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Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Seán Sherlock
670. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 21 November 2023, if a response will issue to the point referenced by that Minister. [52326/23]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Seán Sherlock
671. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 349 of 21 November 2023 (details supplied), to confirm that those attending the National Learning Network whose previous social protection payments like disability allowance and fuel allowance are now paid by the training provider, will receive the budget 2024 once-off cost-of-living payments being paid to those in receipt of disability allowance and fuel allowance; the number of recipients there are; if he is aware of the difficulties last year in making these payments; what action he has taken to address this matter; if he will ensure there is no disincentive to taking up training and educational opportunities for those with disabilities where they miss out on once-off payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52371/23]
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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Cycling Facilities
Seán Sherlock
170. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport what applications for expansion of a bike scheme (details supplied) have been received; and the costs involved for an expansion. [51669/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Tax Reliefs
Seán Sherlock
61. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance to allow a claim to be processed (details supplied). [51345/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Local Elections
Seán Sherlock
152. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health what restrictions are currently in place in respect of employees of the HSE and the Child and Family Agency running in local elections; and the rationale for any such restrictions. [51202/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Seán Sherlock
161. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when an appointment will be secured for an individual for surgery (details supplied). [51260/23]
Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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Ambulance Service
Seán Sherlock
189. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the budget line afforded to a project (details supplied). [51322/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Student Accommodation
Seán Sherlock
324. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has any remit in respect of providing purpose-built housing for students. [51167/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Student Accommodation
Seán Sherlock
325. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Land Development Agency has any remit in respect of providing purpose-built housing for the medical professions. [51168/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Cost of Living Issues
Seán Sherlock
349. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will receive benefits of the cost-of-living payments. [51099/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
451. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a child (details supplied) will receive appropriate interventions. [51169/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Seán Sherlock
491. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if he will publish any research his Department has commissioned on loneliness in society post-Covid. [50638/23]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Departmental Funding
Seán Sherlock
600. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a funding line is available for a group (details supplied). [50573/23]
Wed, 15 Nov 2023
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Housing Provision
Seán Sherlock
93. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 602 of 7 November 2023, to detail the 68 cases that have been referred to the Housing Agency by 21 local authorities; to identify what local authorities, in tabular form; the municipal district in each local authority concerned, in tabular form; the number of cost rental tenant-in-situ homes completed to date for each local authority; and the number in progress, in tabular form. [50063/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Local Authorities
Seán Sherlock
2. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of properties acquired by local authorities under our rural future in 2022 and to date in 2023 by each local authority; the type of property acquired (house, former retail or commercial building etc); and the amount spent by each local authority, in tabular form. [50001/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Vaccination Programme
Seán Sherlock
83. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if it is mandatory for personnel deploying overseas with UNIFIL to be Covid-19-vaccinated (details supplied). [49346/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Energy Conservation
Seán Sherlock
273. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any application has been received by his Department in respect of an estate in terms of retrofitting opportunities (details supplied). [49849/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
446. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 7 November 2023, how much Exchequer funding has been given to an organisation (details supplied) for each of the years 2020 to 2022 and to date in 2023. [49761/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
447. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation’s auditors (details supplied) are a named firm, tasked with preparing the financial report of the organisation; if his Department is aware that the organisation has requested another firm to assist it in preparing its report; and if his Department has asked the organisation why the second opinion is needed of a major accountancy firm. [49762/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
448. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in the course of his Department’s discussions with an organisation (details supplied), has his Department has been made aware that no AGM has taken place for the purposes of approving its annual report and financial statements; the reason this meeting has not taken place; and the reason that figures have been provided to the CRA in the absence of statements being provided to members to approve. [49763/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
449. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has received a draft or full annual report of an organisation (details supplied). [49764/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
450. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that the full board of an organisation (details supplied) has not signed off the final accounts. [49765/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
451. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) confirmed in August 2023 that a director of the organisation has been suspended; if so, the reason they were suspended; if his Department has been told why they have been suspended; and if his Department advised the organisation that the director should step down. [49766/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
452. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth who provided legal advice on the suspension of the director of an organisation (details supplied). [49767/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
453. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that certain directors of an organisation (details supplied) have refused to sign off on its annual report as they believe it not to be a going concern; and the reason this has not been disclosed to the members of the organisation. [49768/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
454. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) informed its members on Monday, 28 August 2023, that it was postponing its AGM due to a “delay in the audit process”; if his Department is aware of the reason for this delay; and if so, if he will identify the reason. [49769/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
455. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that there were 52 cases lodged in relation to the alleged abuse within an organisation (details supplied) in the High Court as of February 2023 in Ireland, and an additional case facing ,he will confirm how many more cases have arisen, either in the Republic or the North, since February 2023; and if his Department has asked the organisation for a list of its assets and their value in order to estimate how it can cover the costs of all of these cases. [49770/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
456. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of assets owned by an organisation (details supplied) being transferred into trusts; and if his Department is concerned that the movement of assets could be seen as an attempt by the organisation to put some of its assets outside the reach of victims of child abuse. [49771/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
457. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has had an interim chief executive since June 2022 while its chief executive is on sick leave; and if his Department can outline how long the organisation will have two chief executives without appointing a new chief executive. [49772/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
458. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many regulators are now involved in requests into an organisation (details supplied) in 2023; if the CRA, CEA, DPC, and Tusla are all investigating; if his Department has received and acted internally on any disclosures in relation to the organisation; the reason freedom of information requests in relation to the SI pre-Budget submission have been obstructed or delayed; if his Department will publish this submission; and if his Department accepts the organisation’s claim that it will grow its membership by 5,000 a year for three years. [49773/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Health Services Waiting Lists
Seán Sherlock
498. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO, in tabular form; and the length of time that persons are waiting to be seen. [49410/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Hospital Appointments Status
Seán Sherlock
527. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will receive an urgent appointment to attend an assessment with ophthalmology services in respect of cataract surgery. [49663/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Hospital Admissions
Seán Sherlock
560. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions for RSV to all hospitals in the period 1 September 2023 to 8 November 2023, by age of the person admitted and by hospital, in tabular form. [49794/23]
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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Mental Health Services
Seán Sherlock
576. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date a medical institution will reopen (details supplied). [49837/23]
Thu, 9 Nov 2023
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Library Services
Seán Sherlock
335. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same that she has received. [49104/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Children in Care
Seán Sherlock
44. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reasons the rise in the allowance for foster carers, as outlined in budget 2024, has been delayed to November 2024, after the next scheduled budget announcement, and if he will work to bring that rise forward to earlier in the year. [48533/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Artificial Intelligence
Seán Sherlock
60. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what engagement he has had on the issue of artificial intelligence in the areas of child protection; and if he will provide the research papers, if any, undertaken by his Department on the matter. [48534/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Youth Services
Seán Sherlock
63. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he or his Department maintains ongoing contact with an organisation (details supplied); if his Department continues to provide funding to the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48537/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Services
Seán Sherlock
82. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for the lack of engagement with stakeholders such as an organisation (details supplied) on the Roadmap for Service Improvement: Disability Services for Children and Young People 2023-2026. [48535/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Direct Provision System
Seán Sherlock
84. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has had regard to the OCO report on Safety and Welfare of Children in Direct Provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48536/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Illegal Dumping
Seán Sherlock
155. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures that have been undertaken by local authorities in terms of CCTV monitoring of illegal dumping, including dog fouling and anti-social behaviour, since the enactment of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, in tabular form. [47849/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
212. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will approve the establishment of bus shelters in an estate (details supplied). [47416/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
213. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport if he will ensure double-decker services for a route at peak times (details supplied). [47417/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Road Safety
Seán Sherlock
250. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding ringfenced and drawn down for a project list in an area (details supplied); and if a timeline has been established for same, in tabular form. [48088/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Bus Services
Seán Sherlock
266. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Transport when a bus shelter will be installed at a location (details supplied). [48352/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Waterways Issues
Seán Sherlock
601. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the up-to-date position with a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47391/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Housing Provision
Seán Sherlock
602. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cost rental tenant in situ homes completed to date for each local authority; the number in progress, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47392/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Departmental Correspondence
Seán Sherlock
669. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) that relate to his Department and an agency. [48431/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Legislative Measures
Seán Sherlock
794. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position with the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; when the Bill will progress through the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47394/23]
Tue, 7 Nov 2023
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Disability Diagnoses
Seán Sherlock
978. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need within each CH0 awaiting an appointment; the breakdown by each CHO; his plans to address these waiting lists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47393/23]