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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Tobacco Control Measures (22 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 61. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has been consulted with and provided observations on proposals to raise the legal age for smoking, particularly given concerns expressed by retailers on the workability of have differing age limits applying to the purchase of alcohol and tobacco products. [23037/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (22 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to raise the age for purchasing alcohol, similar to her plans to raise the age for smoking, noting that according to the Healthy Ireland survey 2023, 36% of all 15 to 24 year olds, including 48% of men of that age, engage in binge drinking compared to 22% of that age group engaging in smoking. [23038/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (22 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 156. To ask the Minister for Health if the general scheme of proposed new legislation on raising the legal age for smoking will be published for public consultation and considered by the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health. [23039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made by the National Transport Authority on rolling out a promised nationwide automatic vehicle location system for all bus operators in Ireland; the stage the awarding of a contract for the project is at; when a company in Galway (details supplied), serving thousands of people living in the west of the city, will have the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide automatic vehicle location information signage at all bus stops in Galway city, including those served by Bus Éireann and private operators. [22412/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Regeneration Projects (21 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the estimated timeframe for when the next round of urban regeneration and development funding is to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22889/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Ministerial Appointments (16 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if appointments to the policing and community safety authority will be made by the end of June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22179/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Appointments to State Boards (16 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if appointments of lay members to the Judicial Appointments Commission will be made by the end of June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (15 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 75. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of overseas students on a stamp 2 visa currently in Ireland; if she has considered making these visas more flexible to enable them to work more than 20 hours per week outside the Christmas and June to September periods as many of these people are struggling to pay rent and many of their employers are struggling to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Gender Recognition (9 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 298. To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to his recent statement (details supplied) that a consultant psychiatrist had been recruited by the HSE for children's gender healthcare and that a new team is being built up by the HSE, he will identify the post that has been filled; the person selected to fill the post; where the consultant and the new team will be based; when the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider introducing a dedicated funding scheme aimed at incentivising commercial bus operators to purchase alternatively fuelled vehicles; or alternatively, if he will enhance the funding under the alternatively fuelled heavy duty vehicles grant purchase scheme to support commercial bus operators to make the transition to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline how much funding was made available for buses under the alternatively fuelled heavy duty vehicles grant purchase scheme in 2021, 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20619/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider eliminating the cost of toll-charging during off-peak periods for shared mobility vehicles, for example, taxis or car rental; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20874/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will help Ireland reduce carbon emissions and encourage a modal shift by reducing the tax applicable to e-bikes and other relevant modes of transport that decarbonise the sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (8 May 2024)

Noel Grealish: 566. To ask the Minister for Health if a person's personal financial contribution under the fair deal scheme includes a contribution based on assets, when the person is not the legal owner of the property, but would have succession rights while still alive, but if the applicant passes away before his remaining siblings he will not have any entitlement to a share of the property (details...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (30 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will further amend the statutory instrument which sets out the qualifying parameters for the VAT 71 refund scheme to extend qualification to low-floor EV buses, to support the objectives of accessibility and decarbonisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19382/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (30 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: 424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider allowing local authority houses acquired under the Part V planning process to be sold to tenants under the tenant incremental purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19439/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Widow's Pension (30 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: 473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when people who have lived with long-term partners that have passed away will be entitled to apply for widow’s pension benefits (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19440/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (25 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 16 April 2024, when the digital ICT grant for 2023 and 2024 will be paid to schools; the timeframe for this payment to issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18505/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Apr 2024)

Noel Grealish: 303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider providing a minor injuries unit in Galway on the grounds of Merlin Park Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18515/24]