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Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Medical Aids and Appliances
Patricia Ryan
427. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health if he will ensure that meters manufactured by an organisation (details supplied) and self-test strips will be made available free of charge to persons requiring such treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33400/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Patricia Ryan
428. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Health the reason that general practitioners are being permitted to charge medical card holders for blood tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33402/22]
Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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Departmental Reports
Patricia Ryan
455. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will publish the wool feasibility study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33397/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Renewable Energy Generation
Patricia Ryan
231. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with EirGrid on it's Shaping Our Electricity Future document attempting to set energy policy; the way this clashes with the stated objective of the renewable electricity support scheme auction to decide the mix of renewable energy technologies that will connect to the system by 2030; the actions he has taken to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29957/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
513. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details on the First Home affordable purchase shared equity scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29935/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
514. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding income thresholds for those trying to avail of social housing; the discussions his Department has had on raising the threshold; his plans to have these limits raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29936/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
515. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated for housing adaptation grants to Kildare County Council for 2020, 2021 and 2022; the amount of funding drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29944/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
516. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated for housing adaptation grants to Laois County Council for 2020, 2021 and 2022; the amount of funding drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29945/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
517. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications that were received for a social housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability to Kildare County Council for 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of these grants that have been granted; the number that were refused; the number that are pending a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29946/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
518. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications that were received for a private housing adaptation grant for older people and people with a disability to Kildare County Council for 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of these grants that have been granted; the number that were refused; the number that are pending a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29947/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Energy Conservation
Patricia Ryan
519. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount allocated and drawn down in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022 to Kildare County Council for council property retrofitting works in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29954/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Energy Conservation
Patricia Ryan
520. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of council owned units that were retrofitted in County Kildare in each of the years 2018 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29955/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Housing Schemes
Patricia Ryan
521. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the discretionary top-up for housing assistance payments was used in 2021 in County Kildare by municipal district; the average percentage amount of this top-up per municipal district; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29956/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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School Admissions
Patricia Ryan
1000. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the number of section 37 A notices that have been issued in counties Kildare and Laois in the past two years; her plans to issue more notices in these areas in the near future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29940/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Patricia Ryan
1001. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the number of special education needs organisers in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29964/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Special Educational Needs
Patricia Ryan
1002. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Education the number of special education needs organisers in County Laois; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29965/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patricia Ryan
1121. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will expand the children’s allowance scheme to include all 18-year-old secondary school children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29939/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patricia Ryan
1122. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection when the rule was introduced that children over 16 years of age in full-time education have the payment of child benefit suspended for the summer months and reinstated by application if they return to full-time education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29941/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Social Welfare Benefits
Patricia Ryan
1123. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will extend the Tús scheme to a two-year programme or at least allow the option of an extra year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29943/22]
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
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Departmental Policies
Patricia Ryan
1124. Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the social welfare trap that is preventing homecarers from working extra hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29970/22]