Written answers
Wednesday, 11 October 2023
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
8. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44145/23]
- Legal Aid
10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what steps her Department has taken in relation to recent industrial action at the Criminal Courts of Justice; and if she will...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
15. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will comment on her plans to increase step-down accommodation for survivors of domestic violence; and if she will make a...
- Public Sector Staff
16. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to protect public and civil servants from far Right demonstrations. [44125/23]
- An Garda Síochána
17. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which provision can be made to increase the throughput of gardaí from Templemore to meet current and...
- Crime Prevention
18. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the Drogheda Implementation Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44097/23]
- Antisocial Behaviour
19. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána, to ensure that anti-social behaviour is...
- Crime Prevention
20. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps her Department is taking to support communities and tackle organised crime; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Prison Service
22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the efforts being made to tackle waiting times for mental health services within prisons; the funding that has been allocated to...
- Legislative Reviews
23. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 11 July 2023, the status of the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law...
- Northern Ireland
24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in light of the new polling published by the Commission for Victims and Survivors Northern Ireland on the impact of the...
- An Garda Síochána
25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality who is responsible for Garda recruitment; if it is outsourced; if intake targets have been provided and met; and if she will...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress made towards establishing a women’s refuge in Carlow. [44014/23]
- Inquiry into the Death of Mr. Shane O'Farrell
27. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will establish a public enquiry into the death of a person (details supplied) and the circumstances around their death;...
- An Garda Síochána
28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each of the Cork divisions comparing figures from 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular...
- Prison Service
29. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will instigate a statutory review of the Prison Service as a safe working environment. [44137/23]
- Miscarriages of Justice
30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her response to a petition by a group (details supplied) in relation to a case recently submitted to her Department; and if she...
- Gambling Sector
32. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022, given the ESRI report into gambling harm. [44120/23]
- Prison Service
33. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality what measures have been taken to put the Prison Service on a statutory footing. [44136/23]
- Crime Prevention
34. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on the effectiveness of youth diversion projects and their impact of diverting young people away from crime; and if...
- Child Abuse
35. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has cooperated with investigations into historical allegations of abuse in an organisation (details supplied)...
- Legal Aid
36. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work that has been carried out by her Department to review and increase payments to solicitors and barristers in the...
- An Garda Síochána
37. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on the number of Garda personnel in the Clare-Tipperary Garda division, by county; the number of...
- Antisocial Behaviour
39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on her Department's engagement with An Garda Síochána, an organisation (details supplied) and the local...
- Prison Service
40. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is an outstanding WRC award to a prison officer (details supplied); and if so, the reason the award has not been paid....
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Job Creation
43. To ask the Taoiseach the number of jobs created by year in Cork from 1 January 2018 to the most up-to-date figures available for 2023 [44405/23]
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an online passport application for a child (details supplied) living in the North that was submitted on 14 August 2023 will issue on time...
- European Court of Justice
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five...
- Security Clearance
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests received for personal security clearance received from those not employed by a Government Department or body under the...
- Passport Services
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application can be processed for a person (details supplied); if the issue with resubmission links and security questions can...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Departmental Data
50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure in 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023 on generators purchased to provide dispatchable power to the grid when...
- Environmental Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way the Government is preparing for the EU Strategy for Sustainable Textiles; the new regulation that will require...
- Departmental Data
53. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the quantity of recycled materials that Ireland exports every year per source material; the countries to which this is...
- Climate Change Policy
54. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline which public body has responsibility for ensuring compliance with section 15.1 of the Climate Action...
- Departmental Data
55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the quantity of soft plastics that is recycled in Ireland in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023; what...
- National Broadband Plan
56. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property owner (details supplied) will avail of high-speed broadband. [44266/23]
- Environmental Policy
57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44268/23]
- European Court of Justice
58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each...
- Renewable Energy Generation
59. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review correspondence (details supplied) from Bord Gáis; if he can clarify if this meets procedures where...
- Environmental Impact Assessments
60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether a study would be conducted on the noise and air pollution present in Innishannon village centre. [44386/23]
- Department of Defence
- European Court of Justice
61. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five years in...
- National Security
62. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department is currently undertaking work in relation to the establishment of a national security or intelligence agency; the intended...
- Defence Forces
63. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for a statement on members of the Defence Forces pay; how it compares with members of An Garda Síochána; and whether there are any...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the review which led to the recently announced reduction in speed limits was initially commenced; to outline the research and...
- Road Projects
65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a timescale on promised works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44286/23]
- Taxi Regulations
66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide the names of the designated rural areas under the 2023 local hackney pilot scheme which have commenced service; the...
- Driver Test
67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current waiting time for the driver theory test in all centres across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- European Court of Justice
68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five...
- National Car Test
69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of tests carried out in each NCT test centre from 1 January 2023 to 31 September 2023 inclusive, in tabular form; the number...
- Bus Services
70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there will be increased frequency of the C1 and C2 buses at peak times; if updates to the bus routes that serve Lucan will be...
- Department of Finance
- Transport Policy
71. To ask the Minister for Finance the up-to-date position regarding the processing and deciding on appeals by the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tax Data
72. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated total additional revenue which will be generated in a full year by the first two increases in excise duty on petrol, diesel and market gas oil...
- Departmental Data
73. To ask the Minister for Finance for clarification on an issue (details supplied). [44261/23]
- Mortgage Interest Rates
74. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government’s proposals to deal with the dramatic increases in mortgages held by vulture funds, which is causing great distress to individuals with...
- Tax Code
75. To ask the Minister for Finance if changes are intended in the way the Revenue Commissioners treat the income received by general practitioners from the health service for providing GMS...
- European Court of Justice
76. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five years in respect of...
- Departmental Data
78. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of family home mortgages that are now in the hands of vulture funds in 2023; how many of those mortgages are/were the subject of alternative payment...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- European Court of Justice
79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five...
- Public Sector Staff
80. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if negotiations are ongoing in relation to grade restructuring for conservation rangers to go from an effective clerical officer grade to...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
81. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 29 June 2023, the number of employment permits issued in respect of non-EEA home care...
- European Court of Justice
83. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past...
- Work Permits
84. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeframe for the visas of non-working EEA nationals to be processed; the number of visas of working non-EEA nationals that have...
- Business Supports
85. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has plans for any further supports to help businesses coping with increased costs; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flexible Work Practices
86. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the code of practice for remote working; and when implementation is to be expected; and if he will make a statement...
- Work Permits
87. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider extending the quota of meat processor operatives under general employment permits in view that the quota has been...
- Industrial Relations
88. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention or that of his officials has been drawn to the shortfall in employer to employee engagement in respect of proposed...
- Intellectual Property
89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to discuss the steps being taken to advance the establishment of the EU Patent Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will commission a national plan for the support and management of exceptionally able children in the Irish education system; and...
- School Transport
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) cannot get school bus transport for her children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44239/23]
- School Accommodation
93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the installation of portacabins and a temporary car park at a school (details supplied); the expected timeline for...
- Special Educational Needs
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to change the current enrolment criteria for specialist ASD units and classes to accommodate children who are on a waiting list for...
- Home Schooling
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details on the level of home tuition support approved for September 2023 versus the levels approved for each of the past five years, in...
- Education Policy
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44257/23]
- School Inspections
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the allegations made in relation to a school (details supplied). [44267/23]
- School Staff
101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review an application under the teacher refund scheme and advise why it was not paid in light of course conditions being met (details...
- National Educational Psychological Service
102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure NEPS psychologist and SENO positions are filled without further delay (details supplied). [44320/23]
- European Court of Justice
104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five years...
- School Transport
105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the status of school transport for school pupils (details supplied). [44350/23]
- Parking Provision
109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will support a school (details supplied) in securing the neighbouring plot of land for the purposes of parking and other activities; and...
- National Broadband Plan
110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a primary school (details supplied) is still awaiting broadband connection; the timeline for when the matter will be completed; if the...
- Information and Communications Technology
111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a detailed update on the grant funding scheme available to primary schools for ICT, including the provision of whiteboards,...
- Schools Building Projects
112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify when construction of a modular building for the ASD unit at a school (details supplied) will take place; and if she will make...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- European Court of Justice
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the...
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a dhéanfar íocaíocht le bean tí (sonraí tugtha) as ábhar oidí a chothaigh sí...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Waterways Ireland
116. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if Section 12(2) of the British-Irish Agreement applies to Waterways Ireland; if this provision includes lease agreements and...
- Legislative Measures
121. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when drafting of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 first commenced; when it was completed before submission to Cabinet;...
- Urban Development
122. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when call four of the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund will be open to local authorities; and if he will make a...
- Rental Sector
123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of tenancies registered with the Residential Tenancies Board in each local authority area in 2022. [44252/23]
- Housing Schemes
125. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes built in Cork city and county in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he...
- European Court of Justice
128. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the...
- Mortgage Interest Rates
129. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason local authority home loan mortgage interest rates have risen; his views on this increase; if he is aware of...
- Housing Schemes
130. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the threshold for HAP can be increased (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44378/23]
- Housing Provision
131. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress of Actions 7.1 to 7.6 of Housing for All to date, and other actions his Department is taking...
- Housing Schemes
132. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total funding allocation and total funding drawn down for the disabled persons grant scheme and improvement works in lieu...
- Building Regulations
136. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of public changing places facilities available, by location, in tabular form; the actions being taken by his...
- Energy Conservation
137. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the Government target for the number of houses to be retrofitted in County Kildare; how many of that target number have been...
- National Monuments
138. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify if the Hill of Allen is on the Public Monuments Register; if not, whether the Government plans to speak...
- Departmental Functions
139. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he or the Government have plans to establish a distinct unit to operate together across both his Department and the...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- School Meals Programme
140. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider adding the provision of lunch to coeliac children through the school meals programme; and if she will...
- Social Welfare Benefits
141. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for carer's benefit in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Payments
142. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite a decision on a carers allowance application by a person (details supplied). [44273/23]
- European Court of Justice
145. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of...
- School Meals Programme
146. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently review a school meals project application by a school (details supplied). [44343/23]
- Social Welfare Payments
147. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a pension will be introduced for foster carers, who look after thousands of vulnerable children in the State, many of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Legal Aid
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the current criteria which apply to the granting of criminal legal aid; to state or estimate the number of...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenships granted to persons not born within the State in each year from 2000 to date; and if she will make a...
- Immigration Policy
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that there is a 15-16 week waiting time for immigration appointments in Limerick city; if there is a plan in...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the process which will be undertaken for appointing the board for Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency;...
- European Court of Justice
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the...
- An Garda Síochána
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí serving in Schull Garda station, by rank, full-time or part-time status; the areas covered by the...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
160. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 290 of 5 October 2023, if the over 30 staff members that are envisaged to form part of...
- Courts Service
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of positions to be filled on the benches of District, Circuit and High Courts; and if she will make a statement on...
- Missing Persons
162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons deemed to be missing persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44441/23]
- An Garda Síochána
163. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total number of gardaí available throughout the country on a full-time basis; the extent to which this number has...
- Crime Prevention
164. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which hate speech, hate crime and racism continue to be addressed in all areas throughout the country without...
- Citizenship Applications
166. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of citizenship applications currently awaiting a decision; the number of applications granted and refused...
- Crime Prevention
168. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to what extent the revised bail laws are successfully preventing crimes while an accused is on bail; and if she will make a...
- An Garda Síochána
171. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the degree to which An Garda Síochána continue to have sufficient resources at their disposal to meet the threats of...
- Courts Service
174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which it might be envisaged to augment/upgrade or modernise the court system given the changing requirements on...
- Legislative Measures
177. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which her Department has identified particular issues that might need attention by way of new legislation or...
- Courts Service
178. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent, if any, to which her Department or the vote from her Department funds the family law courts; the full extent of her...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Forestry Sector
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44223/23]
- Agriculture Schemes
181. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2021 BEEP payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry) following a successful appeal; and if he will...
- Agriculture Industry
182. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a lime spreading extension to allow lime to be bought and spread up to March 2024 instead of destroying grassland...
- Animal Culls
183. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of badgers culled, by county, in 2022 and to date in 2023; the number of these badgers found dead in the snares; and the...
- European Court of Justice
186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past...
- Forestry Sector
187. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed within his Department with regard to forestry; if a breakdown of roles can be provided; and if he will...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount that has been paid to a provider (details supplied) since they were first engaged by the HSE; and...
- Constitutional Amendments
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the referendum to replace the article of the Constitution that refers to women’s...
- Legislative Programme
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the status of the Irish Corporate Governance (Gender Balance) Bill 2021; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps the HSE has taken to support the development of the shovel ready Neurodiversity Ireland project in...
- Emergency Accommodation
194. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason a company (details supplied) entrusted with the management of a significant number of properties...
- Disability Services
195. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44281/23]
- European Court of Justice
196. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union...
- School Meals Programme
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will urgently review a school meals project application by a school (details supplied). [44344/23]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will urgently review the level of funding for a community pre-school (details supplied). [44348/23]
- Departmental Communications
199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the relevant official from his Department can contact a person (details supplied) immediately; and if he will...
- Childcare Services
200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of the difficulties facing parents in trying to access childcare for children aged 1-3; if...
- Department of Health
- General Practitioner Services
201. To ask the Minister for Health his views on GPs refusing medical card patients access to their lists in line with an agreement made with GPs in 2023 and how a patient can get a GP service if...
- Abortion Services
202. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 3 October 2023, if any research has been conducted or commenced by his Department into the likely number of safe...
- Hospital Equipment
203. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the replacement grant for an MRI machine in Monaghan Hospital was not granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44233/23]
- Health Service Executive
204. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown, by site location and amount paid by the HSE in vacant site levy fees to respective local authorities in the past ten years to...
- Hospital Procedures
205. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions that are being made to introduce peripherally inserted central catheter line clean services as part of oncology services at Wexford General...
- Health Services
206. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure funding is put in place for this service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44243/23]
- Medical Aids and Appliances
208. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hearing aid application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44274/23]
- Health Services
209. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44278/23]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
210. To ask the Minister for Health whether his Department will provide community intervention team nurses employed by South Doc with the Covid-19 pandemic payment; and if he will make a...
- Dental Services
211. To ask the Minister for Health whether a school dental programme could be provided in Skibbereen, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44297/23]
- Health Services
214. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of weekend healthcare services in (details supplied); the measures his Department will take to ensure weekend...
- Hospital Services
216. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff in the CUH dialysis ward, by role; and the number of patients accessing dialysis treatment in CUH, in tabular form. [44303/23]
- Health Services
217. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details of the training provided to haemodialysis patients to carry out their own haemodialysis at home; whether self-administered homecare is best...
- Ambulance Service
220. To ask the Minister for Health if compulsory overtime is taken into consideration when calculating pensions within the ambulance service; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Departmental Expenditure
221. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1223 of 13 June 2023, if he could provide a breakdown of the €332.2 million spent on 'business as usual' outsource...
- European Court of Justice
222. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five years in respect of...
- Medical Cards
223. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite a medical card application form for a sight test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44342/23]
- Addiction Treatment Services
224. To ask the Minister for Health if he will regulate the Narconon’s residential drug rehabilitation centres to ensure that clients are safe. [44360/23]
- Mental Health Services
225. To ask the Minister for Health the interactions between CAMHS and the Integrated Children’s Service Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44362/23]
- Health Service Executive
226. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on plans to move all HSE facilities to a single pay-roll system given that this was to be implemented by July 2023 according to a...
- General Practitioner Services
227. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with the Revenue Commissioners to ensure GMS income declaration can continue to be paid through partnerships, as changing this practice could...
- Primary Care Centres
228. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a further update is available regarding the new primary care centre at Boot Road, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 given we have reached Q4 2023, despite...
- Court Judgments
229. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE fully respects and understands a Supreme Court judgement in the case of a person (details supplied) which was ruled on in March 2020. [44394/23]
- Health Strategies
230. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering the fortification of bread and flour with folic acid, given its role in the prevention of neural tube defects such as spina bifida; the...
- Health Services Staff
231. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to a WRC ruling (details supplied) when the back dated payments will be made to all Sector 38 organisations. [44430/23]
- Healthcare Policy
232. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an ongoing collection of data regarding the relationship between pregnancy outcome indicators and alcohol consumption patterns during pregnancy; if...
- Health Strategies
234. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the concerning prevalence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in Ireland, along with the absence of dedicated health...
- Healthcare Policy
237. To ask the Minister for Health the measures being taken to ensure that individuals with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and their families have access to FASD-informed services in...
- Home Care Packages
238. To ask the Minister for Health the urgent measures he will take to address the serious matter of home care hours and full homecare packages being granted, but not being fulfilled, due to no...
- Nursing Homes
239. To ask the Minister for Health if he has plans in place for the residents of a nursing home (details supplied) which is due to close imminently; if he liaised with the HSE to find a suitable...
- Care of the Elderly
240. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dementia advisors for each CHO area since Covid in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [44474/23]
- Department of Education and Skills
- European Court of Justice
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past five years in...
- Grant Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44393/23]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- European Court of Justice
243. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide details of the judgements made against Ireland in the Court of Justice of the European Union in each of the past...
