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Thu, 27 Jan 2022
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Family Reunification
Brendan Howlin
314. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if she has considered expanding the terms of the Afghan Family Reunification Programme announced in 2021 to include family members of resettled Afghan refugees who are in danger in Afghanistan at present; if she has considered an application (details supplied) for family reunification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4108/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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School Staff
Brendan Howlin
368. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Education if she or her officials have met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss its respect for SNAs campaign; if she is satisfied with the level of qualification required to become an SNA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2977/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Hospital Services
Brendan Howlin
664. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 549 of 9 November 2021 and the response from the South/South West Hospital Group, if an amended response will be issued given that it was related to services in the south east rather than the south west. [3579/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Public Sector Staff
Brendan Howlin
240. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Transport the policy in relation to the age of retirement in State companies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Coast Guard Service
Brendan Howlin
254. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Transport the details of the current tender for Irish Coast Guard aviation services, rotary and fixed wing and in particular the location for these services during the next tender period; if the current four search and rescue bases are being maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1816/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Legislative Programme
Brendan Howlin
1241. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if she has specific legislative plans to address the issue of damage and theft of life-saving equipment including defibrillators and lifebuoys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1098/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Brendan Howlin
1618. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if it is intended to add the booster dose to the EU Digital COVID Certificate; if so, if consideration has been given to certifying the receipt of the booster dose to citizens who obtained their booster in Ireland in cases in which they received their original vaccines in another European Union member state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1103/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Home Help Service
Brendan Howlin
1737. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the severe staffing crisis in home support services in County Wexford; if his attention has been drawn the case of a person (details supplied) in which they cannot be discharged from a nursing home due to a lack of home support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1454/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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General Practitioner Services
Brendan Howlin
1738. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health the process for persons moving residence who cannot find an available general practice to accept them as patients in their new area of residence; the supports available from the HSE for persons in this position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1467/22]
Wed, 8 Dec 2021
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Social Welfare Benefits
Brendan Howlin
87. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an invalidity pension claim by a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60607/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Brendan Howlin
508. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting list for neurology patients at St. Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin; if his attention has been further drawn to the acute shortage of neurology nurse specialists at the hospital; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59928/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Prison Service
Brendan Howlin
118. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice the number of incidents of Covid-19 in Irish prisons; the impact of Covid-19 infections on the Irish Prison Service and the Courts Service to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57611/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Legal Services Regulation
Brendan Howlin
173. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Justice if she has plans to amend the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015 to include in the Act a definition of client in order to ensure that persons adversely affected by what they consider an inadequate standard of legal services can make a complaint to the Legal Services Regulatory Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57605/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Passport Services
Brendan Howlin
245. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58069/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Humanitarian Access
Brendan Howlin
2. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action taken to address the humanitarian crisis developing on the Belarus-Poland and Belarus-Lithuania borders in particular to bring relief to the thousands of migrants stuck in makeshift camps on the borders of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56502/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Brendan Howlin
78. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Defence his plans for the future development of the Curragh military camp; the capital funding allocated for this purpose in each of the coming five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56533/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Air Corps
Brendan Howlin
87. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Defence when the replacement aircraft for the current Casa CN 235 maritime patrol aircraft will arrive; if he is satisfied with Ireland’s current capacity to patrol its maritime territory; if he has plans to further expand the Air Corps capacity to patrol territorial waters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56539/21]
Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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Water Quality
Brendan Howlin
189. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the fact that three towns in County Wexford were subject to boil water notices due to the lack of ultraviolet treatment facilities in the water plants serving these towns; if he will ensure that funding is provided to Irish Water to install these urgently needed facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56813/21]
Tue, 16 Nov 2021
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Insurance Coverage
Brendan Howlin
210. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Finance the options available a couple in full-time employment with the clear expectation of being able to repay the mortgage over a lifetime of work in circumstances in which they require life insurance to secure a mortgage for a home loan and such insurance is unavailable due to a congenital illness; if there is a requirement for the insurance industry to offer life insurance in these circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55495/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Defence Forces
Brendan Howlin
299. Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Defence if he has reviewed the upper age limit for the recruitment of Defence Forces personnel at a time when recruiting suitable personnel is proving problematic; his views on whether the current age limits having regard to international comparisons are appropriate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55250/21]