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Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Mental Health Services
Jackie Cahill
147. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for a CAMHS appointment in the north Tipperary, south Tipperary and east Limerick local health office areas respectively; the number of these children that are also on a waiting list for a primary care psychology appointment; if he plans to audit, review or reform the CAMHS service in the area in the wake of recent issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7882/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Air Quality
Jackie Cahill
209. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if compensation will be provided to those in the fuel merchant industry following the implementation of the smoky fuel ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7697/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Jackie Cahill
651. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the Shannondoc out-of-hours general practitioner service will continue to operate out of St. Mary’s Hospital, Thurles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7495/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Departmental Reports
Jackie Cahill
74. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the report by the SME Taskforce. [6816/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Legislative Measures
Jackie Cahill
80. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the plans are in place to update legislation governing co-operatives. [6817/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Driver Test
Jackie Cahill
228. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) who has to resit their driving test due to their age can postpone their test until such a time as they receive treatment for their cataracts; if this will affect the sitting of their test in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7212/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Departmental Funding
Jackie Cahill
358. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the type of financial supports that are available to a local community group and development association which is seeking to set up a preschool in a disadvantaged area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7264/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Health Services
Jackie Cahill
395. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who recently moved to Ireland and is a UK citizen would have their medical expenses and treatments covered here under the HSE, if they are required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7131/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jackie Cahill
415. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive surgery in Croom Hospital, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7206/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
168. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an update will be provided regarding a work permit application by a person (details supplied) which was submitted on 7 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6499/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
169. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6509/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
170. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6511/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
171. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6513/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
173. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if foreign nationals who are applying for work permits for Ireland for the purpose of coming to Ireland to work as a truck driver can be permitted to do so once they have undertaken an apprenticeship that qualifies them for this work rather than having to hold a third-level degree in the same area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6585/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
179. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on a work permit application for a person (details supplied) which was submitted on 29 September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6730/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Gorse Burning
Jackie Cahill
190. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason licences in County Tipperary have been revoked for the burning of bushes and rushes and instead those holding licences and farmers are being informed that they have to shred such matter thus incurring considerable cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5945/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Housing Policy
Jackie Cahill
298. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if grants will be available for those who are not first-time buyers but who are first-time builders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5915/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Housing Provision
Jackie Cahill
331. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in County Tipperary that are currently on social housing lists and are awaiting the provision of suitable accommodation in per municipal district in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6629/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Housing Schemes
Jackie Cahill
332. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in County Tipperary that are in receipt of RAS; the amount this cost the Exchequer in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6630/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Housing Schemes
Jackie Cahill
333. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in County Tipperary that are in receipt of the housing assistance payment; the amount that this cost the exchequer in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6631/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Housing Provision
Jackie Cahill
334. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social houses that his Department intends to build in County Tipperary between 2022 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6632/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Education and Training Boards
Jackie Cahill
501. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of heavy goods vehicle and bus drivers that were trained through the education and training board system in 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5996/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jackie Cahill
776. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting lists for elective surgery in County Tipperary; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6623/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jackie Cahill
777. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for hip replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6624/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jackie Cahill
778. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for knee replacements; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6625/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jackie Cahill
779. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for cataract treatment; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6626/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Jackie Cahill
780. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of children in County Tipperary that are on a waiting list for orthopaedic paediatric surgery; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6627/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Mental Health Services
Jackie Cahill
781. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on mental health waiting lists for counselling services; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6628/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jackie Cahill
804. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6738/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
819. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether there is a real and urgent need to increase the afforestation grants and second instalment grants on existing forests to counter real and dramatic increases in costs similar to that which occurred in the TAMS situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5925/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Jackie Cahill
820. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme and provide new annual premiums to forest owners affected by ash dieback that engage in any new revamped scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5926/22]
Tue, 8 Feb 2022
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Forestry Sector
Jackie Cahill
826. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 4,245 hectares which licences were given out to for afforestation that were afforested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6000/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Employment Schemes
Jackie Cahill
55. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection is she will report on the changes announced to community employment schemes in December 2021, including when these changes take effect; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5391/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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School Meals Programme
Jackie Cahill
111. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the extension of the hot school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5390/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Mining Industry
Jackie Cahill
210. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he plans to grant a mining licence for the purpose of mining for gold, silver and other minerals in the hinterland of Thurles, County Tipperary; if so, the permissions that the licence will grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5596/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Housing Provision
Jackie Cahill
250. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons from outside of the local authority area that were allocated social housing in Nenagh, Tipperary town, Thurles and Clonmel, County Tipperary in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5607/22]
Thu, 3 Feb 2022
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Community Development Projects
Jackie Cahill
478. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a school (details supplied) is within a region that qualifies for CLÁR funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5606/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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Mining Industry
Jackie Cahill
37. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he intends to grant a mining licence for the purpose of mining for gold and silver and other minerals in the hinterland of Thurles, County Tipperary; if so, the rationale for the granting of such a licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5378/22]
Wed, 2 Feb 2022
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Hospital Services
Jackie Cahill
167. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health when the Nenagh General Hospital medical assessment unit will be operating at full capacity each day; the reason that it is prevented from doing so now given that a consultant, registrar and SHO were recently appointed to the unit and this has allowed 12 patients to be seen a day instead of six but that an additional eight patients could be seen each day were the unit operating at capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5504/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jackie Cahill
82. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she plans to address the funding shortfall that some schools are experiencing between the cost of the air filters required for classrooms and the funding being made available to schools by her Department given that in some situations the value of State funding is considerably less than the cost of the filters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4606/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jackie Cahill
164. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education the strategy in place to support schools to review their current protective measures in place under Covid-19 plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4674/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Teacher Training
Jackie Cahill
483. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on efforts to deliver a home economics teacher training course for a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58501/21]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jackie Cahill
621. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if rehab care workers in the community are deemed eligible for the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jackie Cahill
622. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health if security guards that worked in public hospitals during the Covid-19 pandemic will be eligible for the Covid recognition payment considering that other front-line healthcare workers (details supplied) in hospitals all qualify for this payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4995/22]
Tue, 1 Feb 2022
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Agriculture Industry
Jackie Cahill
860. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a recruitment campaign for technical agricultural officers in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5070/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Animal Sales
Jackie Cahill
222. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of lambs that have been imported into Ireland per week since 1 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3757/22]
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
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Animal Sales
Jackie Cahill
223. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of the lambs imported into Ireland by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3758/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Consumer Prices
Jackie Cahill
152. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Taoiseach the way that the consumer price index has changed annually in Ireland from 2008 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2702/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Work Permits
Jackie Cahill
493. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Justice the way in which a Filipino person whose fiancé is an Irish citizen and living in Ireland can obtain a visa to come to Ireland to work given that one needs a work permit to get a visa to come to Ireland and one needs a job offer to get a work permit but it is extremely difficult to get a job offer without a work permit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3235/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Services
Jackie Cahill
607. Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Health the status of plans to establish palliative care beds in St. Anthony’s Hospital, Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3239/22]