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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 432. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of disability allowance, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 433. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of invalidity pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28511/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of illness benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of blind pension, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of injury benefit payment, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 437. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of disablement benefit, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28515/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the volume of people availing of partial capacity benefit, by county, from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (27 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 764. To ask the Minister for Health to detail the methods through which a general practitioner can issue a prescription to a patient; if a patient can insist the prescription is issued in written form and not via email directly to the pharmacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27544/25]

Delivering a World-Class Education System: Statements (22 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Ensuring that every child can achieve their full potential is the ethos that should drive everything we do in terms of education. Economic background, social class, or financial resources should not be impediments to the success of any child in our education system. They say it takes a village to raise a child but it is also true that it takes the full community to educate a child. In...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: I extend my solidarity to the Palestinian people. Israel has imposed a blockade across the occupied Palestinian territories, using the most brutal military tactics, and murdered tens of thousands of people. This is particularly true in Gaza where, over the past 19 months, there has been a systematic campaign of murder, forced displacement, attacks on health centres, the arbitrary detention...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: That was you. You were in the last government.

Committee on Disability Matters: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (21 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Apologies have been received from Senator Tom Clonan. I remind members of the constitutional requirement that in order to participate in public meetings, they must be physically present within the confines of the Leinster House complex. Members of the committee attending the meeting remotely must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. This is due to the constitutional...

Committee on Disability Matters: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (21 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: With the agreement of members, will we go into private session to deal with housekeeping matters. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (20 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 636. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine the case of an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25988/25]

Committee on Disability Matters: Business of Joint Committee (15 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: Apologies have been received from Senators Bradley and Harmon. Before we proceed, as this is the first meeting, I have a number of housekeeping matters. In accordance with Standing Orders, I make the following declaration. I do solemnly declare that I will duly and faithfully and to the best of my knowledge and ability, execute the office of Cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Gangland Crime (15 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on organised crime in Limerick city, the resources needed by the Garda and the additional steps that can be taken to interrupt drug gang activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine the case of a person (details supplied) who, having applied for a passport in October 2024, has yet to receive any confirmation or communication regarding when this passport will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24956/25]

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: This is a Bill that my party and I will be supporting. I am a proud member of SIPTU and have been for a number of years. The aims of the Bill are sound and seek to provide a legal basis for trade union recognition by employers where 20% of employees are members of a union. In the 21st century, it is appalling that not every worker has fair representation, dignity and the ability to engage...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: There is a housing emergency in this State. Whatever way the Government tries to spin it, that is what we have. Whether someone is a house buyer, renter or waiting on the council to provide a house, he or she will find they face a challenging and often very long course. Limerick has seen rents increase by an astonishing 75% since 2020 and house purchase prices have increased by 44% since...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Maurice Quinlivan: It has been said that education is the most important weapon you can use to change the world for the better. In a changing and more complex world to navigate this has never been truer. For our further and higher education institutions to enable economic growth, they must be supported. The programme for Government commits to ongoing investment in these institutions to deliver sustainable...