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Wed, 20 Nov 2019
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School Transport
Noel Grealish
115. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase the upper age limits for school bus drivers beyond 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48111/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Treatment Abroad Scheme
Noel Grealish
168. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health if procedures have been carried out in private hospitals or facilities in the past five years under the treatment abroad scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46822/19]
Wed, 13 Nov 2019
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Pension Provisions
Noel Grealish
213. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 6 November 2019, if she envisages a conflict between the personal retirement savings account which operates without the need for a central processing agency and the proposals for auto-enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46722/19]
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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Community Employment Schemes Supervisors
Noel Grealish
206. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will accept the recommendation of the Workplace Relations Commission and implement a decision (details supplied) for community employment supervisors and assistant supervisors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45639/19]
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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Pension Provisions
Noel Grealish
211. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a draft or other budget for establishing the proposed central processing agency for auto-enrolment; the person of body who will be responsible for overruns of the proposed budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45755/19]
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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Pension Provisions
Noel Grealish
212. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount or percentage that the State will contribute to the proposed auto-enrolment pension system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45756/19]
Wed, 6 Nov 2019
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Pension Provisions
Noel Grealish
213. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the concept of the proposed auto-enrolment pension scheme conflicts with the existing personal retirement savings account system, which operates without the need for a central processing agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45757/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Ambulance Service Staff
Noel Grealish
504. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Health the person or body that authorised the cessation of deductions from the salaries of ambulance staff for unions (details supplied) which was in place for a number of years; the reason the decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44515/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Driver Licensing Exchange Agreements
Noel Grealish
911. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driver licence exchange agreement between Ireland and Alberta, Canada; when a bilateral agreement for licence exchange with Alberta is likely to be finalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44516/19]
Tue, 5 Nov 2019
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Driver Licences
Noel Grealish
912. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to increase the upper age limit for bus driver licences beyond 70 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44517/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Central Statistics Office Data
Noel Grealish
93. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Taoiseach the amount sent out of Ireland in personal remittances in each of the past ten years; and the countries to which they were sent each year. [42801/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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UN Conventions Ratification
Noel Grealish
510. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Ireland has not ratified the protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to abate acidification, eutrophication and ground level ozone which Ireland signed on 1 December 1999; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43510/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Public Transport Data
Noel Grealish
527. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tram sets operating on the Luas green line; the number, length and passenger capacity of type 401 and 402 trams operating on the line; the number of type 401 and 402 trams that have been lengthened; the number of type 502 tram sets operating on the line; the passenger capacity of the type 502 tram; the number of type 502 tram sets on order but not delivered to date; the date by which it is expected that each of 502 tram sets will be delivered; the date by which they are expected to be in service; the number of 55 m tram sets expected to be in service at the end of 2020; the planned percentage increase in passenger capacity of trams operating on the Luas green line over the period 2019 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43056/19]
Tue, 22 Oct 2019
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Departmental Schemes
Noel Grealish
656. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if schools in the Gaeltacht were notified of the clár na gcluichí gaelach scheme or the way in which to apply; the way in which the schools were chosen for funding under this scheme; the reason no schools in the Gaeltacht areas on the east side of Galway city were chosen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43008/19]
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
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School Catchment Areas
Noel Grealish
127. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the catchment boundary for a school (details supplied) is so large; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42800/19]
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
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Garda Data
Noel Grealish
155. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of official current and former Garda residences in the Galway Garda division by the number occupied and the vacant, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42805/19]
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
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Home Loan Scheme
Noel Grealish
332. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government if there is a provision in legislation to allow for persons who owned a home previously but no longer own it due to a marital separation to avail of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan or the help-to-buy-incentive; if not, if such changes to these schemes are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42802/19]
Thu, 17 Oct 2019
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Social and Affordable Housing Provision
Noel Grealish
333. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when an affordable housing scheme will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42803/19]
Wed, 16 Oct 2019
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Departmental Projects
Noel Grealish
264. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the purpose of her proposed research project to examine funeral poverty here; the amount allocated in budget 2020; the details of the person or body carrying out the research; the range of matters to be addressed; the expected or planned timescale for completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42531/19]
Tue, 15 Oct 2019
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Insurance Costs
Noel Grealish
138. Deputy Noel Grealish asked the Minister for Finance the number of businesses impacted by increased employer and public liability insurance; the estimated proportion that could be forced out of business as a result of increased insurance costs over the next couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41782/19]