Written answers

Thursday, 1 February 2024

  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Transport Policy
      12. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is advising further education campuses to engage with the TFI Smarter Travel Programme for Third Level Campuses; and if...
    • Student Travel Card
      14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has plans to extend the student Leap card entitlement to students in part-time third level education; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what measures he is taking to prevent cancellations and no-shows of buses in Dublin, particularly on the new BusConnects routes; and if he...
    • Driver Test
      16. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many driving testers are currently employed by the Road Safety Authority; if he will provide a breakdown of the contract type...
    • Road Projects
      17. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has an update on the funding for Mallow relief road and the Cork city north distributor road; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety
      19. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the cost of roadside safety barrier installations along the N22 for 2022 and 2023; the rationale for selecting the locations for their...
    • Public Transport
      20. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the proposed €96 monthly Leap card ticket and €960 annual ticket for Dublin public transport in light of the...
    • Bus Services
      21. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the deteriorating public bus services in County Meath; the level of bus cancellations; how he plans to improve these...
    • Driver Test
      22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update regarding the number of driving testers recruited in the past 12 months and for those testers on short-term contracts...
    • Bus Services
      23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to advise if Local Link buses have permission to collect passengers along routes rather than passengers having to drive to stops; and if...
    • Road Projects
      24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the N17 Collooney to Knock scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4491/24]
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which passenger capacity is being or can be improved on the north Kildare commuter lines such as Naas-Sallins, Hazelhatch,...
    • Road Network
      26. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will ensure a substantial increase in funding for the non-national road network for counties Cavan and Monaghan for 2024; and if he...
    • Ports Policy
      27. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on any discussion within his Department in respect of the ongoing and urgent need to remove the Hebble Dredge from...
    • Bus Services
      28. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if local and on-demand bus services will be introduced in areas losing local connections as a result of BusConnects; and if he will make a...
    • Regional Airports
      29. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his view on Shannon Airport becoming a permanent member of the Regional Airports Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Public Transport
      30. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to act on the motion passed by Dáil Éireann in October 2022 in favour of free public transport; and if he will...
    • Rail Network
      31. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for the future of rail transport in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4612/24]
    • Driver Test
      32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and his Department can ensure that any and all resources are provided to ensure that an appropriate site is found to recommence...
    • Road Safety
      33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if data exists in relation to the experience of and effectiveness of raised pedestrian crossings or junctions in built up areas on busy...
    • Road Tolls
      34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of plans to increase toll charges again in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4575/24]
    • Road Projects
      35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding provided in budget 2024 to progress the N2 Ardee to Castleblayney road project; the projected completion date of the project;...
    • Rail Network
      38. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the necessary electric locomotives will be provided when the Cork line is fully electrified; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      39. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the enormous number of bus cancellations on the NX and 109 bus services through Navan, County Meath;...
    • Road Projects
      40. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the allocation of funding towards road projects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Bus Services
      41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to address the gaps in bus service emerging in the Chapelizod area of Dublin. [4429/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide match funding alongside the Department of Rural and Community Development for the local improvement scheme, LIS; and if...
    • Public Transport
      43. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will make a statement regarding the National Fares Strategy. [4540/24]
    • Road Projects
      45. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what progress has been made in the construction of the Coonagh-Knockalisheen road; when it will be completed; and if he will make a...
    • Local Authorities
      46. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the maintenance of roads on housing estates that have been taken in charge by local authorities are the responsibility of the local...
    • Road Network
      47. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how he intends to address regional imbalance in the quality of road infrastructure, particularly in the west; and if he will make a...
    • Bus Services
      48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will heed the call of local residents and act to restore a bus service between the Armagh Road, Cashel Road and Clonard Road areas...
    • Road Projects
      49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the proposed N24 upgrade does not include a dual carriageway for the entire route in the interests of safety and forward...
    • Bus Services
      51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the up-to-date position on the Connecting Ireland plan for Macroom to Bandon buses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4535/24]
    • Park-and-Ride Facilities
      53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 30 November 2023, the status of the roll-out of park and ride in Galway city; and if he will...
    • Public Transport
      54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the rollout of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan in County Carlow. [4450/24]
    • Greenways Provision
      55. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline Government policy on the Sligo Mayo Greenway; to give an update on progress of same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      56. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the capital funding he intends to provide this year for the upgrade of the rail line from Athenry in County Galway to Collooney in County...
    • Climate Action Plan
      57. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the Climate Action Plan for 2023 in respect of the transport sector; what actions are still outstanding from 2023;...
    • Ports Policy
      58. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the OWDT has been issued with the Minimum Irish Port Capacity Report; if so, to outline the main findings of the report and actions...
    • Regional Airports
      59. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he intends to complete his Departmental review of the Regional Airports Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Bus Services
      60. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the curtailment of the No. 13 bus service in the Bawnogue area in the evenings; what measures are in place for replacement...
    • Public Transport
      61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question 41 of 30 November 2023, the status of the feasibility study for light rail in Galway, which is being...
    • Road Network
      62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding for local and regional roads in County Mayo; the breakdown of the details of the investment programme; and if he will...
    • Bus Services
      63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what steps are taken to ensure local intra-city bus services are reliable; the checks made to ensure they conform to timetable; what...
    • Taxi Licences
      64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will review the criteria for awarding taxi plates. [4597/24]
    • Bus Services
      65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline how he intends to address the impact of the shortage of drivers on the delivery of bus services; and if he will make a...
    • Road Safety
      66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work plan for 2024 by his Department, in conjunction with other agencies, to improve road safety; and...
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied that his Department and the bodies under its aegis are aware and in compliance with article 4(3) of the United Nations...
    • Rail Network
      69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide further details on the increase in frequency and capacity for the red line Luas promised by the National Transport Authority,...
    • Bus Services
      70. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the plan to resolve issues with bus services in Cork city. [4601/24]
    • Road Traffic Accidents
      71. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the mechanisms available to a resident in north Louth (details supplied) whose home has sustained over €50,000...
    • Rail Network
      72. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to facilitate the DART+ Coastal North; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      73. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the N17 road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4593/24]
    • Transport Policy
      74. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the most recent progress on the implementation of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      75. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what action his Department is taking to progress the North Ring Road in Cork city; what level of funding will be allocated for 2024 in...
    • Bus Services
      77. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to develop Local Link services in counties Roscommon and Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4469/24]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Credits
      88. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of eligible claims currently being made for the rent tax credit in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4251/24]
    • Tax Code
      91. To ask the Minister for Finance how the income tax treatment of low paid workers in Ireland compares with other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4264/24]
    • Tax Yield
      92. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount received in income tax receipts in 2023; the total number of people paying income tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4548/24]
    • Tax Code
      94. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to review the VAT treatment of farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4278/24]
    • Climate Change Policy
      95. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his Department’s efforts to support climate action projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4005/24]
    • Economic Policy
      96. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to protect the role of cash in our society and economy in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4265/24]
    • Tax Code
      97. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will comment on the decision to remove the 9% VAT rate for tourism and hospitality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53599/23]
    • Fiscal Policy
      99. To ask the Minister for Finance about the actions outlined in Ireland’s Sustainable Finance Roadmap; the progress to date to implement same; what engagement has been carried out at EU...
    • Insurance Industry
      100. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the efforts being made by his Department to engage with insurance providers on the cost of motor insurance premiums; the insights provided by the...
    • Fiscal Policy
      101. To ask the Minister for Finance what engagement he has had with the Central Bank and key players in the cash system in order to establish what the appropriate levels of access to cash are to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      103. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on his engagement with the Banking and Payments Federation and the Department of Finance with respect to the defective concrete blocks redress...
    • State Bodies
      104. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the recent letter from the Chairperson of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council with respect to a proposal to reduce the rate of pay associated...
    • Tax Code
      105. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will expand on his comments in Davos that the imposition of a 3% tax on incomes over €140,000 could jeopardise foreign direct investment,...
    • Banking Sector
      107. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure that future banking changes are managed in a controlled, fair and transparent manner for consumers; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Yield
      108. To ask the Minister for Finance if the proceeds of the vacant homes tax and residential zoned land tax will be returned to the relevant local authority where it was raised; and if he will...
    • Banking Sector
      109. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of mortgage holders who have switched their mortgage from vulture funds to the mainstream mortgage market since 6 September 2023; and as a...
    • Housing Schemes
      110. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 82 of 23 November 2023, his plans for the phasing out of the help-to-buy scheme; his plans in the interim to increase...
    • Banking Sector
      111. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he proposes to take to ensure there is a safety net for consumers in the event of electronic banking or the payments infrastructure being impacted...
    • Financial Services
      112. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the powers of the Financial Services Ombudsman with regard to protecting customers against unfair practices by financial institutions. [4606/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      113. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the tax incentives for the SME sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4442/24]
    • Tax Rebates
      114. To ask the Minister for Finance the ways that he is making processes easier for coeliacs to claim tax rebates, with particular consideration to the increasing cost of gluten-free foods...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      115. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that householders who install solar panels on their home will not be liable for any tax for the green electricity fed to the grid from the...
    • Tax Exemptions
      116. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the small benefit exemption; in particular the restriction by which only the first two benefits qualify for the exemption, regardless of their...
    • Tax Reliefs
      117. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale for the delayed opening by the Revenue Commissioners of application for taxpayers to avail of the mortgage interest relief; and if he will make...
    • Tax Code
      118. To ask the Minister for Finance how the income tax treatment of employees with salaries of €100,000 in Ireland compares with other EU countries; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Data Centres
      119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing a specific tax on data centres given their high impact on our energy and resource infrastructure. [4571/24]
    • Financial Services
      120. To ask the Minister for Finance if he and his Department are considering measures to tackle financial fraud and scams; to outline policy considerations in this area; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Credits
      121. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of eligible claims currently being made for the rent tax credit made in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Mayo and...
    • Insurance Industry
      123. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will investigate the many shortfalls of the insurance sector which has left both homes and businesses in the east Cork area making up the costs of...
    • EU Meetings
      124. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on his engagements at the most recent ECOFIN meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4006/24]
    • Film Industry
      125. To ask the Minister for Finance the penalties he is considering on film production companies found to be in breach of their requirement and obligation for receiving section 481 film tax...
    • Fiscal Policy
      127. To ask the Minister for Finance the action he is taking to ensure that there will be widespread nationwide availability of ATMs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4250/24]
    • Business Supports
      128. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department is considering measures to support businesses with the increased cost of doing business through the taxation system; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      129. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the rate and reducing the threshold at which the 10% stamp duty with respect to the purchase of certain residential property...
    • Economic Growth
      131. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which positive conclusions can be drawn from this country’s economic performance when considered alongside other EU zone countries and...
    • Insurance Industry
      132. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market, particularly in relation to reducing the cost of...
    • Housing Schemes
      133. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applicants for the help-to-buy scheme in County Mayo in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4494/24]
    • Fiscal Policy
      134. To ask the Minister for Finance for an update on the National Payments Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4277/24]
    • Tax Code
      137. To ask the Minister for Finance for a review of tax treatment of increase for qualified adult, that the payment is treated as a separate source of income for the qualified adult in order...
    • Tax Rebates
      139. To ask the Minister for Finance if a VAT refund on aids and appliances for persons with a disability can be considered for works (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Code
      140. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be introducing new measures for the warehousing of tax debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4443/24]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      142. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 23 November 2023, for an update on the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal; to clarify if appeal hearings...
    • Inflation Rate
      144. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which he and his Department continue to monitor economic progress with a view to ensuring that inflation continues to be curbed and that the...
    • Tax Code
      145. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider and introduction of a wealth tax, given recent reports by an organisation (details supplied) and the Central Bank on the wealth...
    • European Investment Bank
      146. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress to date to promote opportunities for the European Investment Bank to invest in relevant climate projects in Ireland; if a working group has been...
    • Tax Code
      149. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering any further easing of VAT rates for retrofitting or renewable energy works or products for domestic purposes, to assist homeowners in...
    • Fiscal Policy
      151. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work being done to ensure that cash cannot be refused in retail and other premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Insurance Coverage
      152. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline the situation with respect to community groups and festival committees acquiring insurance for the staging of local community events; if he is...
    • Tax Collection
      153. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of homes for which the increased stamp duty for bulk buys has been paid in Cork. [4604/24]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Middle East
      160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure that the order made by the ICJ to prevent genocide in Gaza is followed; and if he will make a statement on...
    • EU Funding
      161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of recent reporting that the EU has developed a confidential plan to cut-off all EU funding to Hungary in the event that...
    • Consular Services
      162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what steps can be taken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4854/24]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open an embassy in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4906/24]
    • Middle East
      166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to do everything in his power to ensure a permanent ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for the...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Local Authorities
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fines issued for dog-fouling in each local authority area in the past ten years, and to date in 2023, in...
    • Pension Provisions
      169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received a request from a company (details supplied) to sanction an increase for members of its pension scheme;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      171. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of enlisted personnel and cadets targeted for recruitment in 2023; the number of each recruited; the increased recruitment target of...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Electric Vehicles
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the legislation will be enacted to regulate the use of electric scooters; and to outline what is causing the delay. [2900/24]
    • Road Safety
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he can outline what measures he has put in place for local authorities to support road gritting plans in rural Ireland; and if he will...
    • Tax Code
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4685/24]
    • School Transport
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the application process will open for the Safe Routes to Schools Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4698/24]
    • Dublin Airport Authority
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of issues of unanswered complaints from the DAA (details supplied); the body that can investigate the DAA; if he agrees...
    • Rail Network
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how many DART carriages have been ordered over the past three years; how many have been ordered to date for 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Air Services
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has concluded his consideration of Derry City Airport’s economic assessment and supporting materials for a Dublin to Derry...
    • Driver Licences
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he could advise on a driving licence (details supplied). [4745/24]
    • Road Projects
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for a record of all applications from Kerry County Council to his Department for any works in respect of a bridge in Kerry (details...
    • Airport Policy
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a submission (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4779/24]
    • Bus Services
      184. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to itemise the estimated cost of a six-month trial for a free bus service in Cork city and county on Fridays and Saturdays, by all cost...
    • Electric Vehicles
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the regulations under the Road Traffic and Roads Act 2023, which governs the use of e-scooters, have not come into effect;...
    • Bus Services
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to prioritise the delivery of the Bus Connects local routes services in Portrane and Donabate given the census figures from 2022 on bus...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he remains satisfied regarding the adequacy of capital investment in the transport sector for the foreseeable future;...
    • Rail Network
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he expects commuter rail passenger numbers to increase when the lines are upgraded; and if he will make a statement...
    • Driver Test
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the actions being taken to address the long waiting lists for driving tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4884/24]
    • Rail Network
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to encourage increased use of the commuter rail services in County Kildare with a view to alleviating road traffic congestion;...
    • Road Network
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total number of vehicles currently using the M4 for commuting purposes on a daily basis; the future plans in this regard; and if he...
    • Rail Network
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the progress to date in the enhancement and upgrading of commuter rail facilities from Sallins to Dublin, with particular...
    • Departmental Schemes
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered requests from the Minister for Rural and Community Development and others for funding to be allocated from his...
    • Road Safety
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if safer protections will be put in place at a bridge in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Reviews
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the anticipated timeline in relation to proposed speed limit reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4891/24]
    • Ferry Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new passenger ferry routes in and out of Ireland since 2022; if he will identify these routes and the seasons they serve;...
    • Departmental Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vintage cars registered for use on Irish roads each year since 2017, in tabular form; a breakdown per county of these; if...
    • Public Transport
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any option to extend the Dublin outer commuter zone to include Gorey, County Wexford, which is the station from which the...
    • Rail Network
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to proceed with a Luas extension to Lucan; and if that will run through Bluebell. [4932/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the national strategy is to roll out more high-speed charging points at service stations or laybys along the State's motorways and...
    • Road Safety
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when measures will be taken to increase the visibility of users of electric scooters and powered bicycles; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a system of compulsory or voluntary insurance for users of electric scooters and powered bicycles is being considered to help address...
    • Driver Licences
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered introducing technology to allow drivers use an app or digital wallet to store their driving licence so...
    • Aviation Industry
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the expected number of air routes directly between Ireland and North America for 2024; if he will identify these routes and the airlines...
    • Rail Network
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on connecting Shannon Airport to the national rail network as a priority project under the National Development Plan; and if he...
  • Department of Finance
    • Departmental Funding
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance the full gamut of grants, discounts, waivers or any other supports that exist for an amputee, above the knee, who hopes to return to driving for personal...
    • Insurance Industry
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the expected date for the publication of the Central Bank NCID (National Claims Information Database) Employers' Liability, Public Liability and Commercial...
    • Legislative Programme
      213. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3495/24]
    • Tax Code
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will explain the reason hairdressers fall under the VAT rate for the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53600/23]
    • Insurance Industry
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance if he can outline in detail the external review process of Insurance Ireland's Code of Practice due to take place in January 2025; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the dwellings purchased where the 10% stamp duty was paid, broken down into housing schemes, apartments and individual...
    • Tax Code
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance if it is possible to publish a full calculation and breakdown of the proposed revenue generated from increasing hospitality VAT from 9% to 13.5%; and if he...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Ferry Services
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of new passenger ferry routes in and out of Ireland since 2022; if he will identify these routes and the seasons they serve;...
    • Departmental Data
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vintage cars registered for use on Irish roads each year since 2017, in tabular form; a breakdown per county of these; if...
    • Public Transport
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is any option to extend the Dublin outer commuter zone to include Gorey, County Wexford, which is the station from which the...
    • Rail Network
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is intended to proceed with a Luas extension to Lucan; and if that will run through Bluebell. [4932/24]
    • Electric Vehicles
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what the national strategy is to roll out more high-speed charging points at service stations or laybys along the State's motorways and...
    • Road Safety
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when measures will be taken to increase the visibility of users of electric scooters and powered bicycles; and if he will make a...
    • Insurance Coverage
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a system of compulsory or voluntary insurance for users of electric scooters and powered bicycles is being considered to help address...
    • Driver Licences
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has considered introducing technology to allow drivers use an app or digital wallet to store their driving licence so...
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax treatment of rental income from local authority and approved housing body social tenancies and rental income from local authority, approved housing...
    • Banking Sector
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans in respect of the State’s remaining 40.8% stake in a bank (details supplied); if he intends to recover the State’s full €20.8...
    • Housing Schemes
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance how many homebuyers in each county have availed of the help-to-buy scheme since July 2020, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Tax Credits
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance how many taxpayers are currently claiming the rent tax credit, by county, in tabular form. [4851/24]
    • Tax Code
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work underway to implement the recommendation of the Report of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare that the remittance...
    • Insurance Industry
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which the insurance industry here remains competitive when compared with insurance costs throughout the European Union notwithstanding any...
    • Banking Sector
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which credit remains available to small and medium sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4867/24]
    • Inflation Rate
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the extent to which measures introduced in this jurisdiction to combat such issues as inflation, here and-or throughout the eurozone, are being successful;...
    • Brexit Issues
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance the ongoing effect of Brexit on the economic performance in this jurisdiction as well as other EU Member States; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Financial Services
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department continue to monitor the activities of investment funds here with particular reference to the need to ensure that...
    • Economic Growth
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance how he sees this country’s economy progressing and comparable to other EU economies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4873/24]
    • Tax Code
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he remains satisfied that the taxation system in this country is sufficiently broadly based to avoid dependency on any one sector to such an extent...
    • Fiscal Policy
      236. To ask the Minister for Finance the degree to which he and his Department can influence and co-ordinate fiscal matters in such a way as to support and encourage growth and development...
    • Tax Exemptions
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider increasing the tax exemption limits for people aged 65 years and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4946/24]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Pension Provisions
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the proposed pension increases for former employees of semi-State companies that are currently awaiting Government approval;...
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of oversight by the Office of Government Procurement regarding contracts awarded; the oversight of a particular contract in...
    • Civil Service
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 395 of 13 June 2023, with reference to Circular 09/2009: Civil Servants and Political Activity, if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the matter of school placements for children with disabilities in County Tipperary (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an extension for a school (details supplied) will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4669/24]
    • Site Acquisitions
      249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any further consideration has been given to the proposal to sanction a new primary school for Carrick-on-Shannon, County Leitrim; if the Board...
    • State Examinations
      250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what specific supports or allowances are in place for those with cancer-related cognitive changes, also referred to as brain fog or chemo brain,...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the Teaching Council to work with a person (details supplied) to ensure that they can complete a part-time course for a full...
    • Special Educational Needs
      252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide special classes for children with additional needs in a school (details supplied) as these are urgently required to meet the local...
    • Schools Amalgamation
      253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his Department's policy with regard to requests from parents who wish to have their single-sex primary schools amalgamated into fully...
    • School Facilities
      254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what funding is available for a school facility (details supplied) that needs to be upgraded; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has completed an assessment of the projected requirement of school places for September 2024 in the Greystones and Kilcoole...
    • Departmental Funding
      256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to advise of any possible funding to complete the set-up of a facility (details supplied) where it is intended to educate on animal care and...
    • Schools Building Projects
      257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a review being undertaken by her Department in respect of a Stage 2B submission will be finalised and the school (details supplied)...
    • Special Educational Needs
      258. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of two-teacher schools that have a special autism class attached to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4791/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a proposed new post-primary school (details supplied); the status of an extension to another school in Clane; the stage they are at...
    • School Transport
      260. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No.246 of 25 January 2024, if her Department will engage with Dublin Bus in talks to pursue a similar scheme to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      261. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to what extent issues impeding the progress in the provision of the three school project at Celbridge, County Kildare have been resolved to date;...
    • School Enrolments
      263. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a schedule of second level school place deficits in Naas, Prosperous, Clane, Celbridge, Leixlip, Maynooth and Kilcock; if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      264. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports available to a person (details supplied); what role the education welfare officer can play in finding a resolution for the...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      265. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has requested a version of the Grant Thornton Toy Show The Musical report documenting names, where the published report...
    • Tourism Industry
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to undertake an economic viability study for tourism-dependent hospitality businesses in light of the proposed extra costs...
    • Animal Welfare
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to advise of any possible funding to complete the set-up of a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application by a club (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4798/24]
    • Broadcasting Sector
      269. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide additional funding to independent broadcasters as a matter of urgency to support their existing news and...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      270. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of Údarás na Gaeltachta supported jobs, by county at the end of 2019 and at the end of 2023, respectively, in...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Public Sector Pay
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dates he attended the public sector pay talks and the issues he raised at these attendances. [4657/24]
    • Water Services
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 9 February 2023, if he will provide an update on preparations for the referendum...
    • Planning Issues
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what plans his Department has to deal with serial planning objections (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Animal Culls
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government following the recent and welcome advancements towards the implementation of a deer management programme, to further consider...
    • Planning Issues
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that the US embassy has confirmed that it plans to demolish the old Jury's Hotel in Ballsbridge and construct a...
    • Housing Schemes
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on the mortgage to rent scheme; and if any private operators are currently operating in the scheme. [4603/24]
    • National Biodiversity Plan
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will include the lands at Castletown House in the biodiversity plan. [4730/24]
    • Wildlife Protection
      278. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he agrees that the level of successful prosecutions of wildlife crime is too low; that expectations of at least 200...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the drafting of an updated housing circular 46/2014, as committed to in the Youth Homelessness...
    • Local Authorities
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the revenue raised by each local authority from local property tax, commercial rates and service charges, and the funding each...
    • Derelict Sites
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of derelict sites and their total market value, by each local authority in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of craft apprentices currently working in each local authority, disaggregated by apprenticeship typology in...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the results of the focused review of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines relating to minimum setback distance for...
    • Vacant Properties
      284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with ESB Networks in relation to seeking a more affordable cost of reconnecting a derelict or vacant home in...
    • Water Services
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total amount of funding provided to each local authority for capital investment in water services infrastructure in each...
    • Vacant Properties
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government with reference to the compulsory purchase order activation programme which his Department launched in April 2023, the targets...
    • Housing Schemes
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the extent to which LIHAF road and bridge proposals for Maynooth, County Kildare have been held up for almost ten years with...
    • Housing Policy
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will amend the criteria pertaining to the assessment of means for eligibility for social housing and exclude payments...
    • Vacant Properties
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding available for the Voids Programme for 2024 and when allocations will be made to local authorities for this year's...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what qualifications are required on recruitment and what further in-house training is given to the administration and field...
    • State Bodies
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 400 of 30 November 2023, if a water and-or wastewater caretaker employed by Uisce...
    • World Heritage Sites
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the up-to-date position regarding the joint application by Ireland and Canada for UNESCO world heritage site status for the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps a school should take in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4795/24]
    • Social Welfare Payments
      298. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person's (details supplied) jobseeker's payment was stopped recently. [4661/24]
    • Widow's Pension
      299. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in light of the recent Supreme Court ruling (detailed supplied), whether there are plans in place to legislate for where an...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      300. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who have received a deportation order from the Department of Justice and continue to be in receipt of a...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the carer's allowance was payable to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Pensions
      302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing a pension application for a person (details supplied) which was originally lodged in...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision will be made on an appeal in respect of a carer's allowance (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • State Pensions
      304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are any arrangements in place to provide income support for a person (details supplied) given they are a taxpayer in...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the outcome of a review of a disability allowance payment (details supplied). [4773/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a carer's allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [4774/24]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      307. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the sections of the Acts that provide that a person is not regarded as unemployed for jobseeker's benefit purposes, for any...
    • State Pensions
      308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person on farm assist can make paid contributions towards their pension before the age of 66 years; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Schemes
      309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claims lodged with her Department from County Cork households under the humanitarian assistance scheme...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      310. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect a resolution to their application for jobseeker's allowance; and if she will make...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) qualifies for fuel allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4860/24]
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Family Reunification
      312. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter in relation to a visa application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Visa Applications
      313. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a matter in relation to a visa application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Prison Service
      314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many inspections of the Dóchas Centre have been carried out since 2019 by the Office of Inspector of Prisons; how many...
    • Citizenship Applications
      315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an applicant for citizenship naturalisation (details supplied) can expect progress on their application. [4656/24]
    • An Garda Síochána
      316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many gardaí in County Longford have successfully completed the CBD2 competency-based driving training 2; and if she...
    • Immigration Support Services
      317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the delay with an application by a person (details supplied) for a change of name licence through the domestic...
    • Gambling Sector
      318. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if primetime radio hours will be defined differently from primetime television hours for the purposes of advertising, in the...
    • Family Reunification
      319. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) can obtain a visa to stay with their son; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4855/24]
    • Citizenship Applications
      320. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in relation to an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • An Garda Síochána
      322. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown of the Garda fleet in each Garda station (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Veterinary Services
      323. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what his Department's current position is with regard to plans to take over the running of local authority veterinary services; what...
    • Agriculture Industry
      324. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any circumstances in which compensation can be paid to a farmer (details supplied) for the losses incurred; and if he...
    • Greyhound Industry
      325. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what body or bodies are carrying out the investigation into the fact that an individual (details supplied) was allowed to continue to...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      326. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of women farmer capital investment scheme applications received by his Department; the total number of applications...
    • Marine Institute
      328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are any representatives from the fishing sector on the board of the Marine Institute Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a payment due to a person (details supplied) under ACRES will be issued without delay as it is long overdue. [4766/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to advise of any possible funding to complete the set-up of a facility (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when farmers will receive payments for ACRES; the number of farmers waiting for confirmation of a payment date; and if he will make a...
    • Fishing Industry
      336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund Programme, by county, in tabular form since the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      337. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will list each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since the formation of the current Government, by...
    • Departmental Data
      338. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funds allocated to each local authority under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme 2022-2023, since...
    • Animal Diseases
      339. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what precautions are being taken following an outbreak of blue tongue in the UK; if any routine testing has been carried out here; if...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      340. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all eligible applicants under tranche 2 of ACRES will be accepted on to the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Home Help Service
      341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive the allocated home help hours; and if he will make...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to confirm the list of Mother and Baby Homes and any other State institutions that are included in the Redress...
    • International Protection
      343. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for clarification on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4676/24]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      344. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare fees being paid by parents at present, by county; and the childcare fees that will be paid by...
    • International Protection
      345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 676 and 677 of 12 December 2023, if he intends to begin deactivating...
    • Child and Family Agency
      348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of private residential service providers used by Tusla in 2023. [4746/24]
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in light of the financial pressure on the childcare sector, if consideration is being given to increasing the...
    • Mother and Baby Homes
      350. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on a reported refusal by the Church of Ireland to pay into a restitution fund for mother and baby...
    • Child and Family Agency
      354. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether Tusla, arising from its investigations or supports, is obliged to furnish copies of its reports to both...
  • Department of Health
    • EU Regulations
      355. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/127 on infant formula and follow-on formula is policed and enforced in the State; whether offences...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      356. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4684/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure the HSE issues funding of €110,000 to a facility (details supplied) without further delay; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      358. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the plan to continue with the Laura Brennan HPV catch-up vaccination programme beyond December 2023; the next steps for the programme; and if he...
    • Health Services
      359. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 6 December 2023, if he is aware of a statement by an organisation (details supplied) on the appointment of a...
    • Primary Care Centres
      374. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to recruitment difficulties in Kilcock primary care centre, County Kildare; if he will verify the number and title of positions...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4796/24]
    • Tobacco Control Measures
      377. To ask the Minister for Health for an indicative timeline for the new public health (tobacco products and nicotine inhaling products) Bill as proposed in the Government's Legislative...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4809/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      383. To ask the Minister for Health to outline a person’s options (details supplied) in order that they can access more immediate treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      384. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter in relation to an offer of employment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4897/24]
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Student Accommodation
      385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to his appearance before the Houses of the Oireachtas on 24 January 2024, if he will clarify whether a proposal (details supplied) was...
    • Further and Higher Education
      387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether spending from the National Training Fund affects expenditure (details supplied); if an explanation can be provided for each, in tabular...
    • Third Level Education
      388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are currently available for part-time post graduate services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4683/24]
    • Third Level Fees
      389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 224 of 24 January 2023, if those students who did not receive the one-off third level support (details...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      390. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the latest breakdown, by county of apprenticeship registration levels and total apprenticeship population levels by trade, sector for each of the...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Library Projects
      391. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total State funding allocated to the new Bettystown library development in County Meath to date; and if she will make a statement...
    • Control of Dogs
      392. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of full-time and part-time dog wardens in each local authority area in the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Departmental Funding
      393. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when CLÁR funding will be available in 2024. [4732/24]
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      397. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total number of hubs onboarded in each county since the National Hub Network (connectedhubs.ie) was launched; and the total amount...
    • Rural Schemes
      399. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if town and village renewal funding will be provided to a project in County Kerry (details supplied); the anticipated timeline for...