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Thu, 12 May 2022
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Children in Care
Mattie McGrath
284. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the up-to-date position of the national service to support the parents of children in the care of the State. [24004/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Wards of Court
Mattie McGrath
285. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children in the care of Tusla who are wards of court. [24005/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Wards of Court
Mattie McGrath
286. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of applications that were made to the courts in each of the years 2014-2021 to take children into wardship. [24006/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Wards of Court
Mattie McGrath
287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of applications that were made to the courts in each of the years 2014-2021 to take children into wardship that were granted by the courts. [24007/22]
Thu, 12 May 2022
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Wards of Court
Mattie McGrath
288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children who are wards of court who are currently in receipt of care outside the country; and the location of these care centres. [24008/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Insurance Coverage
Mattie McGrath
82. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the measures that he will take to ensure that those with thatch properties can obtain insurance following a decision by the remaining insurer covering such properties to cease taking new business; the supports scheme that he will put in place for such households and businesses that are unable to obtain insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23558/22]
Wed, 11 May 2022
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Disadvantaged Status
Mattie McGrath
172. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason that a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary has not been granted DEIS status given that the two other secondary schools in the town have been granted DEIS status; if this decision can be re-examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23691/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Proposed Legislation
Mattie McGrath
745. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of briefings, advice given and received at the meeting held with the Joint Health Committee in March 2022 to discuss the challenges identified by his Department in relation to proposals to introduce criminal buffer zones surrounding abortion-providing facilities. [22846/22]
Tue, 10 May 2022
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Departmental Reviews
Mattie McGrath
746. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the total amount to be paid to the chair of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 review as remuneration. [22847/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Housing Provision
Mattie McGrath
53. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will increase the current income limits to qualify for social housing immediately given the ongoing rising inflation and difficulties being experienced in meeting the rising costs of rent within the current income limits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21949/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Planning Issues
Mattie McGrath
157. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify the precise objectives that Article 8F of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2022 (as inserted by SI 45/2020) provides; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22380/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Planning Issues
Mattie McGrath
158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will clarify whether it is the case that the following scenarios (details supplied) under the Planning and Development Regulations 2001-2022 require both a licence under s.6 of the Forestry Act 2014 and planning permission under s.32 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, and whether that means that in these scenarios screening for an environmental impact assessment and or an appropriate assessment must be conducted by both the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the local planning authority and or An Bord Pleanála. [22381/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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School Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
186. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if he will provide full clarity in relation to the status of the application for additional school accommodation for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the latest correspondence between her Department and the school and design team; the date of the said correspondence; the information requested within the said correspondence; if she will ensure that the case officer will correspond with the school as a matter of urgency to avoid further delays in this application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22463/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Legislative Reviews
Mattie McGrath
226. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the date in which he will announce the identity of the successful bidder of the tender to complete research into the views of service users and service providers as part of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy Act) review. [22428/22]
Thu, 5 May 2022
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Forestry Sector
Mattie McGrath
255. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is the case that where tree felling is exempt from a licence, under s.19 of the Forestry Act 2014, whether or not this tree felling requires planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22379/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Health Services
Mattie McGrath
441. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if a review has been carried out on the consequences of the reconfiguration of acute health services in the mid-west region; if he will make findings of this review available; if not, if he will expedite a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21798/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Hospital Overcrowding
Mattie McGrath
442. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will launch an investigation into the failure of University Hospital Limerick to lower the trolley numbers at the hospital despite opening a new 60-bed unit recently; if he will request the reopening of 24-hour accident and emergency services in Nenagh, St. John's, and Ennis to take the pressure off the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21799/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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National Children's Hospital
Mattie McGrath
443. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the current cost of the national children's hospital to date; the projected final cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21800/22]
Wed, 4 May 2022
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Hospital Facilities
Mattie McGrath
444. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE chose not to include the mid-west region for any additional acute, subacute and ICU beds for 2022 as part of the 411 beds allocated nationally as part of the national service planning programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21806/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Census of Population
Mattie McGrath
167. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the purpose of a new question in the Census forms relating to the number of bedrooms in a home (H5); the reason this new question was included on the Census form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19247/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
174. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; and the conditions related to such secondments. [19877/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
195. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19866/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Electricity Generation
Mattie McGrath
235. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when his Department will allow microgenerated electricity to be sold to the State; the reason for the delay regarding these plans given it was expected that microgenerated electricity could be sold to the State from January 2022; if those that installed renewable energy sources on the basis that they would be able to sell excess energy back to the State will be compensated; the reason that energy bills are no longer being credited for the energy being microgenerated in a home since the installation of smart meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19381/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Environmental Schemes
Mattie McGrath
236. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of applications waiting to be approved under the warmer homes scheme; the current average wait time for applications; the number of approvals per month in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of approvals in each of the past five years; the average cost per grant; the efforts that are being made to reduce the wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19387/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
263. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
364. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19879/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Driver Licences
Mattie McGrath
385. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the reason why the NDLS, a public service, will not accept cash as payment; the reason that cash is not being treated as legal tender in a designated public service; if he will order an immediate reversal of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20210/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
492. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
554. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19874/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
589. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19878/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
636. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19872/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
731. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
803. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19864/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
868. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19865/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Education Schemes
Mattie McGrath
911. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will list all schools in County Tipperary receiving the home school community liaison scheme and the school completion programme; if each school is within the rural or urban DEIS programme; the criteria required to obtain the full supports available within the urban DEIS programme; the criteria required to obtain the supports of the home school community liaison scheme and the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20421/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1017. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will outline all the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19876/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1122. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19863/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Third Level Staff
Mattie McGrath
1179. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if new professorship positions in universities should be advertised and filled through open competition; the reason that the professorship of public health strategy and leadership in Trinity College Dublin was not advertised and put to open competition; the remuneration that is being offered for this position; the funding that is being made available for this position; if full details of this arrangement between Trinity College and his Department will be made available; the educational requirements to become a professor within Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19734/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1181. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Coroners Service
Mattie McGrath
1249. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of sudden and unexplained deaths being referred to the coroners to date in 2022; if there has been a rise in the number of deaths being referred to the coroner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19498/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1264. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions relating to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19873/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Appointments
Mattie McGrath
1357. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the terms by which the role of a person (details supplied) at Trinity College Dublin will be funded by his Department; the reason this will be funded by his Department; the cost-benefit analysis of such expenditure; the benefit to the public that will be achieved by use of public funds in this manner; the full cost of this arrangement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19321/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Mattie McGrath
1362. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for ophthalmology appointments throughout the country and within each CHO; the type of appointment; the length of time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Mattie McGrath
1381. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the total number of persons waiting for a gynaecology appointment nationally by hospital; the average wait for an initial appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19388/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Mattie McGrath
1382. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a colonoscopy nationwide; the average wait time; the efforts that are being made to reduce these wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19389/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1503. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; and the conditions related to such secondments. [19871/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Abortion Services
Mattie McGrath
1573. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the stakeholders he and his Department have consulted with in relation to working through challenges, refining policy positions, and exploring legislative options in relation to his plans to introduce exclusion zones close to abortion facilities. [20170/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Referendum Campaigns
Mattie McGrath
1788. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to hold a referendum prior to signing up to the World Health Organization-led process to negotiate a binding legal instrument on pandemic preparedness and response; and if he will notify the WHO that Ireland cannot agree to a legally binding treaty without holding a referendum. [20928/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1882. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline all of the secondment arrangements within his Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19862/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Departmental Staff
Mattie McGrath
1952. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will outline all of the secondment arrangements within her Department; the conditions related to such secondments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19875/22]
Thu, 7 Apr 2022
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Haulage Industry
Mattie McGrath
234. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the reason that own account haulage operators were excluded from the recently announced supports for the haulage sector to address cost pressures arising from current high fuel prices; if the supports can be extended to own account haulage operators particularly for Irish concrete operators which operate in excess of 2,000 heavy goods vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19147/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Litter Pollution
Mattie McGrath
7. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the efforts his Department is taking to tackle littering and fly-tipping of take-away bags which are a blight on the countryside; if measures will be considered to track and trace those responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Educational Disadvantage
Mattie McGrath
108. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if an additional school completion and home school liaison could be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary which has been awarded DEIS status without these supports; the reason these supports are not included in the rural DEIS grouping; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18562/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Abortion Services
Mattie McGrath
204. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the identity of the successful bidder for the tender to conduct research into the views of service users and service providers on the operation of the 2018 abortion legislation. [18449/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
147. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [17831/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18899/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
185. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18898/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
230. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18897/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
263. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18887/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
275. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18893/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
290. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18896/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
397. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18891/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
434. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18888/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
445. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Defence the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18901/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
512. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18900/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Mattie McGrath
520. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason that retired civil servants who are in receipt of a Civil Service pension are not entitled to a living-alone allowance; the reason this is the only group of pensioners not entitled to a living-alone allowance; if she will review the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17750/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Mattie McGrath
525. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason for the disparity between the levels of refusals for the domiciliary care allowance by age group; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that applications for those aged 11 to 16 years have a refusal rate of 43% in 2021 and 35% in 2020 compared to a refusal rate for children aged 0 to5 years of 21% in 2021 and 9% in 2020 (details supplied); if she will carry out a review of this matter to ensure that those aged 11 to 16 years are not more likely to be refused owing to later assessments and or diagnoses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17983/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
543. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18895/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
590. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18889/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
634. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18892/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
891. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18890/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
950. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the cost of consultants to his Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will provide an outline of the role of each. [18902/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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Departmental Contracts
Mattie McGrath
993. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the cost of consultants to her Department in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will provide an outline of the role of each. [18894/22]
Wed, 30 Mar 2022
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Abortion Services
Mattie McGrath
128. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the details of the blended approach of telemedicine and in-person consultation for abortion, which he acknowledged his Department is considering. [16745/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Departmental Schemes
Mattie McGrath
400. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if an emergency works grant can be approved for a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15876/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Mattie McGrath
648. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the criteria under which frontline staff are being selected for the Covid bonus payment; the reason that certain cohorts of frontline healthcare workers have been excluded from the payments; if he will review the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15937/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Mattie McGrath
672. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting an assessment of needs in County Tipperary; the average length of time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16051/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Mattie McGrath
673. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for speech and language therapy in County Tipperary; the average length of time waiting; the number of therapists available; the number of positions vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16052/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Disability Services
Mattie McGrath
674. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for occupational therapy in County Tipperary; the average length of time waiting; the number of therapists available; the number of positions vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16053/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Mental Health Services
Mattie McGrath
675. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for an assessment and therapies from CAMHS; the average length of time waiting; the number of therapists available; the number of positions vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16054/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Nursing Homes
Mattie McGrath
679. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to review the fair deal scheme to ensure that the scheme recognises the increasing cost pressures for the provision of nursing home care, particularly the rise in costs associated with inflation and the implementation of the Covid-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16072/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Health Services Staff
Mattie McGrath
680. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health his plans to introduce equivalent pay for staff providing equivalent care in the nursing home sector considering the current disparity in costs between the private and public nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16073/22]
Tue, 29 Mar 2022
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Greyhound Industry
Mattie McGrath
861. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a full grant (details supplied) that was approved by a State body will be paid; when his Department will sanction this grant payment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15942/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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School Accommodation
Mattie McGrath
567. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the steps that a school (details supplied) should take to apply for additional accommodation following its designation of DEIS status; if a previously approved additional accommodation application can be combined with a new application for additional accommodation in order to progress a complete project in one application rather than progressing two separate projects; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15097/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Mattie McGrath
583. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the domiciliary care allowance applications and refusals by age over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14022/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Mattie McGrath
584. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection if extra consideration is being given to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on children with additional needs who are applying for the domiciliary care allowance; if children will be given extra consideration during assessment for domiciliary care allowance in circumstances in which they may previously have managed and regressed massively as a result of the pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14023/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Mattie McGrath
585. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the rationale for the refusal of a domiciliary care allowance application by a child (details supplied); if she will review the application considering the impact of Covid-19 on the child and the need for additional care to help limit the impact; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14024/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Abortion Services
Mattie McGrath
833. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the way that the ongoing engagement between his Department and the HSE on telemedicine abortion is progressing; and the way the continuation of telemedicine home abortions is being considered given that the HSE has acknowledged that it has conducted no analysis into the operation or potential risks of the practice in Ireland and is reliant upon secondary information from England on the matter. [14031/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Abortion Services
Mattie McGrath
834. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 has consulted with any stakeholders since the date of their appointment; and if so, the name of the stakeholders with whom they have consulted. [14032/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Mattie McGrath
4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if he is considering an increase in the capacity of the Defence Forces given the impact of the Russian invasion of a sovereign state Ukraine which is also a neutral State; and the expected financial costs of an increase in capacity. [13738/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Public Service Obligation
Mattie McGrath
165. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount received by the Exchequer from the public service obligation levy on electricity consumers on an annual basis for the past ten years; the total amount received since the levy was initiated;the way this money been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13748/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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Defence Forces
Mattie McGrath
241. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Defence if he will report on the current situation regarding the pay and conditions for Defence Forces personnel. [13739/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Census of Population
Mattie McGrath
127. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Taoiseach the criteria used for employing the census enumerators; the way that the enumerators were picked; and the way that a decision made in circumstances in which a person worked as an enumerator in the past and was not selected on this occasion. [12678/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Office of Public Works
Mattie McGrath
218. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an issue raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) regarding land in the ownership of the OPW will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12631/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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Medicinal Products
Mattie McGrath
562. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the reason a medicine (details supplied) is not covered on the drugs payment scheme; when this application will be covered by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12677/22]
Wed, 2 Mar 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Mattie McGrath
191. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health when the Covid bonus will be paid to frontline workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11889/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Mattie McGrath
715. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the age restriction will be removed for the FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for persons with diabetes; when he expects that the health technology assessment the HSE commissioned will be completed. [11228/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Mattie McGrath
716. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health if the Government still plan to extend free general practitioner care to children under the age of eight, and if so, when this will be implemented. [11229/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Northern Ireland
Mattie McGrath
129. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions, apart from public statements, that he has taken to meet with and to request his counterparts in the strongest possible way to ensure the establishment of the historical investigations unit and other legacy bodies in Northern Ireland as envisaged under the Stormont House Agreement. [10143/22]
Wed, 23 Feb 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Mattie McGrath
158. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care allowance applications that have been refused in the past 12 months; the number of applications received; the percentage of applications refused per year for the previous five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10208/22]