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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I have a couple of questions and comments. My first question relates to the impact on existing supports under SICAP, in the context of the outturn of €56 million and the original estimate of €51 million. I know most of that increase is related to extra supports for Ukrainian refugees. Is there a way that we can separate the funding going to Ukrainian refugees? I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Public Service Performance Report 2022: Department of Rural and Community Development (12 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the witnesses for the responses. The work that has been done is absolutely phenomenal. It is good to hear that when the report comes out around the social inclusion and community activation programme, SICAP, the metrics do show that the existing communities who continue to need that support are not being impacted and that they need extra funding or extra support. That is welcome. ...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: Instead of presiding over a housing disaster, the Minister can bring in the measures following to help those in the rental sector: a three-year ban on rent increases; the creation of a refundable tax credit to put one month's rent back in the pocket of every private renter; a temporary reintroduction of the ban on no-fault evictions; an expansion of the tenantin situ scheme for social and...

Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (11 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: It would not be too far off.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the names of travel agents currently on the Office of Government Procurement muti-supplier framework for the provision of travel services in public bodies. [32928/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Community Care (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be made available to fully staff a community neurorehabilitation team in each of the nine CHOs around the country, as outlined in the National Neurorehabilitation Strategy. [33007/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 195. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be put in place for a multidisciplinary team for the only dedicated neurology service for Irish patients with long-Covid in St. James’s Hospital Dublin. [33008/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 196. To ask the Minister for Health what consideration has been given to investment in therapeutic support and education for family carers of those who suffer with dementia. [33009/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 197. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can fund an investment to bring about pay parity for dementia care workers. [33010/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 198. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for a national heart failure registry, equipping health service planners with the information to cut excessive mortality and hospital readmission rates. [33011/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 199. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will invest in practical, social and emotional supports in the community that reduce readmissions and improve quality of life. [33012/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 200. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to a right to a medical card for all heart failure patients, removal of prescription charges, and the national assessment of the economic impact of the condition on patients. [33013/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Men's Sheds (5 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 238. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans or if consideration is being given to the pre-Budget 2024 to a request by an organisation (details supplied). [32929/23]

A5 Route Upgrade: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I welcome to the Gallery the people from the A5 campaign Enough is Enough. As a Dub, I have been travelling to Derry for many decades. My journey on the A5 started many years ago when I made my first visit to Derry for the Bloody Sunday Justice Campaign. In those days, we did not stay in hotels or bed and breakfast accommodation. The people of Derry opened their homes to us to enable...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. We are now just weeks into this scandal and for RTÉ, it just gets worse with daily photographs of highly-paid RTÉ presenters using RTÉ State-owned properties as a backdrop to their latest commercial advertisements and promotions. This needs to stop now and RTÉ management needs to get a grip on this immediately until there is a root and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extra resources and personnel that will be deployed at the Irish Embassy in Paris during the upcoming Rugby World Cup; and if a temporary emergency out-of-hours phone line will be set up for the duration of the World Cup. [32356/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 178. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has spoken with the United States Defence Secretary to date in 2023. [32341/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated investment to date in the Dublin BusConnects initiative; and the estimated final cost; and the expected impact when it is fully in place, in terms of extra passengers, extra buses in the system, and so on. [32343/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Irish Rail plans to increase the number of carriages from three to four on both the 09.33 and 17.33 Dublin Connolly to Rosslare Europort trains. [32344/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Cultural Institutions (4 Jul 2023)

Paul Donnelly: 335. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she last met with the CEO and/or Chairperson of the National Concert Hall; and when she is next scheduled to meet the CEO and/or Chairperson. [32349/23]