Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 May 2024)

Róisín Shortall:

285. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that all Model 3 hospitals have access to out-patient neurology services, as outlined in the 2016 Model of Care for Neurology Services; his plans to provide a dedicated outpatient neurology service in Portlaoise, Wexford and Mayo hospitals; if he will provide further resources to ensure that both Sligo and Cork University Hospitals can support neurology clinics in Letterkenny and Bantry hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20006/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (2 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan:

185. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the basis on which payment has been refused in respect of carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied); if her case can be fully and independently examined without reference to previous decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20123/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (30 April 2024)

Robert Troy:

447. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a contributory pension investigation (details supplied). [18979/24]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke:

206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a service of general economic interest exists, or has ever existed, in relation to software for farm management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19613/24]

Department of Health: Health Services (1 May 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh:

314. To ask the Minister for Health if any assistance can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19831/24]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fisheries Protection (1 May 2024)

Alan Kelly:

219. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he last spoke with the CEO of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority; and the issues discussed. [19811/24]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (2 May 2024)

Alan Kelly:

244. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No.538 of 13 February 2024, what progress has been made since that reply by his Department regarding the purchase of a hotel (details supplied) to become a community hotel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20056/24]

Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (30 April 2024)

Claire Kerrane:

377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide all sports grants available to a football club where the club is leasing ground on a long-term basis (not owned); and the associated timeline for applications to be opened, in tabular form. [18963/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commissioners of Irish Lights (30 April 2024)

Brendan Griffin:

184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to dismantle the keepers' quarters roof at Tiaracht lighthouse, County Kerry, effectively allowing it to fall into disrepair; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19070/24]

Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 April 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn:

737. To ask the Minister for Health if he will support and implement the call from a group (details supplied) for a consultant neurology service to be based in Letterkenny University Hospital.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19466/24]

Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (30 April 2024)

Patrick Costello:

645. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the concerns of over 100 Irish academics expressed in an open letter (details supplied) about a report on transgender healthcare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18880/24]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Recognition (1 May 2024)

Leo Varadkar:

184. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she received the review of the Gender Recognition Act 2015; whether it has been presented to Cabinet or to a Cabinet Sub-Committee; when she will make a recommendation to Government on the matter; and the process that is being followed to aid her to do so. [19665/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (30 April 2024)

Ivana Bacik:

422. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of reports of a failure by a municipal district office (details supplied) to maintain vacant and derelict sites registers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19380/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (30 April 2024)

Marian Harkin:

410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the inclusion of County Sligo in the defective concrete blocks scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19207/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Elections (30 April 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett:

255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to clearly outline which grades of employment are allowed to run in local government elections and which grades are prohibited from running; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18960/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Protected Disclosures (1 May 2024)

Paul Murphy:

128. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a matter in relation to the Protected Disclosures Amendment Act 2022 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19580/24]

Department of Health: Departmental Reports (2 May 2024)

Gino Kenny:

30. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an organisation (details supplied) has said the latest Department of Health/HSE-commissioned IGEES report into the public hospital system is about saving money rather than patient safety and investing in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19870/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (30 April 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin:

428. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to progress the proposal for a Liffey Valley park (details supplied); and if so, if he will outline the status of the project and a timeline for commencement. [19493/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (30 April 2024)

Catherine Murphy:

419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19364/24]

Department of Health: Health Services (25 April 2024)

Éamon Ó Cuív:

339. To ask the Minister for Health when a call for applications for section 39 funding for organisations will next be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18637/24]