Written answers

Tuesday, 28 March 2023

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Cabinet Committees
      30. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [12791/23]
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Rates
      78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to increase welfare rates for those on disability payments in light of additional costs and rising...
    • Social Welfare Code
      81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason people on benefit payments, who have worked and paid their taxes, are still not eligible for the fuel allowance or...
    • International Protection
      86. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, following the report of the Advisory Group on the Provision of Support including Accommodation to Persons in the...
    • Social Welfare Code
      87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to award the fuel allowance to households in receipt of the working family payment; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will increase social welfare rates in line with inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15204/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      91. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount her Department spent on the farm assist payment in 2022; the total number of recipients for the same year; and if...
    • Nursing Homes
      92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will prioritise the right of homeowners in nursing homes to rent out their vacant homes without it affecting their...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider reviewing the application process for emergency needs’ payments for those seeking assistance with...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      96. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will provide evidence that the reduction in positive outcomes for appeals to the Social Welfare Appeals...
    • State Pensions
      97. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing pro-rata pensions on the basis of the proportion of contributions made by the pensioner relative...
    • Social Welfare Code
      98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has made any provision for an increased budget for additional needs’ payments in light of the ending of the...
    • State Pensions
      99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason those paying the D stamp and who were recruited prior to 1995 are not eligible for the State pension...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which appeals against negative decisions in response to applications for domiciliary care allowance can be...
    • Social Welfare Code
      102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in providing a free travel scheme to all persons with epilepsy; if a...
    • State Pensions
      103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on a State pension solution for long-term family carers; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the expected timeframe in which she intends to announce additional agricultural schemes in the new CAP which will be...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on engagement from her Department with community employment supervisors regarding their...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in the context of concerns over improper control of her Department over the independent Social Welfare Appeals Office, if...
    • Official Travel
      108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on her recent visit to London. [15131/23]
    • Social Welfare Code
      109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will seek to amend the current situation in respect of age-related rates of jobseeker’s allowance for...
    • School Meals Programme
      111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 2 March 2023, if she has completed the review of the final report from the...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has any plans to change the eligibility criteria for CE schemes to include persons in direct provision; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the ‘SW56 Introduction to Social Welfare Appeals Office’ information leaflet is no longer sent to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      114. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of farmers in receipt of the farm assist payment; the county in which most of the payments are made; and if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the social welfare entitlements of public service employees who paid the modified class-D social...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the accommodation recognition payment in County Clare; if this number is increasing or...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of families that will benefit from the child benefit lump sum payment in June 2023; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      120. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has a timeframe within which domestic violence has occurred for a person to be eligible for an emergency...
    • Social Welfare Code
      121. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will advise on her Department's review of means testing for carer's allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Labour Activation Measures
      122. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the labour activation measures put in place by her Department, considering many sectors are facing recruitment challenges and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      123. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection who receives the working family payment in a two-parent household; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14958/23]
    • Departmental Strategies
      124. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline her Department's consumer protection strategy in the wake of a recent report (details supplied) which...
    • Social Welfare Code
      125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will look at further widening the thresholds for accessing the fuel allowance scheme in Budget 2023 given that the...
    • Departmental Consultations
      127. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the consultation process as part of her Department’s work on addressing the cost of...
    • Social Welfare Code
      128. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 824 of 21 March 2023, if consideration will be given to introducing a young...
    • Departmental Staff
      129. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide evidence around her Department’s assertions that staff members moving into the Social Welfare...
    • Social Welfare Code
      130. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to extending the fuel allowance to households in receipt of the working family payment; and if...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      131. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total amount paid out by her Department for the accommodation recognition payment since 4 March 2022; the total number of...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      132. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to support family carers. [14887/23]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      136. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the criteria for assessment for the domiciliary care allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • State Pensions
      137. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has given consideration to pro-rata contributory pensions in the event that a person has not been able, through...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      139. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason it is no longer made clear on the Social Welfare Appeals Office’s website that appellants can request an...
    • Social Welfare Code
      140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to cases where people in receipt of full disability allowance will see it revoked if they...
    • Departmental Meetings
      144. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the nature, extent and frequency of meetings and talks between her Department and its British...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify the last occasion when there was an increase in the energy part of the household benefit package; if she...
    • Social Welfare Code
      147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department will consider targeted measures, such as a social energy tariff, rather than universal payments in its...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      149. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to improve the processing times for disability allowance applications; the target timeline for decisions...
    • Departmental Policies
      151. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on progress to reform the stillbirth registration process. [14886/23]
    • School Meals Programme
      152. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will extend the school meals programme to all schools by 2023; and if she will ensure that these meals are of a high...
    • Social Welfare Code
      153. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will report on the requirement for those who apply for an exceptional needs' payment for kitchen items, such as...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      154. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that are now outstanding on the over-70s fuel allowance applications received; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      155. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends on increasing the maximum period a person may receive jobseeker’s benefit from nine months to a year;...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      156. To ask the Taoiseach the amount of coal imported into the State for domestic use over the past four years; and the amount per year in tabular form. [15411/23]
    • Social Media
      157. To ask the Taoiseach the protocols and or guidelines he has issued in respect of the use of personal social media accounts by officials in his Department; the number of sanctions imposed by...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      158. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14732/23]
    • Official Travel
      159. To ask the Taoiseach the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Personal Injuries Assessment Board
      160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what mechanism is in place in the Personal Injuries Assessment Board to inform applicants of progress on their case (details...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his...
    • Official Travel
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses, associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for...
    • Redundancy Payments
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in light of the UK government's decision to increase the maximum amount of weekly pay for the purpose of calculating a redundancy...
    • Departmental Schemes
      164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under stream 1 of the Ukraine enterprise crisis scheme to date, by county;...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to correct the statement he made to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence, on 8 February 2022...
    • Departmental Programmes
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the breakdown of funding current and capital allocated to the regional enterprise development programmes in Budget 2023, including...
    • Work Permits
      168. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15028/23]
    • Departmental Data
      169. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will examine a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15047/23]
    • Labour Court
      170. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the new rate of pay of €12.90 per hour for security guards proposed by the Labour Court has taken effect; when this took...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Fishing Industry
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a bye law can be amended to ensure that all persons are treated the same (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • International Bodies
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is a party to the International Seabed Authority (ISA); if so, his views on draft regulations on the matter...
    • Litter Pollution
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the public consultation to ban disposable e-cigarettes; if a timeline has been developed; and if...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts...
    • Official Travel
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by...
    • EU Agreements
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify the Government's position on withdrawing from the EU Energy Charter Treaty; if his attention has...
    • Environmental Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of any provision made by his Department for research on the potential impact on diadromous...
    • Waste Management
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government has reached a decision on the European Commission packaging and packaging waste regulation proposal;...
    • Inland Fisheries
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his officials in the Inland Fisheries division have immediate plans to reconstitute the Western Regional Fisheries...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on a plan-led approach in offshore wind farming. [15084/23]
    • Natural Gas Imports
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the period of third-party consultation relating to the provision of LNG plants, floating offshore LNG storage and...
    • Legislative Measures
      184. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline in tabular form what steps for the preparation and proposal of new legislation in the Cabinet Handbook were...
    • Energy Policy
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the work carried out to date on the Government’s review of the security of...
    • Air Quality
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on actions taken since the introduction of the new air-quality regulations, in particular...
    • Energy Conservation
      192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the number of retrofits in 2020, 2021 and 2022 in private homes, approved housing...
    • Rental Sector
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of units in the private rental sector that require retrofitting. [15469/23]
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Airport Security
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address recent reports that security screening at Dublin Airport is "not fit for purpose" and leaves risks for a possible...
    • Aviation Industry
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport whether an assessment is underway to assess the impact that aircraft noise is having on communities and residential areas around Dublin...
    • Departmental Data
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of sports utility vehicles registered in total in Ireland; the number of SUVs registered annually over the past ten years; the...
    • Departmental Funding
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make funds available to support the maintenance of active travel projects (details supplied); and if he will set out his...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his...
    • Official Travel
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at...
    • Road Projects
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected timeline for completion of the inner relief road Thurles, County Tipperary linking Slievenamon Road to the Mill Road; if...
    • National Car Test
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 31 January 2023, what progress has been made on locating a second NCT centre in Clare since;...
    • Road Safety Authority
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the RSA's new regulations (details supplied) will be amended to ensure that CVR test operators without drive-through facilities but...
    • Fuel Oil Specifications
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the move to E10 as the standard grade of petrol in Ireland; if he aware of concerns that have been raised...
    • Insurance Industry
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps that are being taken to ensure that insurance companies will offer the required cover to meet the provisions outlined in the...
    • Bus Services
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress and future implementation of the BusConnects F-spine; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if each Bus Éireann expressway route has fully recovered in terms of passenger numbers compared to the numbers prior to the Covid-19...
    • Road Safety Authority
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff working in an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14997/23]
    • Planning Issues
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if planning permission or environmental or other impact assessments are required for major changes to flightpaths to and from airports;...
    • Climate Change Policy
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the financial support schemes or incentives currently in place to assist drivers who wish to switch to hybrid/electric vehicles in order...
    • Parking Provision
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider establishing a working group with a view to reviewing the existing arrangements for blue parking permits to ensure...
    • Bus Services
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the cost of installing an electronic timetable with real-time arrival times at bus stops that currently only have a...
    • Public Transport
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has examined the introduction of more flexibility for ten-journey tickets on public service obligation routes by, for example,...
    • Road Network
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address concerns raised by a person (details attached) in respect of the N2 development plans; and if he will make a statement...
    • Taxi Licences
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be made on a local area hackney licence application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Éireann
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason users of mobility scooters are being refused entry to Bus Éireann buses in counties Sligo and Mayo (details supplied); if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 281 of 21 March 2023, if he will confirm that information is also provided to An Garda...
    • Bus Éireann
      228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus drivers recruited by Bus Éireann in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15484/23]
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Industry
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that no insurance company in Ireland is offering insurance for mobility scooters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rental Sector
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the rent-a-room tax-free threshold to encourage more homeowners to take up the scheme and to increase available rental supply;...
    • Insurance Industry
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the prohibitive effect that rising insurance premiums are having on person's looking to open indoor play facilities; if...
    • State Bodies
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will respond to a proposal (details supplied) in respect of issues in relation to the long delays to case determinations by the Financial Services and...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      233. To ask the Minister for Finance the funding provided to the Revenue Commissioners in each year from 2020 to 2023 that is used to combat tobacco smuggling; if the Revenue Commissioners are...
    • Tax Code
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised annually if an excise tax of €0.06 per ml of electronic cigarette liquid was applied; and if he will make a...
    • Financial Services
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will urgently investigate the circumstances in which a financial institution (details supplied) is continuing to sell mortgages on to third-party...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14723/23]
    • Official Travel
      237. To ask the Minister for Finance the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for...
    • Tax Yield
      238. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised by the sugar sweetened drinks tax each year since its introduction, and to date in 2023, broken down by the yield in each band; and if he...
    • Tax Data
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance when a tax refund is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied) who applied in recent months but is yet to receive a reply; and if he will...
    • Departmental Schemes
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date in reviewing and improving the disabled drivers’ and disabled passengers scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Banking Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the obligations on the banking sector to demonstrate its compliance with climate targets and other elements of the EU Green Deal; if it is...
    • Revenue Commissioners
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will address the delay that solicitors are having acquiring capital acquisitions certificates from the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, Capital...
    • European Union
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress that has been made on the European deposit insurance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14837/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of debt still warehoused under the tax debt warehousing scheme; the amount of this debt per division; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Enterprise Support Services
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of businesses that have applied for assistance under the temporary business energy support scheme to date, by county; the number of applications...
    • Insurance Coverage
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to assist a sporting body (details supplied) in accessing affordable insurance cover; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Revenue Commissioners
      250. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners will continue to publish the addresses of tax defaulters given the recent judgment by the European Court of Human Rights in a...
    • Departmental Schemes
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the tax treatment of the portion of rental income retained by participants in the fair deal scheme who rent out their home while in nursing...
    • Energy Prices
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance what support and relief is available to support a facility (details supplied) with its increased energy costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Grant Payments
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make the disabled persons' fuel grant available to persons who purchase electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15462/23]
    • Official Engagements
      254. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to invite his Polish counterpart to Dublin. [15491/23]
    • Rental Sector
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking for persons renting accommodation from a landlord who is not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board in accessing the rent tax...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his...
    • Official Travel
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at...
    • Flood Risk Management
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm whether a contractor has been appointed for the Glashaboy flood relief scheme; if so, the details of same; if not,...
    • Brexit Supports
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline the use of the €1.065 billion Brexit adjustment reserve per Department to mitigate impacts from 1 January 2020...
    • An Garda Síochána
      260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all Garda stations custody suites are now fitted with CCTV cameras and audio recording facilities; if not, the estimated cost of...
    • Official Travel
      261. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost savings in each year to date of the decision in 2011 to abolish the entitlement of former Taoisigh to the use of State...
    • Tourism Industry
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of persons that have visited the Rock of Cashel in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15478/23]
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Swimming Pools
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding will be provided for the replacement of equipment at a leisure centre (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she...
    • Official Travel
      264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for...
    • Departmental Policies
      265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps her Department is taking to address the anti-LGBTQ+ advertisements, conversion therapy advertisements and hate directed...
    • Departmental Advertising
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Tourism Ireland will run a billboard advertisement campaign on the London underground rail services; and the estimated cost of...
    • Sports Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce the next round of sports capital funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15006/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a timeline on the introduction of Registration of Short-Term Tourist Letting Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Advertising
      270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider funding a national advertising campaign to stamp out the abuse of referees and officials as reported in many...
    • Tourism Promotion
      271. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide a schedule of online influencers, journalists and online media personalities used by Tourism Ireland and...
    • Official Engagements
      272. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the major film companies she met formally during her recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [15477/23]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Wastewater Treatment
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will increase the maximum grant of €5,000 for households that are not connected to public sewer systems, towards...
    • Office of Public Works
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding is available from the OPW to repair a bridge (details supplied) considering it is a key heritage, cultural, tourism...
    • Water Services
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15359/23]
    • Fire Service
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the retirement age of 55 years was introduced for retained firefighters; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Planning Issues
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if planning permission applications for monopoles and communication masts are dealt with like any other application to the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on a scientific paper (details supplied) published in the number-one internationally ranked journal for building and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from...
    • Official Travel
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers...
    • Defective Building Materials
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update as to when the enhanced defective concrete block redress scheme will go live; if applicants...
    • Planning Issues
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS have the required resources and skillset to ensure that windfarm...
    • Housing Schemes
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government under the local authority home loan scheme the maximum borrowing terms for applicants from age 45 up to 70 years old; and the...
    • Legislative Reviews
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline the rationale for the review of sections 2 and 10 of the Housing Act 1988 completed by his Department...
    • Housing Schemes
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications that have been made to Roscommon County Council under the croí cónaithe fund; the number...
    • Departmental Regulations
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on amending S.I. No. 600/2001 - Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 as amended, to ensure that local...
    • Housing Schemes
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities take in charge housing estates from private developers in a timely...
    • Animal Welfare
      290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware of the findings by an organisation (details supplied) in Northern Ireland in relation to the prevalence of...
    • Special Areas of Conservation
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his officials have future plans to delist Lough Corrib in County Galway as a special area of conservation and Natura 2000...
    • Housing Policy
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the criteria used by the housing authorities to assess medical priority applications for housing. [15065/23]
    • Housing Schemes
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how many applications were received for both phase 1 and phase 2 of a cost rental scheme (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Housing Policy
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if rent allowance is considered reckonable income for the purposes of social housing eligibility by local authorities; and if...
    • Planning Issues
      311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the emergency measures he will take to address the significant backlog of applications to An Bord Pleanála, which has...
    • Housing Policy
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 494 of 21 March 2023, if he will provide more specific information on the existing...
    • Heritage Sites
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the €5 million allocated from NAMA in 2014 for the development of a heritage and...
    • Local Authorities
      315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an expected timeline for the submission made to his Department by Galway City Council requesting sanction...
    • Housing Provision
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with regards to those families and individuals who were removed from the council housing lists as a result of income limits...
    • Housing Schemes
      317. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing first tenancies delivered and sustained in 2022; and the target number of housing first tenancies for...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the State expenditure on long-term leasing in each of the years 2015 to 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Housing Schemes
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of dwellings leased by each local authority, broken down by new and second-hand dwellings in each of the years from...
    • Water Supply
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the Multi Annual Rural Water Programme for 2023 will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15346/23]
    • Probate Applications
      326. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number...
    • Housing Schemes
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the grant available to owner-occupiers to renovate a vacant property could also be made available to owners who wish to...
    • Housing Policy
      329. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the organisations and stakeholders he and his Department officials met with as part of deliberations regarding the lifting of...
    • Energy Conservation
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses that were retrofitted in 2020, 2021 and 2022; and the projected figure for 2023. [15471/23]
    • Approved Housing Bodies
      335. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current position in relation to the registration process for approved housing bodies. [15474/23]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turks’s latest annual report on the situation in the occupied...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department...
    • Official Travel
      338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his...
    • Passport Services
      339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a passport application by a person (details supplied). [14907/23]
    • Official Engagements
      340. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke with the United States House of Representatives Minority Leader during his visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [14986/23]
    • Religious Persecution
      341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns regarding the persecution of Christians to the relevant international forums (details supplied); and the steps his...
    • Foreign Policy
      342. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will formally express Ireland’s opposition along with EU partners, to new laws passed by the Ugandan Parliament that will...
    • Passport Services
      343. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15353/23]
    • Departmental Meetings
      344. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to parliamentary question No. 525 Question of 21 March 2023, the costs paid to the Irish Centre for Diversity for providing the...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      345. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff based at either the Irish Embassy in Beijing and Irish Consulate General Office in Shanghai that are fluent in speaking...
  • Department of Defence
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department...
    • Oireachtas Proceedings
      347. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether he will make a statement to Dáil Éireann confirming that the report of the Army Court of Inquiry that sat in Tralee on 7 April...
    • Defence Forces
      348. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his Department’s participation with the UN Disengagement Observer Force; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Naval Service
      350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service ships that are currently in operation. [15479/23]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education Policy
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if proper school services (details supplied) for adults and children will be provided on-site at a facility, given the lack of school-places and...
    • Special Educational Needs
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will address the cyclical delay in making known special needs assistant allocations, such delay having a deleterious impact on...
    • School Transport
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department can outline what the "agreed selection process" is for allocating the concessionary tickets when a school-bus route is...
    • School Textbooks
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department carried out any research on the impact and cost to independent book sellers of her plans to change the school book purchasing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are any plans to establish ASD Units in secondary schools in Newcastle, Rathcoole or Saggart, County Dublin; and if she will make a...
    • School Staff
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views in relation to the proposal by the Fair Post Primary Redeployment for Teachers group that a national voluntary redeployment panel for...
    • Education Policy
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify why the procurement process for a contractor for a school (details supplied) has been halted; if she will acknowledge the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for (details supplied); how updates are being communicated to school management; and if she will...
    • School Accommodation
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on funding and approval for two modular ASD classrooms for a school (details supplied; and if she will clarify that...
    • Schools Building Projects
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new school building for (details supplied); how updates are being communicated to school management; and if she will...
    • Education Policy
      372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the review of a school model (details supplied); and if she will consider expanding the model to other areas....
    • School Textbooks
      373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied) regarding the free school books scheme, that the key...
    • School Accommodation
      374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when final sanction will be issued to a school (details supplied) to build an additional urgently needed classroom for which all documentation...
    • Special Educational Needs
      375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an additional special needs assistant will be put in place to meet the classroom education needs of a child who attends a school (details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 206 of 8 February 2023, if he will provide an update on the current status of a school building project in...
    • School Transport
      377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all children requesting school transport will be accommodated (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14700/23]
    • Education Policy
      379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the draft governance review of the National Parents Council Post-Primary and her decision to remove funding, what is her proposed...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her Department...
    • Official Travel
      382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at her...
    • Education Policy
      383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will outline the guidelines, if any, issued to schools with respect to the reporting and recording of accidents that occur on school...
    • Schools Building Projects
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and the expected date of completion. [14761/23]
    • School Accommodation
      386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on securing a permanent building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Policies
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s policy on the provision of paid maternity and paternity leave for teachers who become parents through surrogacy; and if...
    • School Admissions
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all efforts are being made to facilitate school places in the local secondary school of the son of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • School Staff
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the current status of the implementation of the agreement on terms and conditions for school secretaries as...
    • School Accommodation
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the up-to-date position with respect to a proposal made by a school (details supplied) in County Cork with regard to...
    • School Admissions
      391. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school place in a local special school for September 2023 can be found for a child (details supplied). [14844/23]
    • Special Educational Needs
      393. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details on the use of calming rooms in schools for children with disabilities, including any policies, protocols, or...
    • School Staff
      394. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a UP80 form will issue to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14885/23]
    • Home Schooling
      395. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for a replacement tutor for a case (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14898/23]
    • School Transport
      396. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for school transport for a case (details supplied) will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14899/23]
    • Information and Communications Technology
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 96 of 1 March 2023, what, if any, further funding is available to assist schools in meeting the cost of...
    • Home Schooling
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tuition will be offered in a situation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14918/23]
    • Education Policy
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the roll out of the PE hall build and modernisation programme outlined in Project Ireland 2040 is to commence; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names and locations of the 58 schools which have had construction paused; if her Department maintains data on the shortfall of primary and...
    • School Staff
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that post-primary teachers have very limited secure ways to switch teaching roles; if she will enable transfers for teachers...
    • Departmental Schemes
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the scheme announced under budget 2023 to install solar panels in schools; when this scheme will be open for...
    • Energy Conservation
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider introducing a scheme to fund energy efficiency improvement projects in schools, such as the construction of...
    • School Transport
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assign an area as a bus stop (details supplied) for school transport. [15046/23]
    • School Staff
      406. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what engagement her Department has had with a school (details supplied) regarding behaviour analyst funding, given that the funding for this post...
    • Departmental Properties
      409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 723 of 21 March 2023, when the property will be used for education purposes given that it has sat vacant...
    • Schools Building Projects
      410. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the capital funding for school building projects will be resolved by Easter; if so, if the new build for a school (details supplied) will...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to recognise a national school (details supplied) as meeting the requirements for a DEIS school. [15244/23]
    • School Enrolments
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking in addressing the situation of all national schools in a town (details supplied) being unable to accept enrolments for...
    • School Funding
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to primary and secondary schools to facilitate external bodies (details supplied) deliver educational content...
    • Education Policy
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why she has halted the procurement process for a contractor for a school (details supplied); what examination took place of the implications for...
    • Schools Building Projects
      415. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate the ongoing payment issue pertaining to the construction of additional accommodation or a new school building for a...
    • Third Level Education
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review a case (details supplied) in relation to a PhD postgraduate allowance entitlement anomaly; and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Examinations
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills on what date will the 2023 Leaving Certificate results be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15277/23]
    • School Transport
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update with respect to a student (details supplied) in County Cork who is receiving school transport under the scheme for...
    • School Accommodation
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the provision of funding for an application by MSLETB to extend a school (details supplied); if there is a...
    • School Transport
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when it is expected to finalise the review of the school transport scheme; if she will ensure that improvements to its existing operation will be...
    • School Admissions
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of long waiting lists for admission to second level schools in Galway city for the 2023-2024 academic year; the steps that are...
    • Schools Building Projects
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the recent late decision to delay the commencement of the building project at a school (details supplied) in County Donegal...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ratio of the allocation of mainstream class teachers to pupils, in tabular form for each of the years 20/21, 21/22, 22/23 and 23/24 broken...
    • Special Educational Needs
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the basis on which special education needs teachers are allocated to mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15350/23]
    • Schools Building Projects
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in relation to the paused building project at a school (details supplied) the action her Department is taking to ensure the project is delivered...
    • Education Policy
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to clarify the eligibility for English as an Additional Language (EAL) supports in primary school, in particular to clarify if Circular 6/23...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will request the relevant officials to engage and advise the two national schools in Moate, County Westmeath who is are exploring the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will approve the lease agreement between DDLETB and the Church of Ireland to allow the delivery of SEN modular classrooms in a...
    • School Accommodation
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will make a decision on the ASA application for a school (details supplied) to allow for the provision of another modular...
    • School Enrolments
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will list the schools in the Donaghmede/Howth/Dublin 13 area at primary and at secondary level; in each case, if she will indicate the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will engage with the Minister for Further and Higher Education; Research; Innovation and Science to ensure that a course for SNAs in a...
    • Departmental Policies
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Schools run by religious orders criteria includes schools run by or...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Code
      434. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial implications for a person with a diagnosis of autism and in receipt of disability allowance who inherits a home...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      435. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current average waiting time and longest waiting time for social welfare claims, and separately, for claim appeals; and...
    • Social Welfare Code
      436. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will exempt the carer’s payment from a means test (details supplied). [15410/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      438. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from...
    • Official Travel
      439. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers...
    • State Pensions
      440. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether a procedure/method exists whereby a person (details supplied) can care for her two elderly parents but also accrue...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      441. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is still waiting on an appeal decision for carer's allowance; and if she will make a...
    • School Meals Programme
      442. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of increasing the school meals programme budget by 5%, 10%, 20% and 25%, respectively. [14768/23]
    • State Pensions
      443. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is any mechanism by which a person who has been refused a full State pension (contributory) due to a deficit in...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      445. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an application for invalidity pension by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Official Engagements
      448. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she met her UK counterpart during her recent visit to London for St. Patrick's Day events. [14973/23]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      449. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if assistance via an exceptional needs payment can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Citizens Information Services
      450. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in relation to the closure of a centre (details supplied), the reason this happened when there were no cost issues; the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social protection supports and pension payments that a person (details supplied) can avail of. [15014/23]
    • Citizens Information Services
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when she intends to provide a citizens information centre in Rathmines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15019/23]
    • Community Employment Schemes
      455. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any circumstances where a person can access community employment schemes, if they are not in receipt of a...
    • State Pensions
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the State pension entitlement of a person (details supplied) on a total contribution approach, having...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an invalidity pension appeal, on behalf of a person (details supplied), will be expedited. [15054/23]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an illness benefit backdating appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if...
    • Community Employment Schemes
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application for an assistant supervisor (details supplied) for a community scheme; when an outcome will...
    • Social Welfare Code
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the current fuel allowance beyond 10 April 2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on an appeal for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County...
    • State Pensions
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not awarded a full State pension (contributory); the options available to them at...
    • Departmental Meetings
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if representatives from her Department have met with trade unions representing healthcare workers with long-Covid since June...
    • Register of Electors
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will acknowledge the importance of encouraging young people to participate in the democratic process by becoming a...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rate of social welfare payments currently being paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • State Pensions
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will clarify entitlement to a State pension (non-contributory) for a person (details supplied); if this person should...
    • Social Welfare Code
      471. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for asking persons completing an exceptional needs payment application to submit an engineer’s report at...
    • Redundancy Payments
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following ten years of uninterrupted service, was made redundant...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the case will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      477. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to what extent oral hearings in respect of appeals against disallowance for various payments are up to date; and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications for domiciliary care allowance received by her Department in the past twelve months; the number of...
    • State Pensions
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the possible cost of introducing prorate pensions for those who have made pension contributions but an insufficient amount to...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total number of persons currently in receipt of disability allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Data
      485. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in the country currently registered as being aged over 100 years; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Code
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the extent, if any, to which she intends to expand or extend various social welfare payments given the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      489. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the dates in April that the announced spring bonus payments are due to be paid to eligible social welfare recipients; and if...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Departmental Budgets
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can advise what the budget was for disability residential care for the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date...
    • Disability Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children awaiting services with the children's disability network team in New Ross, County...
    • Departmental Schemes
      492. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a new scheme will be introduced to replace the motorised transport grants; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of an assessment of needs appointment for a person (details supplied) who is on the waiting list; and...
    • Departmental Funding
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding will be allocated to the local authorities play and recreation grant fund for the refurbishment and...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      495. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the pathways in place for adults to access an assessment for autism spectrum disorder through the HSE; his plans...
    • International Protection
      496. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are any plans to move refugees or asylum seekers into a setting (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      497. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won...
    • Official Travel
      498. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips...
    • Child and Family Agency
      499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to correspondence received from Tusla by an individual (details supplied) in County Donegal, if he will...
    • International Protection
      500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when his Department will facilitate Deputies in Kildare North to visit and examine the proposed site and...
    • Health Services
      501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the hydrotherapy pool facility at (details supplied) services in Cavan still remains closed despite...
    • Childcare Services
      502. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when it is anticipated that a new crèche facility in (details supplied) will be opened; when an inspection...
    • Disability Services
      503. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify the requirements of disability service providers to have complaints procedures in place; and...
    • International Protection
      506. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on works to develop a new accommodation centre for international protection...
    • Childcare Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a response will be issued to a person (details supplied) who emailed his Department regarding issues with...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      508. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the campaign to save the existing grounds of Bessborough House, the former mother and baby...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      509. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department can provide a list or database of private medical professionals who can carry out an...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      511. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the mother and baby homes redress payment scheme will be put in place; how a person can go about receiving...
    • Disability Services
      513. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will support an urgent matter (details supplied). [14970/23]
    • Ombudsman for Children
      514. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of full-time staff by job title working in the Ombudsman for Children's Office as of 20 March 2023....
    • Child and Family Agency
      515. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of social workers who are qualified to undertake joint interviews with gardaí, broken down by...
    • International Protection
      516. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on when a facility (details supplied) providing accommodation to Ukrainian refugees...
    • Childcare Services
      517. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will consider allowing a creche (details supplied) in County Sligo to join the new pilot...
    • Departmental Data
      518. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals who have applied to State bodies (details supplied) under the Birth Information and...
    • Departmental Functions
      519. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he acknowledges that the statutory time period of one month, extendable only to three months, under the Birth...
    • Legislative Measures
      520. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if, during Dáil Committee Stage debate on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022, he asserted that...
    • Departmental Data
      521. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of individuals making applications under the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 who have been...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      522. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of his engagement with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and...
    • Health Services
      523. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many children under the age of 18 years are awaiting speech and language therapy in County Mayo; the average...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      526. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how many assessments of needs cases for children with disabilities have been outsourced to the national...
    • International Protection
      531. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a payment to a service provider (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      532. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role his Department has undertaken in consulting on, or drafting, the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15372/23]
    • Direct Provision System
      534. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 14 February 2023, and his deferred response of 10 March 2023 by way...
    • Childcare Services
      535. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when grant approval will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15422/23]
    • International Protection
      536. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the practice in place to ensure that homeless international protection applicants have access to...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      537. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason institutions (details supplied) were omitted from the mother-and-baby institutions payment scheme,...
    • Bus Éireann
      538. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate the reason people with disabilities who use mobility scooters are being refused travel on...
    • Childcare Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason that a child's hours in a full-time creche needs to be recorded; if the subsidy will be affected if...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      540. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will engage with the survivors and their relatives of a former mother-and-baby home (details supplied) to...
    • Direct Provision System
      541. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what funding opportunities are available for sports clubs to integrate children and young people resident in...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Third Level Education
      542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of legal cases that related to staff HR issues that are currently ongoing in each of the Irish universities; the number of these that...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since...
    • Official Travel
      545. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his...
    • Official Engagements
      547. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the dates in 2023 that he has visited Dublin City University; the purpose of each visit; and when he is next scheduled to visit DCU. [14989/23]
    • Third Level Education
      548. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if assistance is available to a single parent who is studying part-time and working part-time; and if there is a payment that persons on low...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      550. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding any initiatives targeted at assisting Ukrainian refugees to convert their employment qualification certificates or...
    • Third Level Education
      551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the University of Limerick's proposed new veterinary school (details supplied); if he has received a report from the HEA expert...
    • Third Level Fees
      552. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a prospective student (details supplied) who is resident in Ireland, and whose deceased stepfather was an Irish citizen, satisfies the...
    • Qualifications Recognition
      553. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when students in MTU were told they need to work two years in the field after graduation for their qualification to be recognised. [15327/23]
    • Third Level Education
      555. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the election of the University of Limerick Governing Authority to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Measures
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consultation has been undertaken with the Ombudsman for Children in relation to the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15373/23]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from...
    • Official Travel
      559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for...
    • State Bodies
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail the criteria used in the appointment process in relation to the Firearms Expert Committee; and if he will...
    • Departmental Policies
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the work of his Department concerning the disregard scheme for historical convictions in...
    • Visa Applications
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current backlog of the number of marriage vias appeals; and the timeframe by which an appeal (details supplied) would...
    • Departmental Meetings
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he and his Department will engage with and consult with a group (details supplied), with a view to reaching an agreement on...
    • Residency Permits
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that an applicant from Turkey needs to fulfil in order to obtain the right of residence in Ireland given that the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a naturalisation application by a person (details supplied) was deemed ineligible on certain grounds; the steps that...
    • Departmental Functions
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of a section of land at Mountjoy Prison which is to be excavated as part of a plan to locate and identify remains of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 520 of 14 February 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • European Union
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what position Ireland has taken at a European Council level on the European Commission proposals for new rules for the mutual...
    • State Bodies
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for the setting up of the Firearms Expert Committee, FEC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15029/23]
    • Citizenship Applications
      578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if consideration will be given to allowing persons outside of marriage or civil partnership who have residency in the North of...
    • Legislative Measures
      579. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for the completion of all stages of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022; when he expects the Bill to be enacted;...
    • Livestock Issues
      580. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dog attacks on livestock reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to date, by county or...
    • Female Genital Mutilation
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason he has not included a national action plan to address female genital mutilation in the Third Strategy on Domestic,...
    • Sentencing Policy
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will carry out a full review of justice systems sentencing, particularly in relation to minimum sentences for...
    • Peace Commissioners
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 21 March 2023, if he will review the email address which was provided in his...
    • Legislative Measures
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will engage with a trade union (details supplied) concerning proposed changes to workers status under the Policing,...
    • Legal Aid
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount paid in total by the Legal Aid Board to solicitors in respect of their assignment to a client in 2021, 2022 and to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15333/23]
    • Citizenship Applications
      592. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will furnish an update on a person’s (details supplied) citizenship application; and if he will make a statement...
    • Legislative Process
      593. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the proposed timeline for progress of the Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15379/23]
    • Legislative Measures
      597. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline current and planned legislation to protect local shops and convenience store who are subjected to retail...
    • Probate Applications
      598. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department will move to make the probate system as fast and efficient as possible, given the number of properties...
    • Immigration Status
      599. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons granted stamp 4 permission to remain under the categories, by Ministerial discretion, under exceptional...
    • International Protection
      600. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which international protection applicants can access legal aid when they apply for international protection; if he...
    • Official Travel
      603. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he spoke with the FBI Director during his recent visit to the United States for St. Patrick’s Day. [15481/23]
    • Drug and Alcohol Testing
      604. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested and charged with drug driving within the Tipperary Garda division in 2022 and to date in 2023,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      605. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 518 of 7 March 2023, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Crime Prevention
      606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the role of microchipping animals in preventing the theft of companion animals; the number of Garda stations...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Service Executive
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he is setting up a group within his Department to look at the issue of siloing within the HSE; and if this group will agree to meet with therapy...
    • Health Services Staff
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if a child who is assessed privately for a speech and language disorder can seek access to HSE supports based on the opinions of a private medical...
    • National Children's Hospital
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests and monetary sums requested in respect of the ongoing completion of the National Children's Hospital in 2022, and to date in 2023....
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      612. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware there is currently a wait of 12 months, or more, for an initial community occupational therapy appointment in an area (details supplied); and...
    • Health Strategies
      613. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the National Clinical Programme for ADHD in adults; how many ADHD clinics have been opened; when the Programme is set to be...
    • Health Services Staff
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a timeframe on an application by a person (details supplied) for registration with the Irish Medical Council; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health if the condition fibromyalgia has been recognised as a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14704/23]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      624. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women waiting for an appointment for the endometriosis clinic in the Coombe Hospital; the average waiting time at present; and if he will make a...
    • Cancer Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any differential in survival rates for cancer between persons who were diagnosed in a public versus private hospital or...
    • Mental Health Services
      626. To ask the Minister for Health if the mother-and-baby inpatient perinatal mental health unit will be in place in Q4 of 2024, as outlined in Sharing the Vision; if a site has been chosen;...
    • Hospital Facilities
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has made accommodation for the provision of a new 10-bed impatient adult eating disorder service; if a location has been found; when it will open;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      630. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his Department since 2016. [14726/23]
    • Official Travel
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State at his Department, for St...
    • Health Strategies
      632. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the review and revision of Breastfeeding in a Healthy Ireland: the HSE Breastfeeding Action Plan 2016 – 2021; if a new plan will be...
    • Health Promotion
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide funding for a five-year hypertension awareness and behaviour change campaign led by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Health Strategies
      634. To ask the Minister for Health what funding has been allocated to the national stroke strategy so that its recommendations are implemented in full. [14773/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      636. To ask the Minister for Health the number of beds for stroke patients in Ireland; the deficit that exists for the population on the basis of recommendations contained in the UK’s...
    • Departmental Data
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the costs of ensuring adequate national capacity to deliver cardiac rehabilitation to all patients for whom it is recommended, ensuring that staffing and...
    • Health Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to make available under the drug payment scheme or medical card scheme the drug NP thyroid, which is used to treat thyroid conditions and...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the longest time that a child who is classified as urgent, semi-urgent and non-urgent is waiting for an MRI scan in UHG; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Services Staff
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of whole-time equivalent (WTE) positions at University Hospital Limerick and within the UL Hospitals Group on 31 January 2020...
    • Hospital Facilities
      646. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of any tree-removal contracts worth in excess of €5,000 awarded by CHO4 HSE services since 1 January 2018, in tabular form,...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      647. To ask the Minister for Health when the Covid-19 recognition payment will be paid to a qualified person (details supplied) who has supplied their information as requested in November 2022....
    • Health Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health f he will ensure that a wheelchair will be urgently provided to a patient (details supplied) who is receiving palliative care treatment in their home from...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      650. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are in place to reduce audiology lists in Limerick for those under the age of 4 years and those over the age of 4 years; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care hours delivered, by CHO, by month, in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022, in tabular form. [14811/23]
    • Hospital Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of surgical hubs which will be established; the number of surgical hubs already established; the cost, staffing requirements and capacity of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the mean, median, and maximum wait time on NTPF-reported waiting lists, by speciality and by location for February 2019-2023, inclusive, in tabular form. [14814/23]
    • Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he has listened to and consulted with the trans community in relation to their healthcare needs and the provision of that care currently; if he will...
    • Dental Services
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the plan for the use of the €5 million funding announced in Budget 2023 to address backlogs in the HSE public dental service; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if a mechanism will be established to enable workers who have not yet received their pandemic bonus payment to claim the payment; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has to wait until June 2023 for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14833/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm a hospital's (details supplied) policy regarding medical students' involvement in patient care. [14836/23]
    • Medical Inquiries
      664. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14839/23]
    • Pandemic Bonus Payment
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the pandemic bonus payment; the options available to them to secure the payment; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with a disability (details supplied) can apply for a computer with accessible software under the technical aids grant; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      667. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the medical assessment unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24-hours-a-day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      668. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to provide appropriate levels of staff in the SouthDoc facilities in Castletownbere, Bantry, Skibbereen, Dunmanway, Clonakilty and...
    • Health Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that all the details on the SouthDoc website are up-to-date and correct. [14871/23]
    • Disability Services
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the respite services in each LHO of CHO4 for persons with disabilities and their families; the number of respite facilities available; the capacity of each...
    • Medical Inquiries
      672. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14897/23]
    • Health Services Staff
      673. To ask the Minister for Health the plans that are in place to include nurses studying and training under a sponsorship scheme in the travel and subsistence scheme; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      675. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment for Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if a medical appointment for a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14920/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      678. To ask the Minister for Health if versatis patches will be reinstated for medical card or long-term Illness patients with multiple sclerosis as it is only available on schemes if the patient...
    • Home Help Service
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care assistants (details supplied) in north Kerry are being asked to submit their sick pay and travel expenses online; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      681. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to reduce the waiting list at the University Hospital Limerick diabetes outpatients clinic; the number of people currently on the...
    • Health Strategies
      682. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop a national register in respect of diabetes; and the date on which the national diabetes strategy was amended and-or updated. [14952/23]
    • Healthcare Policy
      683. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify who is eligible to access chronic disease hubs. [14953/23]
    • Medical Cards
      684. To ask the Minister for Health when the Budget 2023 announcement that GP visit cards will be extended to children aged six and seven years will be met in view that the announced target of...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      685. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a date for surgery at St. James's Hospital, Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacant nursing posts at the National Forensic Mental Health Service; the estimated full-year cost of filling these vacancies; and when these...
    • Hospital Charges
      687. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges from public car parking at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the HSE National Antimicrobial Resistant Team; the full-year cost of filling each of the vacancies; and when will...
    • Health Service Executive
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the name of companies in CHO7 and CHO9 that currently have a contract with the HSE to install stairlifts, downstairs toilets and so on in a person’s own...
    • Health Services Staff
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of recruiting additional one WTE information scientists with a MSc in genetic counselling and additional one WTE information...
    • Health Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of podiatrists, including addresses, that are accepting new medical card holders aged over 65 within CHO9, in tabular form....
    • Hospital Staff
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency nurses at Connolly Hospital, Blanchardstown in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if this...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      693. To ask the Minister for Health when a retired nurse (details supplied) who worked at Ennis General Hospital can expect to receive her increased weekly pension as per the €1.6 billion...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      694. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who, following a diagnosis of lung cancer at St. James's Hospital, Dublin was referred for a second...
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the regulations that are in place for vaping products; if there is any intention of further regulating these products; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Health Service Executive
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE will not provide information to a group (details supplied), in view of the very serious implications for the group; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      703. To ask the Minister for Health if a person with dementia, who is in receipt of maximum 22.5 hours home help per week, could also avail of the dementia home support scheme; and if he will...
    • Nursing Homes
      704. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to introducing a redress scheme for people who have been impacted by being overcharged for nursing home care for their loved...
    • Care Services
      705. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the review of the National Carers’ Strategy, promised under the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if it is the responsibility of staff of a nursing home to provide a third party (details supplied) with copies of their payslips to facilitate the pandemic...
    • Medical Consent
      707. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 14 February 2023, and the written reply from the HSE dated 20 February 2023, his views on whether any amendment is...
    • Departmental Reviews
      708. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department's review of the rationale for the disclosure of counselling notes as part of court proceedings, including a victim or survivor perspective,...
    • Health Service Executive
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the current HSE infrastructure relating to maternity healthcare services in north Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Admissions
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the number of women referred to the Rotunda Hospital from north County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15217/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the pandemic bonus has not been paid to a person (details supplied); if provision has been made for pay increases for Section 39 workers; and if he...
    • Home Help Service
      713. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) has not received the home help package they were awarded; when home care support will start as offered; and if he will...
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      714. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting list for 8-16 year olds in CHO8, per test centre, age, and the length of time on the list, in tabular form. [15237/23]
    • Hospital Services
      715. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to make the injury unit in Bantry General Hospital a 24 hrs a day service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15249/23]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to address the waiting times for women to access public gynaecological services, with particular reference to women diagnosed with...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      718. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify whether retrospective declarations of parentage can be dealt with prior to the establishment of an Assisted Human Reproduction Regulator...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      719. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for a procedure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15269/23]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      720. To ask the Minister for Health if the IHREC submission (details supplied) requesting a human rights-based inquiry into residential care during Covid 19 has been reviewed; and if so, his...
    • Dental Services
      721. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a child (details supplied) cannot have a procedure carried out by the HSE school dentist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15276/23]
    • Meals-on-Wheels Services
      722. To ask the Minister for Health if supports will be provided to the operators of the Tuam meals on wheels service, County Galway to prevent its closure at the end of the March 2023; and if he...
    • Ukraine War
      723. To ask the Minister for Health if he is satisfied that the proposed facilities at a facility (details supplied) are suitable for traumatised people fleeing war and the additional trauma of...
    • Medical Cards
      724. To ask the Minister for Health when a full medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter can be reviewed urgently, given the medical circumstances of the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      725. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time to access an appointment in a long-Covid clinic; how many people are currently waiting for an appointment; the current staffing in...
    • Pension Provisions
      726. To ask the Minister for Health when retired nurses will receive their two overdue pay rises as per the building momentum pay deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15323/23]
    • Health Services
      727. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a schedule by CHO area of the number of primary school patients in the backlog and or have not had their in-school eye, hearing and dental...
    • Abortion Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if possible links between coercion to have an abortion and telemedicine abortion has been examined by his Department or any agency on behalf of his Department;...
    • Medical Qualifications
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a full list of all medical professions that require a clinical placement as part of their education and qualification in the respective...
    • Medical Internships
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the actions that have been taken to increase the number of clinical placements in the healthcare system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15340/23]
    • Cancer Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health when the BreastCheck programme for 52- and 53- year-olds who were never called for their initial BreastCheck appointments, due to Covid restrictions at the...
    • Hospital Staff
      734. To ask the Minister for Health when the necessary staffing levels will be approved to allow for the MRI scanner at Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar to become fully operational; the...
    • Alcohol Sales
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the role his Department has undertaken in consulting on, or drafting, the proposed Sale of Alcohol Bill. [15375/23]
    • Primary Care Centres
      738. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of a primary care centre in New Ross, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15383/23]
    • Health Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the services that can be accessed via the treatment abroad scheme for children facing unacceptably long waits for assessment of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm whether he has met with transgender representative groups in respect of consultation with regards to transgender health care in Ireland; if...
    • Hospital Transfers
      743. To ask the Minister for Health when the urgent transfer of a patient (details supplied) from Letterkenny University Hospital to the Mater Hospital will take place; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Equipment
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that are currently operating the Da Vinci surgical system; and if there are plans to expand the robotics programme in hospitals. [15485/23]
    • Hospital Staff
      745. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant transplant surgeons based at each hospital that is part of the South, South-West Hospital Group in 2022 and to date in 2023, in...
    • Hospital Facilities
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the hospitals that currently have a helipad within their grounds and that is in use, in tabular form. [15488/23]
    • Mental Health Services
      748. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in each primary care centre within CHOs 3 and 5 in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15489/23]
    • Departmental Meetings
      749. To ask the Minister for Health if he visited The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during his recent visit to Canada for St. Patrick’s Day events. [15490/23]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Departmental Records
      750. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to provide public access to the Land Commission records that are held in storage in Portlaoise; and if he will...
    • Greyhound Industry
      751. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has any concerns about the loss of revenue incurred by Rásaíocht Con Éireann arising from the fact that an...
    • Fishing Industry
      753. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a written statement with an update on his plans to ban fishing vessels of a certain size from fishing within the...
    • Official Engagements
      755. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the protocols or criteria required for him to meet with stakeholder groups within the agricultural sector; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      756. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department are accepting forestry form two applications which are now vital in keeping private forestry companies viable; and...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      758. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from his...
    • Official Travel
      759. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with his recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State...
    • Fishing Industry
      760. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a fisheries issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14759/23]
    • Departmental Schemes
      761. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of abolishing the parental levy on the school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14770/23]
    • Fishing Industry
      762. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the programmes funded and to be funded under the Brexit adjustment reserve to support fisheries and coastal...
    • Agriculture Industry
      763. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the work of the Suckler Brand Development Oversight Group, including the composition of the group and...
    • Agriculture Supports
      764. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a rescue package can be put in place for the sheep sector through the Brexit Reserve Fund, given the difficulties currently being...
    • Departmental Funding
      766. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis, criteria and rationale for the disbursement of funds to animal welfare organisations; the reason there is a disparity in...
    • Departmental Data
      767. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions taken per annum for failure to comply with the Microchipping of Dogs Regulations 2015, for the years 2016...
    • Animal Welfare
      768. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if statistics are being kept regarding the number of licensed pet sellers selling dogs online that are breeds on the restrictive dog...
    • Departmental Schemes
      769. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the final payment for the hen-harrier scheme will be made; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      770. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expenditure his Department and agencies under his Department's remit have incurred on car, van, commercial vehicle rental or...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      771. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a farmer would be eligible for the national reserve and young farmers scheme on leased land on which a previous lessee had availed...
    • Organic Farming
      772. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress implementing the actions of the Review of Organic Food Sector and Strategy for its Development 2019...
    • Animal Welfare
      775. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of an incident (details supplied); the actions taken to ensure animal welfare provisions are adhered to; and if he...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      777. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to claw-back on entitlements for non-active farmers who are currently leasing them; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Carcase Disposal
      780. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1543 of 21 March 2023, if he will clarify why there is a discrepancy in the list of factories...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      781. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the decision to issue areas of natural constraint payments one month later than usual which impacts on the...
    • Fishing Industry
      782. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many boat owners have accepted a voluntary decommissioning offer from BIM; if the figure increased from 20 and if so, by how...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      783. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1565 of 21 March 2023, if he will clarify the situation regarding farmers whose herd breakdown...
    • Agriculture Industry
      784. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of concerns regarding the lack of alternative products following the proposed banning of a product (details supplied)...
    • Departmental Data
      785. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine on what grounds a person’s (details supplied) horses were seized; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15348/23]
    • Agriculture Industry
      786. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the safety of the insecticide, acetamiprid, in relation to its use near bee colonies; and if there are any regulations covering...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      788. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of all procurement competitions, if any, in which companies (details supplied) won contracts from her...
    • Official Travel
      789. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total costs of accommodation and travel expenses associated with her recent foreign trip, or foreign trips by Ministers for State...
    • Animal Breeding
      790. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a dog-breeding establishment is required to list the type of breeds of dogs that it is breeding; and if not, the reason therefor....
    • Control of Dogs
      792. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will instruct local authorities to record the reason for surrender at the dog pound under the Control of Dogs Act 1986; and if...
    • Livestock Issues
      794. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog attacks on livestock in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Local Authorities
      795. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress made with Galway County Council in relation to the transfer of the land, on which the airstrip in Inishbofin is built, to...

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