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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: My bugbear with this relates to Youghal in east Cork. I do not mean to be parochial but it is a good example. There was a plan at St. Raphael's, which is a former psychiatric facility, and a section of it is still used for that purpose. The facility was heavily modernised. A state-of-the-art plan was rolled out for St. Raphael's to modernise it and make it into a start-of-the-art...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 38 - Health
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2022
Chapter 18 - Health Service Executive Funding and Financial Reporting (1 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: Please take my question away and come back to me again because I want an answer. It is outrageous.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (1 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: 40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the allocation of funding towards road projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4566/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (1 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: 74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the most recent progress on the implementation of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4565/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (1 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: ...who will benefit from the USC reductions announced in budget 2024; the number of renters in Cork who benefitted from the rent tax scheme in 2023; how many are eligible to claim the same in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (1 Feb 2024)

James O'Connor: 123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the many shortfalls of the insurance sector which has left both homes and businesses in the east Cork area making up the costs of damage following Storm Babet in October 2023; if he will consult the insurance sector on how to improve access for the public to get insurance quotes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4567/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (31 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline details of a scheme for those businesses that have a shortfall of flood cover (details supplied) compared with the cost of damages to their businesses from the flooding from Storm Babet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4419/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (31 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the expected timeline for an appointment of a project manager on an application for the feasibility study under the additional school accommodation scheme, from a school (details supplied) that has issues with spaces within the school and the lack of expansion for classrooms, SET Rooms, toilets and play areas; if her...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (31 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to clarify the steps for applying for asylum in Ireland, specifically, where applicants stay for the initial five days if they do not apply at the port of entry; the conditions under which the port authority grants entry; what information the IPO officer looks for to verify the applicant's identity, country of origin and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (31 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reasons for the delays in processing asylum seeker applications; the average length of time it takes for an application to be fully processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4431/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (31 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason asylum seekers cannot begin work immediately on the granting of asylum seeker status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4432/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (30 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 98. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the community centres investment fund will reopen for applications in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4017/24]

Services for those Seeking Protection in Ireland: Statements (30 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: This topic is perhaps one of the most difficult issues that has arisen during our current Dáil term, outside of the pandemic. Unfortunately, as a backbench Government TD, it has been very challenging to deal with as regards our constituents. The public perception of how the Government is handling this is incredibly poor. It is something that, on a day-to-day basis, I am growing...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: The Taoiseach and the Government will be aware of the effects of Storm Babet on the town of Midleton and the wider east Cork area but the county council has experienced some difficulty in securing the resources needed for repair works to road infrastructure and with the allocation of resources by the OPW to Cork County Council for the appointment of necessary engineers and other...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (30 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 112. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a Tranche 2 of the community recognition fund will open in 2024; if a similar scheme will be rolled out for communities hosting large numbers of international protection applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4018/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on a road project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3762/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could outline the punctuality of Iarnród Éireann services between Cork-Dublin, Midleton-Cork, Cobh-Cork, Cork-Mallow, Tralee-Dublin, Dublin-Belfast and Galway-Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4274/24]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (25 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: I ask the Tánaiste about the need for the appointment of a design consultant on the Castlemartyr-Killeagh scheme on the N25. The Tánaiste and the Government will be very well aware of how important this project is to me, to the constituents I represent, to our area, and indeed to those living in County Waterford and the Minister of State, Deputy Butler's constituency. We want to...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: Just on the FAI's appearance, I wanted to make one inquiry. Would it be possible to look at bringing in the chairperson of the audit and risk committee within the FAI as part of that discussion?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (25 Jan 2024)

James O'Connor: Thank you very much. I ask as well that we add the Department of equality and integration to our list for later in the spring, and Inland Fisheries Ireland. Is that agreed? That completes consideration of the work programme.