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Thu, 10 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Jim O'Callaghan
239. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for the Covid restrictions support scheme to date; the number of applications that have been successful; the value of the financial support by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42786/20]
Wed, 9 Dec 2020
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Family Reunification
Jim O'Callaghan
187. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if the time-frame for applicants who have been granted refugee status to be notified of the decision of her Department to their request for family reunification visas can be reduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42492/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Extradition Arrangements
Jim O'Callaghan
517. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if steps have been taken to seek the extradition of a person (details supplied) from South Africa; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41474/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service
Jim O'Callaghan
530. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the steps that need to be taken by an American citizen resident in Ireland who wishes to change their surname to the name of their Irish grandparent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42077/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Suicide Incidence
Jim O'Callaghan
661. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if statistics for suicide rates in Ireland to date in 2020 can be provided and in which statistics for previous years can be accessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41711/20]
Tue, 8 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
774. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health his plans for the roll out of Covid-19 vaccines (details supplied); the information technology supports that will be used to assist in deploying the vaccines and developing patient registries; if the individual health identifier along with suitable barcoding technology will be used to underpin patient safety and efficiency in the planned roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42058/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
48. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the impact of the move to level 5 on the budget of her Department for 2020. [40166/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Domestic Violence Refuges Provision
Jim O'Callaghan
99. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he plans to publish a review of domestic violence accommodation provision. [40750/20]
Thu, 3 Dec 2020
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Equality Issues
Jim O'Callaghan
119. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the need to legislate to introduce a new ground of discrimination on socioeconomic grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40751/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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School Staff
Jim O'Callaghan
65. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the status of engagements with representatives of school secretaries. [40089/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
79. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the actions being taken to ensure that continued operation of schools at which inadequate ventilation has been identified; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40088/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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National Asset Management Agency
Jim O'Callaghan
221. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance when NAMA will start construction on the Irish Glass Bottle site, Ringsend, Dublin 4, in order to provide much needed social and affordable housing. [39949/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Consular Services
Jim O'Callaghan
316. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if steps have been taken by his Department to secure the return of a person (details supplied). [39597/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Garda Reserve
Jim O'Callaghan
605. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if consideration will be given to utilising the 430 members of the Garda Reserve to assist gardaí during the implementation of changing Covid-19 restriction levels and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40224/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
662. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the funding that has been allocated to the roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine to ensure significant vaccination is achieved early in 2021. [39761/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
663. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the logistics experts that have been placed on the group responsible for rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine. [39762/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
664. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the distribution experts that have been placed on the group responsible for rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine. [39763/20]
Tue, 1 Dec 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
665. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if the group responsible for rolling out the Covid-19 vaccine will hold a daily press conference to report on progress. [39764/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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US Presidential Election
Jim O'Callaghan
31. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that some European Union countries are making unsubstantiated claims in relation to the legitimacy of the outcome of the recent presidential election in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38460/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
107. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the likely impact of the move to level 5 restrictions on tax receipts for the rest of 2020. [39186/20]
Thu, 26 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
130. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance his Department’s current projection of the extent to which the economy will contract in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39187/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Jim O'Callaghan
45. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the retrofit works on Pearse House in Dublin 2 will commence. [38289/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Social and Affordable Housing
Jim O'Callaghan
108. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when construction will commence on the glass bottle site, Ringsend, Dublin 4 in order to provide much needed social and affordable housing. [38288/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Third Level Fees
Jim O'Callaghan
662. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will extend the €250 rebate to third-level postgraduate students that have had their education moved online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38139/20]
Tue, 24 Nov 2020
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Legislative Programme
Jim O'Callaghan
699. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if she will progress the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2019 in view of the significant rise in the number of young men carrying knives. [37858/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Sports Capital Programme
Jim O'Callaghan
15. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the assessment of applications under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. [37409/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Sports Events
Jim O'Callaghan
42. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to bid for major sporting events post the current health restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37408/20]
Thu, 19 Nov 2020
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Departmental Reports
Jim O'Callaghan
258. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has received the report on socioeconomic disadvantage as a new grounds of discrimination commissioned by his Department into the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017; and when he plans to publish the report. [37520/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
91. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the likely impact of the move to level 5 on public expenditure for the rest of 2020. [36663/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Local Authority Housing
Jim O'Callaghan
395. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to carry out refurbishment works on Canon Mooney Gardens, Ringsend, Dublin 4. [36961/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Legislative Programme
Jim O'Callaghan
555. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection when section 13 of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 governing deaths abroad will be commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36174/20]
Tue, 17 Nov 2020
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Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
Jim O'Callaghan
671. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice when she plans to commence an inquiry into the death of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36755/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Cycling Facilities
Jim O'Callaghan
48. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the development and funding of the Dodder cycle route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35784/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Light Rail Projects
Jim O'Callaghan
63. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on plans to increase the tram fleet on the Luas green line; when the expansion is due to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35783/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Cycling Facilities
Jim O'Callaghan
130. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the criteria that will be applied to assess whether the new cycle route on the Strand Road, Dublin 4, will be maintained after its trial period. [35920/20]
Thu, 12 Nov 2020
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Cycling Facilities
Jim O'Callaghan
131. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport when the full infrastructure for the Sutton-to-Sandycove cycle route will be installed. [35921/20]
Wed, 11 Nov 2020
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Legislative Measures
Jim O'Callaghan
195. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the consideration being given to the introduction of laws on parental alienation; if the recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality report on family law will be fully implemented. [35739/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
37. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has had discussions with business representative groups since the move to level 5 in the living with Covid-19 framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35037/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Value Added Tax
Jim O'Callaghan
303. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance if the proposed changes to the retail export scheme can be postponed in view of the difficulties caused by the ongoing restrictions to small businesses that avail of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34594/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Legislative Process
Jim O'Callaghan
589. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if and when a new family law Bill will be introduced; if it will take into account and include all recommendations of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice and Equality report on reform of the family law system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34593/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Garda Equipment
Jim O'Callaghan
622. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked jeeps that came into the Garda fleet in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of marked jeeps that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period in tabular form. [34978/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Garda Equipment
Jim O'Callaghan
623. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda motorcycles that came into the fleet in 2019 and to date in 2020; and the number of motorcycles withdrawn from the fleet during same period in tabular form. [34979/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Garda Data
Jim O'Callaghan
624. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí by rank and Garda staff by job title working in the National Forensic Co-Ordination Office as of 1 November 2020. [34980/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Garda Equipment
Jim O'Callaghan
625. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the Garda divisions within the Dublin region that have a Garda community support van; and if funding has been made available in 2021 for the purchase of additional community support vans. [34981/20]
Tue, 10 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Tests
Jim O'Callaghan
692. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the HSE’s current understanding of the reliability of PCR testing for Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34774/20]
Wed, 4 Nov 2020
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Nursing Home Accommodation
Jim O'Callaghan
117. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to provide for the staffing of nursing homes in which existing staff are required to self-isolate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33953/20]
Wed, 4 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
119. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health if churches can be reopened to enable parishioners that wish to attend mass to do so whilst observing social distance guidelines under level 5 restrictions as mass to many is an essential service and conducive to their mental health and wellbeing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33962/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Health Services Funding
Jim O'Callaghan
94. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the details of the access to care fund announced in Budget 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33465/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jim O'Callaghan
283. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the person or body that made the decision preventing flights out of Ireland to EU states; whether it was a Government decision or whether such a decision is at the discretion of the airlines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32617/20]
Tue, 3 Nov 2020
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Cycling Facilities
Jim O'Callaghan
342. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the reason it is proposed that two cycle bridges be constructed over the Dodder river within 400 m of each other (details supplied); the estimated cost of the additional bridge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33262/20]