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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1040.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has invited Limerick Council to make an application for the vacant properties (voids) programme; if such an application has been submitted, the total amount of funding his Department proposes to allocate to the authority; the expected timeframe for release of the funding; the number of units this funding will cover;...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1041.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mortgage-to-rent applications to date in 2024 through approved housing bodies, local authorities and Home for Life, respectively. [31347/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Sites (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1042.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount collected, by local authority, in the vacant sites levy since the levy was established, by year, in tabular form. [31349/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Legislative Programme (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1043.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on legislative amendments to allow for the renaming of streets. [31350/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1044.To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in tabular form. [31351/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1252.To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for an urgent needs payment in Limerick, by reason, in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [31352/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1476.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Limerick, by rank, in tabular form. [31353/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1477.To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Limerick in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [31354/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1630.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Limerick City and County Council for the control of horses in each of the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [31355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Horses (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1631.To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of horses seized under the Control of Horses Act 2015 in the past five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [31356/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disabilities Assessments (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1857.To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred for an assessment of needs five years ago, has yet to receive an appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32583/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2528.To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of Irish Blood Transfusion Service staff who, despite being front-line workers during the Covid pandemic, have been declined the rewarding of the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33453/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (23 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 2599.To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of purpose-built student accommodation units available in Limerick city in September 2024, in tabular form. [31348/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State. Regarding offshore energy, many companies and people are making great strides already in this field. I commend Shannon-Foynes Port for the work it has done to date and for its Vision 2041 strategy that laid out in detail many of the challenges and potential available from offshore energy, especially in the mid-west region. The port is in proximity to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State. As I have said before, the development of offshore wind energy can be our generation's Ardnacrusha moment. We either act now or fall behind our competitors, which are basically Scotland, Germany and other countries. We can harness this energy and export the excess Ireland does not need or we can import it from abroad. That is the choice we are facing. It is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 5. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to ensure the enterprise sector can harness the potential of offshore wind and wave energy. [30882/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Generation (11 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Offshore wind and wave energy have the potential, if harnessed, to make the State an exporter of energy. There is potential to create thousands of jobs, especially in coastal communities. While the investment required is steep, it can create a whole new economic sector and guarantee the creation of new jobs. Our island is surrounded by natural resources. I am confident we have the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: 339. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the recommendations of the expert review body on nursing and midwifery, relating to the extension of CNM2 salary scales by an additional scale point, and the introduction of a long service increment, have not been implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30528/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: Today we will have a discussion on sub-minimum rates of the national minimum wage. The National Minimum Wage Act allows for lower or sub-minimum rates for those aged under 20. The minimum wage for those aged 19 is 90% of the prevailing rate, for those aged 18, it is 80% and for those aged 17 and under it is 70%. This committee is currently carrying out detailed scrutiny of the National...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion (10 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Dr. Redmond. I now invite the members to make their contributions and speak to the representatives here. I call Deputy O'Reilly.