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Tue, 24 May 2022
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School Facilities
Ciarán Cannon
442. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education the names of all post-primary schools that received funding for each of the years 2016 to 2021 for the purposes of developing a sports hall as part of their extension and or additional accommodation allocation; the amount allocated for each sports hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26390/22]
Tue, 24 May 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Ciarán Cannon
724. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when GLAS payments for 2020 and 2021 will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26181/22]
Tue, 26 Apr 2022
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Road Signage
Ciarán Cannon
358. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will supply data on the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the provision of safe passing of cyclists signage; and the amount expended by each local authority to date. [19672/22]
Wed, 6 Apr 2022
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Road Safety
Ciarán Cannon
186. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Justice the status of the development of an online portal for the submission of video footage of dangerous driving, as committed to in Vision Zero, the road safety strategy for 2021-2030. [18732/22]
Tue, 5 Apr 2022
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School Facilities
Ciarán Cannon
462. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education when she intends to begin the development of sports halls in existing schools in cases in which such schools have no indoor sports facilities or very limited facilities. [17656/22]
Tue, 22 Mar 2022
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Childcare Services
Ciarán Cannon
685. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when was the last review of the level of allowances paid to foster parents; and if he plans to carry out another review in view of the increased cost of living. [14581/22]
Thu, 10 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Ciaran Cannon
117. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education the status of her plans to fund the development of indoor sports facilities in cases in which schools are lacking such facilities with specific reference to a school (details supplied) given the ongoing concerns regarding childhood obesity and inactivity. [13459/22]
Tue, 8 Mar 2022
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School Facilities
Ciarán Cannon
314. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite funding for the construction of a sports hall at a school (details supplied). [12380/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Rail Network
Ciarán Cannon
32. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a progress report on the All-Island Strategic Rail Review; and the likely publication date. [11837/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Public Transport
Ciarán Cannon
79. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport if he will carry out a study of rail fares nationally and in particular the great disparity that exists between the fares charged to daily commuters in greater Dublin and those in regional cities. [11838/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Planning Issues
Ciarán Cannon
180. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he plans to take in view of the decision taken by An Bord Pleanála to refuse substitute consent for the development of an ESB windfarm at Derrybrien, County Galway particularly in view of the daily fine of €15,000 being imposed by the European Commission for an unauthorised development. [11839/22]
Thu, 3 Mar 2022
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Vacant Properties
Ciarán Cannon
189. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of voids within the housing stock of Galway County Council; if the number has reduced in recent years; and the resources that he is providing to the local authority to bring voids back into use. [11840/22]
Tue, 1 Mar 2022
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Dental Services
Ciarán Cannon
681. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1793 of 19 January 2022, the way a person in Galway can contact the HSE public dental service emergency cover team in order to access urgent dental services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11139/22]
Thu, 24 Feb 2022
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Údarás na Gaeltachta
Ciarán Cannon
71. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she will report on the employment results of Údarás na Gaeltachta for 2021; the regional spread of same; the factors behind the level of job increases; the estimated level of job creation that is anticipated in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7048/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Planning Issues
Ciarán Cannon
374. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions he intends to take following the decision by An Bord Pleanála to refuse substitute consent to the ESB for the development of a windfarm at Derrybrien, County Galway. [8140/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Planning Issues
Ciarán Cannon
375. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the Department that is currently paying an European Union imposed fine of €15,000 per day associated with the development of an ESB wind farm at Derrybrien, County Galway; and the amount paid to date. [8142/22]
Tue, 15 Feb 2022
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Agriculture Schemes
Ciarán Cannon
943. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7622/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Enterprise Support Services
Ciarán Cannon
34. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the employment results of the local enterprise offices for 2021; the regional spread of same; the factors behind the level of job increases; the estimated level of job creation that is anticipated in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7047/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Trade Promotion
Ciarán Cannon
172. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the work that has been undertaken to enhance existing markets and develop new markets for farm-based producers in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7046/22]
Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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Farm Safety
Ciarán Cannon
173. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives that are being funded in 2022 through the allocation of €2 million for farm safety in Budget 2022. [7045/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Local Authorities
Ciarán Cannon
108. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the work to examine the mechanism for funding local authorities to address anomalies in allocations across counties of comparable size. [3197/22]
Tue, 25 Jan 2022
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Housing Provision
Ciarán Cannon
115. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work carried out on increasing housing options for persons with a disability and for older persons with additional needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3196/22]
Wed, 19 Jan 2022
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Dental Services
Ciarán Cannon
1793. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health the current status of the dental treatment services scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues preventing access to the scheme by medical card holders; if he proposes to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1845/22]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Flexible Work Practices
Ciarán Cannon
74. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the support provided under the connected hubs facility to encourage hubs and such facilities currently outside the network to join. [60196/21]
Tue, 7 Dec 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Ciarán Cannon
109. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of support that her Department has provided to community and voluntary organisations owing to the impact of Covid-19 to the financial viability of such important organisations; and if further support is planned given the ongoing nature of the Pandemic. [60195/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Third Level Education
Ciarán Cannon
60. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the funding allocated under the student assistance fund in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58567/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Technological Universities
Ciarán Cannon
93. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on the development of technological universities. [58568/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Registration of Title
Ciarán Cannon
264. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of first registrations by means of form 3 applications under the Registration of Title Act 1964 that have been made in the past ten years, by county and folio number. [59092/21]
Tue, 30 Nov 2021
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Agriculture Schemes
Ciarán Cannon
749. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58389/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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Social Welfare Eligibility
Ciarán Cannon
16. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of changes to the carer’s allowance announced in budget 2022. [57708/21]
Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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An Garda Síochána
Ciarán Cannon
121. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Justice her views on the level and the trend in the detection rate for sexual offences in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57747/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Housing Policy
Ciaran Cannon
58. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress which has been made in finalising the parameters for eligibility for the various affordable purchase and rent schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55165/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Housing Policy
Ciaran Cannon
85. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the milestones for measuring progress which he has set for the Land Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55166/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic
Ciaran Cannon
127. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her assessment of the challenges facing local media in a post-Covid-19 environment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55108/21]
Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
Ciaran Cannon
156. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she has assessed the number of enterprises supported by her Department which are reporting financial distress; and the capacity of policy initiatives to ensure that viable activities can be sustained. [55109/21]
Wed, 10 Nov 2021
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Water Services
Ciarán Cannon
93. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the person or body that is responsible for the design and delivery of new sewage treatment infrastructure for towns and villages that have no such infrastructure in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54787/21]
Wed, 3 Nov 2021
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Property Registration
Ciaran Cannon
95. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the recourse the Property Registration Authority has when an application for first registration by way of a form 3, that is, such applications based on a solicitor's certificate in form 3 pursuant to Rule 19(3) of the Land Registration Rules 2012, is made and the information contained within the form 3 is subsequently proven to be incorrect; and if the Property Registration Authority has the ability to withdraw a folio if it is based on incorrect documentation. [53426/21]
Tue, 2 Nov 2021
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Dental Services
Ciarán Cannon
832. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a waiting time of over three years to access public orthodontic services in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52154/21]
Tue, 19 Oct 2021
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Road Projects
Ciaran Cannon
314. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the completion of the Athenry ring road; and the funds that have been allocated to Galway County Council to provide for completion. [50460/21]
Wed, 13 Oct 2021
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Rail Network
Ciaran Cannon
104. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport when the feasibility study into the double tracking of the rail line from Athenry to Galway city is commencing; when the findings will be published; and if the public will have an opportunity to make submissions to the study. [49931/21]
Tue, 12 Oct 2021
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Rail Network
Ciaran Cannon
99. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport the number of reports that have been commissioned over the past 20 years to examine the potential reopening of the Western Rail Corridor from Athenry to Claremorris; and the cost of these reports itemised by each individual report. [49928/21]
Thu, 13 May 2021
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Health Service Executive
Ciarán Cannon
391. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the creation and placing of a recent advertisement for the recruitment of unpaid assistant psychologists to HSE services; and the number of assistant psychologists currently working in a voluntary capacity within the HSE. [25190/21]
Tue, 11 May 2021
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Local Authorities
Ciarán Cannon
358. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures in place in his Department to assist local authorities in taking estates in charge; and the way in which they apply to the ongoing issue of malfunctioning effluent treatment plants in those estates. [24514/21]
Wed, 21 Apr 2021
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Road Traffic Offences
Ciarán Cannon
1382. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Justice the number of fixed penalty charge notices issued for illegal parking of vehicles in each of the years 2015 to 2020. [18306/21]
Wed, 31 Mar 2021
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Hospital Consultant Contracts
Ciarán Cannon
1001. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health when he plans to fill the vacant paediatric pain consultant post at Children’s Health Ireland; and the waiting time for referrals to the service. [16774/21]
Wed, 24 Mar 2021
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School Transport
Ciarán Cannon
824. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education when she plans to approve the provision of a school transport service on an additional route for a school (details supplied). [13965/21]
Thu, 18 Feb 2021
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Cycling Facilities
Ciarán Cannon
112. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her plans to commence construction of Ireland's first indoor velodrome. [9203/21]
Thu, 21 Jan 2021
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Drugs Payment Scheme
Ciarán Cannon
365. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Health when he plans to have Dupilumab added to the HSE's reimbursement list for the treatment of severe eczema. [3128/21]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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Rail Network
Ciarán Cannon
128. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Transport if he has commenced a feasibility study on the double tracking of the rail line connecting Athenry to Galway city; and if not, when he expects to do so. [44743/20]
Wed, 13 Jan 2021
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School Accommodation
Ciarán Cannon
426. Deputy Ciarán Cannon asked the Minister for Education the status of the construction of a planned large extension to a school (details supplied); and when she expects construction to commence. [44744/20]