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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: To give another example, some of the lists that have been given can be a bit arbitrary. Apparently, it costs €18 per tonne of gravel but €10 per tonne bag of sand even though they are precisely the same weight. There is a difference in price even though it involves the same mechanism and that surprises people. One of the key findings on the future of the islands relates to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Our libraries do a great deal of work and much of it is unheralded. People think of books and so on but it is often the place where people who do not have access to printers have their forms printed out. People have access to e-books and audio books, which is crucial thing. They are unsung heroes of the public service in many ways. There are a number of locations across the State where...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: While the capital funding that is available is welcome, if the number of projects that are needed come in for a certain amount of funding, they will not get anywhere near what they require because of the level of need that is there. That is particularly in areas where there is no provision whatsoever, in those four or five communities around the State where there is no provision whatsoever...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to discuss the provision of subsidies for the transportation of freight to the offshore islands, the maximum cost of same and the oversight mechanisms that exist. [4304/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Offshore Islands (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I put in some written questions on this. I understand Our Living Islands proposes to review the freight contracts to our offshore islands. If we are serious about ensuring they have a future, living on an island should not be significantly more expensive than it is on the mainland. That is not only the case for online purchases but also for things like building a home. We need to address...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her views on the need to provide capital funding for new library buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4303/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Library Projects (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: As the Minister will be aware, I raised this issue with her previously. It potentially relates to a number of locations. I have a particular interest in the proposed library and youth centre that is proposed for the Mahon area in my constituency. When the library capital funding was announced late last year, there was approximately €100 million to be allocated over five years. That...

International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion [Private Members] (30 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I will pick up where the Tánaiste finished and share concern at the allegations made against UNRWA staff that they participated in the appalling attacks on 7 October. I echo what has been said in that the role of UNRWA is absolutely crucial. The threats that have been made and followed through on regarding funding by some donors are extremely worrying and are not at all proportionate...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: It is impossible to find a childcare place at the moment in Cork city and county, even if one has the money to spend what is effectively a second mortgage. Current figures released to Mr. Peter Horgan, which are reported in The Echotoday, show that some 130 children were affected by the closure of 30 after-school facilities last year. That is just after-school care. Add to that countless...

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Hear, hear.

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 104. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the roll-out of the Towns First policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4037/24]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 105. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there will be another round of the Community Recognition Fund in 2024. [4039/24]

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

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 114. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development how her Department will work with local authorities to encourage them to apply for new funding for the town and village renewal scheme; if there will be a minimum submission requirement for each local authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4040/24]

Charities (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (25 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Ba mhaith liom cuidiú leis an mBille seo. Tá sé tábhachtach agus tógann sé ar reachtaíocht a bhí réasúnta maith cheana féin ach air a bhfuil sé ag cur feabhas. Tá sé fíorthábhachtach go mbeadh trédhearcacht agus rialacháin réasúnta ann do charthanachtaí agus d'eagraíochtaí...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average, median, maximum and minimum primary school class sizes for the Cork city and Cork County Council area from 2019 to date in 2024, in tabular form. [3312/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pensions Reform (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 150. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the proposed auto enrolment scheme. [3306/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the actual number and the percentage of working family payment claimants, respectively who are also claiming the one parent family payment. [3307/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of claimants over each of the past five years of claimants who lose the working family payment due to the claimant moving from the one parent family payment to the jobseeker’s transitional payment when their youngest child reaches seven years of age. [3308/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (24 Jan 2024)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the average wait time for a decision on an appeal, for each social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3309/24]