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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 336. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to the great success of a pop-up pool in Ardee, County Louth, which finished on 12 May, if there is any consideration being given to the provision of a permanent pool in the growing town of Ardee; if her attention has been drawn to any engagement on such a proposal, given the need that is quite evident and the lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any consideration has been given to reducing the rent differential assessment in households of very low income, where the recipients have received small increases in their social welfare payments following budgetary changes; if such a policy would be considered where a total household income is below a certain level, with...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that Louth County Council have closed applications for the housing adaptation grant schemes due to significant pressures the council faces in meeting demand; if he will advise, notwithstanding the increased funding delivered year on year, if any consideration has been given to providing additional and...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Reports (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the report on the review of the Housing Adaptation Grants for Older People and People with a Disability, which has been prepared by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24329/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will seek details from each individual local authority in respect of the percentage of rural one-off housing applications that have been refused by county and local authority, over the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify whether the fresh-start principal under the local authority home loan scheme is available to those who previously owned and sold/lost a property prior to their second home purchased with a spouse/partner, in so far as the person can show they have low income and savings and cannot attain loans through the...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position with regard to the issue where priests were prohibited from paying a contribution before 1988 and where those priests who have since retired are now unable to achieve a full State pension due to the lack of contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24102/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 818. To ask the Minister for Health if a national strategy for haemochromatosis is currently under consideration, where everyone has equal access to testing, diagnosis, treatment and quality of care, regardless of where they live in Ireland or their financial circumstances; if consideration has been given to the development of a population screening programme for haemochromatosis in primary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 820. To ask the Minister for Health the powers the public authorities had in dealing with private nursing homes which were failing to comply with public health guidelines during phase 1 of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24774/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 821. To ask the Minister for Health if any warning letters were issued by the HSE or HIQA outlining concern on failures to comply with regulations issued to nursing homes in April 2020; if so, how many; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24775/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: There was a grant some years ago - perhaps my colleague, Deputy Durkan, might recall it - where in lieu of a housing application, the extension was built and the council then deemed that the housing need had been met. That might be worth looking at. I will refer to what the Minister of State said regarding the review of housing adaptation grants. We need that very soon. This week, it...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Schemes (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: The Government's policies are working. The Minister referred to the first home and help-to-buy schemes. He visited Drogheda recently, but he may not be aware that, under those schemes, houses are being advertised for sale today at a mortgage rate of just under €1,000 per month, making them more affordable than renting there. We need more of the same. The schemes are working because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: House Prices (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: May I ask a supplementary question?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: House Prices (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: I certainly will. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle for the courtesy.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 70. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details on when she expects the large scale sport infrastructure fund (LSSIF) to open for project applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23387/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide details on how the Government is forward planning to boost tourism in mid County Louth, including areas such as Ardee, Dunleer, Annagassan and Castlebellingham; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23388/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 91. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline if any consideration is being given to the introduction of a higher payment of voids funding to local authorities where the refurbishment cost of the unit is well above the average €50k higher payment in order to ensure any and all empty units are brought back into use as a matter of urgency; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the expansion of the croí cónaíthe scheme, if any consideration would be given to allow commercial properties to be included in future rounds in order to generate investment and business opportunities in areas vacancy and dereliction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23390/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 430. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of temporary assistance payment funding that has been provided to nursing homes to date, by nursing home name or company name, address and county, since it commenced up until the scheme closed in April, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23684/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (18 May 2023)

Fergus O'Dowd: 431. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 11 May 2023, if he will provide further details on the internal HSE TAPS audit referred to; the date it was received by the HSE, and him and his Department; the results and recommendations of this audit; when his Department intends to publish the final audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23685/23]