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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of podiatrists, including addresses, that are accepting new medical card holders aged over 65 within CHO9, in tabular form. [14984/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Mar 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased. [14985/23]

Vacant Homes Tax: Motion [Private Members] (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I was contacted last week by a constituent. She said "I am facing homelessness and I don't know where I'm going to go, but there's a house in my area that has been empty for ages". I am not the only one who gets these messages with photos of empty houses through Facebook and via email. I am not the only one who sees empty homes in every single estate with leaflets stacked high in hallways....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I again appeal for help with the lack of spaces for children with autism in Dublin 15. The Danu special school will not have a place this year and will have one in September 2024. An extension to Castleknock Community School, which, despite all the promises given because it took on extra students, still has not been delivered. Powerstown Educate Together in Tyrrellstown has zero school...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank our guests for the presentation. The previous question is very important. It does not seem as though the figures add up. I would like to see them to examine how the Department’s statement stacks up to the suggestion it will cost 50% more, given an awful lot more people who have been admitted will be exiting well before six months. Another part I am always conscious of is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Mr. Hession made a point about incentives or disincentives to work. Every time there is a recession and people are made unemployed, there is almost an assumption people do not want to work, whereas all the evidence proves that when there are plenty of jobs, we reach full employment quickly. I am conscious that when we are talking about social protection, we always refer to incentives or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Pay-related Jobseeker's Benefit Scheme: Discussion (19 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: That proves the point. When we are talking about the longer time people should be given, it seems the evidence is proving if people have a bit more time they end up in better circumstances. It makes the argument much stronger to go from six to nine months. In some ways what the officials are stating is the evidence is showing that despite what international documents state around...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (20 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of affordable housing units delivered via the cost rental equity loan, the affordable housing fund and project tosaigh in the constituency of Dublin west in each of the years, 2016 to 2022; and the planned number to be delivered in 2023, with a breakdown of units per scheme and average price of units by unit size...

Re-introduction of Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion [Private Members] (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I met a woman recently when I was canvassing in Huntstown, which is in my constituency. To say that she was extremely worried about the never-ending increases in her mortgage interest rate and was becoming increasingly concerned that there will most likely be more increases in interest rates in the coming months is an understatement. As was stated, the Central Bank of Ireland has...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Will the Minister provide an update on how the Department is implementing the published guidelines on rural proofing and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: This is something that Deputy Kerrane has raised over some time. It is good to hear the range of consultations that the Minister has undertaken on how this will be implemented and that different Departments have been consulted on the implementation. How long will it take to come up with the final strategy?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Budget Process (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: The issue is around timelines for implementation. I understand it is a complex issue and, as the Minister explained, many Departments are involved in implementation of the policy. She mentioned compulsory measures. We are concerned about the time taken to come up with the strategy, how that is going to be implemented and what it will look like.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I ask the Minister provide an update on the forthcoming islands strategy, when the strategy will be published and if she will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: That will be very welcome. This has been raised on many occasions by Deputy Kerrane, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle and many other Deputies. It will be very welcome to hear that we are at the final stages. There had been a concern that some of the people who have been involved in the process had not really heard much. Again, it is welcome to hear that they have been contacted in the past...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Island Communities (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Hopefully, this will be the last time we will see this issue on the agenda. We can look forward to it in the next couple of weeks. I suppose the commitment is that the next time we have questions and answers that the report will be published.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Will the Minister make a statement on the roll-out of the town centre first policy?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome the Minister's response. I may be a city person who travels through towns and villages only when going on a weekend trip or visiting family, but there undoubtedly is a great deal of dereliction, with many unoccupied buildings. It can be shocking at times to pass through some of the smaller villages and to see the extent of, first, the housing crisis but also the image the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Policies (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I appreciate the answer around the appointments. It is good to see 22 people have been appointed. There are four left to be appointed. That will be excellent. In terms of the implementation, I await the first report back from that to see how it is being implemented and monitored.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Voluntary Sector (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on her Department's engagement with the future board leaders' pilot 2023 scheme for individuals who are interested in volunteering their skills with organisations that have board vacancies, in particular those from minority backgrounds. [19267/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Voluntary Sector (25 Apr 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Will the Minister report on the Department's engagement with the future board leaders pilot scheme for individuals who are interested in volunteering their skills with organisations that have board vacancies, in particular those from minority backgrounds?