Written answers
Wednesday, 7 December 2022
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Company Law
1. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the recent ruling from the Court of Justice of the European Union, which invalidated public access...
- Job Losses
4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has been contacted or engaged by a company (details supplied) in respect of job losses at the company; if so, the nature of those...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Meetings
5. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials will meet with a student (details supplied) who has started a hunger and thirst strike over...
- Energy Policy
6. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress that has been made to date regarding the establishment of a new built environment and heat delivery...
- Renewable Energy Generation
7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the other capital supports that will be provided in order that Ireland can achieve its target for biomethane development...
- Inland Fisheries
8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date he last met formally with the CEO and-or chairperson of Inland Fisheries Ireland; the date he is scheduled to...
- Energy Prices
9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider extending the solidarity contribution, such as the windfall tax, to electricity companies, as is...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Policy
11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 142 of 5 July 2022, if he will provide an update on the standards working group; the number of times...
- Bus Services
12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of an applicant for the position of a bus driver with Bus Éireann, Dublin Bus or a company (details supplied) in cases...
- Bus Éireann
13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the additional PSO funded Bus Éireann services that will be provided in 2023 by location in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Driver Test
15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 10 November 2022, if the new inspection support personnel, ISP, are employed under the same...
- National Car Test
16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the waiting time by centre for NCT services; the steps he has taken to reduce the waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Avoidance
17. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason a taxi company (details supplied) pay no tax in Ireland but taxi drivers who use the service must pay tax to keep their tax clearance to enable them...
- Financial Services
18. To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory duty of the Central Bank in the event of a consumer experiencing, and informing the Central Bank of, two breaches of Part IX, subsection 129(2)...
- Insurance Coverage
19. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has had discussions with the insurance industry regarding the withdrawal of flood cover in locations in which mapping has revealed a long-term...
- Banking Sector
20. To ask the Minister for Finance the definition of "market failure" for the purposes of the retail banking review report; the criteria in his view that would constitute market failure in the...
- Tax Code
22. To ask the Minister for Finance his assessment of the current position in respect of Ireland’s tax sovereignty (details supplied) given the changing circumstances; if he will continue...
- Departmental Staff
23. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to appoint an additional full-time fiscal attaché and an additional full-time budget attaché at assistant principal officer grade to the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- An Garda Síochána
24. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of licences that have been granted for the swimming pool at the Garda College, Templemore; and if he will make a statement on...
- Commemorative Events
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the latest update on the progress of the planning application for the new commemorative bridge and entrance plaza linking the Irish...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Funding
26. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a response will issue to issues raised in correspondence by a local football club (details supplied) with regard to funding...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Special Areas of Conservation
27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the compensation that is available to persons (details supplied) as a result of lands being in a special area of conservation;...
- Planning Issues
28. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will publish the Mulcahy report into alleged planning irregularities in County Donegal; the amount the unpublished...
- Ukraine War
30. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the HSE to examine if a site at Crooksling, Brittas, County Dublin is suitable for use for medium-term...
- Housing Schemes
31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the guidelines in respect of local authority home loans; the income requirements for County Mayo; and if he will make a...
- Water Supply
32. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that are being taken to address increased water connection costs for those building new homes; and if he will make...
- Planning Issues
33. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps that are being taken to address backlogs of appeals being processed through An Bord Pleanála; and if he will...
- Housing Provision
35. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of housing agencies in Ireland that are authorised to work in conjunction with local authorities to...
- Urban Development
37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the progress with the City Edge project, funded under call 1 of the urban regeneration and development fund; the...
- Rental Sector
38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of change of use planning applications for short-term lets received by each local authority since the beginning of...
- Building Regulations
39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a matter raised by a person (details supplied) with regard to a fit-for-purpose apartment remediation support...
- Planning Issues
40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the national planning framework was ratified; the ratification process; if the process requires a vote in Dáil...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application to the foreign births register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61106/22]
- Official Engagements
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 244 of 10 November 2022, if a Government decision was made to invite Mr. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
44. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will approve an Army re-enlistment application for a person (details supplied). [61096/22]
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Staff
46. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools in County Donegal that have reported teacher recruitment issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- School Transport
48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school transport applications for students (details supplied); if a space will be provided for them; if not, the alternative...
- Special Educational Needs
49. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address serious concerns raised by a person (details supplied) that have emerged with respect to the assessment of need process; and...
- School Curriculum
50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to develop a level 1 and level 2 learning programme for senior cycle students; when such a programme is expected to be in place; and if...
- School Transport
51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) who has applied for a bus ticket for transport to school will receive a ticket; and if she will make a statement...
- Schools Building Projects
52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made, from the date of the original application to date, on the construction of a school (details supplied); the reason...
- School Staff
53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to conduct a review in the near future of the effectiveness of her Department’s payroll system in light of reported issues...
- Early School Leavers
54. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early school leavers by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [61136/22]
- Special Educational Needs
56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children waiting on a placement in an ASD unit in south Tipperary; her plans to open further units given that all units are...
- Public Sector Pensions
58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current average waiting time for retiring teachers to receive their pensions; and the number who have waited more than eight weeks for their...
- Special Educational Needs
59. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the case of a primary school pupil (details supplied) who cannot get an educational assessment carried out, given that there is...
- School Uniforms
60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if separate funding streams are available to schools to help with the costs of providing tracksuits for pupils at primary school level; and if she...
- Schools Refurbishment
61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeframe for the refurbishment works on a school (details supplied) to be completed; the estimated cost of these works; and if she will make...
- School Transport
62. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra school transport places that have been provided since the initial allocation in September 2022; and if she will make a...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Community Employment Schemes
63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) who worked as a CE supervisor and retired in 2021 will receive a payment; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Payments
64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a full list of payments which will be eligible for the Christmas bonus; and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the qualifying PRSI contributions required for the over-65s benefit payment can be assessed using a person's whole term of...
- Social Welfare Payments
66. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the processing times for the fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61064/22]
- Community Employment Schemes
67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the pay claim by CE supervisors. [61065/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
68. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support will be provided for persons (details supplied) who have yet to receive their €400 lump sum payment which...
- State Pensions
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a representation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61148/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on a representation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61150/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a decision in respect of a fuel allowance application; and if...
- Dormant Accounts Fund
77. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a representation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61207/22]
- Social Welfare Eligibility
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to examine any policy or operational mechanisms to support a full-time nursing student such as a person (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Payments
79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will qualify for the over-65 benefit payment. [61236/22]
- Public Services Card
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that women who received a W number upon becoming married in the past are not being issued with public service cards...
- Social Welfare Payments
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 406 of 29 November 2022, the criteria which are considered before a decision to write...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Asylum Seekers
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the nationalities of the asylum seekers currently being accommodated at the former ESB offices in East Wall; and...
- International Protection
88. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans for IPAS accommodation or private accommodation contracted by his Department for international...
- Departmental Contracts
89. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 139 of 30 November 2022, the date on which the contract referred to was...
- International Protection
90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 30 November 2022, his views on the reason the State has experienced...
- Asylum Seekers
91. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 140 of 30 November 2022, the reason that giving a breakdown of...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Further and Higher Education
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the application by Cork Education and Training Board under the strategic infrastructure investment fund for the development of a new...
- Third Level Fees
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rationale for not including third-level students who are repeating first year in the scheme whereby student fees were reduced by €1,000...
- Apprenticeship Programmes
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of newly qualified apprentices to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61390/22]
- Further and Higher Education
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a full list of all approved undergraduate courses for application under SUSI provided in the State to which the free fees...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Probate Applications
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware of delays in finalising the processing of wills in the probate office.; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason behind the delay in publishing the 2021 annual resort of the Office of the Inspector of Prisons, which was submitted...
- Departmental Reports
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to publish the report on the study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews; and if she will make a...
- Crime Prevention
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of youth diversion programmes by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [61137/22]
- Departmental Data
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult cautions by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022 in tabular form. [61138/22]
- Domestic Violence
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women’s refuges available by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [61139/22]
- An Garda Síochána
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of community gardaí by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022 in tabular form. [61140/22]
- Courts Service
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of judges at each level of the courts in each of the years between 2016 and 2022, in tabular form. [61142/22]
- An Garda Síochána
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda vehicles, including unmarked cars and vans, that have operational dash cam technology. [61143/22]
- Departmental Expenditure
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 30 November 2022, the total amount paid to RTÉ in respect of advertising on...
- Visa Applications
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa for persons (details supplied). [61265/22]
- Work Permits
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 1 December 2022, if a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to same...
- An Garda Síochána
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí within the Cavan-Monaghan division who successfully completed a van personnel carrier course in 2021...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
115. To ask the Minister for Health if he will set up a community neuro-rehabilitation team in every CHO; and if such teams already exist, the details of the specific location of each. [61054/22]
- Health Services
116. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a terminally ill young child in the south east who has been battling stage 4 high-risk neuroblastoma for almost two and a half years has been...
- National Children's Hospital
117. To ask the Minister for Health the details of each additional cost that has been submitted by the construction and project management companies that are building the national...
- Dental Services
118. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practices in CHO 2 which have ceased providing medical card services to persons with disabilities in the past two years; the medical card...
- Health Services
120. To ask the Minister for Health the status of pay parity for section 39 workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61085/22]
- Disability Services
121. To ask the Minister for Health if early intervention services will be urgently provided in the case of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61108/22]
- Mental Health Services
122. To ask the Minister for Health if the consultant child psychiatrist position for the south east has been filled; the current position with the recruitment campaign; if a new candidate has...
- Hospital Appointments Status
123. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [61115/22]
- Nursing Education
124. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently implement the recommendations made in the McHugh report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61123/22]
- Medicinal Products
125. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to help mitigate against the increasing risk to the supply of off-patent medicines nationwide due to rising inflationary,...
- Disability Services
129. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which nappies for children with disabilities are allocated; if there is a limit on the amount allocated (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
130. To ask the Minister for Health if security staff employed by a private security firm working at vaccination centres will qualify for the €1,000 bonus; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Services
131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times since taking over the health portfolio that he has engaged in person with communities in County Meath regarding the proposed downgrading of...
- Emergency Departments
133. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he...
- Medical Internships
138. To ask the Minister for Health if agreement has been reached on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61167/22]
- Mental Health Services
139. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal can expect to receive an appointment for cognitive behavioural therapy at Letterkenny University Hospital;...
- Disability Services
140. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to increasing the supply of nappies given under the free nappy scheme for children with disabilities (details supplied); and if...
- Dental Services
142. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of children under 16 years who are currently on the primary care orthodontic waiting list in counties Leitrim, Sligo, Roscommon, Donegal and...
- Home Care Packages
146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm the responsible community service for a home support package for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
147. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo has not received her pension to date in spite of the fact that this person retired in July 2022; if his...
- Disability Services
148. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children referred on from children's disability network teams to private providers for assessment and therapy; the number in each CHO; the...
- Nursing Homes
149. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nursing homes in County Cork that have benefited from supports to deal with the cost of energy in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
- Disability Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE-funded therapists who have been allocated to special schools in County Cork in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
151. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department is taking to address the low uptake in BowelScreen for women in at-risk populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- International Agreements
152. To ask the Minister for Health the Government’s position on the ongoing pandemic treaty negotiations; if he will ensure that Ireland advocates for an equitable distribution of...
- Hospital Services
156. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 198 of 22 June 2022, the steps being taken to progress nurse prescribing of opioid substitution therapy; the reason this...
- Health Strategies
157. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendation 15 of the national cancer strategy in respect of a comprehensive cancer care centre; the engagements he has had with an institute...
- Health Services Staff
158. To ask the Minister for Health if genetic counsellors will be recognised as a profession in Ireland; when accredited training for genetic counselling will begin in Ireland; and if he will...
- Health Services
160. To ask the Minister for Health the services that are available in counties Cavan and Monaghan respectively for children with epilepsy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61317/22]
- Medical Internships
161. To ask the Minister for Health the number of new medical interns who were taken on in each year since and including 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Disability Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time adult speech and language therapists for adults with intellectual disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan in 2020, 2021 and to date...
- Hospital Services
163. To ask the Minister for Health the investments in and capital projects at Cavan General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Hospital Appointments Status
165. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61335/22]
- Medical Cards
166. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details on the process under which income from saving and investments are assessed for an over-70s medical card; if it is only the interest on...
- Hospital Facilities
167. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2057 of 8 September 2022, if the two new replacement orthopaedic theatres at Merlin Park hospital are fully operational...
- Care Services
168. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to restore respite and day care facilities at a centre (details supplied) in Carraroe; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Primary Care Centres
169. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 19 October 2022, the status of the development of a primary care centre on Inisbofin; to provide a status update...
- Hospital Staff
171. To ask the Minister for Health for a status update on the recruitment campaign for staff nurses for Clifden District Hospital; the number of vacant nursing posts at Clifden District...
- Hospital Closures
172. To ask the Minister for Health the number of days that Clifden District Hospital remained closed in view of the announced closure of the hospital planned for 24 to 27 November; and if he...
- Care Services
173. To ask the Minister for Health when day centre provision will be restored to pre-Covid levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61382/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will review correspondence issued to a person (details supplied) in County Cork given that the BEAM payment referred to under...
- Departmental Funding
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of a request for funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61071/22]
- Agriculture Industry
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to monitor fertiliser prices in 2023 to ensure that Irish farmers are paying a fair price; and if he will...
- Departmental Strategies
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that his Department has made to date in conjunction with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications...
- Harbours and Piers
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of development of the Ros a’Mhíl deepwater pier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61385/22]
- Agriculture Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person in County Cork (details supplied) will be paid their TAMS grant. [61387/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Control of Dogs
185. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has reviewed the effectiveness and enforcement of fines in regard to SI 442/1998 in recent times; and if she will make a...
- Library Services
186. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of public libraries that have reduced the floor space allocated to the display of books in tabular form; and if she will...
- Rural Recreation Policy
187. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of each individual project approved under measures 1, 2 and 3 of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme in counties...
