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Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: That is extremely alarming.

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: Finally, I have been very despondent about the pace at which the HSE is delivering capital infrastructure. Mr. Gloster made reference to primary care settings. Youghal, County Cork, is a town of almost 10,000 people. Its catchment area increases that significantly but it has no primary care centre. We have repeatedly seen plans that have changed continuously. There was a HSE-led plan to...

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: Correct. This would have been on the national development plan projects in healthcare. All of a sudden it switched from public to private. How does that happen?

Public Accounts Committee: Health Service Executive: Financial Statements 2023 (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I would appreciate if Mr. Gloster would come back to me on it.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a detailed update on a road project (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the fine applied to the NCT operator (details supplied) by the Road Safety Authority; if he will outline the timeline when this occurred; when his Department became aware of the fine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43094/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 132. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of the uptake from the rent credit tax from Budget 2023; how many people applied for the tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget 2024 (5 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 135. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering further emergency measures to reduce fuel prices in budget 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (10 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Rural Water Working Group; when it is expected that their recommendations in respect of measures for inclusion for funding under the upcoming multi-annual programme will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43619/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Broadband Plan (11 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school (details supplied) is still awaiting broadband connection; the timeline for when the matter will be completed; if the matter can be escalated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44398/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (17 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the timeline for the publication of the school transport review; if a new system will be implemented by her Department ahead of the 2024/2025 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45098/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when schools (details supplied) will be opened upon building works being completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45097/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the building of an extension at a school (details supplied); the timeline for this work to be started and finished; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45101/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Television Licence Fee (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of licence fees paid to date in 2023; how does that compare year on year with 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45802/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline the number of sport capital and equipment grant applications per county, in tabular form, spitting them into capital and equipment applications; if she will outline the applications per sport (i.e., GAA/soccer/rugby etc.); when she forecasts that her Department will have these assessed by; if there will be a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 30 March 2023, if he will provide an update on the position regarding Ireland's application to join the CERN programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45803/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 156. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider in fast-tracking SOLAS apprentice applications to shorten the backlog of apprentices in college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45804/23]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I join my constituency colleague, Deputy Stanton, and my neighbour, Deputy O’Sullivan, in their words on the devastation in east Cork and the Minister of State’s area of west Waterford. It caused hundreds of millions worth of damage. We have a hospital and a Garda station destroyed. Hundreds of homes are flooded. Midleton Main Street is devastated. In Mogeely, Killeagh, my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Flood Risk Management (24 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: I support Deputy Stanton. We have worked in tandem on having a one-stop shop service to help households and businesses that have been flooded. We need the Department of Social Protection to work with the local authorities and other State agencies, which will be needed to get houses back up and running. I thank the emergency services, volunteers and community around east Cork. What they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Flood Risk Management (26 Oct 2023)

James O'Connor: 9. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline details of the emergency funding to be provided following the devastating flooding in Midleton and the wider east Cork region; what timeline is available for these funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47034/23]