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Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Deputy Ó Cuív took my second supplementary question. It related to bridging finance and whether any directions or guidelines have been issued by the Department or the Department of Finance to credit unions or other financial institutions in respect of the provision of bridging finance. This is a no-brainer. I would like it to happen. The urban-rural divide is obvious in...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The Minister is right. I would love to see it extended and enhanced, if possible. To be fair to the Minister and the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, in the few years I have been in the House listening to them fielding questions on housing, they have always said the most efficient house to bring back into circulation is the house that is already built. That is why this grant is so...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 58. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenant in-situ applications approved in Cork city and county since the inception of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42876/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: What is the number of tenant in-situ applications approved in Cork city and county since the inception of the scheme?

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: The scheme is a very good one. I said that and welcomed it when it was initiated a few years ago. It is good to see that those targets are not ceilings, which the Minister has reiterated on the floor of the Dáil on numerous occasions. For a while, there was resistance in certain local authorities regarding targets. It is good to see that both Cork city and county have breached those...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I have one or two supplementary questions. To address the point the Minister raised, a family might be in a three-bedroom home but due to their circumstances, on a transfer, might be looking to go to a two-bedroom, or whatever the case may be. To clarify, the Minister is saying to local authorities that if somebody only qualifies for a two-bedroom home but is in situ in a three-bedroom...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of how many Croí Cónaithe applications have been made and processed in Cork city and county for 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42877/24]

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógail) - Other Questions (Resumed): Housing Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I ask the Minister for an overview of how many Croí Cónaithe applications have been made and processed in Cork city and county for 2023 and 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what further progress has been made on the Mallow relief road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42378/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the M20 Cork-Limerick motorway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42379/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of community involvement scheme roads repaired in each Cork county municipal district in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that was spent on community involvement scheme roads in each Cork county municipal district in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42987/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Cork city northern transport project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42982/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on a carer’s allowance application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43167/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 826. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in Cork waiting for the insertion of spinal cord stimulators; the patient waiting time for each hospital in Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43200/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 870. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of local improvement scheme roads repaired in each Cork county municipal district in each of the years 2021 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42976/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (22 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: 871. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount that was spent on local improvement scheme roads in each Cork county municipal district in 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42987/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I am taking this question on behalf of Deputy Devlin. What action is the Tánaiste taking in relation to recognition for officers in the Defence Forces who provide specialist instruction and training?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: Many of the things the Tánaiste has mentioned are worth reiterating regarding the progress that is being made. He mentioned the extension of healthcare. That was a much welcomed provision. The Tánaiste has stated in the past that we need to adapt to new realities. He has described the situation globally as extremely challenging. As he has often stated in the House, we are...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (17 Oct 2024)

Pádraig O'Sullivan: I will ask a final supplementary question on the difficulties we have had in respect of the Women of Honour and their campaign in the last while. A mentoring programme was to be established for women by June 2024. Will the Tánaiste clarify what progress has been made on that?