Written answers
Thursday, 29 February 2024
- Department of Health
- Mental Health Services
6. To ask the Minister for Health what steps are being taken to improve the recruitment for all grades involved in CAMHS in order that fully resourced teams can be in place across the country;...
- Departmental Policies
14. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he and his Department are taking to ensure greater utilisation of technology for the provision of health care; and if he will make a statement on...
- Tobacco Control Measures
16. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the use in certain retail outlets of text only, large, colourful and attention-grabbing posters which are used to highlight a select number of...
- Health Services Staff
18. To ask the Minister for Health if health service workers returning from career breaks will be able to return to work as agreed and not be impacted by the current HSE recruitment freeze; and...
- Nursing Homes
19. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify the ownership of a nursing home (details supplied); if it remains in the ownership of the State in the form of the HSE; if there are plans to dispose...
- Ambulance Service
21. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that the advanced paramedic roster put in place in County Roscommon after the closure of the accident and emergency unit is restored in full;...
- Emergency Departments
22. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on reviews into serious patient safety incidents at University Hospital Limerick's emergency department; the number of such incidents; his...
- EU Directives
23. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has conducted a consultation with stakeholders on the policy topic incentives of the EU's General Pharmaceutical legislation; the findings of...
- Hospital Services
24. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the neurology/epilepsy nursing phone support service at CHI Crumlin has been curtailed to one hour a day, three days a week; and if he will make a...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
25. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on Macroom day care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9696/24]
- Medicinal Products
26. To ask the Minister for Health if he will supply data for the ten fastest and ten slowest approvals of orphan drugs by the HSE, by year, for the period 2014 to 2023, stating the date on which...
- Health Services
27. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department will take to help tackle issues at University Hospital Limerick and the knock-on effect on public health in the midwest region. [9347/24]
- Hospital Staff
28. To ask the Minister for Health the current breakdown of all staffing types at West Kerry Community Hospital; what net recruitment progress has been made in each category each year since 2019;...
- General Practitioner Services
29. To ask the Minister for Health whether he is aware of a reduction in service in SouthDoc, Blackpool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9637/24]
- Ambulance Service
30. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the National Ambulance Service is no longer training advanced paramedics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9147/24]
- National Children's Hospital
31. To ask the Minister for Health the expected final cost of the National Children's Hospital; and whether it will meet the deadline for completion. [8119/24]
- Climate Action Plan
32. To ask the Minister for Health the work his Department is conducting to tackle, mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change on the health sector; to report on any delayed actions that...
- Hospital Overcrowding
33. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of a recent ESRI report that found there is an immediate 1,000 bed deficit across public hospitals and an additional 330 beds are required each...
- Hospital Facilities
34. To ask the Minister for Health for an update the movement of elderly residents out of the willow and sycamore units in Cherry Orchard Hospital; if he will provide a progress report on works...
- Cannabis for Medicinal Use
35. To ask the Minister for Health following the steps his Department will take on the recommendations of the Health Research Board's clinical review of the medical cannabis access programme; and...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
36. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the proposed changes to the funding model for post-mastectomy products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9368/24]
- Medicinal Products
37. To ask the Minister for Health the State's position with respect to the EU revision of pharmaceutical legislation ahead of EU Parliamentary Committee votes expected in March 2024; if he...
- Health Services Waiting Lists
38. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 18 years who are on NTPF treatment waiting lists; and the number of these who are waiting for over 12 months; and if he will make a...
- Emergency Departments
39. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reductions of attendances in emergency departments in each public and voluntary hospital in 2023 relative to 2022 following on from his positive...
- Mental Health Services
40. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an action plan to address CAHMS waiting lists in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9481/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
41. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the planned developments at Belmullet and Ballina District Hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9700/24]
- Home Help Service
43. To ask the Minister for Health what measures are in place to increase the number of home care providers and home help professionals in community healthcare networks versus the level of...
- Ambulance Service
44. To ask the Minister for Health his Department's plans for the role out of the community paramedics position within the Ambulance Service; the impact they can make on casualty admissions; and...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
45. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for lengthy waiting times for MRI scans at Temple Street Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9715/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
46. To ask the Minister for Health what progress has been made in the delivery of the new surgical hub for Cork University Hospital; the up-to-date position with regard to the new elective...
- Vaccination Programme
48. To ask the Minister for Health if RSV vaccines will be available to sections of the population this winter; if so, how such a vaccination programme will be rolled out; how the vaccines will...
- General Practitioner Services
49. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the issue of the GP service in Swanlinbar, County Cavan; if the HSE has agreed to meet with the residents to discuss potential solutions; and...
- Health Service Executive
50. To ask the Minister for Health the total spend on agency staff in the HSE in 2022 and 2023 in CHO8. [8118/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
51. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1805 of 17 January 2024, if his Department has concluded its review of the SAR/PBC for the new emergency department, women...
- Hospital Overcrowding
52. To ask the Minister for Health about the record number of patients being treated on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Limerick, and the immediate, medium- and long-term steps being...
- Hospital Procedures
53. To ask the Minister for Health the current position in relation to non-elective surgeries in University Hospital Kerry; when such surgeries ceased; when they will re-commence; and if he will...
- Care of the Elderly
54. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the progression and timeline for the appointment of the members of the commission on care for older people; and if he will make...
- Mental Health Services
55. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission in their report on CAMHS, and how many of these recommendations have been...
- Hospital Services
56. To ask the Minister for Health if he can provide assurances that vital services such as physiotherapy and occupational therapy service, and current bed numbers, will remain at Saint Joseph's...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
57. To ask the Minister for Health the progress throughout the hospital building programme including, Naas Hospital and all others throughout the country; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
58. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an action plan for the increasing of staffing and resources for community disability network teams in order to tackle waiting lists and provide...
- General Practitioner Services
59. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he and his Department have in place to address the severe shortage of GPs in the south Kildare area, to address the fact that there is an almost...
- Medicinal Products
60. To ask the Minister for Health the Government's position in respect of the European Union's revision of pharmaceutical legislation given that EU Parliamentary Committee votes are expected in...
- Primary Care Centres
61. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the re-commencement of construction at Ballyhaunis Primary Care Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9724/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
62. To ask the Minister for Health when a health facility (details supplied) will be fully operational and construction works complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9666/24]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
63. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects an inquiry into the national Covid response to commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9515/24]
- Ambulance Service
65. To ask the Minister for Health if he will look at finding a new location for an ambulance base for Athlone; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9661/24]
- Dental Services
66. To ask the Minister for Health to outline any provisions that ensure that people have dentists in their locality that accept medical cards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9480/24]
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
67. To ask the Minister for Health the latest details of a capital project (detail supplied) from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9657/24]
- Hospital Procedures
68. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons in the State and on the island who are sufficiently qualified and skilled to undertake kyphectomies; if he has...
- Medicinal Products
69. To ask the Minister for Health the level of expenditure by the HSE on orphan medicines in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/24]
- Hospital Facilities
70. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to date on seeking alterative accommodation on the campus of Cherry Orchard Hospital for the remaining patients who are presently residing at the...
- Health Services
71. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the health authorities continue to and have identified any or all weaknesses in the delivery of all health services throughout the country...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
72. To ask the Minister for Health the current stage of the elective hospital in Cork. [9636/24]
- General Practitioner Services
73. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase access to rural GP and local health care services; to report on his engagements with his Department and Health Service Executive officials...
- Mental Health Services
74. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the 49 recommendations made by the Mental Health Commission in its report on CAMHS; how many of these recommendations have been addressed; and...
- Health Services Staff
75. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on filling the position of a dietician at Swords Health Centre that is currently vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9477/24]
- Dental Services
76. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 146 of 31 January 2024, for an update on his engagement with persons with intellectual disability and their representative...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
84. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CHO5 in 2023; the number of persons...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of an increase in providers leaving the core funding model; the steps his Department is taking on...
- Youth Work Supports
86. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the new youth employability funding scheme will be announced; how much has been set aside; the application...
- Disability Services
87. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the delivery of the children's disability network team in Mayo; and if he will make a statement...
- Asylum Seekers
90. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers that have not been provided with accommodation by his Department; when he expects...
- Mother and Baby Homes
92. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 23 January 2024, when the mother and baby institutions redress...
- Family Resource Centres
94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the need to review the funding streams for family resource centres; and if he will make a...
- International Protection
98. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for his failure to respond to multiple emails from this Deputy requesting details on all sites to...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
99. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Optional Protocol for the UN Convention on the Rights of People With Disabilities will be ratified within...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
100. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he report on the remit and progress of the new Childcare Development Agency; how it will integrate the work...
- Youth Services
101. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the financial allocation in 2024 for youth services; if this funding will enable the roll out of additional...
- Disability Services
102. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on respite for children and adults with disabilities in County Meath; if he will provide an update on...
- Child and Family Agency
103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he is satisfied that adequate protection is available to children, nationals and...
- Disability Services
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CHO9 in 2023; the number of persons...
- Health Strategies
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has had any engagement with Icelandic planet youth; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
106. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the building blocks improvement grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9027/24]
- Emergency Accommodation
107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the process and considerations his Department give when an offer of accommodation for asylum seekers...
- Disability Services
108. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the impact of the recruitment embargo on children's disability services in Cork. [9638/24]
- Health Strategies
111. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department is aware of the Icelandic planet youth model; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Flexible Work Practices
112. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a plan to expand entitlements to flexible working and remote working contained in the Work Life...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount by which investment in early years has increased year-on-year in percentage terms in the past eight...
- Youth Services
115. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he and his Department have mapped the existence of youth-focused community projects and staff across the...
- Emergency Accommodation
116. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is concerned that the extension of payments under the accommodation recognition grant for a further year...
- Youth Services
117. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has considered having a full-time youth worker in Youghal, County Cork, considering the number of IPAS...
- Disability Services
118. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of new appointments that have been made to the children's disability network teams (details supplied)...
- Childcare Services
119. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will intervene to encourage parties involved in ELC and SAC pay talks back to the table with a view to...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
120. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the role his Department has taken in supporting young people who have been impacted by the consequences of...
- Tax Code
122. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what discussions he has had with the Department of Finance regarding how changes to taxation could reduce the...
- Emergency Accommodation
123. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason for his failure to respond properly and fully to multiple emails and phone calls regarding the...
- Youth Services
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total financial allocation from his Department in 2023 for youth services; if any new services were...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
125. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the position regarding the details of the Equal Participation Model for Early Years which was announced to be...
- Childcare Services
126. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to increase childcare places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9519/24]
- National Cultural Institutions
127. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide an update on the proposed national centre for research and remembrance; and if he will make a...
- Health Service Executive
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will discuss the issues faced by service users with respect to agencies who contracted to deliver their PA...
- Rights of People with Disabilities
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide on update on Ireland's progress in ratifying the Optional Protocol of the United Nations...
- Childcare Services
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on what further assistance the State can give to families towards the cost of childcare; and if he...
- Mother and Baby Homes
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to include additional institutions in the schedule of the Birth Information and Tracing Act, 2022;...
- International Protection
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to report on his Department's dealings with residents in an IPAS centre (details supplied); and if he will make...
- Emergency Accommodation
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the current discussions within his Department in respect of the dual use proposal for...
- International Protection
138. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to reduce the weekly payment to existing beneficiaries of temporary protection at any point in the...
- Childcare Services
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will establish a publicly owned childcare service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9514/24]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details of the recently released data on vacancy rates and waiting lists for early learning...
- Children in Care
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently in State care in special emergency accommodation; the number of whom are...
- Asylum Seekers
143. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to ensure that asylum seekers who have not been provided with accommodation are protected...
- International Protection
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the methods in place for ensuring that new international protection centres are supported...
- Community Welfare Services
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the ongoing situation with an organisation (details supplied) that has stated that it...
- Child and Family Agency
146. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to his debate in Dáil Éireann with this Deputy, if he has considered making an apology on...
- Disability Services
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the investment and enhancement in respite services for people with disabilities in counties Cavan and Monaghan;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Civil Registration Service
150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the application for a certificate of freedom to marry for a person (details supplied). [9758/24]
- Passport Services
151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what avenues are open to a person (details supplied) who has to apply for a passport if the copies of their birth certificate, name change...
- EU Funding
152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this...
- Post Office Network
154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed conversion of Phibsborough Post Office was discussed at the meeting with Minister of State at the...
- Local Authorities
155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding can be provided to a local authority (details supplied) in order to upgrade litter bins and provide...
- Broadband Infrastructure
156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the provision of broadband to a location (details supplied). [9870/24]
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
157. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence why the archive of the official Defence Forces magazine, An Cosantóir, first published in 1940, is no longer online; who took the decision...
- EU Funding
158. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this...
- Defence Forces
159. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he intends to advance proposals to amend age limits for those wishing to join the Permanent and Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Traffic Offences
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to legislate to make it an offence to drive while disqualified, either as a qualified driver or a learner driver. [9846/24]
- Tax Collection
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason motorists are being charged a premium for paying their motor tax in quarterly or half-yearly instalments; if this is a matter...
- State Properties
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 154 of 23 January 2024, if he can comment on the particulars of the event requested (details...
- EU Funding
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which...
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise
165. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will reconsider his decision to introduce an increase in fuel excise on 1 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9884/24]
- Tax Code
166. To ask the Minister for Finance the total cost of the seafarers' allowance in the years 2021 and 2022; the total number of recipients per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Planning Issues
167. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware that when the residential zoned land tax comes into force in January 2025, it will have profound implications for many farmers and small...
- EU Funding
168. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been...
- Revenue Commissioners
169. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of controlled drug operations carried out by the Revenue Commissioners at Weston Airport in 2004; the names of the operations; and the start and...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on the work being carried out by the OPW in relation to research of burials in Kilmainham Gaol with a view to enabling the...
- EU Funding
171. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which...
- Flood Risk Management
172. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the remaining works on an embankment in County Kerry (details supplied) will be completed, to prevent flooding of homes and in...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Funding
174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which...
- Work Permits
175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedure to be followed to obtain a work permit in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Early Childhood Care and Education
176. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a query from persons (details supplied) in relation to a childcare provider will be examined; and her plans to assist these children. [9776/24]
- School Admissions
177. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an analysis has been conducted on the demand for primary school places in the Drumcondra, Marino, and Dublin 1 school planning area; her plans...
- Special Educational Needs
178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update and timeline on when a new autism classroom planned for a school (details supplied) will be opened; whether it is on course to open...
- School Transport
179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make provision for additional school bus places to cater for all secondary school children travelling from Collon to Ardee, County...
- Schools Building Projects
180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the update position with an extension for a school in County Mayo (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9772/24]
- Special Educational Needs
183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will examine the inherently inequitable situation whereby children with intellectual disabilities who are frequently ill,...
- EU Funding
187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this...
- Special Educational Needs
188. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will introduce exemptional measures in terms of eligibility for CID for all educators affected by the recently announced changes to...
- Schools Building Projects
190. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current timeline for the commencement and completion of the next stage of works at a school (details supplied) in Castleblayney, County...
- Education and Training Boards
192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in light of the securing of planning permission for the LMETB headquarters in Drogheda, County Louth, if the project will be put out to tender;...
- School Discipline
193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps being taken by her Department to ensure there is sufficient guidance and regulation in place in schools in relation to managing...
- School Transport
194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she has taken to resolve the serious situation with school bus places which resulted in children being left at the side of the road,...
- Special Educational Needs
195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her policy on the opening of reading classes for children with severe dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9850/24]
- Schools Building Projects
196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the school building programme at a school (details supplied) in County Meath; when works will commence and be completed; and if...
- School Admissions
199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the provision of the third class for secondary students for the Greystones area, which is required to meet demand for September...
- Special Educational Needs
201. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of the significant upgrade to a school (details supplied), special classrooms were sanctioned; if those classrooms are currently...
- Schools Building Projects
202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension for a school (details supplied); when the review of the Stage 1 report will be completed; to detail the process...
- School Admissions
203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the significant pressures on school places in the Greystones area, she will prioritise the construction of an extension a school...
- Schools Building Projects
204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she expects the tender process for a school (details supplied) to be completed; the next stages in the process; the timelines for those...
- School Transport
205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will direct Bus Éireann to pay the exceptional no service interim grant to school transport ticket holders on a term-by-term basis,...
- Special Educational Needs
206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reevaluate and redraft the allocation model for special education in view of the fact that the proposed new allocation model...
- Schools Building Projects
209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an individual update on all school capital projects in Kildare south; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9896/24]
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Sports Facilities
210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will review the funding allocated to the sports lottery fund and allocate extra investment in sports facilities across...
- EU Funding
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
212. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she or her Department was first informed by the Chair of the RTÉ Board (details supplied), or any other person, of...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
215. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht i dtaobh Scéim Cothabhála na mBád Seoil a bhí á riaradh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta, cad é...
- Raidió Teilifís Éireann
216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the precise remit given to the Government HR/Governance report into RTÉ; what exactly they are asked to investigate; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Electoral Process
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 22 February 2024, if any of the inaccessible polling stations referred to are in...
- Departmental Schemes
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the conservation advice pilot grant scheme (details supplied). [9766/24]
- EU Funding
219. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose...
- Housing Schemes
220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the legislation under which an EU/EEA national, habitually resident in Ireland for five years, is required to provide...
- Defective Building Materials
221. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish legislation underpinning the scheme for repairs to defective Celtic Tiger era apartments; and if he...
- Housing Provision
222. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 179 of 22 February 2024, his views on two further applications for affordable purchase...
- Wastewater Treatment
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on his plans in respect of each of the 51 individual settlements in County Clare without wastewater...
- Water Quality
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on the works to improve water quality in west Clare with respect to remedying the continued issues with...
- Architects Register
225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he supports a general legal definition of the role of archaeologist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9891/24]
- International Agreements
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government how Ireland is implementing Standard EN17652:2022 for the assessment and monitoring of archaeological deposits for...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision on an application for fuel allowance can be reviewed (details supplied). [9743/24]
- Pension Provisions
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection why a person (details supplied) is not receiving the full increase granted in respect of her pension; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will expedite an appeal for domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied). [9762/24]
- EU Funding
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose...
- Social Welfare Benefits
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to extend illness benefit to the self-employed (details supplied). [9828/24]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Domestic Violence
240. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a refuge centre in counties Cavan and Monaghan for victims of domestic...
- Visa Applications
241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current processing times for a specific visa type (details supplied). [9754/24]
- Citizenship Applications
242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when persons (details supplied) will be permitted to submit applications for citizenship in respect of their two children; and...
- EU Funding
243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for...
- Citizenship Ceremonies
244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if alternative arrangements are possible for those who cannot attend citizenship ceremonies in person due to ill health; if...
- Law Reform Commission
245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality about the publication of a report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9873/24]
- Work Permits
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise by way of stamp 4 or work permit the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- Naturalisation Applications
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if all required documentation has been supplied as requested in sufficient volume to facilitate consideration of an application...
- Asylum Seekers
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a danger exists that the confidentiality clause amounts to secrecy which could be contrary to the interest of such asylum...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
249. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an ACRES payment will issue to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9744/24]
- EU Funding
250. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which...
- Agriculture Industry
251. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9836/24]
- Question Heading for question(s) 252
252. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine about the recent meeting of the Agriculture Water Quality Group and his commitment to immediately implement the flexibilities on...
- Forestry Sector
253. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason forestation licence issuances are still not matching the rate of application; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Diagnoses
254. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when a diagnosis might be forthcoming in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
255. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons with disabilities that received home support hours in CHO1 and CHO2 in 2023 respectively;...
- Child and Family Agency
258. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is aware of a decision by Tusla (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9765/24]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a query from persons (details supplied) in relation to a childcare provider will be examined; and his plans...
- International Protection
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide details on queries relating to international protection accommodation services for international...
- Emergency Accommodation
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total duration of the contracts currently held for accommodation; the calculated total expenditure on...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
265. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 534 of 23 January 2024, when a direct response will issue this Deputy....
- Children in Care
266. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 536 of 23 January 2024, when a direct response will issue this Deputy....
- Child and Family Agency
267. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla holds any contracts with a company (details supplied) to provide services; if so, the services; and how...
- EU Funding
268. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and...
- Legislative Measures
269. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are currently the subject of a High Court order placing them in special care in...
- Emergency Accommodation
271. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of hotels that are currently providing accommodation under arrangements agreed with his Department...
- Legislative Measures
275. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revisit the Adult Safeguarding Bill 2017 and progress it; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
276. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 463 of 7 February 2024, when the ICT portal will be opened for core...
- Emergency Accommodation
277. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the significant number of asylum seekers who are forced into homelessness with no other option...
- Parental Leave
278. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 180 of 24 January 2024, when he will bring forward the regulation to...
- Mother and Baby Homes
279. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of outstanding issues in respect of redress in the case of mother and baby homes; the extent to which...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
280. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he can prioritise funding for the childcare sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disability Services
281. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which children with disabilities can expect to receive adequate care and attention and access to...
- Children in Care
282. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to receive updates in respect of children at risk; and if he will...
- Equality Issues
284. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which his Department proposes to address the extent to which children with disabilities can expect...
- Departmental Policies
285. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his various proposals for integration; the most successful models; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Equality Issues
286. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he proposes to address any or all inequalities affecting children; and if he will make a statement on...
- Child Safety
287. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which reports of children at risk continue to be made to the appropriate bodies under his aegis;...
- Departmental Priorities
288. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to liaise with youth representatives in County Kildare and...
- Equality Issues
289. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department continues to monitor any breaches of equality legislation of gender, race or...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
290. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his Department has noted various experiences of women and children who may be under threat...
- Department of Health
- Insurance Coverage
291. To ask the Minister for Health the action he will take to address the ongoing disincentive to practising medical and dental professions in Ireland due to the prohibitive cost of insurance...
- Primary Care Centres
292. To ask the Minister for Health for a list of services offered in the Thurles primary care centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9747/24]
- Health Services Staff
294. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered offering breast screening services in County Tipperary, given that Tipperary residents must travel to other counties; why these services...
- Health Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health what patient transport services/supports are available to elderly patients based in the Thurles area and travelling to Nenagh Hospital, University Hospital...
- Hospital Equipment
297. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the procurement of a gallium scanner to be installed in Cork University Hospital for cancer patients and survivors; and if he will make a...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
298. To ask the Minister for Health if he will issue planning guidelines in relation to the development of residential care homes and primary care centres to ensure that they are appropriately...
- Statutory Instruments
299. To ask the Minister for Health if he will bring forward a statutory instrument (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6425/24]
- Legislative Programme
300. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [3503/24]
- Healthcare Policy
301. To ask the Minister for Health the current system in place by his Department to provide healthcare for residents of IPAS centres and other refugee accommodation; if his Department is...
- Hospital Appointments Status
302. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a hospital appointment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9764/24]
- Health Service Executive
303. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can receive payments from the HSE by post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9769/24]
- Vaccination Programme
304. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the promised compensation scheme for people who had adverse reactions to Covid 19 vaccines; the reason the scoping of such a scheme is...
- Home Care Packages
305. To ask the Minister for Health if a care package will be put in place for a person (details supplied); the timeframe within which this patient will be discharged with their care package in...
- Health Service Executive
306. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the HSE did not attend a meeting with a person (details supplied); the reason there is no proper engagement with the community; the reason the HSE...
- Hospital Investigations
308. To ask the Minister for Health the status of HIQA's independent statutory review into governance and oversight of the use of surgical implants and implantable medical devices in Children's...
- Hospital Procedures
309. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 13 February 2024, the grounds upon which the decision was taken to widen the independent review into spinal...
- Tobacco Control Measures
310. To ask the Minister for Health if he was aware of a promotion run by a vaping retailer offering €20 credit to its customers if they took part in his Department's public consultation...
- Hospital Appointments Status
311. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently expedite an appointment for surgery for a person (details supplied). [9796/24]
- EU Funding
312. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this funding has been...
- Health Services Staff
313. To ask the Minister for Health whether the due diligence on therapists offered positions in the HSE is being outsourced to a private company; how long the average wait is from the time of...
- Medical Cards
314. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a service (details supplied) is unavailable under the medical card scheme at a local hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9830/24]
- Hospital Staff
315. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that housekeeping staff in CUH have been informed that they are not entitled to take annual leave in the coming months unless necessary due to...
- Medicinal Products
316. To ask the Minister for Health if the drug phesgo can be administered by GPs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9856/24]
- Mental Health Commission
317. To ask the Minister for Health if he agrees with the Mental Health Commission’s Report that the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services should be regulated in order to address the...
- Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
318. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a site in Limerick as opposed to a site in Clare was selected for a surgical hub; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9881/24]
- Medical Cards
319. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card might be issued in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9904/24]
- Hospital Transfers
320. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer from Naas Hospital to Beaumont Hospital might be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9906/24]
- Hospital Overcrowding
321. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he foresees an adequacy of supply of hospital beds, including access to accident and emergency throughout the winter months notwithstanding...
- National Children's Hospital
322. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the construction of the National Children's Hospital is progressing in accordance with projections; when the hospital will be completed and...
- Primary Care Centres
323. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of existing primary care facilities throughout County Kildare including those already operational, and those promised or pending; and...
- Medicinal Products
324. To ask the Minister for Health the current or proposed regime governing new or orphan drugs, the number of such drugs under review or examination at the moment; the number to be approved in...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
325. To ask the Minister for Health to indicate the total number of children currently awaiting orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9925/24]
- Hospital Procedures
326. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which surgery is readily available for the removal of cataracts in this jurisdiction; the number of such surgical interventions undertaken here...
- Ambulance Service
327. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that response times for ambulance services are as fast as possible with particular reference to the north Kildare area; whether...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
328. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of patients currently awaiting cardiovascular treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9928/24]
- Health Strategies
331. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which women's health specifically remains central to the provision and delivery of a reliable level and quality of health services in all areas...
- Mental Health Services
332. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the ongoing efforts underway to enhance the quality and scale of community and institutional mental health services with particular reference to the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Education and Training Boards
333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the total number of craft apprentice education tutors in ETBs in the years 2022 and 2023, broken by craft...
- EU Funding
334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to his Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which this...
- Third Level Fees
335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the case of a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9847/24]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- EU Funding
336. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a breakdown of all EU funding made available to her Department which has not yet been allocated; and the purpose for which...
