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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State for that response but my issue is that the scheme is means tested. The allowance given to families does not cover all the needs that are there. The law is that the aid is not given to anyone with means of over €18,000 a year. I have had several cases of women whose earnings are barely over it and not by much. If one breaks down €18,000 per...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Legal Aid (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Minister of State.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 5. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Social Affairs and Public Services will next meet. [55088/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Like previous speakers, I am concerned about a number of matters in the context of Christmas coming. I want to wish everyone a happy Christmas. There are many families who find this time of year very hard. In my own area of Carlow the staff in the social welfare office do a great job but I firmly believe the office needs more staff. The issue that is raised with me every day is that when...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 69. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the provision of refuge spaces and the commitment to double the number of refuge spaces available across the country over the lifetime of the Zero Tolerance Strategy. [55072/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of courses funded by his Department for Irish embassy and or Irish consulate staff to lean to speak and write fluent in Arabic in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [55366/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when it is proposed to fill the chargehand position in No. 2 Area, Connolly Barracks, Curragh Camp, which has been vacant for several years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54868/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funding allocation in both 2024 and 2025 for the Defence Forces infrastructure development plan, in tabular form. [55377/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the refurbishment works in block C of Stephen's Barracks, Kilkenny, has been completed. [55378/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of marine engineer officers inducted into the Naval Service to date in 2023. [55379/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the increased investment being made in Local Link services in both counties Carlow and Kilkenny, including future plans for such an extension. [55373/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the remaining sections of the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023 is to be signed into law. [55374/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 239. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of gritting an additional 45 secondary routes annually. [55375/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional ship surveyors for his Department, in tabular form. [55376/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 264. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated full-year yield if the excise duty on a packet of 20 cigarettes were increased by 35 cents. [55372/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of cars sold with an open market selling price above €50,000, €75,000, €100,000 and €120,000 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [55380/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the annual funding allocated and staffing levels in the Kilkenny-Carlow Education Training Board Psychological Service in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [55362/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new recruitment campaign for Irish sign language-specialist classroom support will be launched early in the new year. [55363/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 14 November 2023, if she has received this information from Garda authorities to have this PQ answered. [55364/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (12 Dec 2023)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the 17 new Garda public order unit vans to come into the fleet. [55365/23]