Written answers
Tuesday, 21 June 2022
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Facilities
8. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht If she will support a boxing club (details supplied), a hugely successful community boxing club with a person and Olympic hopefuls,...
- Gaeltacht Policy
13. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is taking steps to ensure the survival and growth of Gaeltacht regions and the preservation of the Irish language...
- Sports Events
15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he has met with a sporting organisation (details supplied) to discuss barriers to attendance at games due to scarcity of hotel...
- Artists' Remuneration
16. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when successful applicants for the basic income for artists will be informed of their selection and start to receive funding; the...
- Tourism Policy
17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of a successor to the Tourism Action Plan 2019-2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32485/22]
- Coláistí Samhraidh
19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbunóidh sí gasra oibre chun straitéis a chur chun cinn maidir le todhchaí na gcoláistí samhraidh...
- Culture Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 45 of 5 May 2022 and 75 of 24 February 2022, the status of the legacy framework arising from...
- Tourism Funding
21. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the capital funding available in 2022 to develop tourism infrastructure; the expected capital funding for such developments in...
- Culture Policy
22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that are in place for culture night 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32247/22]
- Irish Language
23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the failings highlighted in the most recent report from an Coimisinéir Teanga; the way that her Department will...
- Artists' Remuneration
24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the basic income for the arts pilot scheme; the details of the operation of the scheme; the geographical...
- Pleanáil Teanga
25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 22180/22, an ndearbhóidh sí go bhfuil Oifigeach Pleanála Teanga ceaptha i mBearna agus...
- Tourism Industry
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is monitoring the price of hotel rooms in Ireland; if she is concerned in particular with the prices regularly...
- Gaeltacht Policy
27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with Cork City Council or stakeholder groups to examine the potential of an urban Gaeltacht on the northside of...
- Sports Facilities
28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the actions that Sport Ireland have taken since 2017 to develop access to outdoor recreation facilities especially footpaths and...
- Legislative Measures
29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will update on the progress with the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Sports Organisations
30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking on the issue of diversity and female representation on Boards and within executive positions across Sport...
- Sports Funding
31. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on her Department’s capital investment in sports projects; and if she will make a statement on...
- Sports Organisations
32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the ongoing controversy in the Irish Athletic Boxing Association; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Tourism Industry
33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagements she has had to date with the car rental industry in relation to the extraordinarily high prices being charged for...
- Sports Funding
34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to receive the review of projects allocated funding under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund; when it is...
- Departmental Policies
35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s strategy to increase diversity, inclusion and equality in sport; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Tourism Policy
36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to help rebuild Ireland’s tourism sector which had achieved record numbers of visitors prior to the Covid-19...
- Tourism Industry
37. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of her engagements with the hotel sector to ensure that price-gouging is stopped; the plans that are in place to...
- Tourism Policy
38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the development of a National Tourism Policy, including the expected consultation process; and if...
- Departmental Reports
40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she intends to publish the Future of Media Commission report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32422/22]
- Sports Funding
41. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure the National Sports Campus, Sport Ireland, and NGBs which seek State funding are prioritising...
- Tourism Policy
42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details on her engagement with Government colleagues regarding recruitment and retention challenges in the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceisteanna Parlaiminte 22177/22 agus 10318/22, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas an tríú gné...
- Departmental Policies
45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to ensure that the culture, arts, sports and media elements of her portfolio are adequately...
- Sports Funding
48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she plans to provide additional supports to assist local authorities to meet demand for playing pitches in their areas; and if...
- Foilseacháin Ghaeilge
49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht faoina tuairimí faoi na deacrachtaí leanúnacha in earnáil na foilsitheoireachta Gaeilge, na pleananna atá...
- Culture Policy
50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on plans to develop the National Concert Hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32424/22]
- Tourism Industry
51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support small and medium tourism business in the tourism sector to decarbonise, with clear targets and...
- Artists' Remuneration
52. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the barriers for artists with disabilities availing of funding from schemes initiated by the...
- Gaeltacht Policy
53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department is working with other Departments to develop job opportunities within the gaeltacht regions in order that working...
- Tourism Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to monitor developments in the tourism sector with a view to ensuring insofar as is possible that...
- Film Industry
55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she intends to take to improve the conditions of employment of workers and performers in the Irish Film Industry; her...
- Sports Funding
56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of the Sports Capital funding will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32401/22]
- Broadcasting Sector
57. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s strategy to support the Irish language broadcasting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32416/22]
- Legislative Measures
58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she intends to publish the report of the expert group on an individual complaints mechanism as part of the Online Safety and...
- Northern Ireland
59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in the preparing of proposals to avail of funding under the Peace Plus Programme which will benefit the...
- Tourism Policy
61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure Fáilte Ireland and tourism projects which seek State funding are prioritising reduction in...
- Scoileanna Gaeilge agus Gaeltachta
62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le forbairt gteic ar shuíomh Choláiste Íosagáin i mBaile...
- Departmental Policies
63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her Department’s strategy to support media freedom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32432/22]
- Ukraine War
65. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that Sport Ireland and national governing bodies are responding to the crisis in Ukraine and the need to support the...
- Culture Policy
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will set out the plan to achieve the commitment of the previous government to double investment in arts and culture by 2025....
- Online Safety
69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the recruitment of an Online Safety Commissioner and establishment of a support structure for...
- Departmental Reports
72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will outline progress regarding the recommendations of the Night-Time Economy Taskforce Report, including implementation of...
- Pleanáil Teanga
73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé beartaithe aici stádas baile seirbhíse Gaeltachta a shannadh do Mhaigh Chromtha; agus an...
- Tourism Policy
74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has undertaken work on a circular economy strategy for the tourism sector; and if she will make a statement on...
- European Union
75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she did support, or play an active role in the decision to include Israel in the creative Europe programme. [32282/22]
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 2443/22, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an gcoiste comhairleach atá beartaithe faoi Acht na...
- Artists' Remuneration
77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will detail progress under the basic income for the Arts (BIA) pilot scheme including uptake to date by county and sector in...
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Commemorative Events
78. To ask the Taoiseach if he will ensure that a veteran sailor (details supplied) receives an invite to the National Day of Commemoration Ceremony as per previous years. [32512/22]
- Departmental Policies
79. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department and public bodies and agencies that operate under his remit that operate in direct contact with members of the public have policies in place for members...
- Energy Prices
81. To ask the Taoiseach the analyses that has been conducted on the cost of energy per household as a proportion of household income from 1992 to 2022,in tabular form. [31783/22]
- Departmental Expenditure
82. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 31 May 2022, the breakdown of the amounts paid to barristers by the Chief State Solicitor or Attorney General in actions...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Intellectual Property
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she will provide details of any meetings have taken place between her Department and other Departments or with external...
- Employment Rights
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the call by the European Union Commission for Ireland to ensure the effective enforcement of workers' rights under the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Renewable Energy Generation
85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of electricity generated from renewable sources in each year since 2012 to date in 2022 as a proportion of...
- Energy Conservation
88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when persons will be able to avail of the SEAI retrofit grants that were announced in February 2022 (details supplied);...
- Electricity Generation
90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is grant aid available to businesses who want to install climate friendly electricity generating measures to...
- Renewable Energy Generation
91. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that all of the retail electricity suppliers are participating in the schemes whereby surplus...
- Energy Conservation
92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the allowances that can be made for families who, due to the delay in finalising their Sustainable Energy Authority...
- Broadband Infrastructure
94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the provision of broadband services in the areas of Eadestown and Kilteel; and if he...
- Departmental Schemes
95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total cost of the €200 electricity rebate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32289/22]
- Electricity Grid
98. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons who have had smart electricity metres installed are having...
- Climate Change Policy
99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Climate Action Fund for Community Climate Action projects will be announced for County Mayo (details supplied)....
- National Broadband Plan
100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a progress report on the roll-out of the National Broadband Plan; the number of properties connected...
- Departmental Data
101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under...
- Departmental Meetings
102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current makeup of the renewable energy advisory group; the number of times it has met since establishment; when it...
- Research Funding
103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 14 June 2022, if he will publish the interim report; and if he will make a...
- Electricity Generation
104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the refund from electrical suppliers to micro-generating customers will start; the amounts that will be refunded;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Legislative Measures
105. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline plans to change the law to allow bus drivers over the age of 70 years to drive buses up to the age of 75 years; the...
- Bus Services
106. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority ceased the 88X bus route and curtailed the 51D bus routes; and if the service will be...
- Driver Test
107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the register of approved driving instructors including the number of instructors by category; the number of individual...
- National Car Test
117. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the costs to his Department and or the Road Safety Authority associated with developing a NCT centre at Smithstown, Shannon, County Clare...
- Aviation Industry
119. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on fluctuation in prices for the purchase of seats with an airline (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Ports Policy
120. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the Dublin Port pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31831/22]
- Rail Network
121. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of the timeline for the completion of double tracking of the rail line connecting Athenry to Galway city. [31873/22]
- Haulage Industry
122. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has provided funding to an association (details supplied) over the past 20 years; and if so, the amount involved. [31874/22]
- Bus Services
123. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that will be taken in relation to the buses that will no longer be in use once the new electric buses are delivered; the...
- Road Network
124. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if changes will be made to the local improvement scheme to widen the scope for applications to the scheme; if the need for the road to be...
- Bus Services
126. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the planned total investment in the national public service obligation bus fleet; and the increase anticipated in over all fleet numbers...
- Road Signage
130. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a matter in relation to signage at a location (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
131. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider allowing the transfer of Ukrainian bus driver licences to an Irish bus driver licence; and if he will make a...
- Córas Iompair Éireann
132. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 4 May 2022, if he will provide a further update on the timeline to confirm the statutory...
- Road Safety
133. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 24 May 2022, if he will instruct the Road Safety Authority to issue an answer on the...
- Bus Éireann
134. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers that used Bus Éireann route 355 services in each direction in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form....
- Rail Network
135. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within car parks at Iarnród Éireann stations in 2021 and to date in...
- Driver Test
136. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a driver theory test will be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Dublin Airport Authority
137. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if staffing shortages in Dublin Airport have been exacerbated by the expiration of stamp 2 visas on 31 May 2022; and if he will make a...
- Dublin Bus
138. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority has engaged with Dublin Bus or other operators on route alignments with regard to the provision of...
- Bus Services
139. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the introduction of additional 24/7 bus routes given the lack of late night transport in Dublin city making it unsafe...
- Road Safety
140. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stopping distance formula used by the Road Safety Authority Chief Operations Officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Bus Services
143. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a bus shelter (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32382/22]
- Public Transport
146. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of taxi vehicles currently registered which will be affected by the ten year vehicle age limit between now and 1 January 2023...
- Driver Test
147. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a Cat D driving test will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32398/22]
- Greenways Provision
148. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a national framework exists to govern the process of converting a disused rail line into a greenway; and if he will make a statement...
- Tax Data
149. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated first and full-year cost of equalising quarterly, half-year and annual payment costs of motor tax equal to the annual...
- Public Transport
150. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of what happens to unused credit on LEAP cards that have not been activated in at least 12 months; the way...
- Rail Network
151. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of Ballisodare train station; if he has any plans to reopen the station; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the...
- Insurance Industry
152. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with the Irish Motor Insurance industry in regard to credit for previous driving experience in respect of Ukrainian...
- Rail Network
153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with Irish Rail regarding the designation of Rosslare Europort as Ireland’s offshore renewable energy...
- Bus Services
154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request an explanation from a company (details supplied) as to the reason three scheduled departures of the 18 bus route...
- Road Projects
155. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department have had any meetings with a local authority (details supplied) on the provision of a vital piece of...
- Public Transport
156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that he is taking to ensure public transport is a viable alternative to travelling by private car in counties Longford and...
- Department of Finance
- Budget Process
157. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to amend the tax requirement in the upcoming Budget in terms of qualifying for the first-time buyers grant given the drive that is ongoing to...
- Tax Code
158. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the reintroduction of the 9% vat rate to the tourism industry; the affect it would have on inbound and domestic tourism; and if he will make a...
- Insurance Industry
159. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will discuss the effect that increasing liability insurance premiums are having on sports and cultural organisations as well as adventure centres; and...
- Fiscal Policy
160. To ask the Minister for Finance the impact that the recent increase in interest rates will have on the projected rise in Ireland’s debt servicing costs; and if he will make a...
- Tax Code
163. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will raise the capital acquisitions thresholds between aunt and uncles to nieces and nephew; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31930/22]
- Vehicle Registration Tax
164. To ask the Minister for Finance if her Department will examine the process by which car registrations can be purchased without applicable proof of car ownership; and if he will make a...
- Defective Building Materials
165. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps that he has taken to date on ensuring a contribution from relevant industries to the funding for dealing with defective block and or future...
- Banking Sector
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of lifetime loans that have been issued to older persons over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Code
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding stamp duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32153/22]
- Official Engagements
169. To ask the Minister for Finance if he spoke with the World Bank President during his recent visit to Washington DC. [32216/22]
- Tax Code
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider raising tax exemption limits for people aged 65 years or over or provide further extra tax credits to mitigate against the rising cost of...
- Insurance Industry
172. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the work undertaken within his Department to drive insurance premiums down to affordable levels; and when promised legislation reforms will...
- Tax Code
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has examined reducing VAT on imported electric vehicles; the estimated annual cost of reducing VAT on EVs to the lowest possible level; and if he will...
- Tax Credits
174. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year costs of indexing personal tax credits, the employee tax credit and the earned income tax credit at a rate of 1% while...
- Research and Development
176. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year cost for making research and development payable credits payable in one instalment within 12 months for small and...
- Tax Yield
177. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 40% rate of capital gains tax on individual incomes in excess of...
- Departmental Schemes
178. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the help to buy scheme for 2023; if all or a portion of that cost is within the base for 2023; and to outline that cost. [32482/22]
- Tax Yield
179. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated first and full-year revenue that would be raised by introducing a 3% income tax surcharge on the portion of individual income above...
- Tax Code
180. To ask the Minister for Finance the rate of tax being paid by financial investors on the profit from rents in apartment blocks and other residential property; the rate of tax paid by persons...
- Vacant Properties
181. To ask the Minister for Finance when figures for the number of vacant properties per county based off the local property returns will be published; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cost of Living Issues
182. To ask the Minister for Finance his considerations to address the rising cost in living as headline inflation has exceeded what was forecasted since the budget; and if he will make a...
- Primary Medical Certificates
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken to ensure the expected changes to the eligibility criteria policy for a primary medical certificate are implemented; and if he will...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Freedom of Information
186. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to amend the Freedom of Information Acts to make the office of President and Áras an Uachtaráin subject to...
- Parking Provision
187. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the guidelines or criteria that determine the level and type of parking allowed for events in the Phoenix Park. [31885/22]
- Flood Risk Management
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the size of each allocation and any corresponding capital carryover in relation to the capital allocation for flood defences in each of...
- Office of Public Works
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time qualified structural engineers employed by the Office of Public Works as of 1 January 2021 and 13 June 2022, in...
- Natural Heritage Areas
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a national heritage area will be delisted once the species it is protecting has died; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flexible Work Practices
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the progress on blended working arrangements across the Civil Service to support Government policy to move to 20%...
- Public Sector Staff
192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will adjust travel and accommodation expenses for employees of the public sector to reflect the fact that petrol, diesel and...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
193. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to schedule an update of the review of participation in, and cost of, apprenticeships published in 2019; and if he will make...
- Flood Risk Management
194. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he had any engagements with the steering group and Cork City Council; if any progress has been made for the lower Lee relief scheme...
- Burial Grounds
195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagements he has had with the Office of Public Works, Kilmainham Gaol and the National Graves Association on plans to move the...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the election to the board of Údarás na Gaeltachta will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Broadcasting Sector
198. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the work her Department is undertaking to develop and implement further actions to support the positive portrayal...
- Tourism Policy
199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department has taken to increase visitor numbers to Ireland's Ancient East, as promised under the Our Rural Future...
- Broadcasting Sector
200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the current RTÉ strategy for the period 2018-22, which was reviewed by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland prior to...
- Departmental Expenditure
202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total final expenditure on phase 3 of the live performance support scheme. [32125/22]
- Departmental Schemes
207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the list of recipients of, or events funded under, the live performance support scheme, phase 2, the live performance support...
- Culture Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made on the Government commitment to supporting a green recovery in the cultural and creative sector,...
- Film Industry
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she can provide clarity on the meaning of the upskilling of audiovisual workers, as set out in the programme for Government,...
- National Cultural Institutions
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives that have been developed since June 2020 to enable the national cultural institutions, NCIs, to go on tour to...
- Culture Policy
217. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the innovative support schemes that have been developed since June 2020 for small local festivals, amateur dramatics and musicals;...
- Departmental Schemes
221. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of schools that remain without access to Creative Schools, and a timeline for the expansion of same to all schools....
- Culture Policy
223. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she intends to establish the night-time culture mayors proposed for Dublin and Cork; if she will confirm that the examination...
- Commemorative Events
226. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the examination that has taken place into the possibility of annual State commemorations for figures with significant positive...
- Official Engagements
227. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she or her officials have met directly with either the President and or the Director General of a sporting organisation...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received an annual report and financial statements in respect of either 2020 or 2021 from Údarás na...
- Artists' Remuneration
230. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received from eligible applicants in respect of the basic income for artists pilot scheme; when the...
- Coláistí Samhraidh
231. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht soiléiriú a thabhairt ar thaighde atá idir lámha ag Páidí Ó Sé agus Coláistí...
- Cumarsáid Aireachta
232. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceisteanna Pharlaiminte 22178/22, 10295/22 agus 2836/22, stádas an ghasra oibre; soiléiriú a thabhairt ar...
- Departmental Schemes
233. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to increase the capital grant available to encourage new households to enter the scheme to provide accommodation for...
- Online Safety
234. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent and context of any engagements she has had with media interests with particular reference to the need to protect the...
- Swimming Pools
237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which the swimming pool development programme is expected to continue; the basis on which it will continue over the...
- Sports Organisations
238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department continues to reach out to those involved in sporting activities with a view to continuation of...
- Arts Policy
239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to support the arts throughout the country with particular reference to both amateur and...
- Tourism Industry
241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to monitor the tourism sector with a view to ensuring that customers do not...
- Sports Events
245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department support the potential hosting of various global sporting events in this country; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Rental Sector
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding land designations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Housing Policy
248. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider raising the maximum contribution of housing adaptation grants towards building costs given the huge rise...
- World Heritage Sites
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will confirm the successful applications for inclusion on the new tentative list of potential world...
- Water Services
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be expanding the €50 million scheme providing funding for water services’ infrastructure in rural...
- World Heritage Sites
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position in relation to the joint application by Ireland and Canada for UNESCO World Heritage status in respect...
- Housing Schemes
252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the shared equity scheme will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31878/22]
- Wildlife Protection
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will fully answer the progress report on the establishment of the wildlife crime unit; the roles that will be included;...
- Rental Sector
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable cost rental at a location (details supplied); the level of affordable housing fund...
- Housing Provision
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the delivery of affordable homes on the glass bottle factory site in the Poolbeg SDZ; if he will provide a list...
- Invasive Species Policy
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 289 of 24 February 2021, if there is a plan in place at national level to control and...
- Housing Provision
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the progress of the proposed 597 unit public housing scheme at the former Shanganagh Castle...
- Housing Schemes
261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the mortgage allowance scheme which supports local authority tenants who surrender their home...
- Housing Policy
262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider reviewing with a view to increasing the current property valuation limit for fresh start home loans...
- Defective Building Materials
263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will confirm if County Sligo will be included in the mica/pyrite redress scheme (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Departmental Reports
264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has received a report from senior counsel regarding alleged conflicts of interest in An Bord Pleanála; and if he...
- Culture Policy
265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the examination that has taken place of meanwhile use legislation and if he intends to pursue its application for cultural and...
- Defective Building Materials
266. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will give a definitive date when the working group specifically tasked with examining the issues of fire safety and...
- Housing Schemes
267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new tenant purchase scheme will be available to council tenants in County Tipperary; the reason that no information...
- Housing Provision
273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of national housing completions annually since 2016; and the number in the 12 months between Q2 2021 and Q1 2022,...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Policy
274. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to hold a referendum on Irish neutrality; and if so, when he intends to hold the referendum. [31934/22]
- Passport Services
276. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for a person (details supplied) will be expedited as the family are travelling to visit a sick relative on 20 June 2022. [31781/22]
- Foreign Birth Registration
309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); the timeline for when the application will be completed; and if...
- Passport Services
313. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31946/22]
- Irish Aid
377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Irish Aid to the Horn of Africa region; the efforts that are being made to avoid a humanitarian crisis; and...
- Middle East
384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question 402 of 15 February 2022, if his officials have now reviewed the detail of the report published on 1...
- Passport Services
385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify the types of identification that may be used in a passport application process in situations in which photo...
- Consular Services
387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in the Algarve area of Portugal. [32223/22]
- Passport Services
396. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of passport applications for persons (details supplied) given that it has exceeded the target issue date and applicants travel...
- Irish Aid
449. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Rapid Response Corps Panel will be open for new applicants; if the existing panel members will have to reapply when applications...
- Passport Services
469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32681/22]
- Foreign Birth Registration
527. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Correspondence
530. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he received correspondence from this Deputy relating to an issue (details supplied) sent on 30 May 2022; and if a response will issue;...
- Department of Defence
- Foreign Policy
532. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland was represented at the NATO International Military Staff and the European Military Staff, or IMS-EUMS Directors' General Conference...
- Defence Forces
533. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when Óglaigh Náisiúnta na hÉireann, ONE, will have full access to the new drop-in centre in Wexford military barracks; and...
- Departmental Staff
534. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of full-time qualified civilian fitness instructors employed by his Department but who work in military barracks, in each of the...
- Departmental Equipment
535. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of horses that joined the Defence Forces equitation school in 2021 and to date in 2022; the number of horses that left the equitation...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Funding
536. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider an appeal in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31818/22]
- School Accommodation
537. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the location of a new primary school (details supplied) that is temporarily accommodated in prefabs in Sutton; and if the school will occupy...
- Special Educational Needs
538. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills , further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 10 May, if consideration will be given to the provision of a non means-tested subsidy for summer...
- School Facilities
539. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the new school building for a school (details supplied); the timeline for the completion of this project; if she will meet...
- Scoileanna DEIS
540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS primary schools that are due to lose teaching staff for the 2022-2023 academic year. [31881/22]
- School Staff
542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of appeals lodged by primary schools that are due to lose teaching staff for the 2022-2023 academic year; and the number of...
- Special Educational Needs
543. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special educational needs organisers in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31906/22]
- School Facilities
548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next call-off contract will be awarded; if a school (details supplied) will be included; the number of schools included in the contract;...
- School Enrolments
550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the recourse that a school has if an appeal to retain a teaching post is not successful and enrolment figures continue to increase in the...
- School Management
552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools (details supplied) in Dublin 12 will be compelled to open classes for autistic students; and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Staff
553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the teacher allocation at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32039/22]
- Special Educational Needs
554. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed special needs unit at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32040/22]
- School Transport
555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider amending the bus route to a school (details supplied) for a family in advance of the usual concessionary timeline; and if...
- School Staff
556. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are currently in hand to replace current vacant education welfare officer positions in County Kildare, the effect of which is...
- School Admissions
557. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a student (details supplied) who was not offered a place in first year at a local secondary school in Limerick;...
- State Examinations
558. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the State certificates promised to students whose junior certificate exams were cancelled in 2020 will be issued; the reason for the...
- School Facilities
559. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if ownership will be established of a recently closed school (details supplied) given that an interested voluntary group is willing to lease the...
- State Examinations
560. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to the extension of deferred sitting of exams in future for those who suffer an episode during an exam (details...
- Departmental Contracts
561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 377 of 31 May 2022, the amount that was paid to each barrister in actions in which she is a named party in...
- School Transport
562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has directed that suitable school bus transport will be provided in the coming autumn to service the growing number of pupils (details...
- School Facilities
563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requirements to retrofit and install solar panels respectively in a school (details supplied); if the...
- Disadvantaged Status
564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given by her Department to reclassifying a school (details supplied) as DEIS 1 from its current status as DEIS 2 due to...
- Departmental Reports
565. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to a previous Parliamentary Question, if a report has been issued by Tusla Education Support Service to her Department; if so, if her...
- School Admissions
566. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding a child’s fight for an appropriate school...
- Departmental Policies
567. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is policy to obtain an independent valuation of a school property in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Schools Building Projects
568. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the appointment of a project manager and team to oversee the building of a new school for a school (details supplied). [32473/22]
- School Staff
569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reconsider an appeal in the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32509/22]
- Special Educational Needs
570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update with regard to progress on special education classes to be provided at post primary schools in County Cork for...
- Departmental Funding
571. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps taken by her Department following the recent publication of the out of school education provision report; the level of funding that her...
- Schools Building Projects
572. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the extension works to be carried out at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- School Funding
573. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to increase funding to schools to cover the ever-rising cost of lighting and heating owing to the rising costs of...
- National Educational Psychological Service
574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to increase NEPS services across the State and reinstate and expand the in-school and early years therapy support...
- Departmental Funding
575. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to increase or fund an initial grant of €20 per pupil for onsite counselling services in primary and specials...
- School Transport
576. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department anticipates that the improved walking and cycling access to schools (details supplied) from Waterside along the reservation...
- School Accommodation
577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an application under the additional accommodation scheme will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if work is under way on an interim site planning application for a school (details supplied) as a potential continency interim site for the...
- Disadvantaged Status
579. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a DEIS appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32649/22]
- Education Policy
580. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 947 of 14 June 2022, if the State gives support for children to learn and develop their language skills in...
- Departmental Meetings
581. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 12 May 2022, if she will provide on update on the meeting between her Department and the DDLETB due...
- Schools Building Projects
582. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify what is planned for a school (details supplied); if it is a new build or refurbishment and if she will ensure that previous...
- State Examinations
583. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the concerns that teachers and students have in relation to the many changes to the Junior Certificate Irish syllabus which...
- School Staff
584. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the rule in relation to teachers on career breaks doing unlimited hours of substitution teaching in the coming school year has...
- Legislative Reviews
585. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005, having regard to the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004 will be included in the...
- Education Welfare Service
586. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of notifications made to the Tusla Educational Welfare Support Service in relation to the use of reduced timetables for the current...
- School Curriculum
587. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that her Department has acted on a report (details supplied) specifically in relation to the merit in a policy providing enhanced...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
588. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will continue to be paid the carer’s allowance upon the recent death of...
- Ukraine War
590. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the application form, details and processes involved in applying for the €400 a month payment for...
- Gender Recognition
591. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the status of her Department providing the option to include non-binary as a gender option...
- Citizens Information Services
593. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a citizens information centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32081/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
594. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of arrears for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32144/22]
- Social Welfare Schemes
595. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Turas Nua is putting the onus on a social welfare recipient to share the status of their employment, when this...
- Social Welfare Payments
597. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is currently a backlog of applications for the one-parent family payment; if so, the number of applications in the...
- Social Welfare Benefits
599. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a disability allowance application will be processed for a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Citizens Information Services
601. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the Citizens Information offices in the Cork east constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Education Schemes
603. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason Back to Education Allowance recipients are not allowed to work full time during the summer months and retain their...
- Departmental Circulars
604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact her Department and bodies under its...
- Social Welfare Payments
605. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for a working family payment by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
606. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 294 of 2 June 2022 in which he stated they may be entitled to receive standard illness...
- Community Employment Schemes
607. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 630, 631, 632 and 633 of 22 March 2022, if the administrative arrangements to...
- Data Protection
608. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the legal basis that enables her Department to share information such as mobile phone numbers with third party companies such...
- Social Welfare Payments
609. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the impact on the social protection payments of a person if they outline the measures they are taking to secure employment...
- Social Welfare Schemes
611. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address concerns that persons who are in possession of a free travel pass are not being notified that their...
- Community Employment Schemes
612. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to review the community employment schemes. [32781/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
613. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer’s allowance award will be backdated to the date care was transferred to a person (details supplied) in...
- Community Welfare Services
615. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of community welfare officers in the State; the number per area; the number who have retired within the past three...
- Social Welfare Payments
616. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of exceptional needs payment applications in the past three years; the number per area, in tabular form; and if...
- Gender Balance
618. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the gender breakdown for all social welfare inspectors employed by her Department. [32814/22]
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Social Welfare Schemes
619. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the items that will be included in the free book selection for pupils enrolling in primary school for the first...
- International Protection
620. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an official in his Department will make contact with a person (details supplied) regarding accommodation for...
- Children in Care
621. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children in State care who have become pregnant whilst in State care. [31855/22]
- International Protection
622. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will elaborate on his plans for student accommodation to be used to house Ukrainian refugees during the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
623. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review a case (details supplied) regarding an age exemption for a child attending ECCE due to...
- Family Support Services
625. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department considered adding a cloth nappy to the new baby bundle initiative considering the climate...
- Children in Care
626. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who were taken into State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the...
- Child and Family Agency
627. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the years from 2017 to 2021...
- Children in Care
630. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of birth mothers of children in State care in each of Tusla’s 17 service areas in each of the...
- Departmental Funding
632. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will now be provided by his Department towards accommodation (details supplied); and if he will make...
- International Agreements
633. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for the ratification of the Optional Protocol of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
634. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers in the State who are unaccompanied minors; the number who are in State care or...
- Disability Services
637. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is any grant assistance for the installation of play areas or footpaths in the homes of families with...
- Departmental Communications
638. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies...
- Adoption Services
639. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a person (details supplied) who started their adoption tracing process in September 2020 is yet to be...
- Childcare Services
640. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he has taken to reduce the cost of childcare in these inflationary times; the steps he has taken to...
- Health Services
641. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure the changes to the eligibility criteria policy for a primary medical certificate are...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
642. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the current higher education metrics in the annual Revised Estimates Volume and the Public Service Performance Report to ensure...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
643. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will be facilitated with the next phase of their SOLAS apprenticeship; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Student Visas
645. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the expiration of stamp 2 visas for persons who were enrolled as English language students in the State; and if his attention has...
- Third Level Costs
646. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) will quality for any support towards travel or tuition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32276/22]
- Public Private Partnerships
647. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he anticipates the preferred tenderers for bundle 1 of higher education private public partnerships projects will be selected; and if he...
- Third Level Education
648. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has plans to introduce an income-contingent maintenance support fund for higher education as outlined in the recently published economic...
- Public Private Partnerships
649. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 431 of 2 June 2022, the intended timeframe for the construction of bundle 1 and bundle 2; and if he will...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
650. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of €2,000 payments made for each type of apprentice under the employer grant to date; the percentage of application per...
- Third Level Education
651. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question Nos. 1217 and 1262 of 14 June 2022, if he will provide a further and complete breakdown for Irish, European...
- Adult Education Provision
652. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the proposals that will be made to regularise contracts and establish a salary scale for adult education tutors in view of a recommendation of...
- Third Level Education
653. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has met with third level institutions to progress the establishment of a neurology nursing course in this State. [32561/22]
- Third Level Fees
654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to parliamentary question No. 1298 of 14 June 2022, the amount that was recouped from overpayments through student repayments in 2019,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- EU Directives
655. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a Government commitment to promote the recognition of the crime of ecocide as part of the environmental crime...
- EU Agreements
656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to promote the recognition of ecocide in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. [31922/22]
- Visa Applications
657. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of short-term visa applications under the category of general practitioner relief and cover by the country of origin...
- Crime Prevention
658. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken to tackle the reported incidence of hate crimes being perpetrated across the country, especially...
- Legislative Measures
659. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay in setting up the public consultation in relation to disregard legislation to exonerate men convicted...
- An Garda Síochána
660. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Adamstown is being considered for a new Garda station by Garda management; the criteria and the way that potential sites and...
- Legal Aid
661. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the total expenditure on the free legal aid scheme for the years 1990, 2000, 2010, 2015 and 2020; the...
- Residency Permits
665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the process by which a third-country national who resides in Ireland and needs to travel urgently can...
- Drug and Alcohol Testing
666. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on Garda roadside alcohol and drug testing detections, including the number of detections by...
- Residency Permits
667. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application pursuant to the regularisation of long-term undocumented migrants...
- Departmental Data
668. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there have been 511 violent attacks on trans sex workers to date in 2022; her...
- Alcohol Sales
669. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on her plans to modernise licensing laws and application processes in line with her commitments...
- An Garda Síochána
670. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to each Garda District within the Tipperary division as of 31 December 2020 and 14...
- Visa Applications
674. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Departmental Data
675. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department maintains figures in respect of departures from the State of stamp 2 visa holders whose permissions expired...
- Naturalisation Applications
676. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress that has been made to date in processing an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details...
- Courts Service
677. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32277/22]
- Visa Applications
678. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date who have applied for the current undocumented scheme; and the breakdown of those within the...
- Departmental Data
680. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fixed penalty notices that gardaí issued for parking in a bus lane in the years 2021 and to date in 2022, in...
- An Garda Síochána
682. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the Garda divisions currently without a crime prevention officer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32338/22]
- Road Traffic Accidents
691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions in each of the years 2019 to 2021 in each Garda district in County Mayo; the number which...
- Gambling Sector
692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on any legislation in relation to the gaming industry's use of so-called loot boxes; and if not, if there...
- An Garda Síochána
693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the full breakdown of staff including gardaí and civilians within An Garda Síochána from 2018 to 2021 and to...
- Courts Staff
697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges by each court level in tabular form. [32365/22]
- Judicial Appointments
698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges appointed by each court level in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32366/22]
- Probation and Welfare Service
699. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels of the Probation Service by county in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32367/22]
- Departmental Data
700. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the staffing levels in her Department by section in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32368/22]
- An Garda Síochána
701. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of vehicles used by gardaí by area in each of the years since 2018 to date in tabular form. [32369/22]
- International Protection
704. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process to be followed by a person (details supplied) whose IRP card has expired since 11 June 2022; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
705. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that some of the security provisions put in place to protect a person (details...
- Travel Documents
707. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is permissible for seafarers who obtain transit visas from the UK authorities to cross the Border on this island and...
- Residency Permits
709. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a person (details supplied) for a refund for a Irish residence permit card will be processed; and if she...
- Prison Service
710. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason that proceedings are being taken against a person (details supplied); the reason that a case such as this should be...
- Department of Health
- Health Services
711. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32092/22]
- Departmental Budgets
712. To ask the Minister for Health the budget that has been provided for the new advanced nurse practitioners as recently advertised by his Department; if this is a new payment; and if he will...
- Legislative Reviews
713. To ask the Minister for Health if Part 2 of the Disability Act 2005 that outlines the main provisions of the assessment of needs process will be reviewed having regard to the Education for...
- Medical Cards
714. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a pathway for the reimbursement of the cost of a PCR test taken privately by an elderly medical card patient where the test was required for...
- Departmental Inquiries
715. To ask the Minister for Health if it is proposed to have an inquiry, public or otherwise, into the State’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Mental Health Services
718. To ask the Minister for Health the key performance indicators reported to him in respect of the child and adult mental health service; and his views on the throughput of patients, the level...
- Health Services
719. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the BreastCheck mobile unit has moved from the Cork Road, Waterford to Dungarvan; if it is to be permanently relocated; and if he will make a...
- Dental Services
720. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in registering dentists from other EU member states, from Britain and others who have trained in Ireland and are...
- Departmental Data
722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have applied and have been registered, respectively, with the Dental Council from 2021 to date in 2022; the average amount of time...
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
724. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons aged under 18 years who have been referred to hospitals and HSE run centres for testing for sexually transmitted diseases and infections...
- Health Services
725. To ask the Minister for Health the protocols that in place in instances in which an underage person presents to a hospital or HSE-run facility pregnant; if a referral is made to Tusla in...
- Departmental Reviews
726. To ask the Minister for Health the date upon which his Department became aware of a validation report in relation to suspected sexual abuse in a centre for persons (details supplied) with...
- Health Service Executive
727. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has engaged with the gardaí in relation to the validation report regarding suspected sexual abuse in a centre for persons (details supplied)...
- Hospital Staff
728. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff currently working in University Hospital Galway broken down by category that is, nurses, midwives, administration, doctors, consultants,...
- Ambulance Service
735. To ask the Minister for Health the average ambulance waiting time per county in tabular form. [31865/22]
- Debt Collection
739. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE or individual hospitals have engaged private companies for the purpose of debt collection from patients or former patients who have failed to pay...
- General Practitioner Services
740. To ask the Minister for Health the number of doctors on duty to cover the out-of-hours general practitioner service NowDoc in every part of Donegal, per week, for each of the years, 2016 to...
- Nursing Homes
741. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the application for the fair deal scheme for a person (details supplied) is taking so long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31875/22]
- Medicinal Products
742. To ask the Minister for Health if he or the HSE considered the reimbursement of test strips and machines for the self-testing for patients who require long-term oral anticoagulant therapy...
- Health Services
743. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to extend services to support adults with ADHD in the Malahide and Swords areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31898/22]
- Wage-setting Mechanisms
745. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he intends to review the eligibility criteria for section 39 pay...
- Disability Services
746. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1748 of 26 April 2022 and the response issued by the HSE on 4 May 2022, relative to the care that is urgently required by...
- Health Services Staff
747. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive payment from the HSE in recognition of their role; their position on the HSE payscale; and if he will make a...
- Departmental Data
749. To ask the Minister for Health the number of clients that received a service under the HSE’s Self Harm Intervention Programme by CHO in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the average wait time; the...
- Health Service Executive
750. To ask the Minister for Health when the upgrade and refurbishment of 123 Block at a building (details supplied) will commence; the duration and purpose of these works; if he will outline in...
