Written answers

Wednesday, 19 January 2022

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Bodies
      43. To ask the Taoiseach the number of State boards under the remit of his Department or its agencies in tabular form; the number of members of each board; the number of persons with a declared...
    • Departmental Data
      44. To ask the Taoiseach the estimated population of the Carrigaline local electoral area. [62621/21]
    • Commemorative Events
      45. To ask the Taoiseach his views on a day of commemoration for those that have lost their lives to Covid-19 following consultation with his Department; and if there are plans within Departments...
    • Departmental Reports
      46. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the Future of Media Commission report; if the report has been completed and submitted to his Department and the Government; and when it is...
    • Programme for Government
      47. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the implementation of the Programme for Government. [63595/21]
    • Census of Population
      48. To ask the Taoiseach if it is planned to amend the manner in which questions in the census are answered for all in a house, hotel or other establishment by one person; and if he plans to...
    • Departmental Data
      49. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged 15 to 89 years in employment in County Clare in each of the years from 2011 to 2021, in tabular form. [1450/22]
    • Live Register
      53. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons on the live register in County Clare in November of each year from 2016 to 2021 by age, gender, occupation, nationality and duration. [1470/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      55. To ask the Taoiseach the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is...
    • Social Media
      65. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1708/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      66. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1726/22]
    • Departmental Data
      67. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the...
    • Trade Data
      68. To ask the Taoiseach the level of trade between Thailand and Ireland in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form. [1909/22]
    • Social Dialogue
      69. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the social dialogue unit of his Department. [2242/22]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      70. To ask the Taoiseach the proposed running order of the citizens’ assemblies committed to under the Programme for Government. [2471/22]
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Farm Safety
      71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of accidents and fatalities recorded on farms for 2021; the steps he is taking to reduce these incidents; and if he will...
    • State Bodies
      72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full-time staff by job title working in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 6 December 2021. [62966/21]
    • Work Permits
      73. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if consideration has been given to providing greater flexibility for persons on work permits who are made redundant as a result of...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      74. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 31 of 3 March 2021, the current position in relation to whether the period of time an employee...
    • Work Permits
      75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the work permit exemption is still in place for international contracted circus artists working for Irish traditional circuses...
    • Industrial Development
      76. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the most recent occasion on which the IDA visited counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath; the number of new jobs that have been created by...
    • Company Registration
      77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the loss of the audit exemption on late filing by the Companies Registration Office which is placing a significant...
    • Research and Development
      78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when calculating the business spend on research and development for the purposes of the research and development budget, if this...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      79. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 3 of 15 December 2021, the timeline for the public consultation on the matters raised during...
    • Export Controls
      80. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assessment criteria in relation to site inspections referenced on page 10 of the 2020 Report under the Control of Exports Act...
    • Departmental Schemes
      83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 21 April 2021, the status of the review of the eligibility for the insolvency payment...
    • Company Liquidations
      84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the date that his Department was informed of the liquidation of a company (details supplied) in 2020; and if he will make a statement...
    • Energy Policy
      85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 125 of 16 November 2021, the number of skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to...
    • Banking Sector
      86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will engage with a company (details supplied) regarding a Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland future growth loan, given the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the Covid-19 business supports that are available to those in the dry-cleaning industry whose businesses are heavily reliant on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the grants available from his Department or other State agencies to persons interested in advancing a proposal to recycle spent coffee...
    • Consumer Rights
      89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each...
    • Social Media
      91. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      92. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy...
    • Industrial Development
      93. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA site visits in counties Clare, Galway, Limerick and Tipperary in 2020 and 2021, by county; and if he will make a...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      94. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the call for legal aid to be provided for workers going to the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      95. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a...
    • Employment Rights
      96. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1840/22]
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      97. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost in 2022 of doubling the number of full-time inspectors for the Workplace Relations Commission. [1910/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      98. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if supports will be put in place for hospitality businesses who were forced to close at 8 pm but did not qualify for the Covid...
    • Work Permits
      99. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will add physiotherapists and occupational therapists to the critical skills occupations list to meet the present staffing...
    • Public Sector Staff
      102. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      105. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports that are available for new businesses that have been affected by the most recent Covid-19-related restrictions and that...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Angling Sector
      106. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the need for brown tags under the brown tag conservation regulations; if he plans to deal more fairly...
    • Energy Prices
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that there is a system to refund the prepay power metered households allowing them to avail of the...
    • Inland Fisheries
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will review the current drop of commission from 10% to 5% by Inland Fisheries Ireland on the fishing...
    • Departmental Schemes
      111. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider introducing a grant scheme in which those within the hospitality sector could purchase food waste...
    • Waterways Issues
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the recently announced Annacotty Weir improvement programme; the proposed timeline for completion of the...
    • Fisheries Protection
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fish counters under the management of the ESB; the species recorded as part of this programme; the salmon...
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken by his Department to address emissions from the domestic burning of wood in open fires or in stoves;...
    • Energy Policy
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he plans to tackle Ireland’s energy needs given the decision to progress the Bill banning offshore...
    • Proposed Legislation
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for excluding natural gas from head 20 of the general scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes retrofitted under each retrofitting scheme in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Production
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the risk analysis that has been taken regarding the proposed new gas power plants and the liabilities of the State...
    • National Broadband Plan
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason for the timeframe for broadband for a location (details supplied) to be up and running; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department has taken to prepare schools with onsite shops for the introduction of the deposit return...
    • Environmental Investigations
      122. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 16 December 2021, if appropriate financial resources have been allocated...
    • Environmental Policy
      123. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procedure in circumstances in which it appears that households are burning smoky coal. [63475/21]
    • National Broadband Plan
      124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been brought to a situation (details supplied); the analysis that has been carried out into the...
    • Turf Cutting
      125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to compensate turf-cutters who are being prevented from cutting turf on their privately-owned bogs for...
    • Grant Payments
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a grant will be paid by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to a person (details supplied) considering...
    • National Broadband Plan
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the criteria that must be met before a premises is able to pre-order broadband under the National Broadband Plan; and...
    • Environmental Policy
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has given consideration to the implementation of a ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables in line with...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of sustainable energy communities supported in 2020 and 2021; the amount of funding and grants provided to...
    • Mining Industry
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated financial contribution of zinc and lead ore royalties to the State from a company (details supplied)....
    • Departmental Schemes
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will recommend to the SEAI the need to modify the grant scheme available for the installation of solar panels on...
    • Waste Management
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy; the municipal waste statistics by county in tabular form;...
    • Air Quality
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prosecutions that have been made by Donegal County Council under the terms of the Air Pollution Act 1987...
    • Energy Policy
      134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the inclusion of gas and nuclear energy in the European Union taxonomy as being compatible to contributing...
    • Environmental Policy
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to date to reduce the use of once-off plastics, particularly in packaging; the success of these...
    • Energy Production
      138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ESB has cancelled a further three contracts for gas power plants in Dublin (details supplied); the way and the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the...
    • Social Media
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies...
    • Departmental Contracts
      143. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to date to progress the North Seas Offshore Grids development as outlined in the draft European...
    • Departmental Data
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department...
    • Energy Policy
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has carried out energy transition modelling examining specifically the cost of transitioning to a...
    • Air Quality
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to serious issues with air quality in the Glanmire area of Cork. [1942/22]
    • Mining Industry
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the serious concerns of the local community in the Inishowen peninsula, County...
    • Bord na Móna
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that 15 Bord na Móna staff at Mount Dillon, County Longford were laid off despite funding being...
    • Energy Prices
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the day ahead market accounts for over 80% of volumes in the single...
    • Mining Industry
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government’s position on the environmental damage caused by mining industry; and if he will make a statement...
    • National Broadband Plan
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of connections made in each county and in each month of 2021 under the National Broadband Plan; and if he...
    • Departmental Bodies
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the initial meeting of the newly established Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce; if he will...
    • National Broadband Plan
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements his Department has had with a company (details supplied) following a product becoming commercially...
    • Departmental Schemes
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to reform the better energy warmer homes scheme to enable applicants to access the scheme for...
    • Public Sector Staff
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas...
    • Departmental Projects
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Avoca mines remediation project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2399/22]
    • National Broadband Plan
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the exchanges enabled in County Clare under the National Broadband Plan to date; the details of...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason his Department is supporting the Pike Conservation Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006 and the Coarse Fish Conservation...
    • Departmental Strategies
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national clean air strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2584/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the microgeneration scheme announced by him and due to be facilitated from January 2022; and if he will...
    • Fuel Poverty
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2587/22]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Local Authorities
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of cycling officers employed by local authorities 2020 and 2021, as committed to in the Programme for Government by county in...
    • Cycling Policy
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of children that have availed of cycling training through the ramped up Cycle Right Programme as committed to in the Programme...
    • Vehicle Clamping
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to further regulate private clamping companies and the areas in which they operate; and if he has considered the establishment...
    • Driver Licences
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if online CPC courses will be offered for heavy goods vehicle drivers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62998/21]
    • Bus Services
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will work with a company (details supplied) to reinstate a bus stop at a location to ensure that persons from East Wall, Ringsend...
    • Driver Test
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when driving instructors will be permitted to access the RSA national test centres as they continue to be locked out in the cold for...
    • Grant Payments
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of grants that were provided in 2020 and 2021 for wheelchair accessible taxis in counties Longford and Westmeath; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the exact nature of the state aid changes made and approved recently by the European Commission to the Irish scheme to compensate airport...
    • Rail Network
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider an extension to the 17 December 2021 deadline for the public consultation on the DART+ South West project due to the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of grants for electric vehicles provided in 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will cost a free public transport system as an option to encourage the uptake of public transport in Ireland in line with...
    • Local Authorities
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the counties that have car club bye-laws in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63204/21]
    • Rail Network
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a level crossing elimination project will be carried out on the Ballybrophy-Limerick railway line, similar to the one recently...
    • Departmental Reports
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the response of his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be made in...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the pension scheme for Dublin Bus drivers will be signed off on (details supplied). [63246/21]
    • Taxi Licences
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi licences issued in Athlone, County Westmeath. [63262/21]
    • Driver Test
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the current situation in which approved driving instructors at RSA test centres have been prevented from entering these...
    • Rail Network
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); the estimated cost to return the rail line to the standard required for...
    • Electric Vehicles
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures that will be introduced to address the difficulties persons are experiencing in applying for and successfully installing EV...
    • Road Projects
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Meath County Council draft appraisal for the proposed Julianstown bypass; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be an allowance made for drivers unable to get a NCT retest within the 30 day time limit due to the current backlog to not...
    • Public Transport
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is giving consideration to the position for persons with particular needs who bring their dog with them on the bus (details...
    • Driver Licences
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a learner driver permit application by a person (details supplied) is taking several months to process; and if he will make a...
    • Parking Provision
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered the proposal to grant disabled parking badges to severely autistic persons and persons with an intellectual...
    • Departmental Funding
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the formula used in calculating the distribution of funding among Irish airports of the €108 million approved under the Regional...
    • Taxi Licences
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to implement an ongoing extension into the future for taxi drivers that have cars reaching the age of nine or ten years of age...
    • Haulage Industry
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way a person can obtain a certificate of good repute required for transport managers as outlined in Regulation EC 1071/2009; and if...
    • Driver Licences
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an extension of a driver’s licence can be granted in exceptional circumstances to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Road Network
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of immediate and emergency funding his Department will be providing for repair and renewal of the road network in County...
    • Rail Network
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the all-island Strategic Rail Review; if the review will be seeking public submissions; when the review is expected...
    • Greenways Provision
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study has been undertaken to assess if the old disused rail line between Enfield, County Meath and Edenderry, County...
    • Rail Network
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a business case for a project (details supplied). [1124/22]
    • Greenways Provision
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is in receipt of an application for a greenway project (details supplied). [1125/22]
    • Driver Licences
      229. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding the transfer of a driver licence in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial supports that will be in place over the coming years to support the recovery of Cork Airport following the impact of the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to install a bike share station on the Cork University Hospital campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a licence will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1197/22]
    • Cycling Facilities
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding drawn down by each local authority for spending on cycling infrastructure in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Road Tolls
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times that each toll operator responsible for toll locations nationwide has been audited since 2010; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Staff
      240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the policy in relation to the age of retirement in State companies under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1241/22]
    • Road Safety
      241. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tonnes of salt used to salt roads in County Kerry; the cost of same in each of the years 2017 to 2021; and if he will make...
    • Cycling Facilities
      243. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Finglas to Killester cycleway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1282/22]
    • Driver Licences
      244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assistance which can be provided in the case of persons (details supplied). [1297/22]
    • Public Transport
      246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will investigate the possibility of including the R392 in the Connecting Ireland plan by the National Transport Authority (details...
    • Departmental Reviews
      247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      248. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      249. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in...
    • Road Network
      250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the revision of the European Union Trans-European Transport Network regulation; if the western arc will be restored to the...
    • Rail Network
      251. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an overview of upgrading works to take place at Ennis railway and bus station in 2022; if these works will include the...
    • National Car Test
      252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter regarding national car test, NCT, test centres waiting rooms that are closed to the public due to Covid-19...
    • Departmental Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a...
    • Coast Guard Service
      254. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the current tender for Irish Coast Guard aviation services, rotary and fixed wing and in particular the location for these...
    • Road Projects
      255. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the provision of a road (details supplied) in County Kildare; the timeframe involved; and if he will make a...
    • Public Transport
      257. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have had meetings with the National Transport Authority, NTA, on the provision of one pricing structure for rail...
    • Bus Services
      258. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an issue with a bus service (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1844/22]
    • Public Transport
      259. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the reduced public transport rate for third-level students which was announced in budget 2022 will come into effect. [1851/22]
    • Road Safety Authority
      260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full year cost in 2022 of recruiting 40 extra full-time enforcement transport officers and 40 extra full-time enforcement...
    • Legislative Measures
      261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when each remaining section of the Road Traffic Act 2016 will come into force. [1886/22]
    • Appointments to State Boards
      262. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the post of chairperson for both Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann will be filled. [1887/22]
    • Road Projects
      263. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has withdrawn funding for the N25 corridor Midleton to Youghal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1921/22]
    • Telecommunications Infrastructure
      267. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the purpose of the mast erected at a CIÉ property in Whiteford and Bohernacrusha, Holycross, Thurles, County Tipperary; and if he...
    • Departmental Programmes
      268. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider a proposal by a group (details supplied) for it to be included permanently under the Regional Airports Programme as...
    • Driver Licences
      269. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the technical advice that is needed to create access for those in the international protection system to driving licences. [2065/22]
    • Road Safety Authority
      270. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to parliamentary question No. 64 of 12 May 2021, the cost of the research and surveys commissioned by the Road Safety Authority,...
    • Driver Licences
      271. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of his programme of work to streamline the process of court information on drivers disqualified in court; his plans to...
    • Road Safety Authority
      272. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total cost to produce the road safety Crashed Lives campaign advertisement by the Road Safety Authority on unaccompanied learner...
    • Transport Policy
      273. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made to ensure that customers of non-PSO routes will be able to avail of decreased fares as outlined in Budget...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      274. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the levels of compliance in relation to the requirement to wear face masks on public transport; if his Department...
    • National Transport Authority
      275. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given by the National Transport Authority to establish a dedicated transport police unit; and if he will make a...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      276. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of fatalities on Irish roads in each county in the State in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [2188/22]
    • Greenways Provision
      280. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the budget for greenways for 2022; the number of projects and total number of kilometres that will be funded in 2022; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      281. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposed breakdown in spending of the active travel budget in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the new supports he is putting in place for taxi drivers to account for the significant downturn in business due to the ongoing Covid-19...
    • Driver Test
      283. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons who are waiting for a driving test and a theory test in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Car Test
      284. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the proposed delivery of a new national care test, NCT, centre in Shannon, County Clare; if consideration is being given to...
    • Cycling Facilities
      285. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Transport for Ireland, TFI, bike share station on Connaught Avenue adjacent to University College Cork will be operational....
    • Departmental Data
      287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent in 2021 on active travel projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2624/22]
    • A Vision for Change
      288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of monthly TFI bike share scheme users in Cork, Galway and Limerick in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of road deaths and accidents recorded for 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2626/22]
    • Driver Licences
      290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person is required to have a public services card to apply for or renew a driver's licence; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Cycling Facilities
      291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of introducing a bike sharing scheme in a regional town in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Exemptions
      293. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are local property tax exemptions for persons whose estates are not taken in charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62951/21]
    • Insurance Industry
      294. To ask the Minister for Finance the actions that are open to him to deal with the concerns of many in respect of the rising costs of insurance for community centres; if he will consider the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      295. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax relief for those in the hospitality sector who wish to purchase food waste biodigesters; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      296. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review correspondence from a person (details supplied); if he will review the issue raised in paragraph two; if he will examine the matter and...
    • Housing Provision
      297. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes or dwellings that were completed by NAMA debtors in 2018, 2019 and 2020; the local authority areas in which they have been completed; the...
    • Housing Schemes
      298. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the help-to-buy-scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63211/21]
    • Departmental Reports
      299. To ask the Minister for Finance the response of his Department to the findings of the cost of disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be made in quarter one 2022 in...
    • Tax Reliefs
      300. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will grant relief to persons (details supplied) in County Donegal on contributions for 2020; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Legislative Measures
      301. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 7 December 2021, if he will examine and reform the timelines within the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman...
    • Tax Code
      302. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to reducing the VAT on building supplies to help with the cost of building new homes; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Trade Data
      303. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of litres of white diesel, green diesel, kerosene and petrol that were imported here in 2019, 2020 and to 30 November 2021; the number of tonnes of...
    • Tax Data
      304. To ask the Minister for Finance the effective tax rate inclusive of the full rate of PRSI on annual earnings for a single taxpayer in percentage terms in each of the years 2011 to 2021 for...
    • Insurance Coverage
      305. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the lack of insurance providers for community groups; if consideration has been given to the State providing cover in such...
    • Departmental Schemes
      306. To ask the Minister for Finance the grants available to a person with a disability in need of an adapted vehicle. [63415/21]
    • Banking Sector
      307. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that he approved, as the majority shareholder in a bank (details supplied), an arrangement whereby mortgages transferring from a bank are to be...
    • Greyhound Industry
      308. To ask the Minister for Finance if the sale of greyhounds for racing is considered a hobby and therefore the proceeds from same are not taxable; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      309. To ask the Minister for Finance if correspondence will be reviewed in relation to a primary medical certificate appeal by a person (details supplied); the status of the appeal; and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      310. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath, respectively, currently being supported by the employment wage subsidy scheme; the number of...
    • Tax Code
      311. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is giving consideration to the situation arising for some pensioners who due to the broadly welcomed €5 increase in the State pension are now...
    • Tax Exemptions
      312. To ask the Minister for Finance if a farmer who sells rights to a phone mast on their land to a private company is exempt from paying VAT on the sale of the phone mast by virtue of the fact...
    • Banking Sector
      313. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has held discussions with the banking sector regarding the need to ensure a better service for older and vulnerable customers, for example, a dedicated...
    • Tax Code
      314. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider a review of the regulations in relation to the application of VAT and customs duty on gifts coming into the State from outside the...
    • Departmental Communications
      315. To ask the Minister for Finance the communications he has received from a person (details supplied) in relation to a specific product or group of products. [1039/22]
    • Tax Yield
      316. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated financial contribution from tax revenue to the State from a company (details supplied). [1041/22]
    • Tax Exemptions
      317. To ask the Minister for Finance if he or the Revenue Commissioners plan to review the list of tax exempt charitable organisations in order that climate and environmental charities are better...
    • Tax Reliefs
      318. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will clarify the position regarding an individual donor for tax relief on donations to a charity that does not currently have tax-exempt status in the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      320. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of companies registered under the employment wage subsidy scheme that have been subjected to audit under the compliance programme of the Revenue...
    • Financial Services
      326. To ask the Minister for Finance if the acquirer of a regulated entity authorised under section 10 of the Investment Intermediaries Act 1995 must notify the Central Bank. [1257/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      327. To ask the Minister for Finance the options that are available to an applicant to the help-to-buy scheme who disputes the valuation provided by the lender; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Tax Yield
      328. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount collected in stamp duty in respect of bank and credit cards since the levy was introduced to date in 2022, by year. [1275/22]
    • Tax Reliefs
      329. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is intended to change the tax relief on pension contributions for employees if an auto-enrolment pension scheme is introduced; and if he will make a...
    • Customs and Excise
      332. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that gifts worth under the value of €20,000 must have a TARIC code. [1439/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      334. To ask the Minister for Finance the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Social Media
      335. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1699/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      336. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1717/22]
    • Insurance Industry
      337. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will seek funds from insurance companies who have deducted State supports from insurance claims made by small businesses; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      338. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of appeals received by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal in 2019; the number granted and refused on appeal in 2019; the corresponding...
    • Tax Yield
      339. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected in 2020 and 2021, respectively. [1763/22]
    • Currency Circulation
      340. To ask the Minister for Finance the legal basis for cash as legal tender in Ireland; if retail businesses or service providers can refuse to accept payment in cash; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      341. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider;...
    • Financial Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to situations in which lenders refuse to and or will not release funds to persons that work in companies that are receiving...
    • Tax Code
      343. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the issues raised by an association (details supplied) in relation to the new interpretation of VAT in relation to dental services; and if he...
    • Tax Yield
      346. To ask the Minister for Finance the total tax take on a pint of beer retailing at €6 and a bottle of wine retailing at €12.50. [1900/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      347. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding the disabled drivers and disabled passengers' scheme. [1947/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      348. To ask the Minister for Finance the status of his review of the recommendations of the working group on the tax and fiscal treatment of landlords; if a summary of those recommendations will...
    • Tax Collection
      349. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount his Department estimates it received in overpaid taxes in 2020 and 2021; his plans to make taxpayers aware of their overpayments; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      350. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to put in place a tax regime which properly reflects the costs that persons working from home incur in terms of electricity, heat and broadband; and...
    • Tax Reliefs
      351. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of persons that availed of the section 604A relief in each of the years 2014 to 2021; the number that were residential landlords; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      353. To ask the Minister for Finance if there are plans to introduce financial supports for small businesses who do not meet the criteria for the employment wage subsidy scheme and have had to...
    • Insurance Industry
      355. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has carried out into increases in insurance premiums based on age; the analysis his Department has carried out into whether this...
    • Mortgage Interest Rates
      357. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to bring mortgage interest rates here in line with the rates applicable throughout the European Union; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Consultations
      358. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the expected commencement date for the retail banking review public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      360. To ask the Minister for Finance the Covid-19 supports that are available for businesses that began trading after 26 July 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2294/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      361. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in tabular form; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      364. To ask the Minister for Finance if private pension funds are accessible for persons before they retire if they leave employment or change professions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      365. To ask the Minister for Finance if the employment wage subsidy scheme will continue at its current level in the childcare sector until the end of March 2022; and if he will make a statement...
    • Banking Sector
      366. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will engage with his UK counterpart requesting that the UK authorities investigate the practice by a bank (details supplied) to offload questionable...
    • Departmental Schemes
      367. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking in response to the issues raised by the former members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • National Lottery
      370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a further review of the National Lottery will be examined in order to address public concerns; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to Office of Public Works guides' limiting pension entitlements and prospects of career progression...
    • Departmental Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if small community and voluntary groups in receipt of Exchequer funding are required to submit full accounts that are audited; and if he...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to facilitate remote working for staff in Departments; the number of staff who have applied to work from home...
    • Departmental Funding
      374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that funding will no longer be provided to an organisation (details supplied) given the work undertaken by same on the...
    • Industrial Relations
      375. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the campaign organised by a number of trade unions seeking greater supports for those who work in the...
    • Departmental Communications
      376. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the communications he has received from a person (details supplied) in relation to a specific product or group of products. [1040/22]
    • Departmental Staff
      377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of officials in each Department that waived a portion of their salary in 2021; the amount of funding saved by the Exchequer...
    • Public Sector Staff
      379. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the independent body established under the Building Momentum Agreement section 4.2.1 and tasked with reviewing Haddington Road...
    • Departmental Staff
      380. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update in respect of the salary scale related to the post of the Secretary General of the Department of Health;...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      382. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the exceptional circumstances of a person (details supplied) will be considered; the actions that can be taken to address the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      383. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the engineer’s report his Department is to undertake in relation to an incident (details supplied) in County Cork...
    • Ministerial Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the date the report by the Commission for Public Service Appointments into the recruitment process of ministerial drivers was issued;...
    • Public Sector Staff
      385. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of public sector workers under his remit, by sector (details supplied), in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare...
    • Departmental Reviews
      387. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      389. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 16 December 2021, if the matter relates to his Department and the Department of Health as...
    • Social Media
      390. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      391. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in...
    • Departmental Reports
      393. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current number of persons employed in the public service; the current number of persons employed in the civil service; the number...
    • Public Sector Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will address a series of matters in relation to the 2019 Irish language executive officer panel (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Departmental Data
      395. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a...
    • Public Sector Staff
      396. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time staff by grade working in the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer; the number of vacancies by...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      402. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way Departments and the public service have responded to vulnerabilities in computers, other devices, servers and network systems...
    • Freedom of Information
      406. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology he will be using for the cost of his review of the freedom of information regime; and the way he will be calculating the...
    • Legislative Measures
      407. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to remove the clauses in the heads of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021 which the Oireachtas Joint Committees...
    • Public Sector Staff
      408. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress he has made to date implementing the recommendations of the report that was issued by the Oireachtas Committee on Finance,...
    • Flood Risk Management
      410. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [2618/22]
    • Departmental Programmes
      413. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when it is expected to announce details of the Peace Plus Programme; the timeline for the commencement of this programme; and if he will...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      414. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén gníomh atá beartaithe aici chun a chinntiú go mbeidh dátheangachas i bhfeidhm i bpacáistiú...
    • National Library
      415. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding the National Library of Ireland provides to the Museum of Literature. [62974/21]
    • Sports Organisations
      416. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the recent letter regarding concerns within women’s rugby in Ireland; and if she will make a...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      417. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to correspondence (details supplied); her views on same; the work undertaken by her Department in...
    • Sports Funding
      418. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding or public support received by a club (details supplied) in 2020; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      420. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if proof of immunity will be required for persons that wish to access facilities that are shared between a swimming pool and a gym...
    • Departmental Reports
      421. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the Future of Media Commission report; if the report has been completed and submitted to her...
    • Culture Policy
      422. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for the future development of the Marconi Centre, Athlone, County Westmeath; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      423. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a decision will be made on the sports capital programme application made by a club (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      426. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the proposed artist basic income guarantee scheme; the persons or bodies that are eligible for this scheme; if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      427. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will work with Fáilte Ireland to ensure that the coach tourism operators continuity scheme for 2022 is implemented...
    • Foras na Gaeilge
      428. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén plé a bhí idir a Roinn agus Foras na Gaeilge maidir le teidlíochtaí pinsin a thabhairt...
    • Departmental Reviews
      430. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her in tabular form; and the date by which...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      432. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a group (details supplied) can receive assistance under the compensation scheme for artists and shows affected by the omicron...
    • Social Media
      433. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on social media by her Department and agencies under her remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent...
    • Departmental Contracts
      434. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      435. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an appeals process was put in place for decisions relating to the outdoor dining grant administered by local councils. [1754/22]
    • Departmental Data
      436. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that her Department provide via a...
    • Public Sector Staff
      438. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2021...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      443. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí cóip, mar a bhí geallta, de na dréacht-Chaighdeáin Teanga a ullmhaíodh i...
    • An Garda Síochána
      444. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an aontaíonn sí go mbeidh sé níos deacra an sprioc seirbhís a sholáthar i nGaeilge don phobal sa...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Housing Provision
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the location of all built social housing provided in County Mayo in 2021; the location of the targeted 90 social homes by...
    • Local Authorities
      446. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the legislation was introduced for the appointment of chief executives in county councils throughout Ireland; if it was...
    • Hare Coursing
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove hares from the open season order and stop all shooting, hunting and coursing of hares given the threatened...
    • Heritage Sites
      448. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria for a national heritage area, Natura 2000, a statutory nature reserve and refuge for fauna; the protections that...
    • National Parks
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definition of a national park and a regional park; the statutory protection each covers; and if he will make a statement...
    • Undefined
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be made available for a group (details supplied) to source administrative staff; and if he will make a...
    • Waterways Issues
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the national river barriers programme; the rivers and barriers that are being considered under this programme;...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the active management plans operated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      454. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the re-fencing of Uragh Wood Nature Reserve will be completed; if funding has been allocated to this project; the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      455. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of enforcement actions taken under section 40 of the Wildlife Acts over the past ten years, by county; and if he...
    • Wildlife Conservation
      457. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the curlew task force recommendations; the funding being made available in 2022 to address the concerning...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      461. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that the proposed Cooraclare sewerage scheme did not proceed in 2006, as promised (details supplied); the way that...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      462. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the positions of an organisation (details supplied) with regard to homelessness; and if he will make a statement...
    • Commercial Rates
      463. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the level or percentage of funding that local authorities get from commercial rates; if he will provide the breakdown of...
    • Local Authorities
      466. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has plans to harmonise the conduct of revaluation efforts of the local authorities in order that they occur...
    • Housing Schemes
      467. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a person who has acquired the necessary funds through alternative means such as inheritance is deemed ineligible to...
    • Heritage Projects
      469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he and his Department support the master plan for Moore Street as developed by a group (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Policy
      470. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will issue a circular to local authorities updating housing policy as set out under section 63 of the Housing Act 1966...
    • Housing Schemes
      471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to allow tenants living in homes provided under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to purchase their...
    • Climate Action Plan
      472. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Kildare County Council is concerned at the large overspend on retrofitting...
    • Commemorative Events
      473. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will assist Kildare County Council with funding to commemorate the sesqui millennial of the death of St....
    • Departmental Reports
      474. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the response by his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be...
    • Housing Provision
      475. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local councils carry out means testing and calculation for social housing eligibility based on net or gross income; if the...
    • Commercial Rates
      476. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person (details supplied) and other persons in similar circumstances will be given leeway with their new commercial rates...
    • Greenways Provision
      477. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Department of Rural and Community Development has sought his Department's views on plans by Louth County Council to use...
    • Energy Conservation
      478. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when an application was submitted for retrofitting on Noonan's Road; the details of the application received; and the...
    • Foreshore Issues
      479. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a foreshore licence for a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63282/21]
    • Hare Coursing
      480. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 14 December 2021, the person or body that gives approval for the location of...
    • Housing Provision
      481. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a flexible approach will be considered in terms of the threshold limits for social housing in cases in which a family who...
    • Commercial Rates
      482. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration is being given by his Department to continue the local authority commercial rates waiver (details supplied)....
    • Housing Provision
      483. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person who is in full-time education with an allowance from a relative of €160 per week but has a housing need is...
    • Defective Building Materials
      484. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the defective concrete block scheme 2021 will include redress for second homes impacted by MICA which are semi-detached to...
    • Commercial Rates
      485. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that event companies are not included in the quarter 4 2021 commercial rates waiver administered by local...
    • Office of Public Works
      486. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to move forward accessibility issues for the public to OPW-run Moyne Abbey, Ballina, County Mayo given that the OPW...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      487. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government , further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 30 November 2021, the number of properties put aside for this reason; the...
    • Septic Tanks
      488. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will alter the regulations on the registration of septic tanks to allow persons who purchase a property in which the...
    • Rental Sector
      489. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is an offence to offer reduced rent in exchange for sex, as reported by a newspaper (details supplied); if not, the...
    • Wastewater Treatment
      490. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if it is planned to undertake a review of pollution at the Elm Park stream to measure the water quality from wastewater...
    • Housing Schemes
      492. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the grants that are currently available to a first-time buyer who purchases a house for major refurbishment,...
    • Local Authorities
      495. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of technical and administrative staff, respectively in the housing department of each local authority in tabular...
    • Housing Policy
      496. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses covered by thermal upgrade contract number 123 (details supplied); the number of those houses that have...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      500. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Travellers in Cork city and in counties Cork and Kerry experiencing homelessness and in emergency accommodation,...
    • Emergency Accommodation
      501. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will publish details of the quality standards that are being applied to privately-run emergency accommodation; the way...
    • Defective Building Materials
      502. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding has been made available for research into the issue of defective blocks by his Department or by the Housing Agency;...
    • Housing Schemes
      503. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total allocation for the shared equity loan fund for 2022; the amount he expects the pillar banks to add to the fund; the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      505. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of the funding set aside for Traveller accommodation which has been drawn down in each of the past five years; and...
    • Planning Issues
      506. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of times that an Bord Pleanála overruled the recommendation of its own inspectors in each of the years 2017 to...
    • Emergency Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Mayo Fire and Rescue Services are equipped and trained to act as first...
    • Vacant Properties
      508. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the proposed CPO and sale of derelict and vacant properties by the Housing Agency; the amount of...
    • Local Authorities
      509. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that sought funding to provide for asbestos removal in council homes in each of the years since 2000;...
    • Disability Services
      510. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a campaign organised by a disability group (details supplied) to improve the availability...
    • Undefined
      512. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1179/22]
    • Housing Policy
      513. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the queries raised in correspondence (details supplied) will be addressed; the status of the proposal; and if he will make...
    • Defective Building Materials
      514. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the clarification sought by Donegal County Council from his Department in relation to proposed remedial works in the...
    • Housing Schemes
      515. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the review of income limits for social housing; and if this review will take place in 2022. [1199/22]
    • Housing Provision
      516. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is reviewing the advice to local authorities with regard to the purchase of second-hand homes for social housing; and if...
    • Waterways Issues
      517. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding will be provided to Tipperary County Council to repair a damaged weir on the River Suir at Loughmore, County...
    • Housing Policy
      518. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 9 September 2021, if the internal working group established to consider a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      519. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made and extension given to a house owned by Donegal County Council which has an issue with mica...
    • Solar Energy Guidelines
      523. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of and position regarding the review by his Department of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      524. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if persons who received the pandemic unemployment payment pass the test of continuous employment that is required in order to...
    • Local Authorities
      525. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was provided to a local authority (details supplied) in 2021 for specific grants; and if he will...
    • Water Quality
      526. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 270 of 23 November 2021, if his Department has received clarity from the European...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      527. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in receipt of the housing assistance payment in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021; and if...
    • Departmental Reviews
      529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by...
    • Local Authorities
      530. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are required to employ a disability officer. [1579/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      531. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the social housing passport reforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1584/22]
    • Vacant Properties
      533. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant habitable dwelling units and vacant derelict residential dwelling units in the ownership of or in part...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the National Parks and Wildlife Service Review led by persons (details supplied) and submitted to...
    • Housing Schemes
      535. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date in establishing the working arrangements with financial institutions to put the first home scheme...
    • Property Registration
      536. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the fact that a distortion can occur in data conversion of two mapping projects in which each has a particular...
    • Housing Policy
      538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason persons (details supplied) whose only source of income is social welfare have been deemed ineligible for social...
    • Defective Building Materials
      539. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had discussions with his Ministerial colleagues or if his officials have had discussions with other relevant...
    • Social Media
      541. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were...
    • Departmental Contracts
      542. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the...
    • Local Authorities
      544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the local authority home loan scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      546. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via...
    • Waterways Issues
      547. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding a project (details supplied) in County Kildare. [1818/22]
    • Wastewater Treatment
      548. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to launch the new pilot scheme for the provision of sewerage infrastructure in villages that are currently...
    • Rental Sector
      550. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount that has been spent on rent subsidies including rent supplement, the housing assistance payment, the rental...
    • Housing Provision
      551. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Commission on Housing including the membership of same; the number of applicants; the names of the...
    • Housing Schemes
      552. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of HAP, RAS and privately owned long-term leases at the end of 2021; and the cost to the Exchequer of each scheme...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      554. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new Traveller specific units of accommodation provided in 2021, by local authority in tabular form. [1879/22]
    • Local Authorities
      555. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the social housing targets for each local authority in each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [1880/22]
    • Housing Provision
      556. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the regulations governing the affordable rental and purchase schemes will be published; and if he will provide a summary...
    • Housing Schemes
      557. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on housing assistance payment in each of the years 2015 to 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Septic Tanks
      559. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of inspections carried out by a local authority (details supplied) on septic tanks over the past three years; the...
    • Foreshore Issues
      562. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a foreshore licence will issue to club (details supplied) in County Kerry; if the licence will commence from date of...
    • Housing Schemes
      565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the National Homeless Action Committee; the membership of same; the terms of reference; the number of meetings...
    • Rental Sector
      567. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he intends to enact the deposit retention scheme passed into law in 2015. [1990/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      569. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of new social housing units, that is, new builds and acquisitions, delivered from 2016 to 2021 by housing size,...
    • Housing Policy
      570. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Housing for All commitment to develop a new youth homeless strategy. [1994/22]
    • Public Private Partnerships
      571. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for the increased use of public private partnerships in the period from 2022 to 2025. [1995/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      572. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his proposed reforms of the mortgage to rent scheme. [1996/22]
    • Local Authorities
      573. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total drawdown of Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund funding in 2021, by project and amount. [1997/22]
    • Housing Provision
      575. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the work of the Dublin Housing Delivery Group; the membership of same; the terms of reference; the number of...
    • Rental Sector
      576. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the Housing for All commitment to introduce legislation for default conciliation at the Residential Tenancies...
    • Departmental Schemes
      577. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the full details of the process of the way the Urban Regeneration Development Fund applications are assessed, scored and...
    • Local Authorities
      578. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the local authorities that have a disability or equality officer in tabular form. [2027/22]
    • Regeneration Projects
      579. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the regeneration of a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2030/22]
    • Housing Provision
      580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the final social, affordable purchase and affordable cost rental output for 2021, in tabular form. [2032/22]
    • Defective Building Materials
      583. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the payments made to Mayo County Council during 2021 under the defective concrete blocks scheme; the items for which these...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      586. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department will publish the report of the independent review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. [2089/22]
    • Coastal Erosion
      587. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 19 October 2021, if the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering...
    • Local Authorities
      588. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 11 November 2021, if he will report on his Department’s progress in...
    • Child Safety
      592. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he will take to ensure that children in emergency accommodation have timely access to a child support worker; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      593. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will establish a dedicated task force to review the effect of housing insecurity on one-parent families and to develop...
    • Fire Stations
      594. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a request by Tallaght Fire Station for the provision of an aerial platform at the station; if his attention has...
    • Rental Sector
      595. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the economic analysis that takes place in determining rent pressure zones; if his Department is monitoring the number of...
    • National Monuments
      596. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress made to date with implementing the reports of the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Moore Street recommendations...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      598. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the options available in the immediate term for persons living in homeless accommodation whose income goes slightly above the...
    • Housing Provision
      599. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of strategic housing development applications awaiting a decision by An Bord Pleanála by local authority; the...
    • Housing Policy
      601. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the introduction of the amendment to the Housing (Sale of Local Authority Houses) Regulations 2015 in order...
    • Offshore Exploration
      602. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of engineers employed in the offshore licensing unit in his Department; if he is satisfied that this is an...
    • Housing Provision
      603. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the action he or his Department has taken to ensure that the 34 units of social housing and eight units of co-operative...
    • Public Sector Staff
      604. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      607. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the publication of the report of the review of the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will...
    • Fire Service
      608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to recent reports in relation to Dublin Fire Brigade (details supplied); the engagements his...
    • Departmental Schemes
      609. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the marks awarded under the urban regeneration and development fund assessment process to an organisation...
    • Housing Provision
      611. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on developing a publicly financed student accommodation building strategy and charter for student tenant rights; and...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the establishment of a wildlife crime unit in the National Parks and Wildlife Service, NPWS; and if he will make...
    • Heritage Sites
      613. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Toon Wood, Macroom, County Cork is designated as a natural heritage area immediately; and if he will...
    • Rental Sector
      615. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking in response to the high rates of private rental properties that failed to meet minimum standards when...
    • Údaráis Áitiúla
      616. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government cén freagra atá aige ar an éileamh a rinne príomhfheidhmeannaigh Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí,...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      617. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the online passport tracker for persons (details supplied) will update to more accurately reflect their true estimated issue date given...
    • Middle East
      621. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he engaged with other European Union member states to issue a collective statement denouncing the designation of the six Palestinian NGOs...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      624. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if EU Digital COVID Certificates issued to persons over 65 years of age will be accepted for travel to France if the person only has not...
    • Consular Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will provide every possible support to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63165/21]
    • Visa Applications
      626. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to a visa; if assistance can be provided on this matter; and if he...
    • Humanitarian Access
      631. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take immediate steps to send urgent food aid to Afghanistan as eight million people currently face starvation; if he will, in...
    • Departmental Data
      633. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons still in Afghanistan awaiting assistance from the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63414/21]
    • Foreign Policy
      634. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will cut all trade in products and services between Ireland and Israel (details supplied). [63461/21]
    • Foreign Birth Registration (1 comment)
      635. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration application by a person (details supplied) has been received in view of the fact that this application was...
    • Vaccination Programme
      636. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will endorse the World Health Organisation COVID-19 Technology Access Pool to facilitate the sharing of knowledge by pharmaceutical...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      638. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a foreign birth registration application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Roscommon; and if he will make a...
    • Humanitarian Access
      639. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to help alleviate the worsening famine situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63598/21]
    • Departmental Data
      640. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of instances historically to date in 2022 in which consideration was given to a request by an Irish citizen to accept a title of...
    • Passport Services
      641. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue to a person (details supplied). [1063/22]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      642. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation of a person (details supplied); if he has made representations regarding same; and if he...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      643. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of current applications awaiting decision for citizenship through the foreign births registration. [1245/22]
    • Passport Services
      649. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that are being taken to increase the volume of staff in the passport offices to deal with processing passport applications in...
    • Foreign Policy
      654. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of Ireland in relation to the ongoing imprisonment of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      655. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each...
    • Social Media
      656. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in...
    • Departmental Contracts
      657. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in...
    • Passport Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied) given that it was applied for weeks ago; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      659. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on contacts he or his officials have had with the Government of Kazakhstan or civil society organisations in that country...
    • Departmental Data
      661. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted...
    • Consular Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open a new consulate general office in Phuket, Thailand. [1888/22]
    • Visa Agreements
      663. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when applications will resume for the Working Holiday Authorisation agreement with Australia in addition to other states; and if he will...
    • Departmental Communications
      664. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department can confirm the travel status advice to Hong Kong on 19 December 2021 in view of the position of a person (details...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      667. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he can undertake to raise awareness through the European Union of the plight of a person (details supplied) who has been beaten...
    • Passport Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made during the past month to clear the backlog of applications for passports, particularly those relating to foreign births;...
    • Citizenship Applications
      672. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their Irish citizenship application which was submitted in April 2020. [2277/22]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      673. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of correspondence he has had with his Chinese or European counterparts with regard to a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Northern Ireland
      674. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of discussions he has had with his UK counterpart in respect of potential threats to the Northern Ireland Protocol and its...
    • Public Sector Staff
      675. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in...
    • Passport Services
      679. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport application processed during 2019, 2020 and 2021, by type, namely renewals and first-time applications; and if he...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      680. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacancies by rank in the Defence Forces school of music; and when each of the vacancies will be filled in tabular form. [62971/21]
    • Departmental Reviews
      686. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study,...
    • Defence Forces
      687. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces is expected to issue its report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1647/22]
    • Social Media
      688. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      689. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular...
    • Defence Forces
      691. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service and Air Corps will be launched in quarter 1 of 2022. [1891/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      692. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he spoke formally with the United States Secretary of Defence during 2021. [1892/22]
    • Defence Forces
      693. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of vacant positions for dentists, nurses, advanced paramedics and doctors in the Medical Corps of the Defence Forces; and when each...
    • Naval Service
      694. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the current status of a ship (details supplied). [2098/22]
    • Defence Forces
      695. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is considering an increase in the daily budget for catering in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      696. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in...
    • Air Corps
      699. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if additional funding will be allocated to radar surveillance capability for the Air Corps; and if so, the timeline for such funding given the...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      700. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the appropriate level of capital funding will be provided to facilitate the building of a new school at a school (details supplied); and if...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      701. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases her Department faced in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the amount spent in settlements, legal costs and awards; and if she...
    • School Facilities
      702. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the situation in a school (details supplied); the contact her Department has had with the school; the steps...
    • School Staff
      703. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated position on negotiations between her Department and the unions on the pay claim for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      704. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the lack of ASD units and classes for children with additional education needs in County Waterford; if her...
    • School Transport
      705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can assist with an urgent matter in relation to school transport for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Undefined
      706. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update arising from a referral from this Deputy's office made on 2 September 2021 relating to a school (details supplied);...
    • Special Educational Needs
      707. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an update on the visits by the National Council for Special Education to schools in Dublin 9 and 11 to assess the potential for extra...
    • School Enrolments
      708. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way two post-primary school students who have moved to Waterford city recently could be left without available school places (details...
    • School Transport
      709. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider an application by a person (details supplied) for a school bus place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63099/21]
    • Undefined
      710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of information held by her Department regarding a fire at a convent (details supplied) in Cavan town in 1943; and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      711. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review correspondence from a person (details supplied); if she will increase the funding for same; and if she will make a statement...
    • Schools Building Projects
      712. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new school will be built in the Curragh, Newbridge area of County Kildare in addition to the recently announced school on the Magee Barracks...
    • School Accommodation
      713. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expand the capacity of the current schools in Newbridge and Kildare to ensure that each child has a school place; and if she will...
    • School Enrolments
      714. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a central applications system for schools for fourth, fifth and sixth class pupils to ensure there is an accurate measure...
    • Site Acquisitions
      716. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of the site for the new school at Magee Barracks, Kildare town; the area of the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Transport
      717. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will arrange concessionary transport for a student (details supplied); the status of the application for same; and when the...
    • Teacher Training
      718. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 326 of 7 December 2021, if she will consider a waiver of the five day rule whilst unqualified teachers,...
    • Departmental Reports
      719. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response of her Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be made in quarter one...
    • Bullying of Children
      720. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the Action Plan on Bullying and related Anti-Bullying Procedures for Primary and Post Primary Schools will be updated in line with current...
    • Cyberbullying Issues
      724. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an online cyberbullying and internet safety training programme will be introduced; if it will be mandatory; and if she will make a statement...
    • Bullying of Children
      726. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocations to combat bullying in schools; the details of future funding for cyberbullying programmes; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      727. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria used for the recruitment of teachers, principals, SNAs and boards of management in school settings; if this recruitment could be...
    • Schools Building Projects
      728. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the progression of all capital works being undertaken at this time in County Clare. [63272/21]
    • School Enrolments
      729. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to school place shortages in a school (details supplied); and if she has plans to address the situation. [63291/21]
    • School Transport
      730. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is an application for school transport for a person (details supplied); and if consideration can be given to same. [63311/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      732. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the proposed school in the new development of the Grange and Kilcarberry, Dublin on the Nangor Road will now not go ahead; and if she...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      733. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications to her Department by primary and post-primary schools for funding for air filtration systems by county in tabular...
    • State Examinations
      734. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the junior certificate in 2022; if it will go ahead; if so, if there will be an option for students to opt in for predicted grades;...
    • School Enrolments
      735. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children expected to need junior infant places in September 2022 versus the number of spaces in local primary...
    • State Examinations
      737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the mock junior certificate fee is waived for a student (details supplied) with a medical card; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the minor works grant for both primary and secondary schools will or can be used for the purchase of HEPA air filtration systems for...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      739. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school that is part of an education and training board can make an independent financial decision on the purchase of HEPA air filtration...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      740. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria on which DEIS status is awarded to a school; the rationale for excluding a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress to date in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers with a union (details supplied); the timeline for...
    • Special Educational Needs
      742. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that a school (details supplied) receives additional SNA hours to supply the full level of supports that are necessary for...
    • Schools Administration
      743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a lease will be finalised in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63518/21]
    • Residential Institutions
      744. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if survivors had to have been in receipt of an award from the Residential Institutions Redress Board to qualify to apply to Caranua for redress;...
    • State Examinations
      745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will abandon the proposed changes to the leaving certificate Irish curriculum considering that it would discriminate against students who...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will approve DEIS status for a school (details supplied). [63573/21]
    • Schools Building Projects
      748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63589/21]
    • School Staff
      749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for reviewing the minimum qualification for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63603/21]
    • Education Policy
      750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider launching a campaign in schools advising of the health dangers of obesity and measures of prevention; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of temporary school buildings provided for under S.I. No. 114 of 2021 including location, size and current state of development in...
    • State Examinations
      752. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the format the 2022 leaving certificate will take; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1031/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on matters raised by a person (details supplied) in correspondence in relation Covid-19 restrictions in special schools; and if she...
    • School Accommodation
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress and the timelines for the delivery of new school accommodation for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make accommodations during the Covid-19 pandemic for primary and secondary school teachers who are pregnant to be absent or...
    • State Examinations
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce a calculated grades option for the junior and leaving certificate classes 2021-2022 in view of the fact that in-class...
    • School Accommodation
      758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will be refitting the second floor of a school (details supplied) in order to accommodate additional classrooms for another...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      761. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of HEPA filters applied for, approved and installed in each school in each county. [1121/22]
    • State Examinations
      762. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will allow for the option of accredited grades for the leaving certificate 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1123/22]
    • State Bodies
      763. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers, primary and post-primary currently seconded to the Professional Development Service for Teachers; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      768. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered relaxing the rules to allow teachers on parental leave to teach when they are technically scheduled to be on leave, when...
    • State Examinations
      769. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the preparations her Department is undertaking to prepare for the leaving certificate examinations 2022; if a combination of predicted grades and...
    • School Enrolments
      771. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an impact assessment of demand for additional school places across the east County Cork area has been carried out; and if she will make a...
    • Site Acquisitions
      774. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 22 September 2021, the status of the site identified for a new special school in Glanmire; if an...
    • School Transport
      775. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she expects the review of the school transport scheme to be finalised at the end of quarter 1 2022 as previously stated; and if she will make...
    • Schools Building Projects
      776. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications received by her Department for new school buildings in each the years 2019 to 2021; the number of applications...
    • School Transport
      778. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a decision will be made on a school transport request for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      779. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to using alternative technologies to HEPA filters in schools (details supplied) given that some of these...
    • Schools Building Projects
      781. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requirement for 17 classrooms to meet the number of pupils seeking to attend a school (details supplied);...
    • State Examinations
      783. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the option of predicted grades will be available this academic year in view of the level of disruption to classroom preparations by the cohort...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      784. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will arrange for her Department to procure and distribute PPE to schools across the country. [1280/22]
    • State Examinations
      785. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if discussions are expected to give clarity to both leaving and junior certificate students if they can have the choice between predictive grades...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      789. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post-primary schools in County Clare that have been equipped with HEPA air filtration devices; the number of HEPA...
    • School Facilities
      792. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) in County Tipperary under the summer works scheme through category 10 of the scheme...
    • Special Educational Needs
      793. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 3 November 2021, if the National Council for Special Education has provided her with information on...
    • School Transport
      794. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a matter with regard to school bus drivers (details supplied) will be examined and reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      795. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and the timeline for the delivery of the project. [1389/22]
    • School Staff
      796. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Christian Brothers that are at present employed in the 33 primary schools and 62 post-primary schools under the trusteeship of an...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      798. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department is taking to ensure safety for staff of schools in view of the high infection rates in the community. [1438/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      799. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 23 September 2021, if it is still anticipated that a contractor will be appointed in the first...
    • Departmental Reviews
      800. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her in tabular form; and the date by which each study,...
    • State Examinations
      801. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarity on the leaving certificate 2022 exam as soon as possible; if she plans to allow the hybrid model giving students a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      802. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied that classrooms are sufficiently warm for children and staff with respiratory conditions given the low temperatures recorded...
    • Schools Building Projects
      805. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and the status of the project. [1610/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      806. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which teachers deemed by medical consultants to be very high risk are being reclassified as high risk by a company (details...
    • Social Media
      808. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on social media by her Department and agencies under her remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      809. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular...
    • School Patronage
      810. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she will take to deliver on the commitment to have 400 non-denominational primary schools by 2030; and if she will make a statement...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      811. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review her Department is undertaking of DEIS categorisations; when schools can expect recategorisations to...
    • State Examinations
      812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns among leaving certificate students relating to the uncertainty of the format of the 2022 examinations; and if she...
    • Departmental Contracts
      813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that her Department provide via a contracted...
    • State Examinations
      814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she will publish her plans for the junior and leaving certificate exams for 2022; if she will publish them at the earliest possible date to...
    • School Enrolments
      815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that were enrolled in third year of secondary school in the 2018-2019 academic year. [1856/22]
    • State Examinations
      820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements for the 2022 junior cycle exams; her views on the significant difficulties experienced by this cohort who have yet to have an...
    • Education Schemes
      822. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the additional schools added to the DEIS programme will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1971/22]
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the Teaching Council of Ireland to expedite an application (details supplied) in view of the shortage of teachers; and if she...
    • Departmental Records
      824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if records exist for staff working in an industrial school (details supplied) during the 1930s; if so, the location they can be accessed; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and the timeframe in which it will be delivered. [2004/22]
    • Teacher Training
      826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the issues raised in correspondence by final year bachelor of education students at a university (details supplied) regarding the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the next and subsequent steps involved in taking the proposed new school at a location (details supplied) to construction stage; the timelines...
    • School Staff
      830. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for excluding part-time service from recognition for the purposes of incremental credit for teachers (details supplied); if this...
    • School Transport
      831. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of those eligible for school transport that had or have not yet secured a place on a bus due to late payment of fees by county and...
    • School Staff
      832. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that leaving certificate students at a school (details supplied) have been without a physics and...
    • School Uniforms
      833. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the legislative position in relation to second-level schools allowing female pupils wear trousers instead of skirts as part of their school...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      834. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason post-primary Covid-19 refund grants were not processed for parents in receipt of concessionary school bus tickets; and if she will...
    • State Examinations
      835. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the choice of predictive grades will be considered in the case of a student (details supplied) along with the sitting of exams for the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      836. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been waiting for a place in a special education school for seven...
    • State Examinations
      837. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to the leaving certificate examination; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      841. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position on the application for expansion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2273/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      842. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will take steps to make antigen tests more widely available to primary and post-primary schools in view of the changes to the close...
    • Departmental Functions
      843. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 21 October 2021, if her officials made contact with the school in question to rectify the issue...
    • Special Educational Needs
      844. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if provision will be made for a person (details supplied) in an autism unit when they transfer to secondary school in September 2020 (details...
    • Public Sector Staff
      845. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public sector workers under her remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in tabular...
    • School Accommodation
      848. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a permanent building will be secured for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2401/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      849. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2402/22]
    • Teacher Training
      851. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the concerns raised by student bodies in relation to the adapted school placement model; and if she will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      852. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has examined a matter regarding air purification goods (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2425/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      853. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants available to schools that wish to install solar panels for energy generation; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      855. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the standard processing time for route 1 to 4 registration applications with the Teaching Council; if she is satisfied with the timeframe; and if...
    • Schools Building Projects
      856. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2489/22]
    • State Examinations
      858. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students who have registered for the leaving certificate in 2022; the number of these students who sat their junior certificate in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      860. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review on mask wearing in school settings has concluded; when the updated guidance on mask wearing in school settings will be published;...
    • State Examinations
      861. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the meetings of the stakeholders group on State examinations. [2532/22]
    • Departmental Consultations
      863. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of the consultation on DEIS following the announcement of expansion of DEIS funding in budget 2022. [2534/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      865. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to ensure the safety of students and staff special schools and classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Examinations
      866. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her engagement with a group (details supplied) in relation to leaving and junior certificate examinations; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Functions
      869. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a person (details supplied) accessing appropriate secondary school education in County Cork; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reports
      870. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date the advisory report by the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment on the senior cycle that was submitted to her Department will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      871. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the review process that took place prior to reinstating banked hours in relation to banked hours which have been reinstated from...
    • Special Educational Needs
      872. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has not committed to a specific date in May 2022 for the publication of special...
    • State Examinations
      873. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the lack of junior certificate graduates among the 2021-2022 sixth year cohort was factored into contingency planning for the leaving...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      875. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of legal cases her Department faced in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the amount spent in settlements, legal costs and...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      876. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the jobseeker’s allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      877. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 October 2021, the number of full rate State pension (contributory) approved...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      878. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will be reviewing the amount given to those on the household benefits package for their fuel given the...
    • Pension Provisions
      879. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the case of a person (details supplied) who wishes to access their pension contributions following...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      880. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans there are to provide access to illness benefit for the self-employed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Registration of Births
      881. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason women who were previously married but subsequently obtained a divorce are being asked to secure the signature of...
    • Departmental Reports
      882. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the response of her Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      883. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procedure that can be followed by a person (details supplied) who is having difficulty obtaining a completed UP80 form to...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      885. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an illness benefit application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Schemes
      886. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the opportunities available under the jobpath scheme and or other Departmental schemes for persons to retrain in green...
    • Departmental Staff
      887. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if extra staffing and resources will be put in place to deal with the backlog of birth, death and marriage restrictions in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      888. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered expanding the qualifying criteria for the fuel allowance payment to include those who must continue to...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      889. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a PPS number will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pensions
      890. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are provisions planned for making contributory State pensions more eligible to persons who have worked for many...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      891. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider raising the income threshold for the fuel allowance in order that persons living alone who are in...
    • Departmental Data
      892. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of days in each month that a community welfare officer was in the office in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan to...
    • Departmental Reviews
      902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timetable for the child maintenance review group to report in relation to child maintenance; if a draft report will be...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      903. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amendments that have been made to the calculation of assessable income for self-employed persons or the spouses of...
    • State Pensions
      906. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address matters raised in correspondence in relation to a person (details supplied); the options that may be...
    • Departmental Schemes
      907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will immediately remove the means testing on the humanitarian assistance towards flood damage scheme for families...
    • Pension Provisions
      909. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the income from a person (details supplied) can be disregarded when reviewing the non-contributory pension award; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      910. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons referred to Turas Nua in each county in 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Employment Schemes
      911. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the JobPath service to the State in 2021. [1108/22]
    • Departmental Data
      913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown by county for supplementary welfare allowance applications in 2021; the number of applications awarded; the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 30 November 20221, if a domiciliary care allowance application by a person...
    • State Pensions
      917. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on an issue (details supplied); if she has plans to address the issue of a system of pension entitlements for...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      918. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      919. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a carer’s allowance application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      923. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if advice will be provided in relation to a US citizen (details supplied) who is living in Ireland with their Irish spouse;...
    • Pension Provisions
      924. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when it is intended to introduce a national auto-enrolment pension scheme for employees; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      926. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to support persons with long Covid; the social protection payments that will be made available for persons with...
    • Departmental Data
      927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the level of consistent poverty in each of the electoral areas of Ennis, Ennistymon, Killaloe, Kilrush, and Shannon, County...
    • Departmental Reviews
      999. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her in tabular form; and the date by...
    • Social Media
      1037. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on social media by her Department and agencies under her remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1038. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1039. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a decision will be made on an application for a disability allowance for a person (details supplied) in County Leitrim;...
    • School Meals Programme
      1040. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the assistance that is given to schools to operate the hot meals programmes given that no school in Ballymun, Dublin 11 has...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1041. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that her Department provide...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1042. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views in relation to returning to signing on at post offices and if this would increase the risk for recipients and post...
    • Departmental Communications
      1043. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the dedicated TD helpline has been suspended in the illness benefit section; if this can be reinstated as a...
    • Employment Schemes
      1044. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the matters that were identified for improvement from phase 1 of the tender process for regional employment services which...
    • Departmental Data
      1045. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of carer’s allowance applications refused in the past year; the number of applications made; and if she...
    • Death Certificates
      1047. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there have been changes to the way a person registers the death of a family member such as changes in an extension of the...
    • Departmental Data
      1048. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the text in a document (details supplied) released under data protection legislation by a company also forms a part of...
    • Employment Schemes
      1049. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a community employment placement will be extended in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1050. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress she has made to date with her counterparts at European Union level regarding the extending and or harmonisation...
    • Departmental Data
      1051. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of increase for persons participating in the part-time job incentive scheme with regard to the €5 rate...
    • Employment Schemes
      1052. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to protect the not-for-profit local employment services sector, in addition to a related matter...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1053. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulty faced by persons attempting to access appointments with registration...
    • Departmental Policies
      1054. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason many persons who were on the pandemic unemployment payment and being transitioned to the jobseeker’s...
    • Departmental Data
      1055. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of existing recipients that sought a review of their rate of the pandemic unemployment payment; the number that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      1056. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 458 of 14 December 2021, the overall number of applications to the Covid-19 enhanced...
    • Public Sector Staff
      1057. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of public sector workers under her remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1060. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for an invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      1061. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if payment for bank holidays will be extended to causal jobseekers who don’t receive payment from their employers;...
    • Departmental Data
      1062. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to ensure that PAYE and PRSI payments paid by or on behalf of undocumented workers can be counted...
    • Citizens Information Services
      1063. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the opening hours of each Citizen’s Information centre in County Kerry in tabular form; the position regarding the...
    • Birth Certificates
      1064. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for the registration of a birth (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Direct Provision System
      1065. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in each direct provision centre by month between 1 February 2020 and...
    • Childcare Services
      1066. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter regarding crèche fees (details supplied). [62965/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1067. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of HEPA filters he anticipates will be provided by the recently announced €10 million grant...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1068. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the criteria and threshold that Tusla use for the allocation of a social worker; and if he will make a...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1069. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports his Department has in place to support the early years sector when dealing with staffing shortages...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1071. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the correspondence he has received from a person (details supplied) in relation to a matter; and if he can...
    • International Protection
      1072. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the case of a family (details supplied); if efforts will be made to relocate...
    • Departmental Reports
      1073. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the response of his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans...
    • Children in Care
      1074. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care at the start of December 2021, in tabular form indicating the type of...
    • Departmental Budgets
      1076. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total budget in his Department for the Traveller and Roma communities and the Traveller unit and...
    • International Protection
      1077. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views in respect of the €12.5 million capital allocation under the international protection spending...
    • Asylum Applications
      1078. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider granting asylum to a family (details supplied). [63356/21]
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1079. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of judicial review cases settled in relation to the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation...
    • Legislative Programme
      1082. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1083. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the instructions given to childcare providers in relation to dealing with restrictions, procedures and...
    • Childcare Services
      1084. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is mandatory for all childcare providers to register with Tusla in advance of opening their doors for...
    • Family Resource Centres
      1085. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding resources for a family resource centre in County...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1086. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans in relation to the precarious nature of private family arrangements that Tusla regularly enter into;...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      1089. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons currently serving sentences in juvenile detention facilities in the State; and if a...
    • International Protection
      1093. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of refugees who have been accepted from the European Union evacuation missions from Afghanistan into...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1094. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he in conjunction with the relevant Departments will consider developing a scheme for bicycles for those on...
    • Childcare Services
      1095. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will advise Pobal to deliver an alternative to onsite National Childcare Scheme compliance inspections of...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1096. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on counselling services by Tusla between 2014 and 2021; the amounts as a percentage of the...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      1099. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has been subjected to cyberattacks since he took office; if so, the nature of the...
    • Child Abuse
      1100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children out of the 122 cases of suspected child abuse in County Kerry which went unreported by...
    • Child and Family Agency
      1102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, on dates between 5 and 9 January 2022, Tusla or its press office made contact or attempted to make contact...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in receipt of the after-school childcare scheme in County Clare in each of the years 2016...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and...
    • Disability Services
      1106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council does not have a disability officer; and if...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is an investigative unit in place to investigate anomalies in the files of persons who gave birth to...
    • Legislative Process
      1108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the regulations required to give effect to the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021. [1620/22]
    • Children in Care
      1109. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on private foster care companies in 2019, 2020 and 2021, by region and the company receiving...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in receipt of the after-school childcare scheme in County Clare in each of the years from...
    • Social Media
      1112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the...
    • Legislative Measures
      1114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will take steps to remove the medicalised definition of disability from legislation; and if he will make...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the submission made to his Department by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission that calls...
    • Legislative Measures
      1116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on amending the equality Acts to explicitly prohibit discrimination against transgender, intersex and...
    • Disability Services
      1117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the review of transport supports currently carried out under the auspices of the National...
    • Departmental Data
      1118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      1119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a campaign (details supplied) which outlines ways of supporting children...
    • Children in Care
      1120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in care that have been placed in homeless accommodation in past 12 months; the...
    • Youth Work Supports
      1121. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of recruiting ten youth workers and three team leaders in the youth work sector for one...
    • Traveller Community
      1122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if consideration is being given to reinstating a law centre (details supplied) which was ceased in 2014 as per...
    • Departmental Reports
      1123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the National Service Plan; if he will provide a review of same; when it is...
    • Legislative Process
      1124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Gender Pay Gap Information Act 2021 will be commenced. [2165/22]
    • International Protection
      1125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of direct provision and emergency accommodation centres which were in use by the International...
    • Departmental Reports
      1128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the publication of the annual report for 2021 submitted by the Special Rapporteur on Child...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      1129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date his officials are working towards regarding the introduction of legislation for the redress scheme for...
    • Legislative Process
      1131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to recommendation 3 (details supplied) of the Joint Committee on Children, Equality,...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      1133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the State is meeting its commitments under the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention including the...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      1134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to cases of childcare providers putting conditions on accessing ECCE for...
    • Childcare Services
      1135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he plans to compensate parents who have to pay for childcare but cannot avail of childcare due to positive...
    • Wards of Court
      1136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children between the ages 16 and 17 years who were made wards of court since 2015; and if he will...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Health and Safety
      1139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider special contingency measures to allow expired Safe Pass registration cards, cards that had expired after 31 December 2021,...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated number of students that will receive a free antigen test prior to their end of semester exams commencing; the estimated number of...
    • Third Level Education
      1141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding that University College Dublin provides to the Museum of Literature. [62978/21]
    • Education and Training Boards
      1142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if eight education and training boards will receive less funding compared to 2020 despite the €0.8 million increase to the Mitigating...
    • Departmental Schemes
      1143. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are grants available to students who wish to pursue postgraduate opportunities but have already availed of the SUSI grant for an...
    • Departmental Reports
      1146. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response of his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be made in quarter one...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      1147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names, occupations and specific expertise of the review panel that adjudicated on the recent applications of the Science Foundation Ireland...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the list of all further education and training providers by county; the number of staff employed; the number of courses...
    • Departmental Funding
      1149. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding available to those looking to develop citizen science initiatives. [63355/21]
    • Third Level Costs
      1150. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are financial supports available to assist in completing a diploma course in embalming which is not covered through the SUSI system....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1151. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider advising third-level institutions to move their examinations to online given the rising risk of Covid-19 in the community;...
    • Education and Training Boards
      1152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 29 September 2021, when outstanding claims for incremental credits will be finalised for a person...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1153. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the expert panel currently reviewing the further education and training funding model; when the review will be published; and if...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the target number of total registered apprentices for 2022; the breakdown between craft and consortia; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Staff
      1158. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the situation at the University of Limerick in which an unknown number of staff have been overpaid; the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when construction apprentices can expect to complete their apprenticeships (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Admissions
      1160. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to extend the additional college places into the 2022-2023 academic year given the leaving certificate points inflation; if additional...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study,...
    • Health and Safety
      1163. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address a matter regarding the issuing of safepass and construction skills certification scheme cards (details supplied); and if he...
    • Education and Training Boards
      1164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide information in relation to public expenditure on a site (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will be compensated for the cost of a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1612/22]
    • Social Media
      1166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1167. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      1168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the public bodies in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that will be included in his new proposals to develop public bodies apprenticeship schemes;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer-facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted...
    • Third Level Staff
      1170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on and understanding of the prevalence of non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements in third-level education institutions in the...
    • Early School Leavers
      1171. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that certain Youthreach services in County Kerry were ceased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1980/22]
    • Public Sector Staff
      1175. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in...
    • Further and Higher Education
      1178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he is taking to expand the eduroam network to all towns and villages in County Cork. [2591/22]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Immigration Policy
      1179. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the policy issues raised by a person (details supplied) with regard to the criteria for the regularisation scheme...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1180. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a new recruitment campaign for the Garda band will happen in quarter 1 of 2022. [62967/21]
    • Domestic Violence
      1182. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to research (details supplied) which shows an increase in domestic and financial abuse against...
    • Deportation Orders
      1183. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if transfer orders will be enforced during the Covid-19 pandemic other than in circumstances in which there are national...
    • Visa Applications
      1184. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the fact that the operators of unregulated websites are earning thousands of euro by block booking appointments...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63009/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      1186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress of the preparation of the heads of the independent commission on information retrieval Bill as included in the...
    • Parole Boards
      1187. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the new Parole Board will commence its operation and functions under the Parole Act 2019; and if she will make a...
    • International Agreements
      1189. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment...
    • Prison Service
      1191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a new prisoner complaints system will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63025/21]
    • Extradition Arrangements
      1194. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider suspending extradition to Poland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Citizenship Applications
      1195. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63052/21]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1197. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a decision on their naturalisation application after a wait of two...
    • Family Reunification
      1199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the case of a family (details supplied); if efforts will be made to relocate this family to...
    • Mental Health Services
      1201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time the pilot of the mental health crisis de-escalation team will be rolled out for in County Limerick in 2022;...
    • Northern Ireland
      1202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a pension scheme for victims of violence on the island of Ireland during the Troubles; and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1204. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied). [63177/21]
    • Residency Permits
      1205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the correct procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) to update their residency permission which expires in...
    • Stardust Fire
      1206. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the provision in place for a venue for the Stardust inquest beyond February 2022; if details have been communicated to the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1207. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Work Permits
      1208. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the visa immigration arrangement is still in place for international contracted circus artists working for Irish...
    • Departmental Data
      1209. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 14 December 2021, the reason that she did not provide the names of the studies...
    • Immigration Policy
      1211. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 14 December 2021, the number of applications that are going to multiple...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1213. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work undertaken on the reconfiguration of the child protection units in An Garda Síochána;...
    • Visa Agreements
      1214. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the time frame for a stamp 1 visa for a person (details supplied). [63292/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1217. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she has had with the Garda Commissioner regarding the continuing issue of the cancellation of 999 calls; and if...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      1219. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of antisocial behaviour orders issued in County Longford in 2019, 2020 and 2021. [63333/21]
    • Citizenship Applications
      1221. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the 2020 target for citizenship applicants being missed (details supplied); and if meeting the 2021 and 2022...
    • Estimates Publication
      1222. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the decrease in the training and development section of administration related expenditure (details supplied);...
    • Immigration Policy
      1223. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application to move from stamp 3 to stamp 4 by a person (details supplied) will be expedited. [63397/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      1224. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the departmental report on defamation law will be published (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Residency Permits
      1225. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a person (details supplied) will receive a decision on their residency application; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      1226. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that two naturalisation applications by persons (details supplied) that were...
    • Rental Sector
      1229. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions her Department plans to take to ensure the practice of landlords offering accommodation for sex is not permitted...
    • Prison Service
      1230. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are currently in prison in the State. [1013/22]
    • Juvenile Offenders
      1234. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who died while in juvenile detention in the State in each of the past ten years; and if a breakdown can...
    • Social Workers Register
      1235. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of social workers employed by the Irish Prison Service. [1019/22]
    • Chaplaincy Services
      1236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of chaplains working in the Irish Prison Service. [1020/22]
    • Prison Service
      1237. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of counsellors or psychologists currently working in the Irish Prison Service. [1021/22]
    • Departmental Communications
      1238. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the communications she has received from a person (details supplied) in relation to a specific product or group of products....
    • Deportation Orders
      1240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a deportation case in relation to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Legislative Programme
      1241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has specific legislative plans to address the issue of damage and theft of life-saving equipment including...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time gardaí that are suspended; the duration of their suspension including the year in which it...
    • Gangland Crime
      1244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners who are members of organised criminal gangs; and the number who are due to be released from prison...
    • Fines Administration
      1245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda fines that were issued for parking in a disabled bay in 2020 and 2021; and the value of these fines by...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of scramblers and quad bikes that were seized in 2020 and 2021 by Garda division in tabular form. [1186/22]
    • Departmental Communications
      1247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects to receive the final report of the scoping inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person...
    • Domestic Violence
      1248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of domestic violence incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1252. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for citizenship; the reason for the delay; when it is likely to be...
    • Departmental Communications
      1253. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 282 of 9 December 2021, if she can arrange for officials in her Department to meet and...
    • Protected Disclosures
      1254. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the purpose of the speakup@justice.ie email account; the date upon which the email address was first publicised; the number of...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will initiate a review of the procedure in which the Director of Public Prosecutions delegates low-level prosecutions...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1261. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána by rank in each of the local electoral areas of County Clare in tabular...
    • Legislative Programme
      1262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 575 of 28 September 2021, if her intended amendments to section 120 of the Succession...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1264. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by her, in tabular form; and the...
    • Residency Permits
      1265. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a residency application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1607/22]
    • Legal Aid
      1268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review of the civil legal aid scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1649/22]
    • Citizenship Applications
      1269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa and citizenship application will be processed as soon as possible for a person (details supplied). [1651/22]
    • Divorce Process
      1270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if in relation to legal support for divorcing couples, her Department will make changes (details supplied); and if not, the...
    • Social Media
      1271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on social media by her Department and agencies under her remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      1273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the situation of delays in the youth justice system; the steps she will take to eliminate undue waiting...
    • Departmental Data
      1274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of all client and-or customer facing and-or orientated services that her Department provides...
    • EU Directives
      1276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding Ireland’s non-implementation of the Employers Sanctions Directive; and if she will make a...
    • Residency Permits
      1277. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application by a person (details supplied). [1871/22]
    • Prison Service
      1278. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the estimated cost in 2022 if 200 prison officers were recruited for the Prison Services. [1901/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      1279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for burglary within the Meath Garda division on 24 and 25 December 2021; and if she will...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      1283. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons successful prosecuted under section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing)...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1287. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed charge notices issued to drivers for speeding by each Garda division in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020...
    • Road Traffic Offences
      1290. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers listed in court for speeding by District Court in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1296. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardai on suspension by each Garda division in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021; and if...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of an application for citizenship by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Protected Disclosures
      1301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the protected disclosure that was submitted by a person (details supplied) will be fully investigated; and when the...
    • Prison Service
      1302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason the Irish Prison Service is not allegedly carrying out the performance management development system with all staff...
    • Citizenship Applications
      1303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied) who...
    • Road Safety
      1306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of speeding fines issued on foot of evidence obtained by speed camera vans in each county in the State in each of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for rape or sexual assault in each county in the State in each of the past ten years in tabular...
    • Domestic Violence
      1309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí were called to private dwellings as a result of alleged domestic violence in each county in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1310. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times gardaí were called to the scene of a stabbing in each county in the State in each of the past ten...
    • Immigration Policy
      1314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are circumstances in which a stamp 3 is not reckonable for an application for citizenship; if a person takes up...
    • An Garda Síochána
      1317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role An Garda Síochána can play in ensuring safety on public transport; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Immigration Policy
      1318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts that are being made to streamline and speed-up the immigration system; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Policy
      1319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on and timeline for the Programme for Government commitment to establish a high-level cross...
    • Immigration Policy
      1320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by a person (details supplied) who currently holds a stamp 4 visa and has applied for Irish...
    • Public Sector Staff
      1322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public sector workers under her remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in...
    • Legal Aid
      1324. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will revise the income guidelines to qualify for free legal aid; if she will extend the list of expenses which can be...
    • International Protection
      1331. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of same-sex couples who have been reunified under section 56 of the International Protection Act 2015 since its...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Strategies
      1332. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens’ assembly on drugs to convene. [2470/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      1333. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of service and staffing levels across the health service and ensure that extra permanent posts are sanctioned to ensure that the...
    • Health Services
      1334. To ask the Minister for Health if he will conduct a review of service and staffing levels across the mental health service and ensure that extra services and extra permanent posts are...
    • Dental Services
      1336. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists in the dental treatment services scheme by LHO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62938/21]
    • Health Services
      1337. To ask the Minister for Health the reason there is no walk-in service for the civil registration service in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62939/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1338. To ask the Minister for Health the wait time for an MRI scan for a person (details supplied) who has already been waiting 18 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62940/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1339. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Galway who have been approved for the home support service but are still on the waiting list; the number waiting over 6, 12,...
    • Departmental Legal Services
      1343. To ask the Minister for Health the number of legal cases his Department faced in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021; the amount spent in settlements, legal costs and awards; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Cards
      1344. To ask the Minister for Health when medical card holders will be entitled to dental care cover for those in need of urgent care as in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Services
      1345. To ask the Minister for Health the status of phase two of the model of care for infertility as promised in the Programme for Government; and the plans that are in place to alleviate the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1347. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) will be made available in Ireland; and if so, when this will be the case. [62959/21]
    • Health Services
      1348. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to paediatric palliative care; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1349. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if assistance will be provided in relation to this matter given the circumstances; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      1350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide paediatric palliative care for the south-east region; his plans to recruit a full-time paediatric palliative consultant in the region;...
    • Hospital Staff
      1351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant maxillofacial surgeons attached to Nenagh Hospital in 2020 and 2021; and if this number will be increased. [62969/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1353. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the removal of night-time confinement in the National Forensic Mental Health Service Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1354. To ask the Minister for Health the expenditure on respiratory sleep therapy services as defined in the HSE National Drawdown Framework including the provision of CPAP devices by HSE area in...
    • Health Strategies
      1358. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the report recently launched by Tallaght drugs and alcohol task force with regard to emerging trends in relation to drugs and crack cocaine in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1359. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to press releases from NPHET; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Equipment
      1360. To ask the Minister for Health if an MRI scanner can be purchased for Roscommon University Hospital to facilitate the midlands thus avoiding patients having to travel to Ballinasloe and...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1361. To ask the Minister for Health if refunds are available for persons who obtained antigen and PCR tests for travel which were then not needed as a result of the postponement of this...
    • Nursing Homes
      1363. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation to amend the provisions of the nursing home support scheme to exempt rental income as set out in the Housing for All plan is expected to be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1364. To ask the Minister for Health if a vaccine (details supplied) will be made available in Ireland; the steps he will take to make the vaccine available here; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Strategies
      1365. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a group (details supplied) is not included as part of the membership in relation to the National Oversight Committee to drive the implementation of...
    • Health Services Staff
      1370. To ask the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapists employed in the adult community services in County Laois; the number of vacancies that exist; and his plans to recruit...
    • Health Strategies
      1371. To ask the Minister for Health when the date for the citizens' assembly on drugs will be announced. [63038/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1382. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the Covid-19 booster will provide immunity for in view of the announcement that boosters will be delivered three months after the second...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1385. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider establishing a national ICT infrastructure that enables electronic health record availability to assist with the shared care of children...
    • Health Services
      1386. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist with the lack of resources in secondary care paediatric and adult diabetes services across the country; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      1387. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist with the staffing shortages in Temple Street Hospital Diabetes Paediatric Services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63069/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1388. To ask the Minister for Health the details of all service providers providing home support services in Galway city and county in tabular form; the number of home support hours contracted to...
    • Medicinal Products
      1389. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made in addressing delays in progressing paperwork for a drug (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1390. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children in each county within CHO2 who are waiting for an assessment of needs including waiting times in tabular form; and when the HSE...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1391. To ask the Minister for Health when he intends amending the EU Digital COVID Certificate to include proof of a third booster vaccine shot as some countries require evidence of this, for...
    • Hospital Services
      1392. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective surgeries carried out in each of the past five years by type of surgery and diagnosis as was presented in Parliamentary Question No....
    • Home Care Packages
      1393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting palliative care homecare hours by CHO area and by the length of time they are waiting for same in tabular form showing the...
    • Health Services
      1395. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting respite care by CHO area by the length of time they are waiting for same in tabular form showing the number of patients...
    • Hospital Services
      1396. To ask the Minister for Health the level of specialist services available for patients presenting to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital for ocular emergencies at weekends; if patients with...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1397. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); the steps that will be taken to ensure that this emergency surgery will be prioritised;...
    • Disability Services
      1398. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) will receive the necessary supports they require; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63121/21]
    • Ambulance Service
      1400. To ask the Minister for Health the increase in ambulances, EMTs and paramedics to date in counties Cavan and Monaghan in view of the Programme for Government commitment to increase same;...
    • Hospital Services
      1402. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering putting in place a legal basis for the issuing of do not resuscitate orders in hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Facilities
      1403. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to upgrade Monaghan Hospital and reintroduce its accident and emergency department; his views on the concerns of the public due to the lack of this...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1404. To ask the Minister for Health the way the effectiveness of children wearing masks in school will be assessed as part of the review of the policy; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      1408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who arrived at emergency departments with suicidal thoughts in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1409. To ask the Minister for Health the way the decision was made to spend €1.8 million on electric and hybrid vehicles out of the €10 million of once-off funding announced in...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1411. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a facility (details supplied) does not align with the implementation plan for the HSE National Model of Care; if consideration will be given to...
    • Home Care Packages
      1413. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare hours provided by his Department; and the breakdown of the total provided directly by the HSE, private and voluntary providers,...
    • Health Services
      1415. To ask the Minister for Health if thighplasty is available as a treatment post weight loss via the HSE public system. [63167/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1416. To ask the Minister for Health if a change of general practitioner in respect of an active medical card will be noted and changed in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Medicinal Products
      1417. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Eating Disorders
      1421. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the €1.5 million put in place to develop three eating disorder teams raised during promised legislation on 14 December 2021; when...
    • Disability Services
      1422. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated for a person (details supplied) under the disability services for 2020 and 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1424. To ask the Minister for Health if the cardiology department in Tallaght Hospital is operational for surgeries on a 24/7 basis; and if not, his plans to increase operating hours. [63189/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1425. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a transfer mechanism for speech and language therapists working within the HSE who wish to move location given recruitment panels often specify...
    • Care of the Elderly
      1428. To ask the Minister for Health when the proposed commission to examine care and supports for older persons will be established; if the views of groups such as groups (details supplied) that...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1429. To ask the Minister for Health if the vaccine certificate will be extended to persons who cannot accept the Covid-19 vaccine for legitimate medical reasons; and if he will make a statement...
    • Departmental Reports
      1431. To ask the Minister for Health the response of his Department to the findings of the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report; the plans that will be made in quarter one 2022 in...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1432. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63234/21]
    • Health Service Executive
      1435. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of the properties owned by the HSE that are not currently in use; the length of time that the properties have been in the ownership...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent vaccination posts required to meet the targets set out in the Covid-19 booster campaign; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1439. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce a Covid-19 testing centre in Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63259/21]
    • Hospital Overcrowding
      1441. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that will be put in place to reduce the number of patients on trolleys in emergency departments; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that...
    • Insurance Coverage
      1442. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department’s attention has been drawn to a dispute between VHI and (details supplied) which means that VHI members are reportedly having to pay...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      1443. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HSE equipment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63279/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1444. To ask the Minister for Health the management and staffing arrangements for the Covid -19 HSE mass vaccination centres during 2020; if there was a different process for hiring temporary...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1445. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is monitoring the reliability of Covid-19 PCR tests; the false positive rates for PCR tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1447. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the current waitlist for parents and guardians waiting on an AON assessment; the steps that are being taken to improve these wait times;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      1448. To ask the Minister for Health the details concerning his decision to permit a nursing unit (details supplied) to continue accepting patients and residents for 2022; if this extended...
    • Home Care Packages
      1450. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Dublin that have been assessed for delivery of home support hours and are waiting for a carer to become available in excess of...
    • Departmental Data
      1451. To ask the Minister for Health the deaths recorded from Covid-19 since 20 November 2021 to date by the number who were vaccinated, partially vaccinated and unvaccinated, respectively; and...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1452. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body responsible in cases in which there are complications or a person has a reaction to a vaccination administered by a person without a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1453. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the contracts his Department and the HSE have entered into with private suppliers and companies relating to Covid-19 since March 2020; the...
    • Home Help Service
      1454. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help hours were cut in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63304/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1455. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the retraction of initial Covid-19 vaccination advice to pharmacists to vaccinate persons over the age of 16 years; his views on whether...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1456. To ask the Minister for Health the process engaged by his Department when entering into contracts which have not been subject to tender issued related to Covid-19 since March 2020 and...
    • Health Services
      1457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the arduous procedures for accessing home support services, nursing home support scheme and community services for older people (details...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1460. To ask the Minister for Health if he will prioritise persons in the 20 years of age cohort for the booster vaccination given this group has only received one shot of a vaccine (details...
    • Dental Services
      1461. To ask the Minister for Health the solutions available to a family of a child (details supplied) with dental issues. [63342/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1462. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vaccines exported by Ireland to other countries to date by country in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63343/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1464. To ask the Minister for Health the position of his Department in respect of the Regulation of Homecare paper published by HIQA; if it will be used by his Department to progress the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1466. To ask the Minister for Health if the HPV vaccination will be made available to teenagers who missed out on receiving the vaccine in first year and now want to be vaccinated; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      1467. To ask the Minister for Health the status of and position regarding transitional plans to ensure that young persons with a disability who wish to reside outside of nursing home settings and...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1468. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the proposed east Meath primary care centre which is to be located in Bettystown town centre; when he expects works to commence; if...
    • Health Services
      1470. To ask the Minister for Health the number of psychiatrists in CHO9 available to treat persons with ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63354/21]
    • Departmental Data
      1471. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent home help staff in CHO2 in counties Mayo, Galway and Roscommon in each year since 2016, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Health Services
      1475. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be fitted with a prosthetic leg. [63362/21]
    • Dental Services
      1476. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided in relation to a dental service provision query by a person (details supplied). [63363/21]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1477. To ask the Minister for Health if he will be renewing the contract with private hospitals to access up to 30% of their bed capacity; the costings of the existing contract; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes
      1478. To ask the Minister for Health the actions taken to date to ensure that nursing homes have effective ventilation systems in place in both private and public nursing homes to reduce Covid-19...
    • Departmental Inquiries
      1479. To ask the Minister for Health if he has progressed discussion on the provision of a public inquiry into Covid-19 deaths in nursing homes to examine the nursing homes with high and low...
    • Nursing Homes
      1480. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections of public and privately run nursing homes carried out by the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2021 and to date in 2022 in...
    • Departmental Data
      1482. To ask the Minister for Health the number of residents in private nursing homes that are medical card holders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63374/21]
    • Health Services
      1484. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are in place for adults and children who have received a diagnosed with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder; if there are plans to further...
    • Disease Management
      1486. To ask the Minister for Health if the chronic disease management programme allocates dedicated resources, staff and training to the treatment of asthma specifically; if recommendations by...
    • Health Services
      1489. To ask the Minister for Health if he is giving consideration to extending the national counselling service along with the provision of the necessary extra resources in order to provide...
    • Citizens' Assembly
      1490. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the date for commencement for the citizens’ assembly on drugs which the Government has committed to holding in 2022. [63398/21]
    • Nursing Homes
      1502. To ask the Minister for Health the number of deaths from Covid-19 in nursing homes in 2020 and 2021; the number of deaths in each year involving patients with dementia; and if he will make...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1503. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE and the designers and architects of the National Children’s Hospital at St. James’s Hospital consulted with the gardaí...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1504. To ask the Minister for Health if a daily breakdown of both the number of patients who are in hospital as they are receiving medical treatment for Covid-19 in addition to the number of...
    • Living Wage
      1505. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many healthcare and social care workers are slipping into poverty as a result of low wages; his views on the...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      1506. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will liaise with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland with a view to issuing a refund to front-line nurses who have once again been...
    • Ambulance Service
      1507. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he and the HSE can take to improve the difficulties that paramedics encounter when they are looking to transfer from the ambulance service in...
    • Medicinal Products
      1508. To ask the Minister for Health if synarel can be prescribed by a consultant as a hormone treatment for a person who is transitioning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63458/21]
    • Departmental Data
      1509. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for children with autism trying to access speech and language therapy in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      1510. To ask the Minister for Health the procedure if a speech and language therapist leaves the role with the HSE with regard to the children being treated by the therapist; if the children...
    • Medical Cards
      1511. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a pathway for persons with chronic health conditions to receive a medical card that is ongoing, that is, not subject to regular review; the...
    • Dental Services
      1513. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 12 October 2021, when a full paediatric dental service will be restored; the alternative options being...
    • Health Service Executive
      1514. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63474/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1516. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received for homecare support in 2019, 2020 and 2021, by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Service Executive
      1518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications received in 2021 for respite care; the number of persons currently on the waiting list for respite care services by county and...
    • Medical Cards
      1522. To ask the Minister for Health if B12 injections for patients receiving cancer treatment are covered by the medical card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63485/21]
    • Health Services
      1524. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the Health Service Executive can account for the recent diminution of services offered at the Broadford primary care centre, County...
    • Departmental Data
      1527. To ask the Minister for Health the geographic breakdown of the assaults that were recorded on nurses in each of the years 2015 to 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63495/21]
    • Disability Services
      1529. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is still lacking in services following the withdrawal of progressing disability...
    • Health Services
      1531. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and advice offered in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63504/21]
    • Hospital Procedures
      1533. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a hip operation for a person (details supplied) will be expedited.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63508/21]
    • Hospital Services
      1534. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 233 of 10 November 2021, if it will be open to the public and stakeholders to feed into the review of the existing...
    • Departmental Data
      1535. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants for medical cards from 2015 to 2021; and the number of these applications rejected by the HSE by reason in tabular form. [63511/21]
    • Medical Cards
      1536. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for medical cards from those with a cancer diagnosis from 2015 to 2021; and the number of these applications approved by the HSE....
    • Health Services
      1537. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that are being taken by his Department to improve transgender health services in Ireland and in particular to address the waiting time for...
    • Departmental Offices
      1539. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that is responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of a building (details supplied) given the front of the building is in very poor...
    • Health Services
      1540. To ask the Minister for Health when the day care centre at Clonakilty Community Hospital will return to normal service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63521/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      1541. To ask the Minister for Health if immediate funding can be facilitated to increase paediatric and adult care at the National Orthopaedic Hospital with particular reference to the urgent...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1543. To ask the Minister for Health the reason hotel residents are exempt from the 8:00 pm rule for hospitality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63531/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      1545. To ask the Minister for Health if there is currently a practice of asking healthcare workers recruited by the HSE on fixed term contracts that are ending in December 2021 being advised to...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1546. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to extend free general practitioner care to all children under eight years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63564/21]
    • Health Services
      1548. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessments that take place at the National Gender Service meet international best practice; if his attention has been drawn to the concerns raised by...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1549. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital for a pain relief injection; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1550. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE is asking persons including healthcare workers arriving at vaccination centres to replace their high-protection masks such as FFP2 with...
    • Health Services
      1553. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63582/21]
    • Home Care Packages
      1555. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Longford awaiting the allocation of homecare hours; the length of time they have been waiting; and the number of hours they...
    • Departmental Funding
      1558. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to give approval to the funding application by a hospital (details supplied) given the unacceptably long waiting lists for orthopaedic and...
    • Departmental Data
      1559. To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes in each CHO for a death certificate to be issued in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63612/21]
    • Health Promotion
      1560. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider launching a public health campaign advising of the health dangers of obesity and measures of prevention; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1562. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department will consider establishing drop-in care centres with services for patients with dementia; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Undefined
      1567. To ask the Minister for Health the current procedures in place for all that is to be carried out in respect of the purchase and use of pharmaceuticals within each of the hospitals in the...
    • Hospital Charges
      1568. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce hospital car parking charges particularly for those with sick children; the timeline for this reduction; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1569. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a rapid smell test (details supplied) which detects Covid-19; if his Department has considered using the test for large...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1570. To ask the Minister for Health the number or estimated number of HSE employees who tested positive for Covid-19 since 1 December 2021; and if a weekly and hospital by hospital breakdown can...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who were tested for Covid-19 at pop-up or walk-in testing centres since the start of the pandemic; the number who tested positive at...
    • Departmental Legal Cases
      1576. To ask the Minister for Health the number of claims notified to the State Claims Agency which relate to the alleged misreading of smear tests by CervicalCheck since 2018; and if a year by...
    • Ambulance Service
      1581. To ask the Minister for Health the outcome of the recent inspection carried out by the Health and Safety Authority of the National Ambulance Service base in County Carlow; the remedial...
    • Hospital Staff
      1583. To ask the Minister for Health when the North-West Regional Centre for Neurology at Sligo University Hospital will have a full complement of seven neurology nurse specialists in line with...
    • Ambulance Service
      1585. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the service issues with the National Ambulance Service in County Wexford in terms of emergency response times and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1586. To ask the Minister for Health the communications he has received from a person (details supplied) in relation to a specific product or group of products. [1037/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1587. To ask the Minister for Health if insurance companies are deemed an essential service during the Covid-19 pandemic; if so, if this means staff must be office-based as opposed to working...
    • Legislative Programme
      1589. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to bring forward legislation to prohibit the practices of virginity testing or hymenoplasty given the potentially imminent ban across Britain and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1590. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the development of a women’s health action plan to tackle a wide range of issues impacting women’s health outcomes in Ireland as...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1591. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is considering issuing Digital COVID Certificates or proof of vaccination to those under the age of 18 years; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Admissions
      1593. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons attending acute hospitals with strokes, blood clots and for emergency cardiac care in 2021 and in the previous five years, respectively;...
    • Health Services
      1594. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which the HSE has provided funding to a facility (details supplied); if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this facility has informed...
    • Health Services Staff
      1595. To ask the Minister for Health the status of work placements within the HSE (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1064/22]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1596. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has given further consideration to supporting free antigen testing particularly for community healthcare workers and those double jobbing in...
    • National Children's Hospital
      1597. To ask the Minister for Health further to recent media pronouncements from a company (details supplied) that the new national children’s hospital structure is largely completed and...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      1598. To ask the Minister for Health further to recent media reports regarding developing a policy to build a new elective hospital in Cork city, the provisional number of beds being considered;...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1599. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1072/22]
    • Departmental Reports
      1602. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has previously commissioned or intends to commission research into the evidence which indicates that pain is experienced by unborn babies...
    • Abortion Services
      1603. To ask the Minister for Health the interment arrangements for the remains of babies from late-term abortions in circumstances in which the parents of the baby do not undertake personal...
    • Health Services
      1605. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query (details supplied) in relation to health services in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1089/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1613. To ask the Minister for Health the reason persons (details supplied) cannot be facilitated with EU Digital COVID Certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1097/22]
    • Health Strategies
      1615. To ask the Minister for Health the definition of the term reproductive rights in the context in which it was used by a person (details supplied) on 8 December 2021 during a meeting of the...
    • Abortion Services
      1616. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that he refused to meet with pro-life parliamentary colleagues and advocacy groups in the lead-up to the three-year review process; his views on...
    • Mental Health Services
      1619. To ask the Minister for Health if there are referral services for adult patients suffering from ADHD; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1105/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1620. To ask the Minister for Health when a procedure will take place for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1106/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      1621. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to appoint a telemetry nurse or a qualified professional to operate the EEG video telemetry machine for patients with epilepsy in...
    • Departmental Staff
      1622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officials in his Department that have waived part of their salary in 2021; the amount saved by his Department by these returns; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1626. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the prevention of tuberculosis in Ireland with specific regard to the roll-out of the BCG vaccine which appears to have stalled since...
    • Hospital Staff
      1627. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses that underwent training to skill-up in order to work in an ICU setting since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in tabular form. [1135/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1628. To ask the Minister for Health the reason certain batches of a vaccine (details supplied) as administered by the NHS in the UK are deemed to be acceptable as a second vaccination in terms...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1629. To ask the Minister for Health the steps a person must take to obtain a second certificate of recovery from Covid-19 for the purposes of the EU Digital COVID Certificate in cases in which a...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1631. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to ensure that vulnerable high-risk children aged from 5 to 11 years of age will be prioritised for a Covid-19 vaccination following the opening of...
    • Hospital Services
      1632. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 734 of 28 September 2021, if Cork University Hospital will be allocated additional resources (details supplied); and if...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1633. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the CHO areas of Cork city and county; the average waiting times; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      1634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of homecare packages being received in each LHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1163/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      1636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on the child and adolescent mental health services waiting list in CHO4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1165/22]
    • Disability Services
      1638. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive access to services given that they have not received any services from the HSE since diagnosis; and if he will...
    • Mental Health Services
      1640. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that waiting lists for child and adolescent mental health services in Cork city and county have increased by 23%...
    • Health Services Staff
      1641. To ask the Minister for Health if the two vacant CAMHS consultant posts in County Cork have been filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1170/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query (details supplied) in relation to the health service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1187/22]
    • Health Services
      1645. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place for a health centre (details supplied) which has been closed for approximately four years; if it is intended that the health centre will...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      1646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will approve the licence application for cannabis for medical use under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 in respect of a person (details supplied); the...
    • Mental Health Services
      1647. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a child (details supplied). [1204/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      1648. To ask the Minister for Health when regulations for psychotherapists and counsellors registered with CORU will be in place given SI No. 170 of 2018 exempts psychotherapists and counsellors...
    • Health Services
      1650. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review correspondence from a healthcare establishment (details supplied) in County Tipperary; if he will consider the reintroduction of the...
    • Emergency Departments
      1651. To ask the Minister for Health the records maintained on cases admitted to accident and emergency departments in hospitals; if these records are published; the breakdown of cases under...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1653. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale for the requirement to renew prescriptions for long-term medical conditions every six months under the medical card and drug refund scheme; if...
    • Ambulance Service
      1654. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 622 of 7 December 2021, the status of negotiations between the National Ambulance Service and the local authorities in...
    • Hospital Services
      1655. To ask the Minister for Health the reason haematopoietic stem cell transplantation treatment is not available to patients in Ireland with multiple sclerosis; if there are plans to change...
    • Health Services
      1656. To ask the Minister for Health the existing agreements, service level or otherwise, for the treatment of patients from Northern Ireland in Ireland by the HSE or other public healthcare...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1657. To ask the Minister for Health the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases since 1 March 2020 to 6 January 2022 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1239/22]
    • Care of the Elderly
      1660. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether elderly patients should have visitation rights for a dedicated family member or advocate; if his attention has been drawn to the fact...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1661. To ask the Minister for Health the action that will be taken against companies which sold antigen tests in cases in which the product was subsequently recalled and proven to be defective;...
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      1663. To ask the Minister for Health the grants or funding available via the HSE for a group that wishes to set up a meals on wheels service in an area of County Kerry in which there is currently...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      1664. To ask the Minister for Health his views in relation to the recognition of fibromyalgia and other associated conditions as a long-term disability; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of antigen tests acquired by the Government and the HSE since March 2020; the total spent on acquiring these antigen tests; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1667. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that will be made in respect of the EU Digital COVID Certificate for those persons unable to receive the booster vaccination due to medical...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1668. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an assessment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1289/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      1670. To ask the Minister for Health if a child psychologist will be appointed for south County Kerry as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1298/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1671. To ask the Minister for Health if those who have received the first two Covid-19 vaccines and who have then been infected and have recovered from Covid-19 will be able to avail of an EU...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      1673. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding recognition and registration of UK qualifications by CORU; if he is satisfied that CORU has the required resources to complete these...
    • Health Services
      1674. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if a breakdown of the figures for CHO4 for each composite area within CHO4 for each...
    • Nursing Homes
      1675. To ask the Minister for Health the restrictions that are in place currently for those visiting public nursing homes; if there are plans to put in additional restrictions in the near future;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1676. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the 82 children with spina bifida and or hydrocephalus currently requiring urgent orthopaedic surgery and review; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1677. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure services and treatment of children with spina bifida and or hydrocephalus are sufficient to their needs; and if he will make...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1678. To ask the Minister for Health the policy that is being put in place to deal with persons suffering symptoms of long-Covid; if specialist centres are being established; and if so, if there...
    • Health Services Staff
      1679. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to rectify the matter in relation to healthcare workers who have been unable to take their full entitlement of annual leave due to...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1680. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence received (details supplied) in relation to Covid recovery certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      1682. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 327 and 328 of 25 November 2021, if he will provide a breakdown of the figures for CHO2 for each composite area within...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1690. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider extending the available hours to access the HSE antigen online order form beyond the current 12 hours per day; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      1691. To ask the Minister for Health when respite services at a location (details supplied) will open on a seven-day basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1335/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1692. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for urgent orthopaedic surgery. [1336/22]
    • Dental Services
      1693. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an option for a person (details supplied) to obtain treatment. [1339/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      1694. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the issue of poor access to food for staff who work in Tallaght University Hospital (details supplied); and if his...
    • Hospital Charges
      1696. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing all adult inpatient and day service hospital charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1349/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1698. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the monthly drug payment scheme threshold by amounts of €2.50, €5, €10, €15 and €20,...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1699. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of removing the prescription charge for persons aged over 70 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1352/22]
    • Medical Cards
      1701. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the weekly income limits for the general practitioner visit card by proportions of 10% and 15%; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Charges
      1702. To ask the Minister for Health the date on which a charge was applied for non-general practitioner referral attendance at the minor injuries' unit at Monaghan Hospital; the levels of...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1703. To ask the Minister for Health the membership of the recently established waiting list taskforce; and if a copy of its terms of reference will be provided. [1365/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1704. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of Covid-19 booster vaccinations for children aged 12 to 15; if the issue is under consideration by either the National...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1705. To ask the Minister for Health if it is intended to provide extra funding to Westdoc to provide more comprehensive cover for general practitioners in the Connemara area; and if he will make...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1709. To ask the Minister for Health the hours of operation of additional Covid-19 PCR testing centres in County Kerry; the testing capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1388/22]
    • Infectious Diseases
      1710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that were tested for Lyme disease here in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of persons that were diagnosed with Lyme disease...
    • Health Services Staff
      1711. To ask the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists employed by the HSE nationally in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number employed in Cavan General Hospital over the same...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1713. To ask the Minister for Health the assistance that is available to a private patient to help them to register with a general practitioner in their area in cases in which they are unable to...
    • Mental Health Services
      1714. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 November 2021, the names of the long-stay facilities that service users under the care of the Midleton,...
    • Health Services Staff
      1723. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the efforts already undertaken by the HSE towards the recruitment of a medical officer to St. Francis Welfare Home, Fermoy, County Cork to...
    • Mental Health Services
      1724. To ask the Minister for Health if he projects further reductions in 24-hour staffed residential provision for Cork mental health service users in the next five to ten years as per the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1725. To ask the Minister for Health if it is his Department or the Revenue Commissioners that manages the EU Digital COVID Certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1424/22]
    • Suicide Incidence
      1726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicides in Ireland in each of the years 2018 to 2021, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1426/22]
    • Suicide Prevention
      1727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of suicide resource officers employed by the HSE; the number of vacant posts; the length of time these posts have been vacant; when they will be...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1729. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if advice or assistance will be provided in relation to the case; and if he will make a statement...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1730. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures he plans to implement in 2022 to expand general practitioner capacity and otherwise assist the sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Primary Care Services
      1731. To ask the Minister for Health the additional measures he plans to implement in 2022 to expand public primary care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1432/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1732. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to publish the long-term waiting list reduction plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1433/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1733. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to pay a pandemic bonus to healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1434/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      1734. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has examined changing non-consultant hospital doctor changeover and rotation requirements; if an analysis has been conducted on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1736. To ask the Minister for Health if he will amend regulations relating to the EU Digital COVID Certificate to enable non-national residents of Ireland who received a complete vaccine schedule...
    • Home Help Service
      1737. To ask the Minister for Health the action he has taken to address the severe staffing crisis in home support services in County Wexford; if his attention has been drawn the case of a person...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      1739. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1468/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      1740. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the process to register psychotherapists and counsellors pursuant to SI. No. 21 of 2019 of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005...
    • Health Services
      1741. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met with north inner-city community networks in Dublin regarding the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force. [1517/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1742. To ask the Minister for Health the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and...
    • Legislative Reviews
      1743. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that the terms of reference for the review of the abortion legislation will include matters (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      1744. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a primary care centre (details supplied). [1569/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1747. To ask the Minister for Health the reason schools have not been identified as significant sources of infection given that other European Union countries have found them to be so and have...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1748. To ask the Minister for Health when an alternative booster shot will be available for a very small cohort of persons who have been advised for medical reasons not to receive a further...
    • Health Services
      1749. To ask the Minister for Health if it will be ensured that a service and a project (details supplied) will remain open; if these services will be provided with the necessary funding and...
    • Thalidomide Victims Compensation
      1750. To ask the Minister for Health when a group (details supplied) can expect a rescheduled date for a meeting given that the original date was over 12 months ago. [1608/22]
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      1751. To ask the Minister for Health if he will update the long-term illness scheme to include amputees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1614/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      1752. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage spend from the mental health budget that is ring-fenced for transgender programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1616/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1753. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that has been paid to a company (details supplied) since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the number of persons it has assessed; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1757. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children waiting for scoliosis treatment; the length of time they have been on the waiting list; his plan to ensure that these children receive...
    • Health Services
      1758. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that cervical screening test appointments were cancelled in December 2021 with no prior warning; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1760. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the agreement in place between the HSE and private hospitals in respect of access to capacity in private facilities; the number of private...
    • Social Media
      1762. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on in tabular form. [1702/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      1763. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy in tabular form. [1720/22]
    • Hospital Admissions
      1764. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are clinically discharged but who are in hospital; the number of patients who are clinically discharged in hospital for six months...
    • Hospital Services
      1765. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that allow patients to confirm appointments by text or email; and his views on whether confirming appointments by phone call is logical at a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1766. To ask the Minister for Health the evidence that is available that demonstrates that the closing of hospitality at 8 pm reduces the number of Covid-19 deaths or the number of persons in...
    • Health Services Staff
      1767. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the recommendations of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours to reverse Haddington Road additional hours...
    • Health Services
      1769. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls received by the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years in tabular form. [1756/22]
    • Home Help Service
      1770. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons approved for home support hours but who are awaiting a carer in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; and the number waiting for more...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1773. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and when they can expect an appointment for admission to the National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dún...
    • Health Promotion
      1776. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the works that will be carried out in Ballcurris Park, Dublin 11 which he recently announced given Dublin City Council has not been advised of...
    • Health Services
      1777. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cases of myocarditis and pericarditis that have been diagnosed in 2021 and per year for the preceding five years in Irish hospitals; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      1780. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider;...
    • Defibrillators Provision
      1781. To ask the Minister for Health if further consideration has been given to providing a national register of defibrillators throughout Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Help Service
      1782. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for home support service throughout the HSE service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1821/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      1787. To ask the Minister for Health the current situation in relation to the provision of psychology services for children in Celbridge, Maynooth and Clane, County Kildare (details supplied);...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1788. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a person (details supplied) is waiting so long on a bed in a hospital in County Galway. [1832/22]
    • Vaccination Programme
      1789. To ask the Minister for Health if he will establish a reporting group to investigate the instances of the negative effects that Covid-19 vaccines have had on a small minority of persons;...
    • Legislative Programme
      1792. To ask the Minister for Health when legislation will be published dealing with international surrogacy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1842/22]
    • Dental Services
      1793. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of the dental treatment services scheme; if his attention has been drawn to the serious issues preventing access to the scheme by medical...
    • Health Services
      1795. To ask the Minister for Health if he will seek to reinstate the under 18 years of age clinic in the National Gender Service which closed earlier this year; and if he will make a statement...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1797. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that NPHET is considering the introduction of mandatory vaccination given that the Taoiseach has informed Dáil Éireann that mandatory...
    • Medical Records
      1820. To ask the Minister for Health when medical records requested by a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be issued; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      1821. To ask the Minister for Health if a series of matters in relation to mental health services (details supplied) will be examined and addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      1822. To ask the Minister for Health his views on and response to the recent launch of the European Commission Beating Cancer Implementation Roadmap; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1823. To ask the Minister for Health the way the Government intends to interact with the Achieving a Tobacco Free Europe programme of actions as outlined by the European Commission in its Beating...
    • Prescriptions Charges
      1825. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to wavering the Government levy that is applied to prescriptions for patients in nursing homes; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      1826. To ask the Minister for Health the neurology services that are available to patients in County Wexford living with a neurological condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Home Care Packages
      1827. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for homecare support in County Wexford; the average length of time that persons have been waiting; the single longest period of...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1829. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for an urgent outpatient appointment at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital; if his attention has been...
    • Mental Health Services
      1830. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to be seen by child and adolescent mental health services by CHO and LHO in tabular form; and the length of time persons are...
    • Health Service Executive
      1831. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for prior authorisation and reimbursement made under the cross-border directive in each of the years 2018 to 2021, by medical...
    • Undefined
      1833. To ask the Minister for Health if and the way in which a section 39 organisation can become a section 38 organisation; the steps and changes required to accomplish this; and if he will make...
    • Departmental Investigations
      1835. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the investigation into an incident (details supplied). [1978/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1836. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an operation at Louth County Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1986/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1837. To ask the Minister for Health if it is possible for those who test positive for Covid-19 in Northern Ireland or the United Kingdom to receive a certificate of recovery in Ireland; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      1839. To ask the Minister for Health the minimum staffing requirements for liaison psychiatrists as outlined in A Vision for Change; and the current level of staffing for same. [2034/22]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1841. To ask the Minister for Health if a child (details supplied) can receive the urgent care that is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2055/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1843. To ask the Minister for Health the research that is being done into the prevalence of long Covid in Ireland; the number of cases of long Covid that are estimated to be here; the supports he...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1845. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the currently available list of pharmacies participating in the Covid-19 vaccine roll-out to ensure it is up to date; the way in which a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1846. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital bed for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2086/22]
    • Community Care
      1847. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2088/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      1848. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time staff working 39 hours and part-time staff working 37 hours or less staff employed in the HSE by staff grade; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1849. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can withhold appointments for private non-medical patients. [2103/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1850. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken and the legislative and policy work that is complete and currently underway with regard to the agreed calls of the motion on...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1852. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an appointment in Cavan General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2115/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      1853. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on waiting lists for homecare package applications by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2118/22]
    • Primary Care Services
      1854. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for a primary care speech and language therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Services
      1855. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an occupational therapy appointment by CHO, LHO, age and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      1857. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for an adult mental health service appointment by CHO, LHO and time waiting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2122/22]
    • Hospital Services
      1860. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that those presenting to the accident and emergency department in St. James’s Hospital must wait outside in...
    • Health Service Executive
      1861. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a HSE appointment. [2126/22]
    • Birth Certificates
      1862. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for birth certificates currently awaiting printing, posting or certification respectively by county in tabular form. [2131/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1864. To ask the Minister for Health if he will intervene in the case of a person (details supplied) in which they are unable to access an EU Digital COVID Certificate. [2133/22]
    • Proposed Legislation
      1866. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the protection of liberty safeguards Bill; the legislative timeline for same; if it will be commenced before full commencement of the Assisted...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      1867. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts for and quantity of antigen tests procured to date or available to be further drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      1868. To ask the Minister for Health the number of existing contracts for procurement of medical and respirator N95, FFP2 and similar grade facemasks; the number of facemasks drawn down in 2021...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1872. To ask the Minister for Health the research that has been carried out on the benefits of vaccinating children from five to 11 years of age; the research that has been carried out on the...
    • Health Strategies
      1875. To ask the Minister for Health if he has met addiction nurses to discuss their removal from the National Oversight Committee on the National Drugs Strategy; and if not, the reason. [2185/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      1876. To ask the Minister for Health the number of addiction nurses currently working in the State. [2186/22]
    • Departmental Advertising
      1877. To ask the Minister for Health the advertising process implemented by the Government for the recruitment of the chair to oversee the three year review of the Health (Regulation of...
    • Health Services Staff
      1878. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide a full-time coordinator for the Bray local drugs and alcohol task force which has been without a coordinator for three and a...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      1879. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has put a plan in place to deal with vulnerabilities in its computer networks (details supplied); if so, the details of same; the action that has...
    • Health Service Executive
      1882. To ask the Minister for Health when student nurses will be paid their pandemic placement grant for 2021 (details supplied). [2241/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1883. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to alleviate current waiting time of 10 to 12 weeks for patients waiting on urgent referrals to the BreastCheck clinic at...
    • Home Care Packages
      1886. To ask the Minister for Health if additional homecare support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2284/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      1889. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses in Clondalkin, Dublin 22 in each of the years 2016 to 2020, in tabular forms; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services
      1891. To ask the Minister for Health the operational status of the home support pilot commenced in CHO2 (details supplied); the levels of staff retention from commencement; the difficulties the...
    • Home Care Packages
      1892. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the four CHO areas selected to test the reformed model of homecare support; when these sites will be fully operational; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services
      1894. To ask the Minister for Health when the cross-Departmental workforce advisory committee considering a reformed model of homecare support will meet; the scheduled meetings of the committee;...
    • National Maternity Hospital
      1896. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the situation with regard to the building and ownership of the proposed new national maternity hospital at St....
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      1897. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated for medical surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2323/22]
    • Health Services
      1898. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide hormone replacement therapy free to all women who wish to avail of this therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2330/22]
    • Departmental Funding
      1899. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the provision and installation of a defibrillator will be considered for the area of Clonagh, County Kildare; the correct procedure to be...
    • Public Sector Staff
      1900. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public sector workers under his remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in tabular form; and if...
    • Dental Services
      1902. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist persons who cannot afford dental treatments due to the withdrawal of dental services from those on the medical card scheme as in the case...
    • Departmental Funding
      1903. To ask the Minister for Health the funding that was provided in Budget 2022 to charities including section 38 and section 39 organisations providing mental health services; the way in which...
    • Mental Health Services
      1904. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts underway to ensure the provision of adequate psychology services for children in the area of Celbridge, County Kildare; when full-time...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1905. To ask the Minister for Health if a local general practitioner will be assigned to a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2370/22]
    • Health Services
      1907. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address concerns raised since 2016 by HSE staff at a health centre (details supplied) in relation to the provision of an ambulance bay, disabled...
    • Home Care Packages
      1908. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Meath who are waiting for a homecarer to be allocated to them despite having been approved for same. [2406/22]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      1910. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applicants waiting for a primary medical certificate in County Clare; the current application processing time for a primary medical certificate;...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      1911. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on hip and or knee surgery and cataract surgery in counties Clare, Limerick and Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Hospital Staff
      1913. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to recruit a replacement consultant paediatric neurologist at the University Hospital Limerick; when it is anticipated that this appointment will be...
    • Home Care Packages
      1920. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons on a waiting list for homecare packages; the number of persons experiencing delayed discharge from hospital due to a delay accessing...
    • Healthcare Policy
      1921. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to change the HSE model for commissioning homecare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2464/22]
    • Citizens' Assembly
      1924. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects the citizens' assembly on drugs to convene; if consideration has been given to convening this assembly in an online format; and if he will...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1925. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to provide a permanent full-time general practitioner in a village (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement...
    • Dental Services
      1926. To ask the Minister for Health the dental services that are available to children and those under the age of 18 who are in receipt of a medical card; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      1930. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the Bantry Hospital dental and orthodontic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2598/22]
    • Healthcare Policy
      1931. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide medical treatment for persons diagnosed with Ehlers Danlos syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2599/22]
    • Departmental Schemes
      1932. To ask the Minister for Health if he will revise the long-term illness scheme to cover persons diagnosed with Crohn's disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2600/22]
    • Health Service Executive
      1933. To ask the Minister for Health the longest waiting-time experienced by a CHO4 staff member to have a grievance hearing arranged for stage 1 of the HSE grievance procedure following...
    • Dental Services
      1936. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure adequate HSE dental appointments are available to children in south-western areas of County Cork. [2604/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      1937. To ask the Minister for Health if all student occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and radiology students will be paid for the work they do in hospital and healthcare...
    • Hospital Services
      1938. To ask the Minister for Health his views on putting in place the resources to extend the medical assessment unit opening hours in Bantry General Hospital to a 24/7 basis; and if he will...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1939. To ask the Minister for Health the status of mop-up clinics for those who have missed out on the HPV vaccine in first year of school for any given reason but wish to avail of it in...
    • Health Service Executive
      1940. To ask the Minister for Health the total cost to the Exchequer from the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic to date of arrangements made with private hospitals and private health providers...
    • Vaccination Programme
      1941. To ask the Minister for Health the position for persons who suffered an adverse reaction to their first Covid-19 vaccination dose and who needed hospital treatment as a result; if such...
    • General Practitioner Services
      1942. To ask the Minister for Health when the general practitioner visit card which was extended in Budget 2022 to children under eight years of age will commence; and if he will make a statement...
    • Suicide Incidence
      1943. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who died by suicide in the State in each of the past ten years by county.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2646/22]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Correspondence
      1944. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on issues raised in correspondence from a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62945/21]
    • Departmental Programmes
      1945. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a breakdown of payments for an area (details supplied) under the beef sector efficiency programmes; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1946. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there will be a stocking rate requirement in order to qualify for the single farm payment scheme 2023; if so, if the rate has...
    • Animal Welfare
      1948. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a report detailing the recreational shooting of sheep, goats and deer by trophy hunter tourists;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1950. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if women with at least a level 6 in agriculture or who have been head of a farm holding for at least three years could qualify for...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      1955. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the controls of the harbour master on fishing activity by pots in the area of the fishery harbour centre under his control; the...
    • Farm Inspections
      1956. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers selected for satellite inspection in 2020; if he has considered processing these inspections in a timeframe...
    • Animal Breeding
      1958. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions for offences involving illegal puppy farms since new stronger regulations were introduced in 2020...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1960. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS payment will be granted to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63228/21]
    • Animal Welfare
      1961. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the tourism of paid trophy shooting of sheep, goats and deer in County Wicklow and possibly...
    • Forestry Sector
      1962. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason an issue (details supplied) has not been resolved; if a decision on the application can be expedited; and if he will make...
    • Animal Welfare
      1963. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the criteria that determined the amount of funding that was given to each animal welfare organisation under the €3.7 million...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1964. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of participants in the current round of TAMS 2014-2021 who were successful in acquiring funds for equine housing; and if...
    • Livestock Issues
      1965. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of the voyages of dedicated livestock vessels departing from Ireland in 2020 and in 2021 that were...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1966. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63523/21]
    • Forestry Sector
      1967. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Christmas tree farmers must apply for a felling licence in order to cut their crop; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      1968. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a payment will be issued to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63565/21]
    • Timber Supply
      1969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of timber that has been imported in each month in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Farm Inspections
      1970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if flexibility will be given in relation to sheep inspections during the busy lambing months given the welfare issues regarding the...
    • Pigmeat Sector
      1971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initiatives he plans to assist the pig production sector given the collapse in prices and the significant increase in input...
    • Forestry Sector
      1972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the target volume of forestry licences his Department plans to issue in 2022; and the target figures by category. [1267/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      1974. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined given they have not received correspondence in relation to the matter;...
    • Crop Losses
      1975. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he has had with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the hundreds of acres of land that were flooded in County...
    • Forestry Sector
      1976. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that only 4,035 forestry licences were issued by his Department in 2021, which is well...
    • Harbours and Piers
      1978. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when it is hoped to make a decision in relation to the provision of a deep-water pier in Ros a’Mhíl in view of the...
    • Fishing Industry
      1979. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the discussions he or his Department have had with the Department of Transport to have marine qualifications and experience in the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      1981. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him in tabular form; and the date by which...
    • Undefined
      1982. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) will receive full entitlements for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1583/22]
    • Social Media
      1983. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on social media by his Department and agencies under his remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      1984. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on consultancy services by his Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy...
    • Forestry Sector
      1987. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a forestry application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1812/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      1988. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for completion of the announced review of the Irish woollen industry; the amount of funding that has been allocated to...
    • Food Promotion
      1989. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a food-related trade mission to China will occur in quarter 1 of 2022 [1898/22]
    • International Relations
      1990. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have an agriculture attaché assigned to the embassy in Singapore. [1899/22]
    • Greyhound Industry
      1991. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the ownership of Shelbourne Park and the reported issues with ownership of the underground kennel area will be clarified. [1964/22]
    • Seirbhísí Oileán
      1994. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an bhfuil sé i gceist aige go dtabharfar pasanna d’oileánaigh as na hOileáin Árann le go gceadófar...
    • Forestry Sector
      1995. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will incorporate forestry schemes into the CAP environmental requisites for farmers in order to increase the numbers of tree...
    • Nitrates Usage
      1999. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of chemical fertiliser in tonnage that has been imported up to 14 December 2021 for the 2022 trading period; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      2002. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the most likely applicants and beneficiaries by farming sector for the current proposed eco-schemes in pillar 1 through the...
    • Forestry Sector
      2005. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licence applications issued broken down for Coillte and private (details supplied) from May to December 2019...
    • Farm Inspections
      2010. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 10 November 2021, if persons (details supplied) were notified of the inspections taking...
    • Agriculture Industry
      2011. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer is entitled to administer distomicide (details supplied) to cattle while the import licence expires on 27 January 2022;...
    • Product Labelling
      2012. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department on the proposed registration by an association (details supplied) of Irish whiskey in the United...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      2014. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers, the percentage of farmers and the land area for each of the eligible agricultural practices that will be...
    • EU Regulations
      2018. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the derogations from European Union regulations that his Department has availed of for the years 2016 to date; the reason for...
    • Animal Welfare
      2019. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of ex-gratia funding for animal welfare organisations allocated in 2020, 2021 and 2022; if the allocation of €3.7...
    • Forestry Sector
      2020. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent staff available within the forestry unit by function, role and week from December 2021 to date;...
    • Animal Slaughtering
      2021. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from controlled finishing units for the months of October, November and December 2021; and if he...
    • Horticulture Sector
      2022. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the report into the horticulture industry; when he expects to receive it; when he expects the report to be published;...
    • Livestock Issues
      2023. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department on GWP* v GWP100 with regard to the global warming impact of methane from livestock production...
    • Organic Farming
      2024. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for non-payment of the organic farming scheme payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Meetings
      2026. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him and Ministers of State within his Department during the period...
    • Agriculture Industry
      2027. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 785 of 15 September 2021, the results of his engagements to date with maize growers, producers...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      2028. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to address the Programme for Government commitment to ensure that inshore waters continue to be protected...
    • Organic Farming
      2029. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of tonnes of organic lamb and organic beef, respectively that were produced in Ireland in each of the years 2008 to 2021,...
    • Harbours and Piers
      2032. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress regarding the upgrading of Dinish Pier, Castletownbere, County Cork; the reason construction has stalled; and the...
    • An Teanga Gaeilge
      2033. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine an gcinnteoidh sé nach ndéanfar an chosaint dlí a léiríodh i gcás cúirte duine (sonraí...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Substance Misuse
      2034. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current position further to a statement (details supplied) regarding drugs task forces. [63399/21]
    • Library Services
      2035. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the upgrade to Mayfield Library, Cork; when it is likely to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Programmes
      2036. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to a statement by An Taoiseach in November 2021 (details supplied), if she will provide an update on proposed actions arising...
    • Rural Schemes
      2037. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way in which a sum of approximately €172,000 announced as part of the town and village renewal scheme 2019 for Bunratty,...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      2039. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the terms of reference for the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce; the matters discussed at the first meeting of the Taskforce;...
    • Undefined
      2040. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will address the concerns outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63522/21]
    • Rural Schemes
      2041. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if approval will be provided that an ex-gratia payment be made to a company (details supplied) regarding the cessation of...
    • Community Development Projects
      2042. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the funding for the social inclusion and community activation programme will be withdrawn; when this will happen; if a new social...
    • Regeneration Projects
      2044. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the breakdown of funding allocated under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund by county, project and amount each year since the...
    • Departmental Investigations
      2045. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of an investigation (details supplied) underway within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      2046. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the establishment of a new small capital grant scheme for community centre upgrades which was announced in Budget...
    • Regeneration Projects
      2048. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the process involved in identifying successful applications under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund category 2 as announced on...
    • Calafoirt agus Céanna
      2049. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén uair a eagrófar cruinniu le hionadaithe ó Inis Meáin ata ag lorg cruinniu le trí mhi anuas leis a Roinn...
    • Regeneration Projects
      2050. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund will be open for new applications under category 2 of the fund in 2022; if so, when it...
    • Departmental Reviews
      2052. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by her in tabular form; and the date by which...
    • Departmental Funding
      2053. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if applications for funding were received by her Department from Mayo County Council for the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund...
    • Social Media
      2054. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on social media by her Department and agencies under her remit in 2021; and the platforms the monies were spent on...
    • Departmental Contracts
      2055. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount spent on consultancy services by her Department in 2021; the reason for each consultancy; and the name of the consultancy...
    • Departmental Data
      2056. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that her Department provide via a...
    • Regeneration Projects
      2057. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the provision of funding to complete a project (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a...
    • Grant Payments
      2060. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the agencies and organisations that received the social enterprise capital grant scheme for dispersal in 2021 in an area (details...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      2062. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the initial meeting of the newly established Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce; if she will provide the...
    • Community Development Projects
      2064. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding for the provision and installation of a defibrillator will be considered for the area of Clonagh, County Kildare; the...
    • Public Sector Staff
      2066. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of public sector workers under her remit by sectors (details supplied) in each of the local electoral areas in County...
    • Island Communities
      2069. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Islands’ Action Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2620/22]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      2070. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll out of the broadband connection points; the number of publicly accessible broadband points that are now live...

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