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Wed, 23 Oct 2019

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School Accommodation Provision

Bobby Aylward

119. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will reconsider an additional school accommodation appeal lodged by a school (details supplied) due to lack of space for students, teachers, special needs students and the very obvious health and safety risks set to be endured by students and staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43774/19]

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Tue, 22 Oct 2019

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Sports Capital Programme Applications

Bobby Aylward

542. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application for a sports capital grant by a club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43410/19]

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Tue, 22 Oct 2019

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State Pension (Contributory) Eligibility

Bobby Aylward

627. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) has been included in the review of pension entitlements for persons who were affected by changes in 2012 to the State pension (contributory) scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43422/19]

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Thu, 17 Oct 2019

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Schools Administration

Bobby Aylward

11. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied the provisions of section 18(1) of the Education Act 1998 do not place an unnecessary administrative financial burden on national schools; if he is satisfied the insistence by an organisation (details supplied) that national schools must submit accounts online via an accountant, as opposed to the school treasurer, thus incurring a significant fee, does not place an unnecessary administrative financial burden on national schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42354/19]

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Wed, 16 Oct 2019

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National Broadband Plan Implementation

Bobby Aylward

43. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the commencement of works on the ground under the national broadband plan; the measures contained within same to ensure rapid roll-out of broadband services for rural areas, rural communities and regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42304/19]

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Wed, 16 Oct 2019

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Tax Rebates

Bobby Aylward

82. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the tax refund available to farmers using green diesel following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting fuel and operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42399/19]

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Wed, 16 Oct 2019

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Haulage Industry

Bobby Aylward

220. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the rebate available to hauliers following the recent rise in carbon tax affecting cost of fuel and operating costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42398/19]

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Tue, 15 Oct 2019

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GLAS Administration

Bobby Aylward

74. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to reopen the GLAS scheme for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41963/19]

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Tue, 15 Oct 2019

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Beef Industry

Bobby Aylward

78. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he requested compensation at European level to assist farmers who have incurred beef price losses since May 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41964/19]

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Thu, 10 Oct 2019

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Disability Services Funding

Bobby Aylward

77. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if he will consider implementing multi-annual budgets to support planned service for section 39 agencies such as an organisation (details supplied) in advance of budget 2020; his plans for the provision of additional funding to assist such agencies meet their deficits in respect of unmet business cases; his further plans for the provision of additional funding to assist such agencies to meet changing needs and emergency placements; the position regarding new respite services for Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40862/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Overseas Development Aid

Bobby Aylward

12. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to reach the 0.7% ODA-GNI investment commitment with respect to the overseas development aid budget in advance of budget 2020, as set out in the international development policy of Ireland in order to achieve sustainable development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41128/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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School Transport Review

Bobby Aylward

115. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he has taken to review the workings of the school transport system, in particular the system for the allocation of concessionary tickets; his plans to seek funding in budget 2020 to restore general scheme parameters with a particular focus on rule determining eligibility to the pre-2011 system; if he will investigate the possibility of amending the current eligibility criteria (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41032/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Teacher Supply

Bobby Aylward

127. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to provide extra support for teaching principals in primary schools in view of the increase in responsibilities, reports and paperwork that must be handled by teaching principals to date and the long hours involved in dealing with this work; the position regarding the possibility of allocating one release day per week to teaching principals; if he has investigated the possibility of creating a national cluster of panels to cover this release time, to ensure consistency of curriculum delivery and safeguard the educational experiences and outcomes of pupils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41131/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Home Care Packages Funding

Bobby Aylward

271. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding certainty of sufficient funding for supported care homes to enable the continuation of the provision of cost efficient care for residents; if he will consider a 50% increase of current funding levels for supported care homes in advance of budget 2020 to meet urgent needs such as annually increasing energy costs, depreciation costs which have never previously been covered (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40841/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Home Care Packages Funding

Bobby Aylward

272. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health his views on the significant savings supported care homes contribute to the State and the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection through non-payment of fuel and living alone allowances and household benefits package and the provision of cost effective care; his views on the inspection of supported care homes in accordance with standards suitable to the homes and the possible establishment of a group consisting of HIQA, representatives of the supported care homes and the HSE with the purpose of constructing suitable inspection guidelines within the next six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40842/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Home Help Service

Bobby Aylward

277. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding cuts to the rostered hours of home help sector workers within the Health Service Executive CHO Area 5; the position regarding deficits which may occur between the 39 hours contracted and the eventual hours allotted and rostered; the protocol in place by which such shortfalls of hours are monitored and analysed and the utilisation of private operators in this respect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40897/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review

Bobby Aylward

303. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Health if the review of the pricing system for long-term residential care facilities, as recommended in the review of the fair deal scheme, will be published; if an independent appeals mechanism within the fair deal scheme to provide third party recourse for nursing home providers that fail to agree a fee with the NTPF and in an effort to bring greater transparency to the fair deal pricing mechanism will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41037/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Haulage Industry

Bobby Aylward

410. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the challenging operating environment the haulage sector faces, in particular the unprecedented challenges posed by Brexit; the steps he has taken to protect the industry from daily fuel increases (details supplied); the steps he will take to ensure fuel costs for HGVs do not increase significantly as a result of measures implemented through budget 2020; his plans to recalibrate the diesel rebate scheme in order to track the variations in fuel more accurately in line with rebate levels operated in similar schemes elsewhere in Europe; if an additional carbon tax or increase in diesel excise is introduced in budget 2020, if an additional amount will be rebated to the licensed haulage sector through the diesel rebate scheme in addition to the proposed recalibration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41033/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Youth Services

Bobby Aylward

439. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will investigate the possibility of increasing investment in youth work in advance of budget 2020 to enable youth organisations to deliver enhanced youth work services to support young persons in County Kilkenny; if she will consider increasing the 2% allocation of overall funding within her Department to support youth work services through budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41129/19]

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Tue, 8 Oct 2019

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Youth Services

Bobby Aylward

440. Deputy Bobby Aylward asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will consider increasing the funding allocation to the youth service grant scheme which supports 30 voluntary youth organisations to deliver mainstream youth work and to support local youth groups, branches and units through Budget 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41130/19]

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