Written answers
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
- Department of An Taoiseach
- International Protection
6. To ask the Taoiseach further to comments made on 16 January 2024 that the ten districts with the highest proportion of people from Ukraine and international protection applicants would receive...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Ukraine War
7. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if further sanctions were discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting to be applied on Belarus due to its involvement in...
- Departmental Meetings
8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the Brazilian Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2024. [9536/24]
- Consular Services
9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215 of 23 January and 89 of 17 October 2023, if further consular assistance will be given in this...
- European Convention on Human Rights
10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify if the European Convention on Human Rights signed in Rome on 4 November 1950, being an international agreement involving a charge...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
11. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the impact of emissions trading system 2 on construction...
- Environmental Schemes
12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 13 February 2024, if a ‘run out’ period will apply from 3...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
13. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the situation regarding the former use of lariam in the Defence Forces; the status of any court cases; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Contracts
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the expenditure in acquiring Orbiter 3 unmanned air systems in 2005; any associated expenditure in years since by year; the purpose of...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Driver Licences
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9407/24]
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to explore the feasibility of constructing a park and ride facility at Kinnegad, where...
- Rail Network
18. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the opening of Kishogue train station; the target opening date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9463/24]
- Driver Test
19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to indicate the availability of compensation for the cancellation of driving tests; whether same applies in the case of a person (details...
- Greenways Provision
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...
- Public Transport
21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals to increase the number of operating taxis, particularly in rural and regional communities; and if he will make a statement...
- Cycling Facilities
22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding that was provided for cycling facilities in County Tipperary in 2023 and the expected funding for same in 2024, in...
- Electric Vehicles
23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any consideration has been given to extending the low emissions vehicle toll incentive since it ceased at the end of December to...
- Public Transport
24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any consideration has been given to bringing the Luas under the direct management of Iarnród Éireann rather than tendering...
- Road Traffic Accidents
25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of incidents recorded by all agencies at certain intersections (details supplied) by type of incident, time of day and month,...
- Rail Network
26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason why there are regularly no catering services on the Tralee to Dublin line, in light of the fact it is the longest train journey...
- Department of Finance
- Motor Fuels
27. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to reviewing the decision to end the motor fuel subsidy at the end of March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Prize Bonds
28. To ask the Minister for Finance the total value of funds invested in prize bonds in each year from 2014 to date; the total value of prizes won in the same period; the total value of prizes...
- Tax Yield
29. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost of abolishing stamp duty on first time buyers of homes of less than €385,000. [9532/24]
- Vehicle Registration Tax
30. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of revenue that would be generated if the late registration fee of 0.1% was increased to 0.45% for each day over 30 days for which vehicles remain...
- State Bodies
31. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm if the internal review process within the office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman relates to decisions made by the Ombudsman...
- Revenue Commissioners
32. To ask the Minister for Finance if he believes the Revenue Commissioners should accept some liability for the litany of bogus self-employment cases at RTÉ, given the knowledge of the...
- Tax Code
33. To ask the Minister for Finance when the requirement to pay VAT on all new cars bought in the North, and the extra VAT charge that applies if a vehicle was not properly imported from Britain...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Public Appointments Service
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Public Appointment Service will hold general civil service competitions for individuals with fluency in Irish at administrative...
- Public Procurement Contracts
35. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures that are employed in the public procurement process to incentivise low or zero carbon construction and to discourage...
- Office of Public Works
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update on any plans which the OPW has for a site in Dublin 9 (details supplied); if he will provide details of any...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Trade Relations
37. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that Ireland imported €5.08 billion of goods from Israel in 2022 and €2.15 billion worth in 2021 (details...
- Work Permits
38. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason additional payments are now required for two Chinese nationals (details supplied) who have been working in Ireland for a...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Accommodation
39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when final project approval will issue to a school (details supplied) in respect of its additional school accommodation application; and if she...
- School Transport
40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist with an urgent request in respect of school transport (details supplied). [9428/24]
- Schools Building Projects
42. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list each school that has applied for capital build funding from her Department in the past ten years, in tabular form (details supplied). [9437/24]
- Liúntais do Mhúinteoirí
43. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills briseadh síos a thabhairt i bhfoirm tábla ar líon na múinteoirí a fuair liúntas Gaeltachta agus líon na...
- School Funding
44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current policy on the provision of language support hours or additional language teacher allocations in Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools for...
- Departmental Data
45. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students at Irish medium and Gaeltacht schools whose first language is neither Irish nor English; and if her Department keep figures...
- Special Educational Needs
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to ensure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate ASD school place in north Kildare for next...
- Pupil-Teacher Ratio
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline her plans to further reduce the pupil-teacher ratio in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9567/24]
- Education and Training Boards
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of the proposed LMETB headquarters location (details supplied); to indicate if any funding request have been...
- Special Educational Needs
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which part of the three limbs of the school profile takes specific account of children who can only access the curriculum with SET assistance, due...
- Education Policy
55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost that would be incurred by requiring all primary schools to conduct the Drumcondra test in Irish, as well as those already...
- State Examinations
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost that would be incurred by making an oral exam a required part of Junior Certificate Irish for all students. [9649/24]
- Teacher Training
57. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current funding provided to teacher training colleges and the average funding provided per trainee per year. [9650/24]
- School Attendance
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supervision should be provided by the school for a child (details supplied) who arrives at school by bus at 8:50 and was told there would not...
- State Examinations
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an adult is permitted to resist a Junior Certificate mathematics exam; if there are supports available to a person to assist with the exam; and...
- Education Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can give an outline of various flags for schools programmes in secondary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Special Educational Needs
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the locations of four new special schools announced in Q4 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9693/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- National Cultural Institutions
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current members of the Irish Museum of Modern Art; and the Minister that appointed each member [9539/24]
- Sports Funding
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when applications will open for the sports capital grant funding in 2024. [9615/24]
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the two Government commissioned reports into RTÉ will be published; the reason the reports have been delayed; and if she...
- Sports Funding
67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next call for applications for sports capital funding will be announced; if the funding thresholds will be increased; and...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Planning Issues
68. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will extend the exemption for local authorities from the part 8 own development approval process and from planning, for...
- Wastewater Treatment
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will introduce a grant scheme to support local authorities to bring wastewater treatment facilities up to standard in...
- Local Authorities
70. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of funding requests his Department received from Tipperary County Council towards purchasing additional fire...
- Building Regulations
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the technical guidance on building regulations will be updated to allow for timber frame high rise construction; and if he...
- Planning Issues
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new planning guidelines for the short-term letting sector will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Election Management System
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recently naturalised Irish citizens being prevented from registering to vote due to delays...
- Fire Service
76. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to advise when the increased retainer for retained firefighters will be agreed and paid; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Departmental Expenditure
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to the Exchequer annually to provide free travel for people with epilepsy; and if she will make a statement...
- State Pensions
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss legacy issues in regard to pensions for employees at a company;...
- Social Welfare Rates
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to indicate the correct level of carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she can expedite a maternity benefit application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9556/24]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review a case (details supplied) [9557/24]
- Social Welfare Benefits
83. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the situation with relation to her Department’s negotiations with the Irish Dental Council regarding...
- Social Welfare Code
84. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department should accept some liability for the litany of bogus self-employment cases at RTÉ, given the knowledge...
- Social Welfare Benefits
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on the discussions between her Department and the Irish Dental Council in relation to the treatment benefit...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Asylum Seekers
86. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrivals (details supplied), giving details for each category, by month, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
- Legislative Measures
87. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she intends to introduce legislation to prohibit sex-for-rent exploitation in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Visa Agreements
88. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when Ireland will sign up to the European Union visa information system; and how many of the 27 Member States have signed up to...
- Road Traffic Offences
89. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles that were confiscated by gardaí at the roadside for non-display of road tax in 2023; and the normal...
- Immigration Status
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues a person with a three-month visa who has arrived in Ireland from Gaza can now use to apply for citizenship in...
- An Garda Síochána
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer in tabular form. [9534/24]
- Visa Applications
92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person to obtain a visa (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
93. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review an application for BISS (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9406/24]
- Greyhound Industry
94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 389 of 7 February 2024, the total amount approved for Rásaíocht Con Éireann to...
- Turf Cutting
95. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on his review of a proposed 'buffer zone' around turbary areas, given it was understood that areas in...
- Departmental Data
96. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dairy farmers and suckler farmers per county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9668/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
97. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a statement will be provided of the 2023 BISS, CRISS, ANC and Eco payments to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; if an...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Assisted Decision-Making
99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine if there has been any reduction in the numbers of applications for registration of enduring power of...
- Youth Services
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise on how to establish a youth club/youth café in Kinnegad, County Westmeath. [9418/24]
- Asylum Seekers
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for details of all properties offered to his Department for accommodation for either beneficiaries of temporary...
- Departmental Contracts
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the terms of reference for the awarding of tender in the provision of accommodation for...
- Child and Family Agency
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what avenues are available for a person (details supplied) to access missing information from their early life...
- Childcare Services
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if parents that avail of childminders will be able to access the national childcare scheme from September 2024;...
- Special Educational Needs
107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HSE funded therapists that have been allocated to special schools in County Tipperary in tabular...
- Disability Services
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if and when access to speech and language services will be facilitated in the case of a person (details...
- Asylum Seekers
109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he could intervene in a case of a person who recently arrived from Ukraine (details supplied) and wishes to...
- Child Safety
110. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the justification and rationale for payment of the role of safeguarding officer in St John Ambulance, and if...
- Departmental Contracts
111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the contract that was signed between his Department and the D Hotel in Drogheda to provide accommodation...
- Childcare Services
113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will put the funding in place to enable the necessary renovation works to be carried out at a...
- Youth Services
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual salary cost of employing a youth worker. [9648/24]
- Department of Health
- Departmental Correspondence
116. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a case (details provided) and to detail what procedures are in place to correct and assist the applicants in these circumstances. [9596/24]
- Civil Registration Service
117. To ask the Minister for Health to examine a case as regards a notification of intention to marry appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9600/24]
- Dental Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the required orthodontic care is provided to a person (details supplied) without further delay. [9402/24]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
119. To ask the Minister for Health the most up-to-date information regarding specialist bras and prosthesis available to women; the number of items they are sanctioned for; how often they are...
- Official Engagements
120. To ask the Minister for Health to report on his engagements with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board since 1 January 2023; the number of engagements; the types of engagements;...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
126. To ask the Minister for Health if a capital allocation to construct the new 97-bed block at Wexford General Hospital, which has full planning permission, is included in this year's capital...
- Mental Health Policy
127. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the understanding and managing adult ADHD programme was not chosen for funding by the HSE for 2024, and what supports he intends to provide to it in...
- Health Services
128. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 30 January 2024, the specific medications and dosages that are commonly prescribed by the National Gender Service...
- Home Help Service
131. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 8 February 2024, the time within which home support teams are obliged to respond to communications from those...
- Home Care Packages
132. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people in receipt of home care in County Monaghan; the number of people, and number of weeks, where the agreed level of support was not received...
- Question Heading for question(s) 133
133. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the date on which a decision on funding for this organisation will be taken, given...
- Gender Recognition
134. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on his commitment to meet with an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9447/24]
- Medicinal Products
135. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of whole-time equivalent staff working in the pricing and reimbursement system for medicines; the number in the HSE's corporate...
- Departmental Staff
138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply data detailing the staffing breakdown of the National Rare Diseases Office, by grade and WTE rating; and the monetary allocation to and...
- Obesity Levels
139. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people currently waiting on obesity clinic appointments since 2019 to 2023; and the average waiting time to access services once a referral has...
- Departmental Schemes
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims under the TLI scheme have been made by people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes, respectively. [9470/24]
- Departmental Data
147. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to open an accident and emergency department in Nenagh and or Ennis hospitals, given the terrible situation regarding access to University Hospital...
- Health Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health when a reply will issue to correspondence regarding a supervised residential unit in Carndonagh (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Community Care
153. To ask the Minister for Health if assurances can be given that a full discharge plan and community care plan will be put in place to immediately provide transitional services for a family...
- Primary Care Centres
154. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a primary health care centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9547/24]
- Hospital Appointments Status
155. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment referral made in November 2023. [9558/24]
- Home Help Service
156. To ask the Minister for Health if he has given any consideration to bringing the homecare sector under the remit of HIQA, or a similar regulatory body; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Qualifications
157. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has considered reviewing the criteria for registered nurses who have qualified abroad to become approved for work by the Nursing and...
- Hospital Staff
159. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give urgent attention to a matter regarding staff at CUH (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9573/24]
- Medicinal Products
160. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the level of expenditure on generic medicines and biosimilar medicines in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9574/24]
- Hospital Facilities
162. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No, 142 of 18 January 2024, for an update on the development of the new elective hospital in Merlin Park; if stage 1 has...
- Primary Care Centres
164. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No, 1922 of 11 September 2023, the status of the proposed primary care centre for Galway City West; the expected timeline for...
- Dental Services
166. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if this child can be seen within the public dental system to rectify this issue; how this parent goes about same; and if...
- Health Services Staff
167. To ask the Minister for Health to give a breakdown of public health nurses by year 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 in Dublin South City (details supplied) with details on each health centre...
- Hospital Procedures
168. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 13 February 2024, if he expects an interim report into spinal surgeries at Temple Street Children's Hospital to be...
- Pharmacy Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if the proposal to allow community pharmacists to dispense prescription-free oral contraceptives will be considered by the Women’s Health Taskforce as...
- Disease Management
171. To ask the Minister for Health the total allocations for the chronic disease management programme since its establishment. [9610/24]
- Dental Services
176. To ask the Minister for Health if orthodontic treatments (details supplied) can be funded through the Northern Ireland planned healthcare scheme for a minor. [9621/24]
- Hospital Facilities
178. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people on the waiting list for long term stay in a community hospital in Donegal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
184. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the development of the Finglas primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9642/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
185. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline his plans to extend the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers suffering from long Covid; if he intends to extend or replace...
- Mental Health Policy
187. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD Programme will not be funded in 2024. [9670/24]
- General Practitioner Services
188. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients seen in SouthDoc, Blackpool in January 2024, January 2023 and January 2022, respectively, in tabular form. [9673/24]
- Dental Services
189. To ask the Minister for Health the action taken by his Department to assist in the delivery of a new dental hospital for Cork in view of the fact that the current facility does not have the...
- Primary Care Centres
190. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position in respect of the delivery of a primary care centre for the Blarney area, in view of the fact that there has been a substantial...
- Dental Services
192. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) who was urgently referred to St. Finbarr's Dental Hospital, Cork by St. Mary's Orthopaedic in December 2023 will receive an...
- Home Care Packages
193. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are being taken to ensure that home supports can be put in place for people currently waitlisted for these services in County Cork; and if he...
- Health Service Executive
194. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE staff returning from career breaks are prevented from returning to work due to the recruitment freeze; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Mental Health Policy
196. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 49 recommendations from the Mental Health Commission’s final report on CAMHS; if he intends to implement the recommendations in full;...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Institutes of Technology
198. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he can comment or advise on the best route for intellectual disability students in Dundalk Institute of Technology under St John of God...
- Further and Higher Education
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views with regard to the new National Training Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9620/24]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on measures to improve the backlogs in craft apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
204. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an organisation’s application (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and...
- Departmental Funding
206. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if emergency grant funding is available to an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9453/24]
- Departmental Expenditure
207. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the names of external cleaning companies that provide cleaning services to her Department in 2023 and to date in 2024 and the amount...
- Library Services
208. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she is aware that the lift in the recently opened library in Portlaoise is not suitable for most wheelchair users; if she is also...
