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Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Charles Flanagan
307. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) can expect to have a decision on its applications under the additional accommodation scheme and the emergency works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31043/23]
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Charles Flanagan
316. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education when approval will be sanctioned for a school (details supplied) to proceed to the next stage for the construction of two ASD units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31112/23]
Thu, 15 Jun 2023
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Legislative Programme
Charles Flanagan
116. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he intends to present legislation to Dáil Éireann for a Just Transition Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28829/23]
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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Electricity Generation
Charles Flanagan
45. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the short- and medium-term plans for emergency electricity generation in counties Laois and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28661/23]
Wed, 14 Jun 2023
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Energy Prices
Charles Flanagan
46. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the measures being taken to reduce the cost of electricity for households; if he will outline the other measures his Department is considering to reduce the cost of domestic energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28662/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Charles Flanagan
159. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Education the criteria that has been used to determine the position the SNA allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) for the coming school term; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20833/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Community Welfare Services
Charles Flanagan
186. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the withdrawal of the community welfare office service in Mountmellick, County Laois; if she will make appropriate arrangements to reinstate the service as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20847/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Charles Flanagan
116. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline the current operation of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; the current membership of the board; when the latest members of the board were appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20657/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Departmental Bodies
Charles Flanagan
117. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Finance the options available to a person (details supplied) who is unable to appeal a decision due to the absence of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20658/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Charles Flanagan
329. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has been made aware of the difficulties that a special needs preschool (details supplied) that caters for children with complex needs is having sourcing a new premises, and that it faces closure in June 2023 if an approved premises is not found; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20206/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Ambulance Service
Charles Flanagan
378. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health in relation to children requiring paediatric intensive care, and the fact transportation services only operate between the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., if consideration will be given to extending the service to a 24-7 basis, in line with accepted emergency services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20207/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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National Planning Framework
Charles Flanagan
304. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when a review of the National Planning Framework will take place; what form the NPF review will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18962/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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National Planning Framework
Charles Flanagan
305. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on whether the review of the National Planning Framework needs to be brought forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18963/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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State Bodies
Charles Flanagan
306. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the steps his Department has taken or will take to identify the resourcing needs of An Bord Pleanála; the future constitution of an Coimisiún Pleanála; local and regional planning bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18964/23]
Wed, 19 Apr 2023
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Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
Charles Flanagan
173. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health the timeframe of the proposed new development at St. Vincent’s Hospital, Mountmellick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18569/23]
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
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Housing Schemes
Charles Flanagan
784. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects to publish the revised rural housing guidelines in the context of a review of the 2005 planning guidelines on sustainable rural housing; and if he will confirm that such guidelines will comply with the ECJ ruling in the Flemish decree case. [17104/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Legislative Programme
Charles Flanagan
246. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 303 of 23 March 2023, the expected dates on which the relevant sections of both the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 and the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022, and the necessary statutory instruments permitting certain persons to access the register, will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15917/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Health Services
Charles Flanagan
334. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health in the matter of a proposed new model of care for those with gender dysphoria, encompassing children, adolescents, young people and adults under the auspices of the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, if he will confirm the level of consultation, if any, with medical consultants in the national gender service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16004/23]
Thu, 30 Mar 2023
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Health Service Executive
Charles Flanagan
336. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Health if he will publish the HSE report of the Chief Clinical Officer on the matter of the referral of Irish children to the Tavistock gender identity clinic, London. [16008/23]
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
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Departmental Functions
Charles Flanagan
569. Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice in respect of a section of land at Mountjoy Prison which is to be excavated as part of a plan to locate and identify remains of buried prisoners executed at the prison, if consideration will be given to include attempts to locate the remains of a deceased prisoner (details supplied) whose relatives wish to have his remains returned to his native locality for family and Christian burial. [14965/23]