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Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: First, I thank the Minister for the opportunity to speak on this debate which is long overdue. Sinn Féin has been looking for this debate for a long time and we are finally here. It is only a few short weeks into the term of this Government and already it appears that the Government's housing plan has failed. We have a continuation of the previous Government of Fianna Fáil and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if plans are in progress for a redress scheme for people who suffered either physical or mental abuse in school; if so, the conditions of this redress; if not, when redress will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Funding (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 919. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount by which the Economic and Social Intervention Fund, ESIF, was reduced in Limerick in 2024 compared to 2023 and 2025 compared to 2024; if provision has been made to continue the ESIF in Limerick in 2026 and beyond, given that it is a critical instrument to help address disadvantage in Limerick city; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Education and Training Provision (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 990. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason time spent on vocational training opportunities schemes are not considered as part of the required cumulative paid days for consideration for particular social protection bonuses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10601/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Diagnoses (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1317. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for a update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred for an autism assessment to the HSE in Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1487. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the case of a person (details suppled) who, having been referred five years ago by her GP to the cardiology department of University Hospital Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10662/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred by University Hospital Limerick to St. John’s Hospital for an urgent hernia operation, has yet to receive an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1633. To ask the Minister for Health if she will address the case of person (details supplied) who continues to wait for a CAMHS appointment in Limerick for an ADHD assessment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11389/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1816. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff employed at University Hospital Limerick, per discipline, from 2011 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12232/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 1817. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds at each of the UL Hospital Group hospitals, from 2011 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12233/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I am delighted to speak on statements on policing and community safety, but if we are to be serious about this the outcome has to be that people actually feel safe in their own local communities. Unfortunately, a lot of them do not. In 2007 John Fitzgerald produced a report that led to the Limerick regeneration programme. In that report he stated that we needed a minimum of 100 extra...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (5 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 158. To ask the Minister for Health about the case of a person (details supplied) who, having been referred in March 2024 to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in Limerick, has yet to receive an appointment date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9840/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of refreshments on the Limerick to Dublin train service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9329/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an airport express connection service to Shannon Airport will be offered to rail and bus users from Colbert Station, Limerick, similar to that provided in Dublin and Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9791/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Expenditure (4 Mar 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is satisfied that the correct decision was made in revoking carer’s allowance from person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9110/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I raise the issue of vacant local authority homes, of which there are always thousands across the State. There are 200 of them in Limerick at the moment, and 200 is always the number of vacant houses there. These are local authority homes that, for whatever reason, are not in use. The process of local authorities applying for funding from central government needs to be changed and...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (27 Feb 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: We need a commitment from the Government that the system will be changed whereby funding is given to local authorities to speed up the restoration of voids.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Feb 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what steps have been taken to address the shortage of additional need services at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (27 Feb 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 148. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare applicants who have submitted appeals are having to wait up to eight months for a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8595/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Animal Welfare (26 Feb 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State for his response and understanding of the issue. He did not get to it in his speech, but I am glad he mentioned the ongoing project in Moyross, which does good work in that area. However, it is only a drop in the ocean in dealing with the issue. Wandering, unkept and uncared-for horses have been a plague on working-class areas of Limerick for decades, as I...