Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

School Transport

Joe Flaherty

289. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown by county of the number of pupils travelling to secondary school on private buses and not covered by the school transport scheme. [24321/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

626. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a stud greyhound (details supplied) is registered accordingly in Greyhound Racing Ireland's RCETS traceability system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24717/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

849. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an MRI scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24860/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

850. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a CT scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24861/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

851. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for a bone scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24862/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

852. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an angiogram in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24863/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

853. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electroencephalogram in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24864/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

854. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24865/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

855. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an ultrasound scan in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24866/23]

Hospital Waiting Lists

Joe Flaherty

856. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting as of 1 May 2023 or the nearest available date for an electrocardiogram (ECG) in the Ireland East Hospital Group for various waiting periods, in tabular form (details supplied). [24867/23]

Environmental Schemes

Joe Flaherty

177. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide an update on a grant application under the circular economy innovation grant scheme 2022 from a company (details supplied). [22991/23]

State Examinations

Joe Flaherty

356. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to providing extra time in State examinations for dyslexic students. [23167/23]

Industrial Development

Joe Flaherty

97. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21902/23]

Development Contributions

Joe Flaherty

205. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any concessions will be made for builders of one-off homes who submitted their commencement notices during Covid but have been unable to commence works until this year (details supplied). [22268/23]

Universal Social Charge

Joe Flaherty

87. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has any plans to amend the €60,000 USC threshold for the over-70s; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/23]

Road Projects

Joe Flaherty

25. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Roosky; and if he will address the funding fears for the project. [20730/23]

Public Transport

Joe Flaherty

44. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to significantly increase funding for the local transport network in rural areas amid an increasing uptake of the service, as well as demands for more frequent services and larger buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20731/23]

Housing Provision

Joe Flaherty

230. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the planned refurbishment of houses at an area (details supplied). [20614/23]

Sports Funding

Joe Flaherty

278. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will provide information and or a date for when payment of the sports capital funding will be issued to a sports club (details supplied) given that all bank details and information have been provided to her Department. [20044/23]

Agriculture Schemes

Joe Flaherty

133. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason there is no provision or reward for farmers who prioritise space for nature under the new basic income scheme, as Ireland strives to achieve climate targets (details supplied). [19635/23]

Hospital Facilities

Joe Flaherty

63. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a minor injuries’ unit for the St. Joseph’s care campus in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18479/23]

Hospital Equipment

Joe Flaherty

77. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the replacement and upgrade of the equipment at the x-ray unit at St. Joseph’ care campus in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18480/23]

Departmental Schemes

Joe Flaherty

68. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if, notwithstanding the decision on the basic income scheme for a person (details supplied), there is any recourse that a review can be made on the decision; and if not, if there is an opportunity to reapply for the scheme again in 2023. [18446/23]

Grant Payments

Joe Flaherty

59. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department will address an anomaly where recently approved applications under the undocumented scheme are precluded from the SUSI grant support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15551/23]

Nursing Homes

Joe Flaherty

92. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will prioritise the right of homeowners in nursing homes to rent out their vacant homes without it affecting their non-contributory pension entitlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15137/23]

Social Welfare Code

Joe Flaherty

125. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will look at further widening the thresholds for accessing the fuel allowance scheme in Budget 2023 given that the cost of heating homes remains very high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15136/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

751. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any concerns about the loss of revenue incurred by Rásaíocht Con Éireann arising from the fact that an organisation (details supplied) maintains control of the stud book for racing greyhounds, a loss of revenue estimated to be around €1 million a year; if he has any plans to introduce the legislation necessary to allow Rásaíocht Con Éireann set up its own dedicated stud book, as promised in its Strategic Plan 2018-2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14648/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

752. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of greyhound care homes with a dedicated, unique visitor room funded by Rásaíocht Con Éireann that are currently in operation; the total capacity of such care homes; the location of these care homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14649/23]

Tobacco Control Measures

Joe Flaherty

251. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health when the public health (tobacco and nicotine inhaling products) Bill is due to be published. [14179/23]

International Protection

Joe Flaherty

316. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if, following the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, the rent-a-room scheme can be expanded to allow households to rent the room to an asylum seeker. [12884/23]

Social Welfare Code

Joe Flaherty

815. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if the living-alone allowance is counted or discounted for the purpose of calculating the means for the fuel allowance. [12693/23]

International Protection

Joe Flaherty

821. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if, following report of the the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, the full basic supplementary welfare allowance can be paid to asylum seekers who are not in direct provision and give parents of asylum-seeking children given access to the child benefit. [12885/23]

Direct Provision System

Joe Flaherty

822. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Social Protection if, following the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, there are plans to increase the direct provision allowance. [12886/23]

International Protection

Joe Flaherty

921. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to allow asylum seekers to engage with homeless services at local authority-level, based on the outcomes of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process. [12883/23]

International Protection

Joe Flaherty

1064. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice if, following report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the International Protection Process, there are plans to lift the restrictions on the right to work on all asylum seekers. [12887/23]

Vehicle Registration Tax

Joe Flaherty

93. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance if he will review current rates of VRT given that some disability support and special needs organisations are being negatively impacted by current rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11349/23]

Tax Credits

Joe Flaherty

138. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Finance his estimate of the number of persons in County Longford who are eligible to claim the rent tax credit; the number of persons in County Longford currently claiming it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11350/23]

Industrial Development

Joe Flaherty

91. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the IDA commitment to deliver an advanced building solution in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9093/23]

Cost of Living Issues

Joe Flaherty

137. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be taking any new measures to help businesses with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9094/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

255. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann supplied all the figures used in a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9156/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

256. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Rásaíocht Con Éireann had sight of all the figures used in a report (details supplied) prior to the report being written; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9157/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

257. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of active racing greyhound owners registered with Rásaíocht Con Éireann for each of the years 2018 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9158/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

258. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9159/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

259. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9160/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

260. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9161/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

261. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9162/23]

Greyhound Industry

Joe Flaherty

262. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide specific details in relation to a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9163/23]

Tourism Policy

Joe Flaherty

77. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if Fáilte Ireland will open a call for applications under the platforms for growth or large grant scheme in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8407/23]

An Garda Síochána

Joe Flaherty

56. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on the Garda Síochána restructuring and how it pertains to the Longford Roscommon district. [7446/23]

Care of the Elderly

Joe Flaherty

148. Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to a minor injuries’ unit for St Joseph’s Campus in Longford town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7447/23]