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Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Richard Bruton
1882. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if it is anticipated that free general practitioner services will be extended to new age groups; and if a date for the next extensions has been set. [40976/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Health Services
Richard Bruton
1883. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the treatment of patients in the UK is being covered under the refund for treatment abroad or under schemes that cover treatment not available in Ireland. [40977/22]
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
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Nursing Homes
Richard Bruton
1884. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that the sale of the home of a person within fair deal scheme and the rental of such a home are now treated within the assessment of support to be undertaken by the State for that patient’s care. [40978/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Climate Change Policy
Richard Bruton
69. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Ireland’s lead in carbon efficiency over other European Union Member States has changed significantly in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38222/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Agriculture Industry
Richard Bruton
74. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the speed with which the framework to support carbon farming will be put in place in Ireland; and the countries that are the best international exemplars in this respect. [38221/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Payments
Richard Bruton
134. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection the proportion of persons on the contributory pension and on the invalidity pension who qualify for the fuel allowance scheme; if many are excluded who are experiencing fuel poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34938/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Richard Bruton
166. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if the criteria for assessment of savings needs to be updated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34937/22]
Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Richard Bruton
590. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Social Protection if the terms of the means test for a qualified adult allowance will be adversely affected if the savings of a continuous positive airway pressure claimant are put into joint names due to the claimant’s diminishing capacity to take decision; and if she will consider protecting the qualified adult allowance payment in such circumstances. [39571/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Asylum Seekers
Richard Bruton
402. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the medical and psychological supports which are provided for those seeking asylum, who may have difficult experiences to overcome as they seek to develop a new life, and in particular services to help divert people from alcohol or other substance dependencies and whether such services are delivered on site where larger numbers are accommodated together. [38208/22]
Wed, 13 Jul 2022
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Youth Services
Richard Bruton
404. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to continue with the present system of funding for the your place your space scheme; and if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by community organisations that valuable networks could be damaged if the current system is changed. [38397/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Richard Bruton
94. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health if the waiting list initiative has been impacted by the latest surge in Covid-19 hospital admissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37520/22]
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
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Court Judgments
Richard Bruton
125. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Health the way that the court decision striking down the preliminary assessment of children with special needs will affect the children who have been assessed and listed for therapeutic services; and the additional resource implications for the HSE to act upon the ruling. [37521/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Apprenticeship Programmes
Richard Bruton
10. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the level of advertising of apprenticeship opportunities posted on the apprenticeship website; and the initiatives to get more sectoral organisations to get their members to advertise in this way. [36446/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Third Level Costs
Richard Bruton
51. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has received any estimates of the cost of participating in third level education, both when living at home and living away from home and the impact that the rising cost of living is having on those costs; and the ways in which he is supporting with these extra costs. [36447/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Childcare Services
Richard Bruton
91. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has sought reports from the childcare committees in the various Dublin local authority areas on the availability of childcare for children under two years of age; if there are measures which could be taken in the short term to meet supply constraints; if he will request that local authorities undertake assessments of childcare supply needs as part of their five-year development plan exercises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Childcare Services
Richard Bruton
137. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered concerns of childcare providers that the new core funding scheme poses challenges for smaller providers. [35722/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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Commemorative Events
Richard Bruton
195. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there are plans to mark the death of Arthur Griffith as part of the centenary celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36820/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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School Accommodation
Richard Bruton
222. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education the way that the factors such as, a very high proportion of pupils exiting the catchment, the lack of balanced mix of places for girls and boys and lack of options for those who wish for a non-religious school are taken into account when setting a framework for additional school places in a catchment area; and if this will cause her to consider a new school rather than extensions to existing school as in the case of a school planning area (details supplied). [36805/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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School Enrolments
Richard Bruton
223. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education if she will give a breakdown by gender of the pupils entering or leaving Killester, Raheny and Clontarf school catchment area for secondary schooling. [36806/22]
Thu, 7 Jul 2022
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School Accommodation
Richard Bruton
224. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Education when a detailed review of the need for new second level schools across Dublin will be undertaken in view of the surge in housing development. [36807/22]