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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 310. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the issues that arose in a report (details supplied) on the audit of Covid and capital grants to IMAC have been remediated to the satisfaction of Sport Ireland (specifically the IMAC procurement process and related party terms that were highlighted in the audit report). [41112/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 311. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that the Sports Ireland NGB model for non-Olympic martial arts has taken a more severe exclusionary approach in the taekwondo area, allowing only one association to join in its entirety, whereas the UK model for taekwondo is much more inclusive and has several groups. [41113/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 312. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that the Irish Martial Arts Commission taekwondo NGB model approach is so different to the IMAC Karate NGB model, which is more inclusive with a membership of multiple different types and styles of karate. [41114/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 313. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason that Sport Ireland has not taken a more proactive role in supervising governance and oversight in an organisation (details supplied) that has allowed a situation to develop such that 100+ taekwondo clubs spread throughout the country do not have access to Government grants and other supports for their adult, youth,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 314. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of increasing the funding for Údarás na Gaeltachta by 10%, 20% and 50%, in tabular form. [41273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what supports are available for homeowners whose houses are affected by pyrite but were built prior to 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 350. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether plans to extend the first-home scheme to self-build units can be applied retrospectively to homes currently under construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41507/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 351. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether there is support available for those who self-build but exceed the help-to-buy threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41508/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tax Code (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 586. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the evaluation of the sugar sweetened drinks tax; if he will provide a timeline for the evaluation process, including completion and publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41501/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tax Code (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 587. To ask the Minister for Health if the recommendation of the Committee on Budgetary Oversight report on the Examination of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare Report that completion and the publication of the evaluation of the sugar sweetened drinks tax be prioritised, will be considered and prioritised in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41502/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatres open in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively, by day, for the past 60 days, in tabular form. [41635/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 595. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgery cancellations, by week, in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively, since 1 August 2023 to date, in tabular form, by reason for cancellation. [41636/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 596. To ask the Minister for Health the number of operating theatre closures in each of the Dublin hospitals respectively by week since 1 August 2023 to date, in tabular form, by reason for closure. [41637/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: 597. To ask the Minister for Health the spending on pest control in hospitals, by week, since 1 August 2023 to date, in tabular form, by hospital. [41638/23]

Mortgage Interest Relief: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank Deputy Doherty for this motion, and for all of the work he continues to do on behalf of mortgage holders. Earlier today, the senior Minister told us he had convened a meeting of stakeholders, who told him that there is an increasing number of borrowers encountering difficulty meeting their mortgage repayments. They also noted cases where borrowers are prioritising their mortgage...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: The Minister for Health needs to be here. He needs to answer questions. We can read in the media that the families of the children who have been left waiting despite all of the promises and have been drip-fed information, as is the form with this Government, want information. The man who can provide that is the Minister for Health. He should be here. There should be nothing more pressing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: I thank the officials for coming in this morning and giving us the outline. As said, it is somewhat technical in nature, so there is not a huge amount to say about it. I have just one or two questions, related to Ms Carberry's submission. Ms Carberry stated the existing governance structure in place for MFI already contains many of the aspects of governance applicable to State bodies....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: Will the people currently on the board transition over? Obviously, we will get information closer to the time on how it will work.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Louise O'Reilly: My next question has probably been answered in part. Page 3 of the submission states the transfer of ownership will provide for better alignment between the ownership and funding arrangements for MFI. What would be the net effect of that? Alignment is good and synergies are brilliant, but what will all the alignment mean in making a practical difference?