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Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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Housing Schemes
Dara Calleary
529. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person can apply for the local authority home loan if ground works have already started. [40330/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Departmental Policies
Dara Calleary
677. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to continue paying child benefit beyond the age of 18 years when the person is in full-time education. [35713/23]
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
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Medicinal Products
Dara Calleary
1117. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to add a condition (details supplied) to the long-term illness scheme. [35732/23]
Wed, 12 Jul 2023
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Health Services
Dara Calleary
247. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if his Department has considered the introduction of a text messaging reminder service for HSE appointments; if he will agree that the degree of missed appointments is posing a strain to HSE services and resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34503/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Foreign Birth Registration
Dara Calleary
123. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied). [34339/23]
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
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Health Services Staff
Dara Calleary
810. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that Irish physiotherapists who achieved qualifications in EU countries such as the Netherlands are unable to register with CORU; if he is aware that in order to register with CORU such qualified persons require 210 hours in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy completed in an acute hospital setting in the Republic of Ireland; if he will acknowledge that attaining such placements is increasingly impossible for such persons; if he will outline any changes in policy that his Department is pursuing in an effort to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34106/23]
Tue, 4 Jul 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Dara Calleary
617. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to the restoration of pharmacy fees slashed under FEMPI; if he will acknowledge that pharmacies are under threat as a result of the failure to restore fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32379/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Naturalisation Applications
Dara Calleary
279. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline the circumstances in which waivers are sanctioned in naturalisation applications; if she will confirm the naturalisation application process; if she will outline the criteria to meet eligibility; if she will outline the current timeframes for processing applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30410/23]
Wed, 21 Jun 2023
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Visa Applications
Dara Calleary
146. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Justice for an update on atypical visa applications processing times, which is affecting the nursing sector (details supplied). [29883/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Broadcasting Sector
Dara Calleary
345. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial assistance available for operating costs for community radio stations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29372/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Broadcasting Sector
Dara Calleary
346. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the financial assistance available for operating costs, and the programme of costs that may be available for community radio stations from her Department. [29402/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Insurance Coverage
Dara Calleary
189. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that insurance companies are using incorrect maps in an area (details supplied); if he is aware that these incorrect maps, indicating a flood plain, are resulting in properties being denied flood cover; if there is a mechanism to ensure that these insurance companies are alerted to this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28964/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Funding
Dara Calleary
1378. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update with regard to the technological university development fund, the proposed successor to the technological university transformation (TUT) fund; if this fund will be made available in advance of the expiration of the TUT fund on 31 August 2023; the level of funding that is going to be made available under the new TUT fund; if the TUs who merged more recently be treated equally with the TUs who merged earlier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28157/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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National Broadband Plan
Dara Calleary
172. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the solutions his Department can offer to businesses (details supplied) facing closure due to the lack of adequate fibre broadband services; if, in light of the serious nature of the situation outlined and the probable loss of 30 jobs in deep rural Ireland, he will expedite the national broadband scheme in the Tubbercurry deployment area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24254/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Rights of People with Disabilities
Dara Calleary
216. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Finance when the Medical Board of Appeal for Disabled Drivers will be appointed (details supplied). [23970/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Dara Calleary
684. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the pandemic bonus payment for three agency workers (details supplied) in County Mayo. [22941/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Dara Calleary
678. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if versatis patches will be reinstated for medical card or long-term Illness patients with multiple sclerosis as it is only available on schemes if the patient had shingles. [14940/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Healthcare Policy
Dara Calleary
679. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if efforts have made since 2017 to procure versatis at a better rate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14941/23]
Thu, 23 Mar 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Dara Calleary
347. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to include ileostomy bags in the long-term illness scheme. [14456/23]
Tue, 7 Mar 2023
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Medicinal Products
Dara Calleary
583. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Health if a drug (details supplied) can be added to GMS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/23]