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Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Hospital Services
Joe Carey
667. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the reason diagnostics in University Hospital Limerick does not operate on a 24/7/365 basis, including at weekends and bank holidays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10165/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Hospital Equipment
Joe Carey
668. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI, x-ray and CT scanners University Hospital Limerick has in situ; the number of them that are not currently in working order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10166/23]
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
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Meals-on-Wheels Services
Joe Carey
714. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason she did not respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of four additional community services programme FTE posts to deliver a countywide meals and wheels operation in County Clare; if she will provide the up-to-date position in relation to this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9729/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Tourism Policy
Joe Carey
88. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on the extension of the 9% VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8569/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Capital Expenditure Programme
Joe Carey
384. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education the individual total capital expenditure on new primary and post-primary school accommodation projects in County Clare from 2011 to 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8186/23]
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Joe Carey
625. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when a surgery procedure for a person (details supplied) will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8327/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Hospital Facilities
Joe Carey
117. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will lend his support to locating the proposed surgical hub for the mid-west region at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7270/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Medicinal Products
Joe Carey
171. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update in relation to the health technology assessment which is underway since the 21 December 2022 on the drug kaftrio for the cohort of 35 children aged 6 to 11 years with certain mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7271/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Interest Rates
Joe Carey
198. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance the pressures he is putting on banks and other financial institutions to raise the interest rates on moneys that are held on deposit in view of the fact that interest rates on mortgages continue to rise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7773/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Legislative Programme
Joe Carey
242. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the legislative timeline for the draft Planning and Development Bill 2022, to complete pre-legislative scrutiny, to be introduced and passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas, and to enter into force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7979/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Planning Issues
Joe Carey
243. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the resources that will be allocated to An Coimisiún Pleanála to be constituted under the Planning and Development Bill 2022; whether additional resources will be allocated to address the backlog of cases currently before An Bord Pleanála; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7980/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Joe Carey
302. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when a child benefit payment will be awarded to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7928/23]
Thu, 16 Feb 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Joe Carey
303. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Social Protection when a working family payment will be made to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7929/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Recycling Policy
Joe Carey
132. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason he is giving preference to the lower standard of UNEP meta study rather than a more robust life cycle analysis in accordance with EU Waste Directive 2008/98 and International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) 14040 and 14044 standards in relation to the circular economy Act; if he will commit to using a life cycle analysis study to determine whether reusables have a greater environmental impact than single-use paper-based packaging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7151/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Litter Pollution
Joe Carey
133. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications in relation to the circular economy Act the reason, in considering levies, his Department only cites Irish business against litter information collected by volunteers instead of the more robust and scientifically conducted national litter pollution monitoring system data which was commissioned by his Department; if the contrasting results of the NLPMS data have ever been taken into consideration; if he will commit to taking this more robust data into account when making future decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7152/23]
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
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Closed-Circuit Television Systems
Joe Carey
137. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 8 September 2022, if he will provide an update on the enactment process in relation to the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 regarding the use of CCTV by local authorities; when he expects this process to be concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7378/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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Coast Guard Service
Joe Carey
120. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on Castlefreke Coast Guard station project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/23]
Thu, 9 Feb 2023
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Coast Guard Service
Joe Carey
121. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the Old Head Coast Guard station project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6382/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Energy Conservation
Joe Carey
57. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will engage with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland in order to broaden the criteria on houses that can qualify for grant aid to fit heat pumps (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5555/23]
Wed, 8 Feb 2023
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Housing Schemes
Joe Carey
163. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline the criteria involved for the setting of price thresholds for the shared equity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6075/23]