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Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
111. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the effectiveness of the current EDT system for learner drivers paying particular attention to any improvement in overall deaths or casualties on the roads and to driving test pass rates; his views on the reduced EDT program and the safety related research that was done before this was approved. [31801/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
112. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of money approved driving instructors have paid per year for student logbooks and the way the profit is distributed; his views that logbooks should be delivered with the learner permit as this is the first point of contact with learners and that independent contractors should not be expected to cover the costs out of their own pockets. [31802/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
113. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the body or authority that established the use of the approved driving instructor check test together and if his Department approved this system as an acceptable form of assessment of approved driving instructors. [31803/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
114. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of approved driving instructors that died of Covid and the research, if any, that the Road Safety Authority or the Department of Transport commissioned into the way to safely work in a car and the guidance the RSA shared with ADIs. [31804/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
115. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests cancelled due to driving testers being positive for Covid. [31805/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Driver Test
Louise O'Reilly
116. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the number of approved driving instructors that did not renew their registration over the full duration of the register and in the past 3 years. [31806/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Broadcasting Sector
Louise O'Reilly
200. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the current RTÉ strategy for the period 2018-22, which was reviewed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland prior to being submitted to her Department and was subsequently laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas and signed off on by her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32070/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Broadcasting Sector
Louise O'Reilly
201. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when she expects to receive the strategies for 2023-27 from TG4 and RTÉ; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32071/22]
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
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Health Services
Louise O'Reilly
743. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend services to support adults with ADHD in the Malahide and Swords areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31898/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Banking Sector
Louise O'Reilly
60. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the protections that are in place for consumers availing of buy-now, pay-later lending services; the oversight and monitoring of these providers that is carried out by the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31256/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Flexible Work Practices
Louise O'Reilly
229. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has had any discussions regarding the re-instatement of the working-from-home advice given the cost-of-living crisis and the cost of commuting for workers with no option but to drive to work. [31257/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Education Schemes
Louise O'Reilly
398. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if any changes will be made to the qualification criteria for the back to education allowance for older workers who decided to return to education having lost or left their job due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis. [31398/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Childcare Services
Louise O'Reilly
408. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the process by which a childcare provider can extend their opening hours in order to provide additional services (details supplied). [31397/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Asylum Seekers
Louise O'Reilly
423. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice her plans to speed up applications for family reunification for families from Afghanistan in cases in which a family member left behind is at risk of serious injury or death at the hands of the Taliban. [31399/22]
Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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Health Services
Louise O'Reilly
462. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the HSE is intent on providing funding for day expenditure for the running of a facility (details supplied). [31400/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Tax Strategy Group
Louise O'Reilly
20. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance when the tax strategy papers are expected to be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31287/22]
Wed, 15 Jun 2022
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Tax and Social Welfare Codes
Louise O'Reilly
21. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance when the Commission on taxation and welfare will complete its work; when it expects to publish its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31288/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Dublin Airport Authority
Louise O'Reilly
71. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he raised concerns with the Dublin Airport Authority in relation to the high volume of security staff who were let go over the past two years; if he expressed concern that letting staff go during this period was unfair and opportunistic; and if he raised the likely scenario that this would affect Dublin Airport’s ability to deal with a full return to aviation activity. [30616/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Dublin Airport Authority
Louise O'Reilly
105. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport the total amount that the Dublin Airport Authority received in State funding or subsidies throughout the Covid-19 crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30617/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Workplace Relations Commission
Louise O'Reilly
151. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the funding of the Workplace Relations Commission by 50% and 100%, respectively, in tabular form. [28836/22]