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Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Louise O'Reilly
356. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 244 and 245 of 28 March 2023, how many small and medium enterprises have repaid their warehoused tax debt to date; and the value of those repayments. [16631/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Tax Code
Louise O'Reilly
371. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance in relation to health insurance policies for older people, if (details supplied) has been considered. [16850/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Customs and Excise
Louise O'Reilly
377. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the total excise receipts earned from tobacco products in 2021 and 2022. [17037/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Customs and Excise
Louise O'Reilly
378. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the annual increases in the retail price of the most popular price category for a pack of roll-your-own tobacco since 2011; the portion of the increase related to taxes; the portion of the increase due to price rises by the tobacco industry in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Tax Code
Louise O'Reilly
419. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance what domestic actions he plans to take to reduce Ireland's VAT gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18110/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Tax Code
Louise O'Reilly
420. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the estimated extra revenue that would accrue to the State if EU proposals on "VAT in the Digital Age" were enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18111/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Louise O'Reilly
439. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the current status of the Govtech Delivery Board, first suggested in 2019 in the National AI strategy, as such a board was identified as a key supporter of good practice in the public sector deployment of new technologies. [16424/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Data Protection
Louise O'Reilly
440. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if providing advice and a set of best practice guidelines on data protection be part of the role of the Govtech Delivery Board, given that, in the 2019 Cruinniú report that proposed the Govtech body, the lack of expertise on GDPR in public sector bodies was identified as a barrier to deployment of new technologies. [16426/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Louise O'Reilly
441. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform given the skills gap in AI identified by the Future Skills report last year, if the monitoring and support of public sector projects which utilise AI will be part of the responsibility of the Govtech delivery Board. [16428/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Louise O'Reilly
442. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware that Govtech boards in some states, for example Singapore, have a role in developing 'whole of government' technologies, and employ substantial technical resources to this end; and if this is perceived as part of the terms of reference of the Irish Govtech Delivery Board. [16430/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Projects
Louise O'Reilly
483. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the working group on trustworthy AI principles and guidelines, as outlined in a response to this office in December 2022; and when this body is to report. [16422/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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School Admissions
Louise O'Reilly
506. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education what options are available to the family of a student (details supplied) who has withdrawn from school and is refusing to attend due to difficulties they have faced in the school, but who has applied to enrolled in a new school and has been denied a place in that school. [16809/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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School Funding
Louise O'Reilly
509. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education what options and funding streams are available to a school that wishes to start a school library and stock it with books. [16849/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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School Enrolments
Louise O'Reilly
655. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the demand that will be placed on national schools in Rush, County Dublin; if provision has been made to increase national school places in the short to medium-term; if she will provide specific information by school on the number of places that will be available for the next ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16754/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Pension Provisions
Louise O'Reilly
695. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the misclassification of pension entitlements for workers in local authorities; and if he can provide an update and a timeline for resolution. [16047/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Social Welfare Schemes
Louise O'Reilly
900. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual cost of providing domiciliary care allowance to children aged 16 and 17 years, in view of the fact that children can no longer access this payment once they turn 16 years of age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17033/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Louise O'Reilly
901. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection how many people received the household benefit scheme in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the cost of the scheme to the State in each of these years. [17034/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Departmental Policies
Louise O'Reilly
902. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection what supports are available for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments during work time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Louise O'Reilly
903. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection whether considerations have been made to ease the eligibility criteria for partial capacity benefit to increase security for all cancer patients seeking to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17036/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Social Welfare Application Forms
Louise O'Reilly
904. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the possibility of streamlining applications for the additional needs payments for cancer patients on the basis of the non-medical costs of cancer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17039/23]