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Thu, 26 Jan 2023
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Ukraine War
Marc MacSharry
273. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when accommodation providers for Ukrainian refugees across the country, who are experiencing delays with receiving payment will be paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3825/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Greenways Provision
Marc MacSharry
196. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a status update in relation to the proposed greenway Collooney to Bellaghy, given that Transport Infrastructure Ireland has assumed responsibility for the development of all greenways. [2674/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Greenways Provision
Marc MacSharry
197. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if work by his Department has been lost with the transfer of responsibility to TII or if his Department intends to progress the project using this knowledge gather to advance the project, given that over €350,000 in public money has already been spent on feasibility, preliminary works, public consultation and landowner consultation for the Collooney-Bellaghy Greenway. [2675/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Greenways Provision
Marc MacSharry
198. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport the timeline TII is working towards for the delivery of the Collooney-Bellaghy Greenway. [2676/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Greenways Provision
Marc MacSharry
199. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport the methodology being used by TII to prioritise the chronology of the delivery of greenways. [2677/23]
Thu, 19 Jan 2023
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Greenways Provision
Marc MacSharry
200. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if there is a ring-fenced multi-annual budget within TII for the development of greenways; and, if so, the amount that it is. [2678/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Departmental Schemes
Marc MacSharry
271. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Transport if he will include a rural location (details supplied) in County Sligo for the new pilot subsidised hackney service scheme for rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1776/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Tourism Industry
Marc MacSharry
449. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of tourist beds available in Ireland across the full offering (details supplied), in tabular form; the availability under each category in each region or county as of 1 January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1696/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Tourism Industry
Marc MacSharry
450. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has researched and quantified the projected loss in tourism revenue in 2023 as a direct reduction in the tourist-bed capacity resulting from the reliance on tourism accommodation for refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1697/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Tourism Industry
Marc MacSharry
451. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the contingency planning that her Department has undertaken to assist the tourism economies of small coastal towns and villages such as Bundoran, Lahinch, Strandhill, Rosses Point, among many others by the absence in tourism revenue and seasonal employment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1698/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Tourism Funding
Marc MacSharry
452. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if compensation schemes are being worked out to support tourism auxiliary businesses and leisure activity and amenity providers in tourist areas who will likely lose out due to the absence of tourism sufficient accommodation when compared to previous years. [1699/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Tourism Industry
Marc MacSharry
453. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if an analysis has been carried out regionally to identify the regions, towns and villages that are set to be worst affected due to the absence of sufficient tourist accommodation; if so, if she will publish such analysis; if not, if she will undertake to carry out such analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1700/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Vacant Properties
Marc MacSharry
563. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will permit local authorities to use their discretion when deciding on applications for the vacant property refurbishment grant where the applicants meet all of the conditions of the scheme bar the requirement that the property be built before 1993 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1710/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Ukraine War
Marc MacSharry
1134. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice if the European Union is centrally co-ordinating destination selection for those seeking safe haven in the context of the effective and efficient accommodation of refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine. [1707/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Ukraine War
Marc MacSharry
1135. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice the methodology that is being used to select the destination, arrange travel and accommodate those seeking safe haven from the war in the Ukraine, assuming there is European Union co-ordination at some level (details supplied). [1708/23]
Wed, 18 Jan 2023
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Ukraine War
Marc MacSharry
1136. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Justice the reason for the apparent inferior figures among some European Union member states compared with Ireland’s commitments in relation to an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1709/23]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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School Transport
Marc MacSharry
352. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of a child (details supplied) who is attending an autism unit in County Sligo but has yet to receive confirmation of a place on the school bus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61785/22]
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
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School Transport
Marc MacSharry
356. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of two children (details supplied) with extenuating circumstances who have yet to receive an update with regard to getting school transport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61833/22]
Wed, 7 Dec 2022
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Tax Code
Marc MacSharry
22. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Finance his assessment of the current position in respect of Ireland’s tax sovereignty (details supplied) given the changing circumstances; if he will continue to uphold the principle of Irish tax sovereignty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61205/22]
Wed, 7 Dec 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Marc MacSharry
59. Deputy Marc MacSharry asked the Minister for Education if she will review the case of a primary school pupil (details supplied) who cannot get an educational assessment carried out, given that there is no National Educational Psychological Service psychologist available to the pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61267/22]