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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 624. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for aids and appliances in community healthcare organisation, CHO7. [62179/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory consultant posts at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in the years of 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [62180/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 626. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown are receiving as part of the HSE 2022-2023 winter plan. [62181/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Avoidance (7 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a taxi company (details supplied) pay no tax in Ireland but taxi drivers who use the service must pay tax to keep their tax clearance to enable them to obtain their small public service vehicle, SPSV, licence. [61056/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 7. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the planning laws to ensure that they are strong enough to cover the destruction of natural wildlife habitats and biodiversity. [59813/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (1 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans in place to support tenants when the eviction ban ends in March 2023, given the stark increase in notices-to-quit issued. [59812/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (1 Dec 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a report has been done on the number of students not taking up college places due to the cost-of-living and housing crises; and the support that can be given to students who find themselves in this position. [59816/22]

Drugs Policy: Motion [Private Members] (30 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputy Ó Ríordáin for bringing forward this motion. It is a huge topic. A person would need two and a half hours rather than two and a half minutes to try to address some of the issues. The drug crisis is something that I have seen in the community in which I grew up in the north-east inner city and in the community I moved to in west Dublin. In some ways, there is...

Toll Charge Increases: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: While the six-month delay will be welcomed by many people, it is a case of kicking the can down the road. In fact, so many cans have been kicked down the road by this Government, it will make a fortune in the new cash for cans recycling measures when they are introduced in 2024. When the hikes come in they will hit people's pockets. They will hit the pockets of workers, businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the percentage of west-bound flights from Dublin Airport which deviate from their designated flight path by turning south over Dublin 15. [58700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Websites (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 308. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason that his Department’s website was not updated until 7 October 2022 with information relating to the fact that travellers have been denied entry to the USA under the ESTA visa waiver if they have visited Cuba since January 2021. [59034/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined. [59320/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the proposal by an organisation (details supplied) for a free travel scheme for persons with epilepsy; and if further consideration has been given to the roll-out of the scheme. [59323/22]

Dog Breeding Establishments (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank Deputy Tóibín and the other Deputies who brought forward this important Bill. On a few occasions, I sat in on the committee meetings because I feel passionately and strongly about the mistreatment of dogs. I will declare my ownership of a husky, who was at the groomer's today getting ready for Christmas. Anybody who owns dogs cherishes them. It is important that we look...

Abuse at Certain Educational Institutions: Statements (24 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: Here we find another horrific story of abuse repeating itself again. It is another legacy of abuse from a religious order in Ireland. In Ireland, from the foundation of the State and possibly until the 1980s and 1990s, there was an omerta and fear connected to criticising a religious person, and such situations arise again and again in institutions - in mother and baby homes, schools and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I will go back to the exceptional needs payment because I think there is a blockage somewhere, especially in communication. People who apply for the payment or any other social protection payment are in need. It is the only reason they would apply for a payment. I found one case especially disturbing. It involved a person who applied for a social protection payment in early October and...

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 37 - Social Protection (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Social Protection: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 42 - Rural and Community Development (Supplementary) (23 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: I want to start with the energy support scheme. I read in the documentation that the Minister has given us that any unspent funding will be sent back to the Department. Is there any possibility for that unspent money to be put into a second tranche in the new year around energy supports? We do not really know how energy costs are going to go. We have an idea and I see from the garages...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel Documents (22 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with his counterparts in the United States of America as to the reason that an Irish couple who travel to the USA regularly to visit family on a ESTA visa are now being discriminated and forced to apply for a full visa at a financial cost and a wait of up to one year to be interviewed, solely due to the fact that they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 Nov 2022)

Paul Donnelly: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location that a school (details supplied) will be moving to; and when the move will take place. [57461/22]