Written answers

Tuesday, 14 May 2024

  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes and businesses connected to fibre as of May 2024 nationwide. [20954/24]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will review the need for a licence to be required to erect a battery storage facility; and if he will...
    • Recycling Policy
      65. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a stream of funding to local community groups or local authorities to repair and upcycle musical instruments...
    • Energy Policy
      66. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has had discussions with the HSA on the enforcement of the Seveso III Directive in relation to battery...
    • Energy Conservation
      67. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on heat pump installations in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 as part of the national...
    • Energy Policy
      68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 25 January 2024, the status of the review by the CRU of gas and electricity...
    • Just Transition
      69. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has completed a review of the Just Transition process to date; what new elements are being considered in...
    • North-South Interconnector
      70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on his engagements with EirGrid at which he has received an update on the North-South Interconnector....
    • Climate Action Plan
      71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the progress being made in local authorities to establishing climate action plans; what...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 86 of 7 March 2024, the date on which the export tariff phase of the small-scale...
    • Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan
      73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the schedule for completing DMAPS for the different areas with potential for offshore wind projects;...
    • State Bodies
      74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what measures are being taken to reduce the SEAI wait times which are currently in excess of 24-months; if consideration...
    • Climate Action Plan
      75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s role in the monitoring of the implementation of the Local Authority Climate Action Plans; the...
    • Energy Conservation
      76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current wait time for the one-stop-shop home energy grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21486/24]
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 176 of 16 April 2024, the status of the community-led projects that were...
    • Energy Policy
      78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the national biomethane strategy; when he expects this will be published; and if he will make a...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Employment Rights
      80. To ask the Taoiseach if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies under their...
    • Departmental Advertising
      81. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media publications involved,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review his Department’s operational practice of pushing the target issue date out for a passport submitted online by two...
    • Irish Aid
      87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider reducing aid provided to national government bodies and agencies in Ghana and Uganda given their decision to harden laws...
    • Middle East
      88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his recent discussions with the prime minister of Spain, to outline the territorial borders of any Palestinian state which the...
    • Passport Services
      90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21310/24]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth register application will be completed for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Middle East
      94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken by him at a European Union ministers of foreign affairs level to get agreement to aid, support and facilitate war...
    • Passport Services
      95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [21489/24]
    • Employment Rights
      97. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment...
    • Departmental Advertising
      98. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print...
    • Passport Services
      99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21881/24]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Grant Payments
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when clarity will be provide to the SEAI by his Department and the Department of Environment, Climate and...
    • Recycling Policy
      102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of tax collected on plastic bottles and cans since the deposit return scheme was introduced, and the amount...
    • National Broadband Plan
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the roll out of the national broadband plan specifically in relation to counties Cavan and Monaghan;...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the implications at household level as a result of the extension of the ETS to cover domestic...
    • Waste Management
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21230/24]
    • Recycling Policy
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that disabled people in rural areas cannot avail of the deposit return...
    • Energy Policy
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland has purchased the gas storage ship it announced in 2023 which customers were told that they would be paying...
    • Emergency Planning
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the 'public warning system' which enables mobile phone operators in Ireland to send warnings to the...
    • European Union
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 30 April 2024, to list all Acts sponsored by his Department, or Statutory...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment what penalties Ireland will accrue if it does not meet its 2030 targets of a reduction of 50% on emissions and the 2050...
    • Electricity Grid
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware that there were two orange alerts on the grid in recent months as high energy demand units continue to...
    • Data Centres
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the recent planning permission granted for a data centre in Ennis; if he is concerned by the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he accepts that there is an urgent need to accelerate our offshore wind projects to allow for economic development...
    • Data Centres
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider freezing data centre projects until we have sufficient renewables to supply the energy required;...
    • Energy Policy
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will review the need to classify batteries as dangerous substances when it comes to the building of...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the rollout of high-speed broadband in Cavan and Monaghan. [21323/24]
    • Grant Payments
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the reason a person (details supplied) did not qualify for a home heating upgrade as part of the...
    • Energy Conservation
      121. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether BER assessors are more than qualified to provide the home energy assessment required for the home...
    • Illegal Dumping
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether consideration has been given to the establishment of a dumping taskforce in Cork city. [21616/24]
    • National Broadband Plan
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the National Broadband Plan in Cork. [21617/24]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the role he has in ensuring with ComReg that phone signal is delivered across the State and addressing black...
    • Electricity Grid
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the role he has in ensuring with Eirgrid that grid infrastructure investment is sufficient to support a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received under the warmer homes scheme since its announcement; the number of homes completed...
    • Employment Rights
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason homes built before 2021 are eligible to apply for a rooftop solar panel grant but not homes constructed...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he can take to speed up the provision of broadband services through the medium of fibre-optics throughout...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which each sector in the economy can contribute to greenhouse gas reduction over the next five years...
    • Environmental Policy
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department has examined the fullest possible extent to which all measures to offset the impact...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to explore electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by way of wind,...
    • Telecommunications Services
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephone services remain good when compared with other European Union or adjoining...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband continues to meet targets; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Waste Management
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular...
    • Electricity Generation
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which electricity generation and production costs here are in line with those in other EU member states;...
    • Departmental Advertising
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media;...
    • Air Quality
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Government’s clean air strategy. [21908/24]
    • Environmental Policy
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make a statement on the waste and circular economy action plan. [21909/24]
  • Department of Defence
    • State Properties
      144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the St. Bricin's military hospital in Stoneybatter, which is currently lying idle, could be readied in case of emergency or surge capacity;...
    • Defence Forces
      145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department would consider increasing the size of the 'bambi buckets', the collapsible bags that hang from a helicopter assisting with...
    • Departmental Meetings
      147. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has ever engaged with companies (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21340/24]
    • Defence Forces
      148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the contribution of the Defence Forces to missions enforcing a United Nations mandated arms embargo on Libya; if he is...
    • Naval Service
      150. 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. [21533/24]
    • Defence Forces
      151. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the implantation of the strategic framework to support the transformation of the Defence Forces into an organisation that is...
    • Ukraine War
      156. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will outline the training that the Defence Forces have provided to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21539/24]
    • Employment Rights
      157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in...
    • Defence Forces
      158. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a pathway could be provided for new members of the Defence Forces who are foreign born in passport or citizenship applications; and if he...
    • Departmental Staff
      159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary No. 165 of 9 April 2024, if eligibility requirements for a particular post may be considered to have been met when the...
    • Departmental Advertising
      160. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Driver Licences
      161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has plans to reduce the age for obtaining a HGV licence which is currently at 21; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Road Projects
      162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has assessed the recent submission from Kilkenny County Council dated 19 April 2024 in response to the SRAD queries relative to the...
    • Middle East
      164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department has been approached by the organisers of a group (details supplied) as regards offering the flotilla the Irish...
    • School Transport
      165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the provisions being made to reopen the public school transport office, currently located on the fourth floor of Plunkett train station...
    • Airport Policy
      166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the present status of the proposed tunnel project being proposed at Dublin Airport; if he will outline the procurement...
    • Rail Network
      168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the status of Metro North, including the latest timelines to approval and tender award for initial construction;...
    • Transport Policy
      169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will advise, beyond a train Metrolink service connecting Dublin Airport to the Dublin city area, what other options have been...
    • Rail Network
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on Kilkenny railway station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21258/24]
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline when CIÉ pensions for retired staff, or surviving partners of retired staff will increase in line with inflation...
    • Road Safety
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a request for funding for road and pedestrian safety measures was submitted by Cork County Council for a location (details supplied)....
    • Taxi Regulations
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he intends to extend the end of life for taxi saloon cars to 13 years, as has been done with 2014 cabs; and if he will make a...
    • Transport Policy
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what assistance is available to industry workers (details supplied) to be able to test closer to place of work and not miss more off-road...
    • Electric Vehicles
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the rollout of electric car chargers nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21324/24]
    • EU Meetings
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the next date scheduled of the EU Transport Ministers Council meeting; and if he will attend this meeting. [21410/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE data and interoperability managers employed by his Department in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of WTE customer services officers employed by Iarnród Éireann in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form;...
    • Electric Vehicles
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that many residents are unable to install electric vehicle charging points due to their management companies; if...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and/or the RSA have undertaken a data impact assessment in respect of plans to use speed cameras and or other types of camera to...
    • Road Network
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the long-standing non-national road situation in County Wexford will be addressed by his Department given that County Wexford has the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to roll out EV charging points in mid Cork for people travelling and getting to and from work to ensure demand...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a reply will issue to correspondence (details supplied); if he will give the reassurance sought in this correspondence; and if he will...
    • Road Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will increase the total amount of funding in 2024 given to Carlow County Council to help improve road surfaces throughout that...
    • Bus Services
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure an additional bus stop is provided on the old N6 at Temple Spa to allow for additional transport links for residents...
    • Traffic Management
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether funding is available for infrastructure and traffic calming in Cloughduv village. [21645/24]
    • Transport Policy
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the northern transport project for Cork city has not been included in the National Development Plan interactive transport map....
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in respect of the High Court judgement in relation to the 1951 CIÉ superannuation scheme, what measures are now in place to ensure...
    • Employment Rights
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Driver Test
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a carer is allowed to accompany a candidate during driver theory tests and driving lessons, including in situations where a candidate...
    • Public Transport
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the extension of the use of Leap cards to Drogheda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21771/24]
    • Bus Services
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether consideration will be given to providing a stop for the 203 bus in Onslow Gardens in Cork city, given it once stopped there....
    • Regulatory Impact Assessments
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 169 of 23 April 2024, the reason neither his Department nor the SEAI engaged with the primary...
    • Electric Vehicles
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and location of fast EV chargers currently available in County Wexford; what efforts are in place to increase this number; and...
    • Departmental Advertising
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the...
    • Transport Policy
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the opening times of a facility (details supplied) will be examined and changed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21880/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeframe for the Irish motor insurance database application to be rolled out to all Garda members on their mobility devices to...
    • Insurance Industry
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 241 of 12 December 2023 and 112 of 22 February 2024, if data sharing agreements and the relevant...
    • Road Safety Authority
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the functions of the Road Safety Authority in relation to compiling and analysing data to assess the cause and distribution of road...
    • Transport Policy
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport measures being taken to roll-out refuelling stations for hydrogen vehicles nationally outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Finance
    • Financial Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on individual savings account schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21224/24]
    • Insurance Coverage
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans for a State-backed thatched cottages insurance provision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21345/24]
    • Tax Code
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to change the way VAT is applied to licenced taxi vehicles that are rented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21349/24]
    • Regulatory Bodies
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title, in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman as of 7 May 2024; the estimated full-year cost of filling these...
    • Housing Policy
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if the ISIF chose to make commercial investment by lending to approved housing bodies to deliver costs rental accommodation; whether this would be included...
    • Tax Data
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance how many companies had failed to engage with the Revenue Commissioners as of 1 May 2024 when the debt warehousing scheme ended; the total tax debt owed by...
    • Employment Rights
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency, under the aegis of their Department, is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in any bodies...
    • Tax Data
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected on green diesel in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024; and if a breakdown on type of tax can be provided, in tabular...
    • Tax Exemptions
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government has plans to review the regulations overseeing the process for VAT exemption for technology and specific sports equipment, which have been...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence regarding inequality in awarding the primary medical certificate (details supplied); and if he...
    • Statutory Instruments
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has responded to a letter from an organisation (details supplied); if in respect of SI 308 of 2023, the European Union (Anti-Money Laundering:...
    • Departmental Advertising
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Staff
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the mileage rates paid for travel in the course of duties; if these rates have been adapted in view of rising costs;...
    • Tourism Industry
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on security at this country's largest tourism sites (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21262/24]
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the indicative timeframe for the various stages of planning and construction of a flood relief scheme for Freshford, County Kilkenny;...
    • Office of Public Works
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of wholetime equivalent, WTE, fire and security engineers at grades 1 and 2 who are employed by the OPW in 2022, 2023 and to...
    • An Garda Síochána
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Garda stations within Carlow and Kilkenny divisions that were refurbished by the OPW where the value of works is in excess of...
    • Departmental Staff
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will respond to a matter (details supplied). [21541/24]
    • Employment Rights
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • State Properties
      255. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW's regional architects office located on Catherine Street, Waterford (details supplied) will be given desk space in the nearby...
    • Departmental Advertising
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the...
    • Heritage Sites
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it has been determined whether the OPW or Clare County Council had responsibility for conservation works in Moynoe Graveyard,...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Business Supports
      258. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration can be given to allow late applications for the increased cost of business grant; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vacant Sites
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures his Department is taking to address vacant or derelict retail units in small towns and villages; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current list of designated services of economic interest nationally as reported to the EU; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Support Services
      261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what supports are in place under his Department to assist a person with a disability to get back to work, including supports for...
    • State Bodies
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if IDA Ireland put out a tender for a full-time United Arab Emirates based business development consultant in 2022, 2023 and to-date...
    • Middle East
      265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will immediately suspend the granting of export licences for dual-use items to Israel in light of the decision of the United...
    • Trade Agreements
      266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21469/24]
    • Legislative Process
      267. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the engagements he has had with Cabinet colleagues in relation to the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment...
    • Business Supports
      268. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many businesses registered for the ICOB grant as of the deadline of 1 May 2024, by each local authority, in tabular form; if late...
    • Export Controls
      269. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the Annual Report on activity under the Control of Exports Act 2008, covering the period 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023,...
    • Work Permits
      270. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21531/24]
    • Business Supports
      271. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that need to be taken to complete a ICOB scheme application given that the MyCoCo programme timed them out and shut down...
    • Industrial Relations
      272. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to report on the development of an action plan for increasing the collective bargaining coverage rate. [21629/24]
    • Trade Unions
      273. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he agrees with the asks of a campaign (details supplied). [21630/24]
    • Employment Rights
      274. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of his Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Departmental Advertising
      275. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Pension Provisions
      276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is concerned that school bus drivers (details supplied) have paid into an occupational pension with Bus Éireann for which they cannot...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if DEIS status will be allowed for a school in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21176/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what assistance is available to parents who cannot obtain a school place for their autistic child in their area; and if she will make a statement...
    • School Staff
      279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for her assistance with a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21195/24]
    • School Transport
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes she has made to the school transport scheme this year for the Straffan bus for pupils attending schools in Maynooth in the 2024-2025...
    • Schools Building Projects
      282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department's plans to provide a new standalone secondary school for Newcastle, County Dublin. [21293/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the rationale relative to the decision to withdraw the sanction for five classrooms to accommodate special needs children at...
    • School Textbooks
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 24 April 2024, when the guidelines for the primary school book grant will issue for 2025; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school build in County Carlow (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21304/24]
    • School Transport
      287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of school bus places allocated to County Wexford applicants in September 2022 and September 2023, respectively; and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made by her Department to ensure a person (details supplied) obtains a school place suited to their specified...
    • School Transport
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service will be reinstated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21346/24]
    • School Funding
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of capital funding her Department has provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21400/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed; and the estimated cost for these works. [21401/24]
    • School Enrolments
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools within the State that current have enrolment figures of 600 students or more, in tabular form; and...
    • School Staff
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Kilkenny and in Carlow at present; the number in 2020, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of an application by a school (details supplied) for reconfiguration and refurbishment; when it is likely that work will...
    • State Examinations
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify her Department's position on the Leaving Certificate 2024 in respect of the Covid leniencies being extended; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken regarding the lack of options available to students in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Teacher Training
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider including mental health training for all educators in the school setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Special Educational Needs
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the recurring issue of people with disabilities facing delays in accessing assistive technology and how it can take years to finally...
    • School Transport
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport section will approve an application for school transport for a child (details supplied) with special educational needs;...
    • Departmental Schemes
      309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the solar panels applied for by a school will be provided (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21480/24]
    • School Admissions
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place will be made available for a child (details supplied) for the academic year beginning September 2024. [21491/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what budget cuts have been made to the national school summer programme that schools can opt into for students with complex educational needs or...
    • Special Educational Needs
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the second ASD classroom for a school (details supplied) will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21499/24]
    • School Textbooks
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the free schoolbooks scheme for junior cycle students will cover the cost of purchase of individual iPads/tablets and e-books in schools...
    • Schools Building Projects
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that the planning permission for the new school building for a school (details supplied) is set to expire in 2025; and if she...
    • Departmental Contracts
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the duration of the rental contract between an organisation (details supplied) and her Department for a school. [21520/24]
    • School Transport
      320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of an additional school bus for a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Question Heading for question(s) 321
      321. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21556/24]
    • Medical Cards
      322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when medical card supports will be in place for survivors of residential institutional abuse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • School Accommodation
      323. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding ASA application lodged by school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21619/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the development and construction of an Educate Together school (details supplied). [21640/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline a timeline for the delivery of autism units in primary schools in Skerries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21659/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to explain the recent budget cuts to the national school summer programme, known as the July provision, which supports students with complex...
    • Schools Building Projects
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the current status, reason for delay and the projected timeline for the construction of a school extension at a school (details...
    • School Accommodation
      331. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the application for additional accommodation submitted by a school (details supplied) in November 2023; if the Department has...
    • Employment Rights
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (detail supplied) can be allowed an earlier tender for agreed work in order that it can be completed before September 2024; and if...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to concerns raised by a school principal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21732/24]
    • Public Sector Pay
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to amending a stipulation (details supplied) in Circular Letter 0041/2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 8 May 2024, if a school (details supplied) on bus route 424 will be included in the pilot scheme;...
    • School Staff
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of reducing the appointment and retention figures for mainstream teachers in all primary schools including DEIS band 1 schools...
    • School Funding
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of increasing grants (details supplied) for the primary sector by 20% for the 2025/2026 school year. [21745/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed secondary school in a location (details supplied); when she expects construction to commence given the population will...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that much needed and encouraged returning teachers are waiting two months for a Teaching Council number, meaning they can not be...
    • Departmental Advertising
      343. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Digital Archiving
      344. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if digitisation has commenced on the first census of the new Irish State, which will have its centenary in 2026 (details...
    • Commemorative Events
      345. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht [21203/24]
    • Na hOileáin amach ón gCósta
      349. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil aon aitheantas ar leith tugtha i mbeartas an Rialtais maidir leis na hoileáin i gceantair Ghaeltachta a bhfuil...
    • Departmental Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the €8 million provided by her Department through the large-scale infrastructure funding programme to Galway City...
    • Film Industry
      352. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to visit the west coast of the US later in 2024 to meet senior officials from major film production companies to...
    • Sports Events
      353. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement that took place between her Department and an organisation (details supplied) on a matter; and if she will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      354. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      355. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total printing expenditure per annum over the past five years of all Government-sponsored reviews and reports which were...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      356. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of AI generated advertisements on a platform (details supplied) sharing bogus information; if she will take steps...
    • Departmental Advertising
      357. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Defective Building Materials
      358. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out preparatory work to ensure public moneys delivered to owners’ management companies...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      359. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a sewerage scheme will be considered for a village in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Policy
      360. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in the context of adjacent local authorities which allow people on their housing waiting list to select areas of choice...
    • Grant Payments
      362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that in the case of a housing adaptation grant application for a person who has suffered catastrophic injuries,...
    • Vacant Properties
      364. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to make contact with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a vacant centre; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      366. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the local government staff embargo is still in place; if workforce planning has been carried out; and if so, where there...
    • Housing Provision
      368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to examine a housing matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21334/24]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to an application by a club (details supplied) for a licence through his Department; if this...
    • Housing Policy
      370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what the process is for adding another person to a social housing application in instances where the said person is seriously...
    • Energy Policy
      371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out a review of fire personnel in Cavan or Monaghan in light of a number of battery storage...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of conservation rangers recruited into the NPWS with location based in Waterford and the wider south east...
    • Departmental Staff
      373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE qualified archaeologists by grade employed by his Department in the years 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in...
    • Housing Policy
      374. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the Housing Agency made a decision not to purchase properties offered to it for sale (details supplied) in County...
    • Housing Schemes
      375. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to set out the rules regarding renting and receiving HAP where the rental property belongs to a family member; and if he will...
    • Defective Building Materials
      376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he plans to increase the cap for the enhanced defective concrete block grant scheme in line with increased building...
    • Departmental Funding
      377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether funding is available for the taking-in-charge of estates. [21642/24]
    • Local Authorities
      378. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of grants he can award directly to local authorities for distribution to community groups, by...
    • Electoral Process
      379. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific criteria required for an appointment as a presiding officer at various electoral contests throughout the State;...
    • Septic Tanks
      381. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider substantially increasing funding to local authorities in order to enable septic tank inspections to be...
    • Employment Rights
      382. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Departmental Schemes
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the rules regarding the building defects scheme as they pertain to rental properties (details supplied);...
    • Protected Disclosures
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what action he intends to take on foot of reports of alleged wrongdoing by local council CEOs and elected councillors from the...
    • Housing Provision
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of homes built by the local authority in Sligo per year between 2017 and 2023, in tabular form. [21773/24]
    • National Monuments
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider forming an expert working group for national monuments (details supplied) given all structures recognised...
    • Housing Provision
      390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government is he aware of the ongoing issues faced by an affordable housing provider (details supplied); if he will take action to ensure...
    • Departmental Advertising
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of leased social housing properties funded by his Department via SHCEP at the end of 2023; the total cost to...
    • Climate Change Policy
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the projected rise in sea levels and the potential impact on the environment; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person in County Kerry (details supplied) who has been deemed eligible for disability allowance will be transferred to...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to clarify if a person (details supplied) over 65 and on over-65 jobseeker’s benefit, not having to actively seek...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason an appeal of carer’s allowance application is taking so long. [21237/24]
    • Departmental Data
      400. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the annual cost of maternity benefit, paternity benefit and parents leave benefit; the initial cost estimate provided to the...
    • Equality Issues
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether people medically determined to be intersex should be required to register as male or female; and if she...
    • Legislative Measures
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when legislation will be updated to reflect changes to qualifying measures for widow's, widower's and surviving partner's...
    • Disability Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports are in place under his/her Department to assist a person with a disability to get back to into work, including...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21358/24]
    • Departmental Data
      405. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of disability allowance applications that were received by her Department in 2023; the number that were from...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      406. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many disability allowance applications were disallowed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21370/24]
    • Departmental Data
      409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how many carer’s benefit cases will be administered in 2024, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of WTE staff by grade working in the local debt recovery unit of her Department as of 7 May 2024. [21413/24]
    • Departmental Data
      412. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 976 of 17 January 2024, if it has an independent company with a service level agreement...
    • Pension Provisions
      413. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline, in relation to the pension auto-enrolment scheme, how maternity leave and people with caring...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      414. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an invalidity pension appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • School Meals Programme
      415. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding inclusion of school (details supplied) in the hot school meals programme for the coming school year;...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      416. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will confirm having received the required information as sought from a person (details supplied) in order to have...
    • Departmental Data
      417. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown, by county, of the number of times persons in receipt of carer's allowance had their allowance stopped in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      418. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown, by county, of the number of times persons who were initially refused disability allowance were successful on...
    • Employment Rights
      419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      420. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
    • Gender Recognition
      422. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Irish nationals who are not ordinarily resident in the State and who do not hold any of the documents specified in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      423. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      424. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of a case of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the visa application so the person can join...
    • Immigration Policy
      425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a pathway for people from Ukraine who are currently living and working here under the EU Temporary Protection...
    • Citizenship Applications
      426. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there are specific arrangements in place for British nationals who have been married and working in Ireland for many...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      427. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship ceremonies that have taken place since 1 January 2022 to date; the dates of said citizenship...
    • An Garda Síochána
      428. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff, by rank, in the Garda National Immigration Bureau in each of the past three years. [21227/24]
    • Departmental Data
      429. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people convicted of sex offences involving minors in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, by county, in tabular form;...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      433. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been...
    • Departmental Reviews
      434. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the review into the lapses regarding the Sex Offenders Register, identified in the High Court judgment (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Data
      436. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of proceedings lodged at the High Court in 2023 and to date in 2024; the estimated total number of these which...
    • Visa Agreements
      438. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, given the ongoing situation in Gaza, she will stop the issuing of new travel and work visas for Israeli citizens coming to...
    • Prison Service
      439. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of group intervention sessions currently being run in the IPS to target criminogenic factors, by institution and by...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      443. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a matter (details supplied); the steps her Department has taken; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      444. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí, by rank attached to the public service vehicle inspector unit within Westmeath division, in tabular...
    • Family Reunification
      447. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many applications are currently in the system for the join family (sponsor is an Irish citizen) visa. [21423/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      448. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda forensic collision investigators, by rank, attached to Carlow-Kilkenny Divisional as of 7 May 2024; and if...
    • International Protection
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any person has been excluded from temporary protection due to circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      454. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to review an application (details supplied); to provide an update on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Asylum Seekers
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration has been given to the introduction of special measures similar to those introduced to fast-track the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who have bought back time to retire early in each of the past five years. [21503/24]
    • International Protection
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of time for the first initial decision to be made for international protection applicants for each of the...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and or her officials have engaged with the Minister for Transport and or the RSA in respect of undertaking a data impact...
    • Human Trafficking
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of immigration officers policing Dublin port and Rosslare port and Cork port to ensure that human trafficking is not...
    • Penalty Points System
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of penalty points issued for parking in cycling lanes in each year from 2020 to 2023, in tabular form, both in total...
    • Employment Rights
      464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • An Garda Síochána
      465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of domestic violence in each of the past ten years, by county; and if...
    • Residency Permits
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a temporary stamp will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) whose spouse relocated here from Italy four months...
    • Citizenship Ceremonies
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalized Irish citizens who attended the citizenship ceremony on 26 February 2024 will receive their certificates; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a pathway could be provided for new members of the gardaí who are foreign born in passport or citizenship applications;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status and progress being made in respect of a citizenship application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Legislative Measures
      471. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is satisfied that the maximum effort is being made by her Department to fully utilize the Transfer of Sentenced Persons...
    • An Garda Síochána
      472. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reserve Gardaí who have been attested to date from Garda College in Templemore from the first intake in...
    • Departmental Advertising
      473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of roads policing Gardaí who have access to the ANPR app via their mobility device to allow them to...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Records
      476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Land Commission records (details supplied) will be digitised and made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Industry
      477. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the extent to which he continues to ensure a balance between meeting emission reduction targets and ensuring the future of the...
    • Food Labelling
      478. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline his Department’s actions to combat items being sold as Irish produce in supermarkets that do not have the Bord Bia...
    • Teagasc Activities
      479. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a Teagasc matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21231/24]
    • Brexit Supports
      480. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide, in tabular form, an account of the distribution of Brexit adjustment reserve funds to enhance, upgrade, and develop...
    • Farm Safety
      481. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that incentivised schemes under his Department are seeing battery energy storage systems erected on farmland, without...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      482. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently review an application for payment under the young farmer capital investment scheme (details supplied). [21395/24]
    • Animal Welfare
      483. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls received by his Department's animal welfare helpline in 2023 and for the first four months of 2024, in tabular...
    • Trade Missions
      484. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the international trade missions that will take place for the remainder of 2024, by location, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      485. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21626/24]
    • Farm Costs
      486. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial assistance or lending assistance available to a landowner/farmer for a stocking loan, who has been refused financial...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      487. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the payment systems to make payments under TAMS III are in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21672/24]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      490. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his attention has been drawn to a correspondence (details supplied) concerning a shipping vessel; his views on the same; and...
    • Employment Rights
      491. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      492. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in each county in the State. [21720/24]
    • Farm Costs
      493. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average cost of a bag of fertiliser in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [21721/24]
    • Departmental Data
      494. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live lamb imports into the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [21722/24]
    • Agriculture Supports
      496. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has discussed the announced tillage payment of €100 with an Taoiseach given his public comments on the inadequacy of the...
    • Environmental Impact Assessments
      497. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the comparable environmental impacts of agricultural produce produced in Ireland and the produce imported into the EU form the five...
    • Departmental Advertising
      498. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Community Care
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that community respite hours are commenced for a child (details supplied). [21233/24]
    • Guardians Ad Litem
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of guardian ad litem appointments, by county, in 2023 and 2022, respectively; and the cost of same,...
    • International Protection
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail with regard to the IPAS contract signed for a hotel (details supplied), if the contract was...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the level of funding available to private ECCE preschool providers; if he plans...
    • International Protection
      504. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the recent briefing note providing an update on temporary emergency accommodation for...
    • Child Protection
      505. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the child protection measures, if any, that have already been put in place at a location (details supplied) to...
    • Childcare Services
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a response will issue in relation to an inquiry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • International Protection
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount expended on taxis and private bus hire in respect of international protection applicants in 2023 and...
    • Disability Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the existing staff, by grade, in the four CDNTs serving County Meath; the...
    • Child and Family Agency
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if family support payments will be put in place immediately for the grandparents of the children referred to in...
    • Disability Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assessment for autism will be arranged immediately for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Health Service Executive
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21388/24]
    • Childcare Services
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21390/24]
    • Disability Services
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of high support disability residential placements available in County Westmeath in 2022, 2023 and...
    • Ukraine War
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection residing at a location (details supplied) have been...
    • Disability Services
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the population base of each children's disability network team based in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement...
    • Childcare Services
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to improve rates of pay for childcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21490/24]
    • Equality Issues
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, in light of the recent report (details supplied), he will outline the timeline for the introduction of...
    • Childcare Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any avenue for a person to access a crèche place for their children when all local crèches...
    • International Protection
      524. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the review of transport services for residents at a location (details supplied)....
    • Voluntary Sector
      525. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 576 of 16 April 2024, where he stated that "the implementation of...
    • Disability Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time permanent residential places for adults with disabilities in County Roscommon, in...
    • Childcare Services
      527. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the lack of preschool places in Youghal, County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Employment Rights
      528. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any...
    • Ukraine War
      529. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of pets which have been brought to Ireland from Ukraine in each month since the invasion; and the...
    • Departmental Reports
      530. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a report, believed to have begun in June 2022, into 11 allegations of abuse at a disability centre (details...
    • International Protection
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide data on a series of issues (detail supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Advertising
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print...
    • Childcare Services
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the urgent assistance that can be given to a number of families in Kilcock, County Kildare following the...
  • Department of Health
    • Pension Provisions
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason health service workers who paid pension contributions in both jurisdictions cannot combine them for a HSE pension prior to retirement; if he...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a letter delivered to his office from an organisation on 23 April 2024 requesting a commission of investigation into baby deaths,...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      545. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a person (details supplied) awaiting an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21177/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      546. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Kerry will be called for an appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/24]
    • Health Services
      547. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department is taking to assist and support an initiative (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21187/24]
    • Health Service Executive
      548. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 566 of 20 February 2024 to provide the total spend by the HSE on contractors for maintenance work (details supplied) in...
    • Dental Services
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on any discussions between his Department and the Irish Dental Association on further revision of the dental treatment service...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      550. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      551. To ask the Minister for Health to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21210/24]
    • Hospital Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health when the newly completed unit at St. Camillus' Hospital will open to patients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21217/24]
    • Health Services
      553. To ask the Minister for Health if, following the closure of the medical clinic in Emly, the HSE would consider running a monthly clinic in the building, with a nurse to take bloods, and so...
    • General Practitioner Services
      554. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs practising in Cork aged over 60 years, by region, in tabular form. [21243/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of health care support assistants in Cork; the number of individuals using the service; and the areas that are using the 4-TEAM rota system, by...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied) at the neurosurgical clinic at Cork University Hospital as this was requested by...
    • Hospital Procedures
      558. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for an operation will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21272/24]
    • Addiction Treatment Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health if the issues regarding funding of an organisation (details supplied) by the probation services and the HSE have now been resolved; the status of the appeal;...
    • Medical Cards
      560. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated average or median cost of a GP visit card per person per annum; the cost of a full medical per person per annum; and to provide a detailed...
    • Departmental Data
      561. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €50 per household per month. [21282/24]
    • Dental Services
      563. To ask the Minister for Health when a teenager in County Kerry (details supplied) will receive an appointment for braces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21299/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      564. To ask the Minister for Health if there is any financial assistance towards the cost of oxygen cylinders for people dependent on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21306/24]
    • Nursing Homes
      565. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has or will be given to the relaxation of the five-year rule for farmers in respect of the nursing home support scheme (details supplied); and...
    • General Practitioner Services
      566. To ask the Minister for Health how he proposes a person (details supplied) can get a GP, following the retirement of their own GP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21333/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      567. To ask the Minister for Health the status of standardising post-mastectomy supports; what are the financial supports for all areas, in tabular form; if any areas will see a decrease in...
    • Medical Cards
      569. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons diagnosed with life-term illnesses who have already been approved for a medical card are required to go to their local GP and hospital...
    • Health Services Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on his Department's position on the embargo on recruitment to the health service, particularly its effects on acute hospital...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      571. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration is under way to reduce wait times and update the paper-based system for the reimbursement scheme for oxygen provision systems; and if he will...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      572. To ask the Minister for Health what the intention is with Barrington's Hospital in Limerick; if the HSE intends on purchasing the property for use as a hospital in the mid-west region; if...
    • Hospital Staff
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick; the number of vacancies, by job title; when these...
    • Mental Health Services
      574. To ask the Minister for Health what services are available to a parent dealing with an adult child with obvious mental difficulties that are making engagement with mental health services...
    • Hospital Services
      575. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 586 of 5 December 2023, if all 182 additional beds, and 28 additional critical care beds committed to in the urgent and...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the reason it is taking so long for a person (details supplied) to receive an update on their application for a wheelchair. [21392/24]
    • Health Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to parents with concerns about their children's speech in the absence of a public health nurse providing developmental checks in their...
    • Hospital Staff
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant dermatologists in each hospital part of Ireland East Hospital Group that are dealing with public-only patients in the years of...
    • Care of the Elderly
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the locations where the community specialist teams for older persons have yet to be established; and the timeframe for when those teams will be established....
    • Hospital Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant spinal surgeons based at the Mater Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [21399/24]
    • Pharmacy Services
      582. To ask the Minister for Health if any analysis has been conducted by the Government on pharmacy fees per item between 2015 and 2023. [21422/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurologists with a special interest in migraine based at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form;...
    • Departmental Data
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons seen in the endometriosis hub at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Strategies
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the implementation steps being taken in 2024 to deliver the National Stroke Strategy; the additional budget allocated for this in 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      587. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE expects the integrated eye care team to be fully established in CHO 5; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21437/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      589. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider placing a youth mental health service for young people in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21459/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      590. To ask the Minister for Health if he will end the recruitment embargo at University Hospital Limerick to ensure safe staffing measures are implemented; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21475/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      592. To ask the Minister for Health if he has signed off on a WRC deal to increase the pay of care assistant workers in section 38 and section 39 organisations; if he will outline the terms of...
    • Hospital Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Health to review a matter (details supplied); if he will provide an update on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21481/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      594. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reverse the decision to cease funding of Dexcom g7 sensors for use by diabetics on insulin injections; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      595. To ask the Minister for Health further to the failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary Question No. 641 of 16 April 2024, and the subsequent failure of the HSE to answer Parliamentary...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a physiotherapy appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21521/24]
    • Home Help Service
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is aware of a new shift work teams project in the Cork and Kerry home support services which is to begin in June this year and that this new...
    • Health Services
      601. To ask the Minister for Health the overarching strategy of the national OPAT programme; if it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21545/24]
    • National Children's Hospital
      606. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether Dail Éireann was misled in the decision to proceed with locating the children's hospital on the constrained site at St....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      607. To ask the Minister for Health how many patients are on the podiatry waiting list in Galway; how long the current waiting time is; if the interval between appointments has changed in the...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans for reducing bureaucracy and paperwork in the oxygen provision reimbursement system (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1356 of 9 April 2024, for a breakdown, in tabular form, of the exact wait times of children and adolescents identified in...
    • Nursing Homes
      612. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of HIQA inspectors; the area to which they are assigned; the number of facilities they are overseeing, from 2021 to date, in tabular form....
    • Disability Services
      613. To ask the Minister for Health what services are available for adults with ADHD seeking treatment in CHO 5; if a person (details supplied) can receive such service; and if he will make a...
    • Dental Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health what assistance is available to a child with molar incisor hypo mineralisation which requires root canal treatment, extraction, braces and aligners (details...
    • Health Services Staff
      615. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the impact of the recruitment embargo on nurses in relation to the ability of hospitals to provide services, and so on; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new positions to be filled as part of a new seven-day service delivery at University Hospital Waterford (details supplied); the stage recruitment...
    • Hospital Facilities
      617. To ask the Minister for Health how a new cardiac day ward at University Hospital Waterford is proposed to be delivered (details supplied); where it will be located; where the project plan...
    • Hospital Staff
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the loss of the suicide crisis assessment nurse within Waterford mental health services; how the HSE plans to fill this role, given the...
    • Health Services Staff
      619. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant general adult psychiatrists with a special interest in substance misuse in the CHO 3 mental health services in the years of 2023...
    • Hospital Admissions
      621. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons admitted to University Hospital Galway via the emergency department in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21704/24]
    • Emergency Departments
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who left the emergency department in University Hospital Galway without being seen in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024....
    • Hospital Staff
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses who have left their jobs at University Hospital Galway in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21706/24]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in the State waiting for hip replacement surgery at the end of each of the past ten years; the average waiting length in each of the past...
    • Dental Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting on a dental waiting list at the end of each of the last ten years, and if a breakdown, by county, can be provided on this...
    • Health Service Executive
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have taken legal cases against the HSE in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2024. [21710/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      628. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the funding and implementation of the Understanding and Managing Adult ADHD programme for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      629. To ask the Minister for Health when the clinical review of the medicinal cannabis programme will be completed to ascertain whether evidence exists to expand the range of conditions covered;...
    • International Bodies
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if Ireland will be joining the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21716/24]
    • Health Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health when an additional respite bed will be provided at a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21724/24]
    • Hospital Services
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of concerns regarding the relocation of paediatric services and-or ward in Cork (details supplied); if he or his Department has been briefed...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      633. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a child (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment in Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, County Laois. [21739/24]
    • Departmental Properties
      634. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify plans for a disused HSE clinic (details supplied). [21756/24]
    • Health Services
      635. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the Pathfinder service; the total budget allocated to the service since it became operational; and if plans are in place to...
    • Health Service Executive
      636. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21769/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the full complement of staff providing an important health service will be in place in Cavan-Monaghan without delay (details supplied);...
    • Health Services
      638. To ask the Minister for Health when he will sanction funding requests made by the Department of Health for an increase in optometrists' fees having not increased for over 20 years, and for...
    • Legislative Programme
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in commencing the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023, which was signed into law on 2 May 2023; the...
    • Health Service Executive
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible for the oversight and accuracy of deaths reported in the HSE monthly maternity patient statements; if all maternity hospitals...
    • Health Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the annual total numbers of reported serious incidents on the national incident management system is not reported; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries reported on the national incident management system in each of the years since...
    • Health Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the source of his advice in relation to 21 baby deaths (details supplied); if he or his source of advice had sight of the names of the 21 babies before a radio...
    • Hospital Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health to respond to concerns raised by doctors in Temple Street (details supplied); the steps he is taking to address these concerns; if a review will be conducted;...
    • Hospital Procedures
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the mortality rate for babies sent to Temple Street and Crumlin Children's Hospital for surgical procedures and subsequently returned to a maternity hospital....
    • Health Service Executive
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the involvement of bereaved families in HSE internal reviews into baby deaths, maternal deaths and catastrophic birth injuries; the steps taken to ensure that...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the threshold level for regulation of psychotherapists through CORU; when regulation of psychotherapy through CORU will be complete; and if...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided to expedite a registration with CORU (details supplied). [21818/24]
    • Health Services
      656. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be provided with speech and language therapy. [21819/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21842/24]
    • Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the number of approved PrEP clinics available in Dublin; and the number of new patients each is currently accepting, along with an average wait time to be...
    • Departmental Advertising
      661. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print media...
    • Third Level Staff
      662. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the necessary clinical tutor posts to honour a previous commitment to provide five additional places on the radiation therapy...
    • Primary Care Centres
      663. To ask the Minister for Health what services are currently provided in Balbriggan primary care centre; what additional services are planned to be introduced; when a full range of services...
    • Health Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if training in respect of sepsis management is provided to healthcare workers; if so, the categories of healthcare workers who receive such training; and if he...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Costs
      666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any grants outside of SUSI for a student sitting a masters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21197/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      667. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the anomaly faced by 60 students attending Ballyfermot College of Further Education who, despite attending classes for a BA...
    • Third Level Education
      668. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the practice in some third level institutions whereby students are automatically signed up as members of the students' union upon...
    • Education and Training Boards
      669. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he or officials within his Department are aware of a document (details supplied); the steps he will take to address staff retention issues...
    • Departmental Strategies
      670. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how his Department plans to promote continuous lifelong training for all; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21319/24]
    • Qualifications Recognition
      672. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department plans to strengthen the system of mutual recognition of professional qualifications; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      673. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills is he is aware of a situation (details supplied). [21389/24]
    • Education Policy
      674. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken to tackle the stigma associated with level 4 certificates, the Leaving Certificate Applied, community training and...
    • Student Accommodation
      675. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that students are choosing college courses based on accommodation shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      676. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be taken to improve the protection of students' and postgraduate researchers' right and freedom to protest in a peaceful...
    • Third Level Education
      679. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding provided by Ireland to the EU's Erasmus programme, from 2014 to date, in tabular form; the amount of funding Ireland has...
    • Employment Rights
      680. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus self-employment in...
    • International Bodies
      681. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Ireland will be joining the European Infrastructure for Translational Medicine. [21717/24]
    • Further and Higher Education
      682. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 321 of 2 May 2024, how the Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute, which is neither an ETB or TU,...
    • Departmental Advertising
      683. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs incurred by his Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of the print...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      684. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of new apprentices in each of the ETBs in the State in each of the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, if possible divided under the headings...
    • Third Level Staff
      685. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding will be provided for the necessary clinical tutor posts to honour a previous commitment to provide five additional places on the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Vacant Sites
      686. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures her Department is taking to address vacant or derelict retail units in our small towns and villages; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the town and village renewal scheme in respect of projects in County Meath. [21212/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      688. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will open up a new round of funding for upgrade and refurbishment works in community centres in County Meath. [21213/24]
    • Community Development Projects
      689. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the work being undertaken by her Department to support the further development of communities on the Beara Peninsula. [21214/24]
    • Vacant Sites
      690. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the supports available by her Department to address vacancy and dereliction in rural towns and villages. [21215/24]
    • Departmental Policies
      691. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the work of the town centre-first policy. [21216/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      692. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of grants she can award directly to community groups, by heading and amount available. [21651/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      694. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the assistance her Department can provide if funding is available to help a centre (details supplied) which is now attempting to...
    • Employment Rights
      695. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if any State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agency under the aegis of their Department is aware of any cases of bogus...
    • Departmental Funding
      696. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an application by an organisation (details supplied) to Pobal for funding for an additional full-time worker; and if she...
    • Departmental Advertising
      697. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs incurred by her Department from 2019 to date relating to the placing of advertisements in print media; the names of...

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