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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of concerns in Fingal that the ceiling for the first home scheme is insufficient; if he is aware of queries as to the reason the ceiling for an apartment is higher than a house; if these ceilings will be subject to review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8640/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 471. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the national stroke strategy is to be funded in 2024; the items of expenditure that will be funded; the funding that is being made available for the stroke strategy in terms of existing levels of service and other measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8637/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (27 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 475. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact a person (details supplied) has had their procedure cancelled twice at short notice; and if the operation will take place on the newly appointed time as scheduled. [8650/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (27 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 493. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that residents living in HSE-owned properties at a location (details supplied) cannot access grants or any other supports for insulation or upgrading their homes; if he is aware that the residents are living in houses that are in an extremely poor state of repair but cannot get their landlord (the HSE) to carry out any necessary internal...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: On page 55 of the programme for Government, there is a commitment to introduce a social housing passport to allow households to move from one local authority housing list to another. This provision has been in every single programme for Government for the past 15 years, but there does not seem to be any movement on it. Bizarrely, there does not seem to be any objection to it on the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: They cannot transfer their time.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: You could just build houses, I suppose.

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the Deputies for bringing forward this motion and for giving us an opportunity to discuss the dire state of access to GP care across the State. I represent north County Dublin. My constituents are no different from the people we have heard described here. They wait for GP services and appointments, and they cannot get onto lists. Only last week, I spoke to a woman who has three...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: Mr. O'Rourke and his team are very welcome. I wish him the very best in his role. We look forward to ongoing engagement with him and the team. Since we are all mentioning our teams, I will not go without saying "Up the Dubs". We can move on from that. In his opening statement Mr. O'Rourke mentioned his own CV and his work history, which is broad and comprehensive. He mentioned his...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Rourke. His opening statement referred to areas of concern. This is fair enough because it cannot all be smiles, rainbows and roses. We know there are global factors that are important to consider. Reference was made to global uncertainty. The Department of Finance recently cited a rapidly changing global economy and deglobalisation as the key trend that will transform our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for that answer. I do not wish to be negative but he did refer in his submission to challenges that affect our ability to compete in a changing world. As he said, we must have the right enabling policies in place. We have had heard from plenty of witnesses who have referred to the challenges being faced by businesses. These are pretty much the same ones as everyone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I agree progress is necessary in those areas. We have heard from IBEC and other business representative groups and they have spoken in stark terms about how the housing crisis is impacting on their capacity not just to maintain the current situation but in respect of fundamental issues like recruiting and retaining staff. If people cannot afford to live near where they work or within a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: That is it, yes. It has moved on and it moves very quickly. The Department of Finance recently cited the four Ds, namely, demographics, decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation, which just trips off the tongue, as key trends that are likely to be transformative for our economy over the next decade. The belief among some business stakeholders is that high-value, emerging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: This is going to be a feature of the future. How is the IDA managing future-proofing in this context?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: IDA Ireland: Chairperson Designate (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: I am sorry for taking more time, Chair.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of situations whereby a broadband distribution box is fitted at a residential property to serve a number of houses, but the property owner where the distribution box is fitted refuses to allow access via their property to the box; what options other residents and broadband providers have in such...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address delays in the home tuition grant which are causing dire financial difficulties for a school (details supplied). [8161/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (21 Feb 2024)

Louise O'Reilly: 108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any changes to provide children's benefit payments to 18-year-olds in full-time education will be backdated for the school year in which the change is introduced. [8162/24]