Written answers
Thursday, 16 May 2024
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
8. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the strength of the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continues to be enhanced, with particular reference to their ability to...
- Naval Service
14. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action he is taking to enhance the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/24]
- Departmental Policies
15. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for a public consultation on his proposal to dismantle the triple lock; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22040/24]
- Defence Forces
17. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to detail the level and condition of communications systems within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21758/24]
- National Security
18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline Ireland's air defence capability; if he has any plans to upgrade it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22158/24]
- Departmental Projects
19. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will set out the role and function of the new civil-military branch established within his Department; the structure and management of this...
- Defence Forces
22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the training that the Defence Forces have provided to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22032/24]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
23. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the levels of capital funding for defence planned over the next two years. [22033/24]
- Legislative Measures
24. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the further consultation he intends to carry out regarding the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024. [22043/24]
- Defence Forces
25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the current number of personnel in all branches of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
- National Security
27. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are any immediate military threats to Irish security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21889/24]
- Naval Service
28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to increase the sonar capability of the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on...
- Defence Forces
29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he has received recent official requests from the European Commission to strengthen the Irish Defence Forces; if so, the reasons for doing so;...
- Naval Service
33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on recent recruitment to the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21968/24]
- Defence Forces
35. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which issues within the Defence Forces have been resolved as per recommendations in the report of the Commission on the Defence...
- Departmental Strategies
36. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the Be Summer-Ready 2024 public safety information campaign he recently launched; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces
37. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the Defence Forces' anti-drone technology capability; if he has any plans to upgrade it; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Planning
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the results of the national risk assessment he published in March 2024; the measures being taken to reduce the risks...
- Legislative Measures
45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he is considering legislation to prevent former and serving soldiers performing private security work in countries subject to international...
- Defence Forces
47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Irish Defence Forces personnel currently deployed on overseas missions; the location of each deployment; the further plans he has,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
48. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if all test centre personnel should have received the pandemic recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22113/24]
- Defence Forces
49. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline the Defence Forces' anti-submarine warfare capability; if he has any plans to upgrade it; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the details of the local link services currently available in counties Cavan and Monaghan, respectively; his plans for...
- Rail Network
57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has any provision for new train stations in the east Cork area; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a...
- Bus Services
60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on providing more flexibility of stops on rural bus routes; if he will provide an update on the additional stops on the 432...
- Rail Network
62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the western rail corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22100/24]
- Driver Test
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plans and strategies being introduced to reduce waiting times in Cavan’s driving test centre; if he is aware of the lengthy...
- Transport Policy
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has any plans to introduce congestion charges in the State; and if he will outline how the charges would work. [15530/24]
- Dublin Bus
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the inhumane policy regarding comfort breaks within Dublin Bus, where drivers are being penalised for having to use...
- Road Projects
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the N4 upgrade from Mullingar to Rooskey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21996/24]
- Park-and-Ride Facilities
71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether a park-and-ride facility is planned for the north side of Cork city. [22096/24]
- Road Projects
72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update and progress report on the current status of the TEN-T project for Donegal. [22072/24]
- Active Travel
75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position regarding new calls for active travel projects in 2024; if there is an anti-rural bias in the allocation of...
- Road Safety
76. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions he is taking to ensure floating bus islands are safe for disabled pedestrians; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 77 of 21 March 2024, the status of the feasibility study for light rail in Galway, which is being...
- Road Projects
80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actual position regarding the N22 Farranfore to Killarney road improvement project, further to TII correspondence to this Deputy...
- Bus Services
82. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the operation of the new electric bus fleet in Limerick city, including information on passenger numbers,...
- Air Services
83. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the application from City of Derry Airport to have Irish Government support for the Derry to Dublin air link...
- Rail Network
84. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the implementation of hourly cross-Border train services; and if he will make a statement...
- Road Projects
85. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the Midleton-Youghal N25 scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22147/24]
- Ports Policy
87. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the supports he has made available to date and plans to make available in the future to the Port of Cork company to enable it to expand...
- Bus Services
88. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the 109 Bus Éireann bus service; its performance standard and plans to improve it; and if he will make a statement...
- Coast Guard Service
89. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his Department’s support for the Coast Guard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21759/24]
- Road Projects
90. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of the N53 project in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22143/24]
- Bus Services
91. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to detail the consultation his Department engaged in with disabled persons organisations prior to the introduction of floating island bus...
- Road Projects
92. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons for not providing an allocation to progress the N24 Waterford to Cahir transportation scheme, for which Tipperary County...
- Road Safety
93. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the implementation of the legislation required for speed limit reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Rail Network
94. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which plans are afoot for the implementation of the extension of the DART to Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth, Kilcock, Sallins,...
- Active Travel
95. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the expansion of active travel funding for educational and hospital campuses, to include funding for large business parks,...
- Airport Security
96. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to prevent drone incursions near airports; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied), who applied ten weeks ago; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Contracts
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of publicly funded contracts awarded to a company (details supplied) by his Department in each of the past...
- Departmental Schemes
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to compensate drift and draft net fishers affected by the ban on commercial salmon fishing; his views on...
- Business Supports
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the funding assistance available to develop business projects on bogs by the owners of these sites in...
- Departmental Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when work will be carried out in a home (details supplied), considering it is urgently needed; and if he will make a...
- Department of Defence
- Naval Service
102. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the two recently acquired Naval Service inshore patrol vessels will enter service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22034/24]
- Defence Forces
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which issues relating to pay and conditions within the Defence Forces have been resolved or are under review; and if he will make...
- Departmental Budgets
105. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the budget available to his Department remains sufficient to meet requirements in the course of the current year; and if he...
- Defence Forces
106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Army is being upgraded and updated in line with the requirements of a modern army within the European Union, in the...
- National Security
107. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the EU might be encouraged to contribute to defence and coastal security measures on the Irish coast on the basis that such...
- Air Corps
109. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the degree to which the Air Corps continues to be upgraded in line with the needs of an island country and the need to ensure regular coastal...
- Departmental Properties
110. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total number of vacant, disused or decommissioned properties owned by his Department that potentially could be used for accommodation...
- Defence Forces
111. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of all branches of the Defence Forces; if further recruitment is required to bring each branch of the forces up to optimum...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the progress being made to improve a dangerous and busy junction on the outskirts of Thurles, County Tipperary,...
- Rail Network
114. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the funding for the redevelopment of rail lines, particularly the Navan line, in conjunction with Department of...
- Road Projects
115. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been contacted about providing funding for the east-west link road; if he will provide an update on this matter;...
- Transport Costs
116. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide on update on his Department’s efforts to ensure continued low fares for public transport passengers; and if he will...
- Rail Network
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the funding for the redevelopment of rail lines, particularly the Navan line, in conjunction with the Department of...
- Road Network
118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has been requested to allocate further money to the Department of Transport to help fund the repair of the rural road...
- Departmental Projects
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on progress in delivering transport projects in north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Antisocial Behaviour
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on antisocial behaviour on public transport; his Department's work to address this; and if he will make a statement on...
- Cycling Policy
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will be attending the EuroVelo and Cycling Tourism Conference 2024 in Denmark, given the potential of cycling and...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the most recent additional capital allocations to support transport infrastructure projects contained...
- Driver Licences
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a bilateral agreement between Ireland and Australia covering all categories of HGV licences (details supplied). [22182/24]
- Road Safety
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the national safety camera enforcement strategy; when it is expected to be published; and if he will make a statement on...
- Road Projects
125. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be made available to Kerry County Council for emergency works at Lisheen junction at the four-crossroads junction of...
- Air Navigation Orders
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if responsibility for granting exemptions under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders...
- Traffic Management
128. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address the concerns raised regarding traffic controls adjacent to a national school (details supplied); if he will...
- Public Transport
129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason Killarney rail and bus stations continue to be connected by a lengthy walkway; the reason both cannot be integrated,...
- Air Services
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to instances of flights being impacted by GPS spoofing and-or jamming in Irish-controlled airspace in...
- Bus Services
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals his Department has received to facilitate blind individuals being able to alert bus drivers that they will be at a certain...
- Public Transport
132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to establish and convene a stakeholders' forum on public transport safety; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Driver Test
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the RSA’s plans to reduce the waiting times for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Public Transport
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the Government's plans to encourage more taxi drivers to work nights in Dublin city centre, following concerns...
- Airport Policy
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline all noise reduction technology in place in Dublin Airport; the details of any further noise reduction technology being...
- Road Projects
136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of funding allocated to Cavan County Council in each year from 2004 to 2024 for the maintenance and upkeep of regional and...
- Transport Costs
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he continues to monitor transport costs and the contributory factors thereto, with a view to ensuring any negative...
- Transport Policy
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which steps are ongoing to ensure the viability of the transport sector, notwithstanding any challenges from whatever...
- Rail Network
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress to date in the electrification of the Dublin-Maynooth rail line, with particular reference to the towns likely to expect an...
- Road Tolls
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total amount paid in tolls in the past eight years to date in regard to all tolled locations throughout the country, without...
- Traffic Management
141. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent, if any, to which heavy vehicles use the main arterial routes to and from the city at peak travel times; the action being...
- National Transport Authority
142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which alternative energy can be or is being used by the National Transport Authority, with particular reference to both...
- Rail Network
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when any rail carriages in storage will be brought into service; the manner in which this could benefit commuters in north County Kildare...
- Traffic Management
144. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the degree to which his Department monitors the various traffic routes nationally with a view to ensuring advancement of upgrading...
- Rail Network
145. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which north Kildare rail commuters can expect enhanced and improved services in the future, given the demographic trends...
- Department of Finance
- Gambling Sector
148. To ask the Minister for Finance what sanctions are used for businesses operating a gaming business without a gaming licence (as per Revenue's register of gaming licences); and if he will...
- Universal Social Charge
158. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first- and full-year costs of reducing the first rate of USC from 0.5% to 0%, reducing the second rate of USC from 2% to 0% and increasing the...
- Tax Exemptions
160. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will give consideration to increasing the annual exemption limits for tax purposes for people over the age of 65 years from €18,000 for a single...
- Insurance Industry
161. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline any consent to settle provisions within insurance law, whereby insurers are required to seek an insured’s approval before settling a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Heritage Sites
162. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the extent of the maintenance required to make safe the structure known locally as Ballyshaun Castle (details...
- Flood Risk Management
163. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in resolving the imminent threat of flooding of homes at Ballagh, County Roscommon, within the next 12 months based...
- Voluntary Sector
164. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is aware of the 2,500 care workers excluded from the pay deal agreed with Government to avert strike action by employees of...
- Heritage Centres
165. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of complementary admissions being issued each year at the Custom House visitor centre (details supplied); when the visitor...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Business Supports
167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses, broken down by each local authority area in the State, that registered for the increased cost-of-business...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Transport
170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Bus Éireann will review its ageist school transport policy on over-70s bus drivers, given that other publicly funded public bus services...
- Pesticide Use
171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the use of chemical pesticide weed killers on school grounds; if she will promote the use of alternative methods of weed...
- Schools Building Projects
172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on when progress made on a school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Special Educational Needs
173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an ASD placement will be secured for a person (details supplied) who is waiting two years for a placement; and if she will make a statement on...
- School Textbooks
174. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for reducing the level of funding per student under the primary schoolbook grant from €96 to €80 per child; and if she...
- School Transport
175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a student (details supplied) will be awarded a place on the school bus for the school of their chosen ethos. [22218/24]
- Schools Building Projects
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current situation regarding a proposed extension at a school in County Cork (details supplied); when her Department will sign off on the...
- Special Educational Needs
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students offered a new ASD primary school place in south Roscommon for September 2024; the number of new places available for...
- Schools Building Projects
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that after receiving official sanction on 30 April 2019 for a school building project, a school (details supplied) is still waiting...
- Educational Disadvantage
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for a secondary school student from a disadvantaged area to access the DBS International Soccer Academy Transition Year...
- School Transport
181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update with respect to a student (details supplied) in County Cork who is receiving school transport under the scheme for...
- School Funding
182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review immediately the arrangements for payment of the ancillary services grants and the SSSF secretary grants, as communicated to...
- School Transport
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that a person (details supplied) has not received the grant for special school transport this year and if she will instruct...
- Education Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the continuance of the current P-Tech programme in Dublin’s NEIC programme will be supported by the Government now that the pilot...
- School Staff
185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans in place to deal with the lack of cover for primary school teachers who are assaulted on the job by students (details...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when an announcement will be made on successful applications under the sports capital grant; and if she will make a statement on...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Policy
188. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the usual timeframe for an eviction notice to be issued and executed. [22266/24]
- Housing Schemes
189. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP inspections carried out, the number that failed on first, second, third and so on, visit in 2023, by local...
- Waterways Issues
190. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine restoration works at the Abha Bheag-Owveg river and the Feale river near the metal bridge at Kilmaniheen West,...
- Housing Policy
191. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide further clarification on the scope, timeline and who is responsible for the development of a national...
- Local Authorities
192. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will provide resourcing for local authorities to undertake participatory budgeting programmes in the next...
- Housing Provision
193. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a complaint submitted to him (details supplied) relative to the purchase of 17 houses at Ogenty, Gowran, County Kilkenny,...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the timeline for the establishment of the nature advisory council, as recommended in the 2021 strategic...
- Wildlife Conservation
195. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the way he plans to ensure rural interests such as those of farmers and game clubs are fully included in discussions and...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
196. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if allowances such as domiciliary care allowance can be backdated prior to the date of application, such as in the case of a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
198. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will personally intervene to assist in an appeal to her Department for a domiciliary care allowance and carer’s...
- School Meals Programme
199. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase the funding to a preschool (details supplied) to enable it to provide lunch to children for the full...
- Social Welfare Benefits
200. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an invalidity pension application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tax and Social Welfare Codes
201. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 469 to 471, inclusive, of 16 April 2024, and the correspondence with Department...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
202. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a review will be carried out of the social welfare entitlements of a person (details supplied). [22238/24]
- Social Welfare Appeals
203. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for carer's allowance submitted in November 2022, which was refused in 2023 and then reconsidered and...
- Social Welfare Benefits
204. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in the name of a person (details supplied) has been fully processed. [22245/24]
- Public Services Card
205. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public services cards distributed to international protection applicants in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and...
- Departmental Schemes
206. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware that the fees paid to optometrists providing eyecare under her Department’s adult eyecare schemes are...
- Social Welfare Benefits
207. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an application for the one-parent family allowance can be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- Social Welfare Rates
208. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the correct rate of disability allowance or other allowance payable in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
209. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an exceptional needs payment might be considered in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Rates
210. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which a disability allowance was reduced in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Ministerial Appointments
211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if appointments to the policing and community safety authority will be made by the end of June 2024; and if she will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
212. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the expected timeframe of the next intake to begin their training at the Garda College, Templemore; the number of Garda...
- Departmental Data
213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions of HGV drivers for the contravention of the ban on five-axle vehicles in Waterford, Dublin,...
- Gambling Sector
214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to increase the legal age for gambling to 21 years in line with proposals to increase the legal age for...
- Road Traffic Offences
215. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed-charge speeding notices issued and paid in each county or local authority area, by month, over the past...
- Naturalisation Applications
216. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a naturalisation certificate will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Prison Service
217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are plans to revise the age of retirement for the Prison Service (details supplied). [22216/24]
- An Garda Síochána
218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda district in each Garda division at the end of April 2024, or the latest date available,...
- Naturalisation Applications
219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Citizenship Applications
220. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Deportation Orders
221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in assessing an application to have a deportation revoked in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Immigration Status
222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assistance that can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Appointments to State Boards
223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if appointments of lay members to the Judicial Appointments Commission will be made by the end of June 2024; and if she will...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Departmental Strategies
224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's plans to publish the final papers for the biomethane strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22221/24]
- Agriculture Supports
225. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the list of grants available for biomethane; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22222/24]
- Agriculture Schemes
226. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward the payment date for the ANC scheme in light of the huge cash flow challenges faced by farmers due to...
- Horse Racing Industry
228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a document will issue in respect of an animal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22279/24]
- Greyhound Industry
229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the draft strategic plan submitted to his office in November 2023 by Rásaíocht Con Éireann...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
230. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in accordance with the implementation plan for the neurorehabilitation strategy, and the commitment given by the...
- Disabilities Assessments
235. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures his Department is undertaking to assist families waiting on assessment of need appointments...
- Childcare Services
236. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the options currently available to the family of a young child seeking crèche support in Galway city when...
- Disability Services
237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the policy and procedures extant to guarantee continuity of service and care in the time when a child leaves...
- Disabilities Assessments
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria that would enable parents of children in need of autism assessments to secure funding to avail of a...
- Maternity Leave
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to support a campaign by an organisation (details...
- Disability Services
240. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding is available for a community nurse to cover care that may fall outside of regular business hours to...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to review the rates paid to providers under the ECCE scheme in light of the significant increase in...
- International Protection
243. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide this Deputy with a soft copy of an opinion paper (details supplied) in respect of a property...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Schemes
244. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the fees paid to optometrists providing eyecare under the HSE adult eyecare schemes are inadequate, do no not reflect the cost of providing...
- Home Help Service
245. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting list for home support for each month in 2024, in each CHO and LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22151/24]
- Hospital Services
248. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure Wexford General Hospital has access to consultant neurology services; the reason Wexford General Hospital is the only model 3 hospital in...
- Healthcare Policy
249. To ask the Minister for Health if in the determination of health service provision, levels of social deprivation are taken into account by the HSE and his Department; the level of specific...
- General Practitioner Services
250. To ask the Minister for Health if a GP will be employed in the primary care centre on the Boot Road, Clondalkin; when this will be in place; when they will take on new patients; and if he...
- Health Service Executive
251. To ask the Minister for Health what will happen with current HSE buildings in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22169/24]
- Medical Qualifications
252. To ask the Minister for Health to explain the rationale behind CORU’s recommendation that observers sit in on psychotherapy sessions; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- General Practitioner Services
253. To ask the Minister for Health if a locum GP will be put in place at a health centre (details supplied) to cover a departure; what plans are in place for this; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
254. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 funding will be put in place immediately for a project (details supplied) as the project is under considerable financial pressure.; and if he...
- Mental Health Services
255. To ask the Minister for Health if there are any plans to close the Galway training centre in Merlin Park hospital or to reduce its hours or functions; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tobacco Control Measures
256. To ask the Minister for Health if the detailed results of the public consultation on Further Regulation of Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products, which his Department conducted from 25...
- Healthcare Policy
261. To ask the Minister for Health the plans he has to address alcohol consumption by children, noting that the Irish Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study 2022 found 31% of...
- Medical Cards
262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update the medical card to cover weekly lymph drainage massage for persons with lymphoedema; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22202/24]
- Health Services
263. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider a request for improved services (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22203/24]
- Public Sector Pensions
264. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a matter in relation to the annual pension allowance declaration form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22207/24]
- Health Services
265. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service (details supplied) that was suspended during the Covid lockdown has not recommenced; if there is a timeline for reopening the service; and...
- Medical Cards
266. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards, including GP visit cards, to international protection applicants from 2019 to date; and if...
- Health Services
267. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided to continue the pathfinder programme in Tallaght and other areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22259/24]
- Hospital Equipment
268. To ask the Minister for Health when the existing DEXA scanner at Portiuncula University Hospital will be replaced; the number of patients who have had their appointment transferred to...
- Mental Health Services
269. To ask the Minister for Health when the vacancy for a community nursing position for psychiatry of later life, based at St. Brendan's CNU, Ballinasloe, will be filled; if the post has been...
- Ambulance Service
270. To ask the Minister for Health the plans to either relocate or refurbish the existing ambulance station in Roscommon town; if he is aware of the poor structural condition of the existing...
- Primary Care Services
271. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the ophthalmologist post is vacant in south Tipperary primary care services; the actions that have been taken to address this vacancy; and...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
272. To ask the Minister for Health the reason no alternative arrangements have been made for the 1,500 or so children waiting on the ophthalmology service, some of whom have been waiting for...
- Medicinal Products
273. To ask the Minister for Health whether it is intended to approve a drug (details supplied) for reimbursement by the HSE, given the value of this drug in treating a rare disease is...
- Hospital Staff
274. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a CNS in dementia in each acute hospital in Ireland; and if he will outline the situation in each hospital, in tabular form. [22282/24]
- Dental Services
275. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) will have to wait for more than two years to get broken dentures replaced; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Medical Cards
276. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card might be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22304/24]
- Health Services
277. To ask the Minister for Health when a social worker might be appointed to address the needs of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22309/24]
- Department of Education and Skills
- Public Sector Pay
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 1695 of 9 April 2024, to report on the progress made with respect to outstanding backdated payments under...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
279. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will prioritise an application by a school (details supplied) under the local enhancement programme 2024; when the funding will...
