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Wed, 31 May 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Mary Lou McDonald
146. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the current number of early childhood education and care places currently available in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26579/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Mary Lou McDonald
147. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline any plans his Department is currently engaged in to address any issue of under supply of early childhood education and care places in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26580/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Mary Lou McDonald
148. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports available for early childhood education and care services who are experiencing sustainability issues; and the steps a service can take to access these supports. [26581/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Mary Lou McDonald
149. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will set out the early childhood education and care vacant places, the enrolled places, and the overall capacity for places in Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26582/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Mary Lou McDonald
150. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will confirm the number of new early childhood care and education scheme classes that have opened in Dublin Central for the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26583/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Childcare Services
Mary Lou McDonald
151. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is considering any plans to provide new childcare places in light of the pressure on childcare places and the closure of some services in Dublin Central; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/23]
Wed, 31 May 2023
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Early Childhood Care and Education
Mary Lou McDonald
152. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of early childhood education and care services that have raised viability concerns with the Dublin city childcare committee in the years 2020 to 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Departmental Offices
Mary Lou McDonald
4. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the senior officials group on digital issues, chaired by his Department, will next meet. [25578/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Mary Lou McDonald
12. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the number of meetings that have taken place to date in 2023 of the climate action delivery board, co-chaired by his Department. [25579/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Legal Aid
Mary Lou McDonald
235. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his position on the reinstatement of criminal legal aid fees to pre-2008 levels. [25673/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
349. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated capital expenditure cost of providing one staffed additional family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26060/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Employment Schemes
Mary Lou McDonald
449. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons for the delay in completing the reasonable accommodation fund review and consultation, due to be completed by the end of 2019 under commitments within the comprehensive employment strategy; when the review report will be published; if the report will include recommendations to address the concerns of deaf people who are often marginalised in the workplace due to a lack of communication support; and when recommendations in the report will be implemented. [25653/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
471. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the total annual number of victims of domestic violence who received rent supplement from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26104/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
472. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection the annual monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence from 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26105/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
517. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of staffed domestic violence refuge centres and the number of supported units open in each county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
518. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the estimated current expenditure cost of providing one additional staffed family refuge space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
519. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of new refuge accommodation units delivered and opened for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26061/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
520. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice Tusla's funding allocation for each of the years 2020 to 2023 inclusive for staffed refuges, domestic violence support services, rape crisis centres and associated helpline services, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26062/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
521. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of protection orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26063/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
522. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safety orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26064/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
523. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26065/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
524. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of barring orders sought for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26066/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
525. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of protection orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26067/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
526. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of safety orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26068/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
527. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of interim barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26069/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
528. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the number of barring orders granted for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26070/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
529. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the monetary amount spent on translation services for victims of domestic violence for each of the years 2016 to 2023 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26071/23]
Tue, 30 May 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
531. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the process that has been established to roll-out a National Domestic Violence Accommodation (Refuge) Strategic Development Plan, in the context of a National Services Development Plan, as set out in the Third National Domestic Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Strategy. [26120/23]
Thu, 25 May 2023
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Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
Mary Lou McDonald
240. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 418 of 18 May 2023, if he will provide details of the practical concerns he is referring to regarding the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas arising from the introduction of maternity leave for Members. [25428/23]
Wed, 24 May 2023
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Defence Forces
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the high-level steering board, chaired by the Secretary General of his Department, to oversee the implementation of the high-level action plan for the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces. [20327/23]
Wed, 24 May 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Mary Lou McDonald
5. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the strategic goals of his Department's Strategy Statement 2021-2023; and if he plans to update them. [20328/23]
Wed, 24 May 2023
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An Garda Síochána
Mary Lou McDonald
18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the policing reform implementation programme office in his Department. [20329/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
1. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [20326/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Economic Policy
Mary Lou McDonald
19. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22483/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Cabinet Committees
Mary Lou McDonald
31. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on humanitarian response to Ukraine will next meet. [22484/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Departmental Policies
Mary Lou McDonald
475. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has any plans to recognise Covid-19 as an occupational disease for front-line healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24462/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Domestic Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
564. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice to provide in tabular form a breakdown of the increased funding of €7 million for organisations funded by TUSLA to address acute demands in existing domestic violence services throughout the country; and in tabular form, a breakdown of funding allocated to investment in new services as outlined in the new strategy, and the new services these moneys have been or will be allocated to at the close of this year. [24806/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
793. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to set out the short-term measures in place to address the shortages of Ozempic; the reason for the ongoing shortages; the long-term solutions being put in place to prevent these shortages recurring in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24437/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
794. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the measures being put in place to address the shortages of 241 medicines, including 13 which are on the World Health Organisation, WHO, critical list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24438/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Medicinal Products
Mary Lou McDonald
795. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health to elaborate on the media comments made by his Department regarding the Government's consideration of the introduction of a serious shortage protocol, SSP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24439/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Hospital Waiting Lists
Mary Lou McDonald
919. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm the average waiting time for first time patients referred to the endometriosis clinic in the Coombe Hospital; the number of persons currently awaiting a first appointment; the number of persons awaiting a follow-up appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24948/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Mary Lou McDonald
920. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the delivery of two specialist endometriosis centres for complex care located at Cork University Maternity Hospital and Tallaght University Hospital; and if he will confirm when patient referrals will be accepted at these services. [24949/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Mary Lou McDonald
921. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the status of the Government's commitment to develop a National Endometriosis Framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24950/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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General Practitioner Services
Mary Lou McDonald
922. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the development of an endometriosis quick reference guide to assist GPs in recognising endometriosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24951/23]
Tue, 23 May 2023
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Health Services
Mary Lou McDonald
923. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health when the HSE National Clinical Guideline for Management of Endometriosis will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24952/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Local Authorities
Mary Lou McDonald
322. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 11 May 2023, when the specific recommendations regarding paternity and parental leave proposed by the cross-party all-female councillor sub-group in 2021 will be implemented. [23745/23]
Thu, 18 May 2023
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Maternity Leave
Mary Lou McDonald
418. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide the practical implications for the operation of the Houses of the Oireachtas arising from the introduction of maternity leave for Members; and the actions he has taken to date to address these concerns. [23744/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
Mary Lou McDonald
124. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when he will publish his diary for quarter 1 2023 on the website of his Department. [22645/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
Mary Lou McDonald
475. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the consideration he has given to the establishment of a domestic independent body or bodies for the purpose of the monitoring implementation of the Third National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence for victims set out in Article 10 of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence and for children to ensure their rights under Article 19 of the United Nation's Convention on the Rights of the Child are upheld. [22364/23]
Tue, 16 May 2023
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Departmental Funding
Mary Lou McDonald
723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Health the allocation that has been made for the access to care fund annually from 2020 to date, inclusive; the amount spent to reduce specific community care waiting lists, specifically primary care child psychology/counselling, CAMHS and autism for the same periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23130/23]