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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (17 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1231. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to removing the income threshold for over 70s medical card applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (18 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 330. To ask the Minister for Health to examine the case of a person (details supplied) referred by their GP to the University Hospital Limerick ENT section but has yet to receive an appointment date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49339/25]

Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (23 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Families from all backgrounds are struggling. I meet people all the time, especially in my clinic and when I do my weekly grocery shopping. They tell me they are struggling with the high cost of groceries, the cost of housing and the high cost of utilities, such as electricity and gas. The cost of these utilities is not sustainable for hard-working families. The prices consumers are...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms Kelly for the presentation. I read the submissions as well. In her presentation, Ms Kelly mentioned that fewer than anticipated women from the Traveller community applied for the apprenticeship schemes and that the Irish Traveller Movement was combating barriers in that regard. What are the main barriers leading to the less-than-expected take-up and what steps are being taken to...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Ms Kelly said there was a lack of opportunities for Traveller women. Is that because there are no apprenticeships available for everyone in that area or just for them?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Earlier this year, I was invited to attend the award ceremony for a class that had completed its access to apprenticeship programme in Technological University of Shannon, TUS. I imagine the Traveller apprenticeship incentivisation programme liaises with universities on programmes like that. Is there much opt-in from young Travellers to access to apprenticeship programmes?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: TUS informed me of that as well, but it is good to hear it from Ms Kelly. I wish to put on record my thanks to Professor Vincent Cunnane, president of TUS, and to Ms Susan Maher, who runs that course at TUS. She is excellent at what she is trying to do. I have a final question, which anyone can comment on. Ms Kelly mentioned the appalling situation of anti-Traveller discrimination that...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: That is really shocking, in fairness.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Ms Kelly mentioned one or two employers. For instance, the company MrPRICE is always mentioned at both the disability and enterprise committee. It is one of the best employers for activating people who are finding it hard to get employment.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: MrPRICE is doing a really good job. It should not be the only company championing all the minorities, however.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: There is a geographical spread of applications. Cork has five grants and Limerick has ten. Limerick has twice as many as Cork. It might be different projects or they might have been bigger projects in Cork. I do not know. Is Limerick applying for twice as many as Cork when its population is half its size?

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I do not know. I was just commenting on it.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I know we are talking about apprenticeships today but the wider issue is employment in the Traveller community. It was said this was a small spoke in a big wheel. I know this is what we should be saying in private session but we should as a committee write to a number of organisations and ask them what they are specifically doing to engage with the Traveller community and activate people....

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Apprenticeship Incentivisation Programme: Discussion (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Can we draft that letter and approve it at the next meeting?

National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (25 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am pleased to speak on national social enterprise policy. The purpose of social enterprise organisations is to sustain the social and economic well-being of people living in our communities. They are essential in delivering social inclusion and the provision of opportunities to some of the most marginalised groups in our society, such as the long-term unemployed. Across the State, they...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Claims Agency (29 Jul 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1030. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of the costs incurred annually from 2000 to date to the State in legal fees and associated fees, in respect of all legal proceedings regarding the survivors of sexual abuse at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41127/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (29 Jul 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2985. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) in University Hospital Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (23 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teachers, employed in ETB schools, who have submitted their application in advance of the 31 July deadline, can expect to receive their professional masters of education fee refund, appreciating that teachers employed in other school settings have received the refund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49786/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Sep 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 613. To ask the Minister for Health to report on the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred 18 months ago to University Hospital Limerick for an MRI scan to address chronic kidney disease, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49856/25]