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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: From a climate perspective, this is a no-brainer. We have already put the infrastructure in place. There is water and electricity and broadband is going in now. In climate terms, every square metre of new-build takes 1 tonne but the refurbishment of a square metre of an existing house takes half of that. There has already been an incredible level of interest in the scheme but we have set...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister for that reassurance. The difficulty is that across my constituency of Roscommon-Galway we have approximately 6,000 vacant homes, fewer than ten of which are available to rent today. Across the Northern and Western Regional Assembly area, there are 44,000 of these vacant properties. We want to see them back in use, bringing life back into rural communities. Will the...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: Budget 2023 reminds me of the kitchen sink. What the Government has done is to put an overflow pipe onto the sink, but the difficulty is that is not turning off the tap and if that the water comes in any quicker it will still overflow. That is the difficulty with this budget. While it is helping and while the investment that is being put in is welcome, it will not deal with any of the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 46. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to support the development of sewerage schemes in villages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 53. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the revised wind energy development guidelines; the reason for the significant delay in publishing same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans he has to revise the Building Control Act 1990 and the building performance requirements under the building regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46928/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 231. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47357/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for paediatric speech and language therapy in Roscommon, east Galway and Galway as a whole; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47499/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the development of the Ireland’'s Hidden Heartlands tourism brand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47122/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans, if any, to expand the mobility-of-collections scheme to support loans from the national collections for display in public buildings across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47123/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will request the institutions with responsibility for State exhibits that are currently held in storage to consider offering them on loan for display in public buildings across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47124/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the persons who are living in stone-constructed homes are being refused the warmer homes scheme; the steps he is taking to permit some remediation measures on such homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the terms and conditions of the new grant scheme for businesses installing solar panels; if businesses are prohibited from installing more than 6 kW of panels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47828/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 166. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when local authorities will be provided with the detail of the Croí Cónaithe fund in order to approve applications for towns and villages; the details of the extension to rural areas; the additional funding to be provided to local authorities for this extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47778/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 254. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the availability of evusheld to immunocompromised patients in Ireland; the reason it is not available; when it will be made available; the cohorts of patients to be included; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47775/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 255. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff on the paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-infection scheme; the breakdown of staff numbers by region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47776/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (29 Sep 2022)

Denis Naughten: 256. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occasions the WestDoc service has been extended to include an additional general practitioner rota group; the groups involved; when they were incorporated into the service; if he will list the GP rota groups currently not part of WestDoc or similar groups in the adjoining counties of Galway, Mayo and Roscommon; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (4 Oct 2022)

Denis Naughten: 480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the initiatives that he is planning, to increase the number of occupational therapists and speech and language therapists qualifying on an annual basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48403/22]