roscrea. [20835/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Alan Kelly
941. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in schools in Ireland, by county, from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022 in totals of both primary and secondary schools, by county, in tabular form. [20840/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Alan Kelly
942. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in each primary and secondary school in County Tipperary from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022, in tabular form, by primary school and secondary school. [20841/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Refugee Resettlement Programme
Alan Kelly
943. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of Ukrainian students who have enrolled in fee-paying schools in Ireland from 1 January 2022 to 15 April 2022, in tabular form, by county and within each county, the details of each school and in which a school has not taken any. [20844/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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School Staff
Alan Kelly
944. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the volume of extra teachers that have been taken on by schools to cater for the enrolment of Ukrainian students, by county, in tabular form, for both primary and secondary level. [20845/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Employment Schemes
Alan Kelly
984. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the definition of long-term unemployment before a person in receipt of a jobseeker’s allowance claim can be referred at random to the JobPath activation services; and if it is 12 months or less. [19503/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Employment Schemes
Alan Kelly
985. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if referrals to JobPath will finish in June 2022. [19504/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Employment Schemes
Alan Kelly
986. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if the signing of a personal progression plan or any paperwork provided by JobPath is mandatory for the client to sign who may have concerns over signing any contract or paperwork with an independent private UK-based company due to third party data privacy concerns but would be more than willing to verbally agree to engage without signing if referred; and if there would be a threat of a reduction in social welfare payment for refusal to sign such a PPP or other paperwork provided by the private companies that run JobPath. [19505/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Employment Schemes
Alan Kelly
987. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if individuals referred to JobPath will be forced to take low paid unskilled employment not relevant to their past or present experience; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19506/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Alan Kelly
1356. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if kitchen staff in hospitals will receive the pandemic bonus of €1,000. [19310/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Alan Kelly
1755. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health when a new home (details supplied) in Nenagh will be completed and open to residents. [20834/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Nursing Homes
Alan Kelly
1842. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the locations in which funding in excess of €1 million has been provided for public nursing homes in Ireland by date and location since 2011, in tabular form. [21217/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Education and Training Boards
Alan Kelly
299. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education her views on whether it is appropriate that a member of an education and training board senior management team direct an investigation into a school under CL 48/2018 in which such a member could be conflicted or party to the issues being looked into. [18909/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Disability Services
Alan Kelly
329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of employers and businesses that use the Disability Awareness Training Grant. [19217/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
110. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if all relevant staff under the remit of her Department have been trained in on circular CI 48/2018; and if she would be concerned if this was not the case. [18598/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
111. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the number of times in total Circular letter Cl 48/2018 has been invoked at stage 4 of its process as opposed to stages 1, 2 and 3. [18601/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
112. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the process involved to determine when a case begins at stage 4 under Circular CI 48/2018. [18602/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
113. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the personnel that are involved under Circular CI 48/2018 in invoking stage 4; and the procedures that are undertaken to start proceedings at stage 4 and ensure that those making those decisions do not have conflicts when it comes to making those decisions. [18604/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
114. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the process under Circular CI 48/2018 an education and training board takes to investigate under this circular, who carries out these investigations; and if she is confident that all education and training boards have done so correctly. [18606/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Alan Kelly
115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education the role that the internal audit unit of Education and Training Boards Ireland has in issues being dealt with under cl 48/2018; the remit of the unit; if it can investigate perceived fraudulent cases; and if this is within its remit. [18608/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Alan Kelly
116. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education further to the fact that the recent Covid-19 grants to schools and centres of further education will expire this term, the amount of these funds that have been returned unspent by each education and training board in tabular form; and the reason in this regard. [18612/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Education and Training Boards
Alan Kelly
117. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some education and training boards withheld a percentage of the ICT grant funding allocated directly to schools over the Past five years for improving ICT provision as per each school’s ICT and e-learning plan; the financial amounts each education and training board withheld; and the amounts of the ICT grant each board withheld from their schools for each of the years 2018 to 2022, by education and training board in tabular form. [18613/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Education and Training Boards
Alan Kelly
155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all staff working in the education and training board sector have been informed by their relevant board that if they are working in the post leaving certificate sector that they are no longer being paid by his Department and have been moved to SOLAS; if their terms and conditions have changed; and the way this has affected teacher allocation and utilisation in dual provision schools. [18614/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Education and Training Boards
Alan Kelly
162. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if all staff working in the education and training board sector have been informed by their relevant board that if they are working in the post leaving certificate sector that they are no longer being paid by his Department and have been moved to SOLAS; if their terms and conditions have changed; and the way this has affected teacher allocation and utilisation in dual provision schools. [18615/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Rail Network
Alan Kelly
191. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will request Irish Rail to include the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line on the manual level crossing upgrade project and to ring-fence the required funding to automate the manual level crossings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17573/22]
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Alan Kelly
286. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount allocated to the wage subsidy scheme financial support to employers who employ persons with a disability (details supplied) over the past five years; and the amount of that funding that has been drawn down over the five years by employers specifically for the reason of the grant. [15610/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Departmental Bodies
Alan Kelly
4. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the international unit of his Department. [9493/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Departmental Functions
Alan Kelly
9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [7923/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Alan Kelly
19. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the One Ocean Summit. [9491/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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National Economic and Social Council
Alan Kelly
3. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council. [9492/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Departmental Programmes
Alan Kelly
16. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he is planning to update his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023. [11354/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Electricity Grid
Alan Kelly
155. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will confirm the exact mechanism by which the €200 credit will be applied to those households with prepay electricity meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11016/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Rail Network
Alan Kelly
199. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will include an increase in the public service obligation for 2023 to allow for the introduction of further services to the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line to maximise the benefit from the recent track renewal works carried out on the line by Irish Rail. [10956/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Sports Organisations
Alan Kelly
329. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there was a merger of associations (details supplied); and if financial support will be provided to help bring about the merger and to promote same. [11308/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Alan Kelly
636. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the vaccine coverage rate for the HPV national immunisation programme for the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic year; his plans for a catch-up programme including any targets set for 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10919/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Alan Kelly
637. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health his plans to extend the free HPV national immunisation programme to women treated for CIN2+ lesions as recommended by the National Immunisation Advisory Council in May 2021, which could reduce the incidence of recurrence by up to 40%; if he will indicate his target date for the extension of this programme and implementation of the recommendation; the funding that he intends to allocate to implement this recommendation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Vaccination Programme
Alan Kelly
638. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he has requested the National Immunisation Advisory Committee to consider the clinical effectiveness of providing the HPV vaccine to males up to the age of 25 year in a similar manner to his request relating to women up to the age of 25 years; if not, the reason and if he plans to; the involvement of the HIQA in this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Health Strategies
Alan Kelly
639. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide details on the partnership led by the National Screening Service that will allow Ireland to set a target date for the elimination of cervical cancer; when he expects the work of this group to conclude; the number of times this group reports to him; if his Department has allocated funding for the group’s recommendations: if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10922/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Departmental Programmes
Alan Kelly
1. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the policing reform implementation programme office based in his Department. [5966/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Cabinet Committees
Alan Kelly
6. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Europe will next meet. [7924/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Alan Kelly
159. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to review the situation in which a person living alone who is in receipt of the old age pension and a payment under the disablement pension of not more than €120.00 per week and who has been refused the fuel allowance payment. [10226/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Alan Kelly
170. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the criteria for the living alone allowance increase discriminates against single persons who paid class D PRSI but who cannot qualify under the current criteria for the scheme given that they have not been married or in a civil partnership; the number of applications that have been refused on those criteria in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10379/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Alan Kelly
171. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address discrimination on the grounds of civil status in the qualifying criteria for the living alone increase to ensure that those who paid class D PRSI and were not married or in a civil partnership can qualify; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10380/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Alan Kelly
172. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will change the eligible benefits to include the living alone increase for those who paid class D PRSI; the number of additional persons would qualify if this was implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10381/22]