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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when people with epilepsy can apply for the free travel pass; if she will outline the process for applying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18168/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: The Irish Epilepsy Association has consistently advocated for the provision of the free travel pass to people with epilepsy who have been deemed ineligible to drive. The Minister has responded very generously to that request and now proposes to make the free travel pass available to people with epilepsy. Will she outline the details of the scheme and particularly how the application process...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 11. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the extension of child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education will take effect; the number of students who will benefit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18169/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Ireland has an exceptional track record in educational attainment, both in the length of time our young people stay in education and the academic standards they achieve during that time. In recent months, the Minister has proposed to extend child benefit to 18-year-olds in full-time education. When does she think those changes will come into effect? How many students does she think will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Social Welfare Benefits (25 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister. I am seeking one further point of clarification. Do the parents of children who have reached the age of 18 and are still in full-time education have to go through any verification process, or is this just an automated payment and their current child benefit payment will extend into that additional year?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to carry out a review of the Dublin-Galway bus service following the withdrawal of a provider (details supplied) from the route; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18143/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (23 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to outline his plans to provide adequate wastewater treatment facilities in the towns of Kilconnell, Caltra and Castleblakeney in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18119/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (23 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 692. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned disposal of the St. Brigid’s Hospital Campus in Ballinasloe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Apr 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 693. To ask the Minister for Health for details of the staffing required for the new 50-bed ward block at Portiuncula University Hospital; whether such requirements will be met when the new ward block is complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/24]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (28 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on his plans to develop a greenway connecting Athenry to Milltown, in light of his investment of €375,000 to date in feasibility and design studies, both of which concluded that the most appropriate location for such a greenway is the disused rail line connecting the towns; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when work will commence on double tracking the rail line from Athenry to Galway city; the timeframe for completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9068/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (27 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on her plans to deliver a modular building to accommodate the ASD unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9073/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: School Meals Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the roll-out of hot school meals. [7884/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: 84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the changes to child benefit for 18 year-olds. [7883/24]

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Apologies have been received from Deputies Smyth and Dillon. Deputy Johnny Mythen will attend in substitution for Deputy Imelda Munster. The meeting has been convened to consider the Revised Estimates for public services for 2024: Vote 33, programme areas A, B, D and E, which stand referred to this committee by Dáil Éireann. I welcome the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. I invite members to raise any issues they may have with the Minister and the Minister of State in relation to programme A - tourism services. The overall allocation is €218.644 million. I call Deputy Griffin.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Is anybody else indicating? No. I want to follow on from what Deputy Griffin identified as an ongoing challenge for hospitality, particularly in rural locations and places along the western seaboard and the Wild Atlantic Way. We still are somewhat in the dark on how we are going to deal with the self-catering conundrum that presents to us right now and has presented to us for a very long...

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: Under this heading, I have one final question for the Minister and the Minister of State, and I will somewhat stray into the world of sport because these two aspects are interlinked. In light of re-establishment of the Northern Ireland Executive and the disappointing recent news that a Grand Départ of the Tour de France will not be staged in Ireland in 2024 or 2025-----

Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Revised) (8 Feb 2024)

Ciarán Cannon: With that challenge out of the way and we now having a Government in the North that we can interact with and encourage, would it be opportune to re-ignite and rekindle that project? I recall standing on a very wet Sally Gap in July 1998, and it usually is wet in Ireland, waiting for the peleton to make its way up the Sally Gap. It would be a nice 30th anniversary in 2028 if we were able to...