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Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Colm Burke
372. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider providing additional funding next year to the treatment benefit scheme, to increase optical benefit payments claims by dispensing opticians and optometrists under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46536/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Departmental Policies
Colm Burke
407. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will give consideration to the establishment of the position of a Victims Commissioner to represent victims of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46643/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Departmental Advertising
Colm Burke
408. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will support the funding of a public information campaign to promote knowledge of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46644/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Domestic Violence
Colm Burke
409. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will give consideration to increasing the number of refuge places to 470 from the current target of 280, to ensure that Ireland meets its obligations under the Istanbul Convention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46645/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Colm Burke
410. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will ring fence dedicated funding to fully implement her Department’s Zero Tolerance Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46646/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Closed-Circuit Television Systems
Colm Burke
411. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will give consideration to the expansion of her Department’s Community-based CCTV grant aid scheme in order that small- and medium-sized businesses can avail of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46647/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Closed-Circuit Television Systems
Colm Burke
412. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will ring fence dedicated funding to support an alarm grant scheme to be made available for small- and medium-sized businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46648/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Departmental Programmes
Colm Burke
413. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will set aside dedicated funding for the purposes of community rejuvenation and diversion programmes to support young people who are at risk of going into crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46649/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Victim Support Services
Colm Burke
414. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if she will support mandatory trauma-informed training for all of those who engage with victims/survivors of crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46650/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Agriculture Industry
Colm Burke
432. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the highlighting pathways to empower rural women to have sustainable and equitable livelihoods in farming, HER-SELF, research project; when it is envisaged same will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46501/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Colm Burke
451. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an application for a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital’s, for a communication device to the children's disability network team assist with their communication, given their previous device broke; when a decision is likely to be reached in this case as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46065/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Disability Services
Colm Burke
452. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be seen by a speech and language therapist in Cork from the children's disability network team to assist with their communication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46066/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Disability Services
Colm Burke
453. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will be provided with a wheelchair, as it is urgently required by them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46067/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Disability Services
Colm Burke
454. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) who is currently attending Crumlin Children’s Hospital will receive respite care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46068/23]
Tue, 24 Oct 2023
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Health Services
Colm Burke
594. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health when an increase to the fees payable to contractors for a standard eye examination under the community ophthalmic services scheme will be implemented, in view of the fact that he gave a commitment to implement this change in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46535/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Tourism Funding
Colm Burke
47. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to confirm how much Government expenditure was spent on tourism supports and projects in Cork in 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45753/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Budget 2024
Colm Burke
60. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline what measures were included in Budget 2024 to support tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45754/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Departmental Budgets
Colm Burke
83. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to confirm the number of students that will benefit from measures aimed at those in further and higher education in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45740/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Budget 2024
Colm Burke
129. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the supports that have been made available for third level students, those attending further and higher education and apprentices in Budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45739/23]
Thu, 19 Oct 2023
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Immigration Policy
Colm Burke
183. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the addition of a bespoke seasonal employment permit scheme for foreign workers for fruit-picking and other seasonal employments in the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45895/23]