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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (17 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42190/24]

Finance Bill 2024: Second Stage (16 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: My colleagues and I in the Regional Group have consistently supported the reduced rate of VAT for businesses in the food and hospitality sector because of the huge importance of this sector to the fabric of our communities. Tourism is a vital contributor to the economy of Ireland, particularly the west and Galway, but also to the survival of some communities in areas where there is little or...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: Under the Constitution, the total number of Members of this House has to be at least one per 30,000 of the population. The Economic and Social Research Institute is forecasting that by the year 2040, Ireland's population will have grown by more than 900,000 based on current numbers. The CSO predicts a highest growth scenario over the next 30 years of double that number, which would put...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: Over the past number of years, the Government has put several referendums to the people, mostly recently and notably the 39th and 40th amendments that were defeated earlier this year. The latest referendums were badly thought out and impossible to clearly explain. The resounding "No" vote made it clear that the people are not prepared to alter the Constitution without good reason. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (15 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 589. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a detailed list of the diabetes care technologies that enable remote monitoring and early intervention to patients; the estimated annual cost of deploying these technologies to patients across the healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41088/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 590. To ask the Minister for Health to outline, in light of current budget constraints, the steps being taken to remote monitor patients to keep them out of GP surgeries and reduce the risk of complications associated with diabetes; his plans to balance these technological interventions with the need to manage healthcare expenditure efficiently; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (15 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the specific measures he proposes to drive efficiencies in the expenditure on diabetes care; and to outline any cost-benefit analyses that have been conducted to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of diabetes management within the health service. [41090/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the normal average rule for calculating a State pension (contributory) can be used when a person continues to work between 66 and 70 years or if the total contributions approach must be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40076/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (2 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the current perverse salmon angling regulations that compel anglers to return alive rod caught escaped farmed salmon in designated ‘catch and release’ fisheries, considering the huge escape of farmed salmon during August 2024 in Killary Harbour, County Galway, with escaped farmed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (2 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to introduce a national fishing rod licence in the near future with a penalty points-based system akin to the national driving licence for wild brown trout and other native species excluding Atlantic salmon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39240/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (2 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to create a freshwater fisheries reserve under an updated Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959 as highlighted by his officials in 2013; if this reserve will be surreptitiously used to validate the presence of invasive/non-native fish such as pike, roach, carp and tench in special areas of conservation such as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Special Areas of Conservation (2 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have ever issued a ministerial consent under ‘ARC 02’ for the stocking of Oughterard Hatchery trout fry into Lough Corrib special area of conservation as required under Regulation 30 of S.I. No. 477/2011 - European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 and/or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (2 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his officials in the National Parks and Wildlife Service have plans to designate the Aughrim River catchment, County Wicklow as a special area of conservation considering the recent Ballinglen River works by the east Wicklow Rivers Trust that enhanced the migratory pathway for EU Habitats Directive Annex II species...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (1 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the transposition into Irish law of the Network and Information Systems Directive II (NIS2) EU Directive concerning cybersecurity; when this is likely to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38792/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (1 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 141. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the transposition into Irish law of the Platform Work EU Directive; when this is likely to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Directives (1 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 142. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive into Irish law; when this is likely to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38794/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (1 Oct 2024)

Noel Grealish: 263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a degree (BSc) in construction management, combined with an assistant engineer qualification from a body (details supplied) does not meet the educational requirements for the position of executive engineer with a local authority; the reason any type of engineering degree (BEng) such as chemical, aeronautical, or...

Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2024)

Noel Grealish: I thank my colleagues and Cáit Nic Amhlaoibh for bringing this motion before the House. I also thank the Minister of State for being here this morning. It is a very important motion and I hope the Government will support it. As my colleague Deputy Canney said, I hope this will be included in the forthcoming budget. I am sure there is not a single person in this House who does not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (24 Sep 2024)

Noel Grealish: 91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding can be allocated to Galway County Council to investigate the possibility of speed control, speed reduction and hard engineering works (similar to works on the N83 at Knockdoe, County Galway) to reduce the ongoing threat to users in the settlement centre of Rosscahill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Sep 2024)

Noel Grealish: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals in place to update the N84 from Galway to Headford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37535/24]