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Questions and answers for all sittings
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Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Bus Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
49. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport how many buses have been provided for the town bus link service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30219/23]
Thu, 22 Jun 2023
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Regeneration Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
259. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for delivery of the URDF project in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30394/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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International Relations
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
127. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the last time discussions were held to promote strengthen ties between the EU and Singapore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29160/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Naval Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
171. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service will be launched in the third quarter this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29148/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Defence Forces
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
172. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant dentists, physiotherapists, nurses and doctors currently in the Defence Forces Medical Corps as of 12 June 2023; when these vacancies will be filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29149/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Electric Vehicles
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
202. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of electric vehicle charging points at each Irish Rail train station car park nationwide; if this number will be further increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29157/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Rail Network
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
203. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if there are any plans to link Portlaoise and Carlow on a more direct basis on the rail network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29158/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
235. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance what his Department is doing to improve the eligibility criteria for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme; how many people receive support from this scheme; how many people have been excluded from the scheme; if his Department will make a commitment to re-establishing the appeals mechanism for the disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29706/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Communications
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
240. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he has spoken with his Australian counterpart to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29147/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Trade Data
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
282. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Mexico and Ireland in 2022 and Quarter 1, 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29159/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
297. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the number of WTE structural engineers working in her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29150/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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School Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
318. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education if the ICT grant as part of the Digital Learning Plan will be paid to a school (details supplied) in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29460/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Budgets
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
341. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide a breakdown of vote 33 across programmes A, B and D subheads, including both current and capital expenditure in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29145/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Legislative Process
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
357. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of the Fire, Emergency, Management and Public Safety Bill; when this Bill will move to the next stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29146/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
430. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the amount of cash seized by gardaí on proceeds of crime legislation in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; the amount of cash seized that was returned to the Exchequer in each of the years in question, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29151/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
431. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 476 of 16 May 2023, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29152/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Departmental Meetings
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
472. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement his Department has had with a premises; the plans, if any, his Department has to meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29163/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
610. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant paediatric ophthalmologists attached to both CHI Crumlin and CHI Temple Street in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29153/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
611. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners for diabetes in pregnancy working in each maternity unit in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29154/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
612. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE cardiac physiologists attached to University Hospital Waterford in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29155/23]
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
613. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of addiction rehabilitation, detox and stabilisation beds opened in CHO5 in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29156/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Rural Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
102. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the projects funded by the Transitional LEADER programme in County Carlow, as well as the amount of funding Carlow has received under the initiative. [28285/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Rural Schemes
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
105. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on thefunding allocated and works undertaken in Bagenalstown, County Carlow under the Streetscape Enhancement Initiative. [28284/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Tax Code
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
389. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether or not active farmland is excluded from RZLT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28397/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
515. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education the precise number of special needs organisers currently working in County Kildare; the number of positions currently vacant; her Department's plan to fill these vacancies; if she will otherwise outline the optimum number of special needs organisers required to fill the demand in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27517/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
607. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education when a new special educational needs organiser will be appointed to the Carlow area following the vacancy arising (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28451/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Housing Provision
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the most up-to-date housing needs assessment for counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and the number on each of the local authority housing waiting lists for these counties. [28281/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Septic Tanks
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the infrastructure fees waiver that has been announced includes septic tanks. [28282/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
840. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 106 of 23 May 2023, the reason those on non-contributory pensions were omitted from the Spring bonus cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28366/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Visa Applications
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
929. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the plans being put in place by her Department to address serious backlogs in atypical visa processing (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28374/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Visa Applications
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
930. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the steps being taken to ensure adequate staff are available to service the nursing home care sector (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28375/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Forestry Sector
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
983. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any plans to introduce a scheme for private homeowners living in the countryside in addition to the €9 million in support to landowners with ash dieback infected plantations by removing and replanting their sites with alternative species to avoid an endemic spread of the disease to rural gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28378/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Departmental Funding
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
999. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline on delivery of funding for a service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28262/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1105. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken regarding the recognition of Covid/long-Covid as having an occupational connection in social or health care and certain other settings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27064/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1147. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long-term illness scheme, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27377/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1149. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to add an illness to the long- term illness scheme under the terms of mental illness, medical card or drugs payment scheme for medications for an illness (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27380/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Health Strategies
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1300. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetics and Genomics Medicine in Ireland; the status of the development of the promised National Testing Directory for genetics and genomics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28413/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Pharmacy Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1308. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health what engagement his Department has had with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to pay for services provided, and where its payments had been reduced in 2009 and have been frozen ever since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28450/23]
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
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Educational Reform
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
1347. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the integration into the higher education framework in a region of an institution (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
22. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the injury clinic unit for Carlow town and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26700/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Further and Higher Education
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
128. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the distribution of the devolved capital grant; the amount that has been allocated to the Kilkenny and Carlow Education and Training Board; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26699/23]
Thu, 1 Jun 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
356. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the status of an occupational therapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26955/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Community Development Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
48. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagement he has had with Carlow County Council on the provision of a community hub in Carlow on the Tullow Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25681/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Disabilities Assessments
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
50. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s plans to address waiting lists for assessments for children with special needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25682/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Disability Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
606. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be issued for non-emergency transport for those using disability services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Medicinal Products
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
664. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the considerations his Department is giving to the inclusion of the drugs saxenda and ozempic, both now recognised as valuable medications in the treatment of obesity, to the drugs payment scheme for non-diabetic patients; if there are plans to widen the prescription of saxenda and ozempic to medical card holders with a BMI of greater than 35 as a preventative medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Hospital Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
751. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to operate a weekend service for diagnostic scans in St. Luke’s Hospital, Kilkenny and Waterford University Hospital, based on evidential need (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26116/23]
Thu, 25 May 2023
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Third Level Education
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
295. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress that has been made to date regarding the integration of Carlow College, St. Patrick's into the Higher Education Authority; the engagement the Department has had on the issue with stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
4. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22439/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Social Welfare Benefits
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
91. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to reinstate the multiple payment of child benefit to parents of twins, triplets, and so on, which were previously given at primary and post-primary school entry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24248/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
106. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are plans to introduce cost-of-living supports for adult dependents or those on non-contributory pensions, as many have been left out of earlier cost-of-living supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24247/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
391. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on a matter (details supplied). [24072/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Urban Development
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
411. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress that has been made to date regarding URDF in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24338/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
544. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a women’s refuge in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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International Protection
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
651. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth where phase two of the resettlement programme in Carlow aims to resettle the refugee population and how many International Protection persons are to come to Carlow for this IRPPII process; the status of the Inter Agency Working Group in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24069/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Community Development Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
670. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a community centre for young people at Tullow Road in Carlow; the engagement his Department has had with Carlow local authority on this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24340/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Ambulance Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
776. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of an ambulance base in Carlow; the date on which the National Ambulance Service requested HSE estates to refurbish the existing building there as an ambulance base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24335/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
777. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if there are any plans to have an injury clinic in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24336/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Disability Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
778. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the progress that has been made to date regarding the provision of a new fit-for-purpose building for Holy Angels Day Care Service for Children with Special Needs in Carlow; the date on which his Department expects HSE estates to begin works at the Kelvin Grove site; if he will provide a list of proposed tenants to the Kelvin Grove building under the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24337/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Arts Policy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
54. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the arts funding for Carlow in 2023; and what funding is for the visual arts centre in Carlow. [23670/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Housing Provision
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
112. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the provision of affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23204/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Housing Provision
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
144. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the provision of modular housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23203/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Special Educational Needs
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
73. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the Summer Programme 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22623/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
90. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started; how many have yet to be tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22622/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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International Relations
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
130. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Spanish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22389/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
162. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the WTE cost of recruiting three additional principal geologists for his Department. [22375/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Defence Forces
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
189. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of persons currently in recruit training in the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps, respectively, in tabular form [22372/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Public Procurement Contracts
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
190. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the names of the companies that currently hold the contract to provide musical instruments to the Defence Forces School of Music; the amount paid for the replacement of these instruments in the years 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and when this contract to provide musical instruments is due to expire [22373/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Parking Provision
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
223. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided for the remarking of the car park at the front of a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22380/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Parking Provision
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
224. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if Iarnród Éireann plans to provide additional train service between Dublin Heuston and Waterford in both directions on Sundays and Bank Holidays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22381/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
278. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of any contracts or services procured by his Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted to frontline security; and the value of such contracts since 2020 to date. [22374/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Trade Missions
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
298. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a Trade Mission to Canada is scheduled for Quarter 3, this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22388/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Contracts
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
383. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of any contracts or services procured by her Department with frontline security, including any that are subcontracted to frontline security; the value of such contracts since 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22386/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Expenditure
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
384. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the 2021 and 2022 capital budget allocation to her Department; the percentage of that funding that was actually spent in each of the years in question, in tabular form; the capital budget allocation for her Department in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22387/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
476. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on hiring crowd control barriers in 2022 and to-date in 2023; when is this current contract to provide crowd control barriers due to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22382/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
477. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of standard and advanced motorcycles courses held for gardaí within Carlow-Kilkenny Division in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22383/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
478. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda roads policing unit cars that came into fleet in 2022 and to-date in 2023; the number of these vehicles withdrawn for the same period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22384/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
479. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Justice the estimated full year cost if 1,400 new gardaí were recruited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22385/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Hospital Staff
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
599. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant gastroenterologist based at University Hospital Waterford in each of the years 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [22376/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
600. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of pacemaker procedures carried out in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and the hospitals in which these procedures are carried out, in tabular form. [22377/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Hospital Procedures
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
601. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of births that took place in the maternity unit at St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny in each of the years 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form. [22378/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Ambulance Service
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
602. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health the number of rapid response vehicles allocated to each HSE ambulance basis and that are available to attend emergency incidents on a 24-7 basis, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22379/23]
Thu, 11 May 2023
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Regional Development
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the south-east regional enterprise plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22078/23]
Thu, 11 May 2023
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Enterprise Support Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
75. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the action being taken by IDA Ireland to bring new businesses to Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22079/23]
Wed, 10 May 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
13. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [21444/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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House Sales
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of Carlow homebuyers who have availed of the enhanced help-to-buy scheme since 23 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21451/23]
Tue, 9 May 2023
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Business Supports
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
111. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Finance the number of Carlow businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date; the number that have been successful; the estimated value or worth of the support to date for businesses in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21450/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Public Transport
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
18. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport the number of extra carriages that have been allocated on the Dublin to Waterford train and the Waterford to Dublin train; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20801/23]
Thu, 4 May 2023
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Road Projects
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
67. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the Southern Relief Road in Carlow and the Relief Road for Tullow. [20800/23]
Wed, 3 May 2023
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Social Welfare Payments
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
261. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being asked to repay a welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20854/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Climate Change Policy
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
76. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the work of the National Youth Assembly on Climate. [19740/23]
Thu, 27 Apr 2023
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Citizens' Assembly
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
97. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on the rollout of highspeed broadband in County Carlow. [19739/23]
Wed, 26 Apr 2023
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Child Poverty
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
4. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the proposed child poverty unit in his Department. [19221/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
91. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the public consultation on the development of a new strategy for the public library service. [19245/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Tidy Towns
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
92. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of towns that applied to the 2023 Tidy Towns competition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19246/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Defence Forces
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
159. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an overview of capital and current projects and associated funding for Kilkenny Barracks from 2020 to date; and outline future plans to fund projects, including any planned upgrades at the barracks. [19470/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Defence Forces
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
160. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on planned works at Kilkenny Barracks with respect to the squash playing facility; and to update on discussions his Department has had with a club (details supplied). [19471/23]
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
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Defence Forces
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
161. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank and civilian employees, stationed at Kilkenny Barracks, in tabular form. [19472/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Dental Services
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
38. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the significant backlogs in dental screening services for schoolchildren up to ten years of age, as some school children are not getting their first dental check until secondary school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17480/23]
Thu, 20 Apr 2023
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Primary Care Centres
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor
66. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Health when Borris, County Carlow will get a primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17481/23]