Questions asked 29 total

• Health 9 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the report being commissioned on the future costs of healthcare will use projections to estimate the effect that risk factors will have on the cost burden of non-communicable diseases; if he will include the impact of preventive policy measures on the prevalence of risk factors, and thus NCDs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47313/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 will be funded in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47410/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if Phase 2 of Early Supported Discharge, as planned under the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027, will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47411/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if thrombectomy services will be affected by any funding shortfalls or cuts in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47412/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if there will be any closure of stroke services in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47413/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he is aware that failure to fund stroke services in 2024 as part of the National Stroke Strategy 2022-2027 will result in greater numbers of patients remaining in hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47414/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health how standards are set for a profession (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47758/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding any plans the Government has to reimburse families of nursing homes patients illegally charged nursing home fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47797/23]
  • 2023-11-09 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 15 June 2023, if the shortage of the pain medication (details supplied) has been resolved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/23]
• Finance 6 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of tax liabilities warehoused by companies in the NGO sector under the debt warehousing scheme, and for these NGOs to be subdivided into the sector they are operating in; and for this information to be provided in tabular form. [47754/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of tax liabilities warehoused by sporting organisations and clubs under the debt warehousing scheme, and for these sporting organisations and clubs to be subdivided by sport; and for this information to be provided in tabular form. [47755/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the volume of tax liabilities warehoused under the debt warehousing scheme that Revenue has determined uncollectible for any reason, including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the amount of tax lost per division and per sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47756/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the number of customers who had their warehouse status under the debt warehousing scheme revoked due to persistent non-compliance issues; the volume of debt concerned and being pursued by Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47757/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if, given that it has been stated that Irish contract law allows for a shop or other business to place a sign saying, for example, 'card only' (details supplied), and that the act of displaying this sign constitutes a contract binding on the customer, he will outline the grounds of "Irish contract law", specifically, legislation and articles, on which his interpretation is based. [47853/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance what options are available where lending institutions refuse to lend to a mortgage applicant where the applicant concerned has cystic fibrosis. [48391/23]
• Enterprise 4 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of general employment permits (not critical skills employment permits) issued in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, by four-digit SOC code of employment. [47302/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of general employment permits (not critical skills employment permits) currently held in the State, by four-digit SOC code of employment. [47303/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland has the capacity for analysing novelty in the technology space; and if it needs to develop a more holistic perspective to the tech sector. [48031/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the appetite within his Department for the creation of a pilot funding stream for housing supply-related businesses, especially in the property technology/homes market technology space, such as a company (details supplied). [48032/23]
• Housing 3 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the revised cost rental equity loan (CREL) guidance document will be published. [48000/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the report from the Housing Commission will be published. [48381/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person qualifies for the affordable housing scheme in cases in which the lending institution refuses a mortgage to an applicant that has cystic fibrosis. [48392/23]
• Social 2 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if precautions are in place to ensure that a person who decides to decline a payment to an applicant is not the person who conducts the appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47409/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if supports are in place to facilitate the purchase of laptops and other necessary IT equipment for people who are long-term unemployed and who need such equipment for education courses to help them re-enter employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48623/23]
• Further and Higher Education 2 questions

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of a case (details supplied); if he can confirm when a permanent suitable support will be in place to facilitate this student continuing their education at DCU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48421/23]
  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of a scheme whereby a third-level student can access a grant or similar support to engage a PA directly, where the college authorities have failed to put in place an adequate/consistent/appropriate service. [48422/23]
• Taoiseach 1 question

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Taoiseach if part of the work of the Child Poverty and Well-Being Programme Office, which was established in his Department and aims to tackle child poverty and enhance children's overall well-being in Ireland, will be to examine infant and young child feeding under its focus area to consolidate and integrate public health, family and parental assistance, and well-being services. [47388/23]
• Foreign 1 question

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 18 October 2023, when a person (details supplied) can expect to be assigned the correct pay grade and receive their entitled pay increments. [47540/23]
• Education 1 question

  • 2023-11-07 Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education for a detailed breakdown of the total number of non-teaching staff currently being paid directly by her Department's payroll division, who are not assigned public service status; and the employment grade of each, that is, school secretary, caretaker, SNA, cleaners, and so on, by gender, in tabular form. [48629/23]