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Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ukraine War
Michael McNamara
1390. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a contribution is requested from beneficiaries of temporary protection to date who are in employment and are residing in State-funded accommodation or State-provided accommodation in 2023; and if so, the amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57242/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ukraine War
Michael McNamara
1401. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection in receipt of State-funded accommodation were found to be absent without UCTAT approval in the period since 8 December 2023; in respect of those found to be absent, in how many instances the UCTAT Refusals Policy was implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1008/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ukraine War
Michael McNamara
1402. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what checks, if any, were carried out to determine whether persons were absent from State-funded accommodation provided to beneficiaries of temporary protection in the period since 8 December 2023 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1009/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Michael McNamara
1403. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection (BOTPs) were in receipt of State-funded accommodation on 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1010/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Emergency Accommodation
Michael McNamara
1404. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the occupancy figures in respect of State-funded accommodation to beneficiaries of temporary protection on 31 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1011/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Ukraine War
Michael McNamara
1405. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many beneficiaries of temporary protection in receipt of State-funded accommodation opted to relinquishing their accommodation to allow for non-exceptional travel in the period from 8 December 2023 to date; how many such persons have applied for a new offer of accommodation upon their return to Ireland; how many have been provided with a new offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1012/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Medical Cards
Michael McNamara
1492. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health how many medical cards were provided to people in receipt of temporary protection; the total cost of medical care provided pursuant to the said medical cards to people in receipt of temporary protection since February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56475/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Hospital Facilities
Michael McNamara
1595. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 574 of 28 November 2023, which he claimed only part of which related to operational matters, will be answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57133/23]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Michael McNamara
1646. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1113/24]
Wed, 17 Jan 2024
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Home Help Service
Michael McNamara
1766. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health the number of people that have been approved for home help services in County Clare but are still waiting to be allocated the service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1761/24]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Animal Carcase Disposal
Michael McNamara
11. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will promulgate emergency interim measures to allow farmers and knackeries to dispose of dead animals in light of their accumulation, with the resultant risk to sanitation, due to the strike by renderers since 1 December 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55812/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael McNamara
53. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will instruct his Department to make interim, part payments immediately to farmers in ACRES tranche one, following the announcement by his Department that it will not pay monies out on this scheme until February 2024, in view of farmers’ reliance on the scheme payments to pay end-of-year bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55791/23]
Thu, 14 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
469. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 5 December 2023, if his Department seeks any record of individual occupancy per night from IPAS accommodation contract providers; if it maintains any record of individual occupancy in IPAS accommodation centres per night; if he will provide any such figures in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55892/23]
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael McNamara
619. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Clare who has received the 2023 single farm payment is not allowed by the Department’s computer system to apply for ACRES tier 2 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54928/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Wildlife Regulations
Michael McNamara
100. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has authorised the use of decoy crows for the purpose of protecting crops and animal feed by farmers pursuant to section 35(4) of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended; and if not, to provide reasons that purpose has not been authorised. [54098/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Wildlife Regulations
Michael McNamara
101. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the number of licences or permits that his Department has granted for decoy crows for the purpose of scientific research, for protecting crops and animal feed by farmers, and for other purposes approved by the Minister, respectively, for each year since 2020. [54099/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Animal Slaughtering
Michael McNamara
138. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of controlled finishing units or feedlots currently registered in the State; and the beef kill numbers per month since January 2020 at EU approved slaughter plants originating in such controlled finishing units or feedlots. [54138/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Animal Slaughtering
Michael McNamara
139. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the total beef kill numbers per month since January 2020 at EU approved slaughter plants originating in controlled finishing units or feedlots. [54139/23]
Wed, 6 Dec 2023
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Animal Slaughtering
Michael McNamara
140. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many controlled finishing units or feedlots in the State are accredited under the Bord Bia sustainable beef and lamb assurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54140/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
392. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many applications for international protection were made in each month since February 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53492/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
393. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many first instance decisions were made by the IPO in each month since February 2020. [53493/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
394. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many Notices of Appeal to the IPAT were lodged in each month since February 2020. [53494/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
395. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions of the IPAT were made in each month since February 2020. [53495/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Visa Applications
Michael McNamara
396. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many applications were made under the recent Undocumented Migrants’ Scheme. [53496/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Visa Applications
Michael McNamara
397. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many decisions have been made under the Undocumented Migrants’ Scheme, how many of those decisions granted permission to reside and work in the State and how many applications have been refused. [53497/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Asylum Seekers
Michael McNamara
398. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many persons in respect of whom a notice to transfer had been made under the Dublin 3 Regulation were not subsequently transferred; and of that number, how many were not transferred because the time period to implement the transfer pursuant to Dublin 3 had expired. [53498/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Deportation Orders
Michael McNamara
399. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many persons in respect of whom a Deportation Order has been made are currently in the State insofar as her Department is aware. [53499/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Labour Activation Measures
Michael McNamara
400. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice why the processing time for Labour Market Access Permission is approximately 130 days, and what measures are being taken to reduce the processing time. [53506/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
401. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice how many people are currently assigned to the International Protection Office Case Processing Panel; how many persons were assigned at the end of November 2022 and November 2021, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53507/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
402. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the average and median length of time between receipt of applications for international protection and first instance decisions on international protection applications, and the average and mean length of time between applications and first instance decisions currently, at the end of June 2023 and the end of November 2022 of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal. [53508/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
403. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the average and median length of time between receipt of applications for international protection and the issuance of decisions by the International Protection Appeals Tribunal currently, at the end of June 2023 and at the end of November 2022, respectively. [53509/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Michael McNamara
406. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice if she will provide an update on the progress outlined on 29 March 2022 that the Garda Commissioner had instructed that a fresh investigation be undertaken into the matters which a judge (details supplied) determined required further investigation in their report on the statutory inquiry under section 42 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 into the Garda Síochána investigation relating to the death of a person; whether prosecutions have been initiated; whether the report by the judge will be published, either in full or redacted form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53730/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
478. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how much his Department has paid to date in 2023 in respect of accommodation provided by IPAS; how much his Department currently expects to have paid in respect of accommodation by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53501/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
479. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides accommodation to persons whose protection application has been determined and is no longer the subject of any legal challenge to that said determination; if so, to how many such persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53502/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
480. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how many bed nights were paid for by IPAS each night of 2023 and how many persons were residing in accommodated paid for on each night of 2023. [53503/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
481. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department provides accommodation to persons granted Labour Market Access Permission; if so, to how many such persons; how much they contribute to the cost of their accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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International Protection
Michael McNamara
482. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline how many persons were residing at the Lakelands Hotel Scariff, County Clare on each day since 1 June 2023; how many bed nights were paid for on each night since 1 June 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53505/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Foreign Conflicts
Michael McNamara
197. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline Ireland's position on the recent crisis involving Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, and what steps he has taken in international forums, such as the EC and the UN, to seek to reverse the exodus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50231/23]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Middle East
Michael McNamara
213. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland condemns the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip to 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Primary Medical Certificates
Michael McNamara
206. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will give consideration to introducing primary medical certificates to all individuals with physical disabilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52452/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Office of Public Works
Michael McNamara
215. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to outline details of the investment that has been made in the development and management of the OPW sites at Scattery Island and the Ennis Friary in County Clare since 2018; what investment, if any, is planned for the sites for the remainder of 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52004/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Telecommunications Infrastructure
Michael McNamara
244. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of Exchequer funding allocated towards the Eirsat-1 project; to outline the total amount paid to the European Space Agency to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52001/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Michael McNamara
278. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on advances in her announced plan to introduce a foreign language in primary schools across the State; when it will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52288/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Departmental Funding
Michael McNamara
315. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated to Met Éireann in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52003/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Departmental Regulations
Michael McNamara
329. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of permits that his Department has granted for decoy crows in each of the years since 2020; the number of applications that have been received for such permits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52204/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Departmental Regulations
Michael McNamara
330. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason decoy crows cannot be used without a permit by farmers to protect crops and animal feed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52205/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Michael McNamara
406. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare Garda division during the first nine months of 2023; the number of members of An Garda Síochána that have been assigned to the Clare Garda division for duty during both years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52002/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Agriculture Schemes
Michael McNamara
439. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many applications for funding have been received to date under the reconstitution ash dieback scheme 2023-2027; how many applications have been successful; the total funding allocated and the number of grant recipients per county to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52029/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Forestry Sector
Michael McNamara
440. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is permitted to export stone from Borrow Pits, for which no licence or permit is required, out of the forest in which the pit is located, onto public roads to another, different forest in accordance with the licence/permit requirement exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52049/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Michael McNamara
574. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the ongoing works at Raheen Community Hospital, County Clare; the reason these works preclude the provision of palliative care at the facility; when the works commenced; when the works are scheduled to conclude; how many palliative beds will be operational in the facility at the conclusion of said works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51949/23]