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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) will be revised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58213/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enabling Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank Ms Nic Aongusa for her answers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Enabling Community Inclusion for People with Disabilities: Discussion (24 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the witnesses. Their contributions were very informative. The committee is doing its best to make sure people with disabilities can access all they are entitled to. My first question is to the Department. Will it discuss its involvement in community development and the policies that enable joined-up thinking in this regard? Joined-up thinking is where we are falling down. I am a...

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Now we have Solidarity People Before Profit. Deputy Boyd Barrett has ten minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Sorry, ten minutes was on the clock. The Deputy can have 20 minutes.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I thank the Deputy very much. I call Deputy Higgins.

Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: I greatly appreciate the efforts of the Government to reinforce new social welfare measures in the context of this legislation. It is good to see the goals of our recent budget fully realised and put into the legislation. After all, families who rely on welfare need as much help as they can get, and sooner rather than later. We can see the rising costs in the context of prices. Even for...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: Many children will be in a more vulnerable position because of the cost-of-living crisis. A Barnardos survey recently revealed that 26% of parents felt they did not have enough food to feed their children over the past year and that the cost-of-living crisis had led to 41% of parents cutting back on food spending. I welcome our budget. In July 2022, the Government report, Food Poverty:...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who have used LocalLink bus services by route in County Kilkenny to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57701/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time vacancies by job title currently in Kilkenny Castle; when these vacancies will be filled in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57696/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within the Kilkenny and Carlow Division that were refurbished by the OPW where the costs are in excess of €10,000 in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022; the nature of such works that were carried out at each station; if each capital works project is completed or still ongoing in tabular form; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports applications that were made through Irish Embassy in Cairo, Ankara and Abu Dhabi in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57702/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 555. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of additional Garda cars and vans attached to Kilkenny and Carlow Division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from this division during the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57703/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 650. To ask the Minister for Health the capital investment proposals at St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny in order to enlarge the footprint to support new and increased services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57699/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric dermatologist attached to CHI, Temple Street in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57700/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 735. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of complications related to the most recent Covid-19 vaccine by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58057/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 787. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to appoint additional full-time fisheries attaché to the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57698/22]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Refugee Accommodation Crisis: Engagement with Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (22 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: In his opening statement, the Minister referred to emergency centres that have been opened in all parts of the country, with some 40 accommodation locations utilised since January, across 13 counties. Does someone go out to these emergency centres to check the health and safety standards? How are they assessed, whether with regard to beds, showers, or other matters? What are the plans for...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 95. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on progress towards implementation of the new Employee Regulation Order for the early years' sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (17 Nov 2022)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor: 109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to reform the national childcare scheme and to examine ways in which it can better support lower-income families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56877/22]