252. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if information (details supplied) will be provided on the National Ambulance Service in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27757/24]
200. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on a residency matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27653/24]
212. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if a payroll issue in relation to a person (details supplied) will be resolved urgently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27257/24]
176. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education the status of the new school build for a school (details supplied); the proposed commencement date for building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26872/24]
74. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if she will guarantee a school bus service as opposed to a community based local link service (details supplied) which is recommended under the NTA Route 343 Amendment Proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24150/24]
169. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Employment Regulation Order in relation to security workers (details supplied) will be implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23323/24]
353. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagement that took place between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) on a matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21625/24]
625. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if all clinical staff in the emergency department of UHL have received training in the National Clinical Guidelines No 6 Sepsis Management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18757/24]
223. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to changing the VAT rate for the food industry back to 9% from the current 13.5% rate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11707/24]
202. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct the board of a company (details supplied) to provide an amount within the Eurocontrol user charge unit rate air navigation charging mechanism, to ensure that current pensions in payment to pensioners of the IAA receive occasional pension increases concurrently with the occasional pay increases received by their colleagues still working within the State's air navigation and regulation services, in light of the huge increase since the Covid pandemic ended in the demand for commercial and leisure air travel and in light of the significant rise in consumer inflation for pensioners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13137/24]
201. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will request the board of a company (details supplied) to comply with the spirit of the Mulvey report 2023 and provide a pension increase in 2024 for pensions in payment to pensioners of the IAA in line with the pension increase recommendations within the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13136/24]
95. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when he expects the details of the low-cost loan scheme for home retrofits to be finalised and announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11994/24]
178. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport to provide the list of new rail stations to be opened under the Limerick Shannon Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; when works will commence on each; when each will be opened and operational, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10366/24]
67. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the next call for applications for sports capital funding will be announced; if the funding thresholds will be increased; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9675/24]
124. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the cost of business grant scheme will be open for applications; the length of time the application process is expected to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8530/24]
478. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of a medical service for Newmarket-on-Fergus, County Clare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49267/23]
322. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if the medical centre in a location (details supplied), which is under the control of the HSE, is going to close in January 2024, if so, if the registered patients of the practice will be accommodated by other existing practices in the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49212/23]
522. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what alternative options are open to a person (details supplied) when they are unable to comply with Section 4 of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015. [42265/23]
278. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if there are any plans to implement additional stops (details supplied) to the Ennis - Milltown Malbay Bus Route 333. [27501/23]
276. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grant aid opportunities available for sport equipment (details supplied) for children who need special, and therefore, more expensive visual aids, so as to allow them to participate in their chosen sport; if there are any plans to provide more grant aid opportunities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19940/23]
75. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the details of a windfall tax on energy companies and how the additional revenue generated will help households with the cost-of-living crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11383/23]
34. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to advance the fast-tracking of the development of two additional 96-bed ward blocks at University Hospital Limerick under the National Development Plan to address in-patient bed capacity shortage in the mid-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10302/23]
1558. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the parameters he will be proposing in the Suckler Cow Efficiency Programme in order to ensure former BEEP participants are not excluded (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13038/23]
996. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are any proposals to allow Ukrainian students, who meet the educational requirements, full and automatic access to SUSI supports while they remain in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12432/23]
972. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the direct provision centre in Shannon, County Clare; the plans there are to augment the existing services in the town to deal with the additional numbers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13534/23]
269. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a list of funding for active transport allocated to each local authority from 2019 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12999/23]
338. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health when all pensioners in the Mid-West region who worked in the health services will receive the public pay increases due; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12134/23]
273. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he plans to address viability issues in the sheep industry; if he will make arrangements to introduce a €30/ewe targeted payment to underpin this sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11711/23]
601. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will put plans in place to improve access to occupational therapy, speech therapy and social therapy at Ennis General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11131/23]
600. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health his plans to support general practitioners to take up positions in rural general practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11130/23]
599. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update with regarding to all the planned primary healthcare centres in County Clare, outlining the various stages of their development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11129/23]
598. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update regarding the provision of the primary healthcare centre at Station Road, Ennis, County Clare; the services that are currently being delivered from the centre; the remaining services that will be provided from this centre; when it is expected that all planned services will be available from the centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11128/23]
376. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education the final costing associated with the provision of the new major school extension to schools (details supplied) completed in January 2023 led by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; if she will confirm the works delivered under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11127/23]
269. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the additional expenditure incurred by the State for 2020, 2021, 2022, and to date in 2023 due to the occurrence of the Covid-19 pandemic, including that on employment and business supports and reliefs, testing and vaccine provision, PPE, and any other substantial expenditure during this period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11211/23]
121. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Finance if he will set out his plans to address the rising cost of and issues with accessing public liability insurance for community groups to operate local festivals and events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11384/23]
96. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW will install CCTV at the national monument at Clare Abbey, County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10569/23]
65. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the provision of a rail spur to Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10300/23]
11. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Transport if deployment of staff has happened at the three driving test centres in County Clare to deal with significant waiting times of up to 35 weeks in Shannon, Ennis, and Kilrush (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10301/23]
165. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10328/23]
714. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason she did not respond to correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the provision of four additional community services programme FTE posts to deliver a countywide meals and wheels operation in County Clare; if she will provide the up-to-date position in relation to this request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9729/23]
668. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the number of MRI, x-ray and CT scanners University Hospital Limerick has in situ; the number of them that are not currently in working order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10166/23]
667. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the reason diagnostics in University Hospital Limerick does not operate on a 24/7/365 basis, including at weekends and bank holidays (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10165/23]
666. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health what would be required for the LIU protocols to be changed for paediatric patients under five years to be permitted treatment for minor injuries such as burns, breaks, sprains and so on, to limbs and extremities (arms, legs, hands and feet), while continuing to refer head and torso injuries to the emergency department, with the understanding that the former are very common in small children while the latter can require specialist paediatric diagnostics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10164/23]
665. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health if he is confident that the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick could successfully deal with a high-volume trauma event at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10163/23]
664. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health what would be required in terms of staffing to upgrade the medical assessment unit at Ennis General Hospital to open 24/7/365 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10162/23]
663. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health what would be required in terms of staffing to upgrade the minor injuries unit at Ennis General Hospital to open 24/7/365 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10161/23]
339. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Education if an old primary school building (details supplied) in County Clare is for sale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9571/23]
271. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he proposes to encourage and support the maximum use of timber in the house-building sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9600/23]
150. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of retrofit enrolments in County Clare for each of the past five years; if he will outline the targets for each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9993/23]
149. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will report on the progress that National Broadband Ireland is making on the timescale for connections in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9992/23]