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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at Local Level: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Will Mr. Kenny email me about it?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Disadvantaged Status (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I welcome the DEIS initiative for schools in areas with the highest deprivation, which is really important. However, I see this even in County Carlow in schools that I am working with now. For example, some of the schools have hot meals but they have no funding for snacks or breakfast. The supports are vital. There is the added struggle for the same students to access the public health...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister. As she knows, the works that can be undertaken under the minor works scheme include maintenance and small-scale improvements to school buildings and grounds. However, many schools are finding that the costs have risen substantially and they are seeing a huge shortfall. The Minister has seen in areas such as housing, and in regard to all grants, that the costs of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: This funding is really welcome. It is so important. I note that it is planned to go to nearly 90 school building projects, which are currently at tender stage. The Minister announced that in the last few weeks. I welcome that. There are two capital projects for schools in County Carlow. One is, as the fellow said, "shovel ready" and ready to go. When will the announcement be made for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the minor works grant; when she expects this to be paid this year for schools in Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16156/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Grant Payments (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I am looking for an update on the minor works grant. When does the Minister expect this to be paid for schools in Carlow? Will the Minister make a statement on the matter?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: The questions I had intended to ask are similar to those of other members, so I will try not to repeat them. I thank all the witnesses for attending. We cannot talk about AI without talking about the platforms' offerings to children. Fianna Fáil held its Ard-Fheis at the weekend and the Tánaiste described the impact on children from social media and from being constantly online...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started; how many have yet to be tendered for; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16157/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing households, and their impact on trade for businesses and road users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16602/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Currency Circulation (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 231. To ask the Minister for Finance if establishments and organisations are entitled to refuse to take cash; if there are steps being taken to ensure consumers can continue to use cash in transactions; if there are plans to put such an entitlement to use cash on a statutory basis; how his Department proposes to protect the role of cash in the Irish society and economy in the future; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 232. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes that are being considered to the debt warehousing scheme to support private businesses availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16605/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits hosted by the IDA in County Carlow in 2023 and for the first two months of 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16606/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in County Carlow which have applied for ASD units; the number which were successful; the reasons for which those that were not successful; the timeline on delivery of the units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16612/24]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Meetings (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on a meeting she had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16600/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 404. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the social housing retrofitting programme to Approved Housing Bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16607/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants who have applied for the defective concrete block scheme grant in Carlow; when he expects the first grants to be issued to those applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16608/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the free travel pass is only assigned to those in receipt of the carer’s allowance and cannot be assigned to both the recipient of the carer’s allowance and the other parent or guardian, where the second parent or guardian can prove they contribute to the care of the child whose care needs gives...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at St Luke’s, Kilkenny paediatric diabetes clinic; if his Department is aware that all new insulin pumps have been put on hold as they no longer have the staff to facilitate training and after care; to provide an estimated timeline on the recruitment of new staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16601/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 743. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the team in Caredoc is the only national team not to have received the building momentum pay rises and 37.5-hour week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (11 Apr 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the delivery of affordable housing in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15703/24]