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Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Vacant Properties
Christopher O'Sullivan
395. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on working with religious institutes to identify any houses in their portfolio that are not currently occupied to be offered to local councils or housing bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16304/24]
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
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Insurance Coverage
Christopher O'Sullivan
610. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any clause on private health insurance policies that restrict cover for people who have donated an organ outside of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16306/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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Climate Change Policy
Christopher O'Sullivan
104. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the funding provided to each local authority under the Community Climate Action Programme; the projects within each local authority that have been funded under the Programme, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14448/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Christopher O'Sullivan
673. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what steps are being taken by the NPWS to prevent severe overgrazing in Killarney National Park by non-native invasive species such as sika deer and feral goats (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14883/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Christopher O'Sullivan
674. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware that overgrazing by two non-native invasive species, primarily sika deer and feral goats, is contributing to habitat loss as well as the spread of rhododendrum ponticum in Killarney National Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14885/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Christopher O'Sullivan
675. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage what steps are being taken to control the sika deer population in Killarney National Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14886/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks
Christopher O'Sullivan
677. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason a park management plan has not been produced for Killarney National Park since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14897/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks
Christopher O'Sullivan
678. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the highly effective rhododendron removal campaign run by an organisation (details supplied) for over three decades in Killarney National Park was ended by National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14910/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks and Wildlife Service
Christopher O'Sullivan
679. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a proper science-based and holistic ecological restoration programme, based on IUCN guidelines, would be implemented in the park by the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14915/24]
Tue, 9 Apr 2024
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National Parks
Christopher O'Sullivan
680. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps that are being taken to address the issue of rhododendron infestation in Killarney National Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14935/24]
Tue, 5 Mar 2024
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Redundancy Payments
Christopher O'Sullivan
446. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the expected time scale for employees to receive information on their redundancy entitlements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10324/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Christopher O'Sullivan
74. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider increasing the weekly earnings disregard for disability allowance recipients as when using the benefit of work estimator (details supplied) recipients seem to have less take home now post budget than before; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7804/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Social Welfare Benefits
Christopher O'Sullivan
92. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who claimed jobseeker's benefit for self-employed and exhausted that benefit, is treated differently from a person who claimed jobseeker's benefit and exhausted that benefit when applying for the benefit for 65 year-olds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7803/24]
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
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Fire Safety
Christopher O'Sullivan
242. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there are any regulations surrounding fire retardancy on furniture goods sold in Ireland and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7483/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Business Supports
Christopher O'Sullivan
49. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her Department's plans to support businesses in the hospitality sector that are dependent on tourism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6955/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Departmental Funding
Christopher O'Sullivan
90. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding he has approved for Uisce Éireann in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7009/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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National Biodiversity Plan
Christopher O'Sullivan
152. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an overview of the new National Biodiversity Action Plan. [6905/24]
Thu, 15 Feb 2024
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Fire Safety
Christopher O'Sullivan
190. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the review that was set up in response to the Irish regulations surrounding fire retardancy on furniture goods sold in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7217/24]
Wed, 7 Feb 2024
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School Funding
Christopher O'Sullivan
185. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education if she can advise what process was used to allocate STEM grants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5142/24]
Thu, 1 Feb 2024
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Tax Code
Christopher O'Sullivan
217. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Finance if it is possible to publish a full calculation and breakdown of the proposed revenue generated from increasing hospitality VAT from 9% to 13.5%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4757/24]