Written answers

Tuesday, 16 April 2024

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on delivery of the new school build for a school (details supplied), and the planned building extensions for other schools in...
    • Special Educational Needs
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason funding for students in special classes for Summer Programmes has been reduced from €60 per student in 2022, to €45 in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16459/24]
    • School Staff
      68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress made in relation to guidance counsellors for post-primary schools in the context of the public consultation...
    • Schools Building Projects
      69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be granted for the redevelopment of a school (details supplied) as the current building is a fire hazard and more space is...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén uair faoina mbeidh an t-athbhreithniú ar chóras soláthair iar-bhunscoileanna nua i mBaile átha Cliath Theas...
    • Schools Building Projects
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase capacity of secondary school places in the Dublin mid-west area; the status of any proposed school building projects in the...
    • School Enrolments
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of offers of secondary school places in Limerick; the steps that have been taken since 2023 to ensure every student receives a place;...
    • School Staff
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a survey by her Department completed by 100% of the membership of an organisation (details supplied) in relation to providing a...
    • School Transport
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what areas in mid Cork are being considered under the pilot scheme under the new school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that schools that are looking to open special classes and that have a waiting list for these classes are not inhibited from...
    • School Transport
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if approval will be given to a pay increase for school transport bus escorts (details supplied) as they have not received any pay increase since...
    • Special Educational Needs
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what supports are provided for students with dyslexia and other learning difficulties in the classroom in primary and secondary level schools; and...
    • Departmental Properties
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 14 February 2024, if she will consider supporting the provision of a playing pitch at that location;...
    • Schools Building Projects
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 523 of 20 March 2024, in respect of the stated objective of delivering a ‘reasonable level of school...
    • School Enrolments
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which ongoing dialogue continues between her Department, the KWETB and the relevant school authorities in north Kildare at...
    • School Staff
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will report on the recent circular on domestic violence leave for teachers and special needs assistants; how this leave will operate in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the building programme for a school (details supplied); when construction will commence; when the school will be notified...
    • School Transport
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements her Department has had with the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to the...
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills how her Department plans to address teacher workload and class sizes following statements from an organisation (details supplied) that our...
    • Seirbhísí Dátheangacha
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil múinteoirí in ann clárú i nGaeilge leis an gComhairle Mhúinteoireachta ar líne sa...
    • Schools Building Projects
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on all education capital projects in development in Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16348/24]
    • School Transport
      92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to liaise with the parents and management of various schools throughout north Kildare, with a view to ensuring...
    • Energy Conservation
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on the solar for schools' scheme; the take-up nationally and particularly in Limerick; the common challenges or obstacles for schools...
    • Special Educational Needs
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been sanctioned three ASD classes by the NCSE but cannot deliver them as her Department...
    • School Transport
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department has taken to ensure sufficient capacity in the school transport scheme in County Galway for September 2024; and if she...
    • School Enrolments
      96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address overcrowding in secondary schools in Galway city and surrounding areas; her advice to parents who are currently struggling to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of autism unit places in mainstream primary schools in County Cavan; the number of autism unit places in mainstream post-primary...
    • School Transport
      99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the school transport scheme; the number of applications currently in the system from Cork county; and if she will...
    • Schools Building Projects
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the badly needed extension for a school (details supplied) that is stuck on pre-stage 1 and has not progressed to...
    • Pleananna Oideachais
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte 6460/24, soiléiriú a thabhairt ar an dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir leis an bplean chun beartas...
    • School Staff
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the latest update on the pay negotiations deal between her Department and a union (details supplied) in respect of increased...
    • Departmental Programmes
      104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagements her Department has had with the Department of Transport in relation to the safe routes to school programme. [16254/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will deliver a special school in County Monaghan; if so, the proposed location of any such proposal; and the timeframe for delivery of...
    • School Accommodation
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the additional accommodation project aimed at supporting a school (details supplied) given that it is 52 months since the...
    • Special Educational Needs
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the provision of SET hours for the 2024-2025 academic year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions she is taking to resolve the issue of the delays in school capital projects in County Cavan which has led to a number of secondary...
    • School Curriculum
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on considerations regarding potential reforms to the Leaving Certificate, given the concerns raised by teachers at this...
    • School Enrolments
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s precise plans to guarantee a secondary school place for each child in the north Kildare area, not only in first year in...
    • Schools Building Projects
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on school building projects in Carlow; how many new schools are in planning stage; how many new school builds have started;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress being made to open additional autism units for children for September 2024 at primary and second...
    • Disadvantaged Status
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reverse the proposed cut in the primary summer programme grant and restore the grants from the proposed €30 per child to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the review process that is underway for any school that is not happy with its SET hours allocation; the number of...
    • School Enrolments
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children due to start a new school in September in the Dublin area who have yet to be offered a place in a local school; and the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      118. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the building programme for a school (details supplied); when construction will commence; when the school will be notified...
    • Scoileanna Lán-Ghaeilge
      119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil sé fós mar sprioc ag a Roinn dúbailt a dhéanamh ar líon na ndaltaí ag freastal ar scoileanna...
    • Special Educational Needs
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide some clarity on the removal of funding for an ASD unit in a Leitrim school (details supplied) after physical accommodation...
    • School Enrolments
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 13 February 2024, the status of the analysis underway by her Department into the number of...
    • Road Safety
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will give consideration to adding road safety to all levels of the primary and post-primary curriculum; and if she will make a statement...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      124. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions her Department is taking to provide supports for primary school students experiencing homelessness in Dublin's north inner city,...
    • Departmental Properties
      125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update of the transfer of a plot of land in a school (details supplied) from her Department and the Dublin Education and Training Board to...
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the staffing crisis within the National Educational Psychological Service. [16338/24]
    • School Accommodation
      127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied); when a decision will be made; and the timeline for delivery of the...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Trade Data
      129. To ask the Taoiseach to report on the levels of exports to Israel in 2020, 2021, 2022; 2023 and to date in 2024 and if there has been any change in the level of agricultural exports since 7...
    • Departmental Data
      130. To ask the Taoiseach the distribution of retirees across the entire Irish workforce, by age of retirement; the difference of pattern among the self-employed and the rest; and their estimate...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Diplomatic Representation
      131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline Ireland's representation and involvement in the 9th Our Ocean Conference 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Military Aircraft
      132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what steps, if any, were taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8201 was not carrying weapons or munitions...
    • Artificial Intelligence
      133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in light of reports of extensive usage with flagrantly inadequate oversight of artificial intelligence systems by the Israeli Defence...
    • Consular Services
      134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what consideration his Department has given to opening a consulate in Costa Rica; what plans his Department has to expand its consular...
    • EU Directives
      135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times Ireland has been fined by the EU for delays in implementing EU Directives and for breaches of EU legislation,...
    • Departmental Data
      136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total investment the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund holds in companies which operate within illegal Israeli settlements in the...
    • Passport Services
      137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); if the passport will be expedited urgently; and if he will make a...
    • Middle East
      138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a statement on the Spanish Prime Minister’s statement that Spain would recognise Palestinian statehood before the...
    • European Convention on Human Rights
      139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 28 February 2024, the annual costs to the State arising from Ireland’s ratification of...
    • Official Travel
      140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If he plans to visit Turkey in 2024. [16279/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will commit to contributing to the UN pooled fund that will support local and international organisations, such as an...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the recent violations of the inviolability of diplomatic missions in breach of the Vienna Convention by the government of...
    • Passport Services
      145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to a passport application (details supplied); the reason for the delay in the issuing of said...
    • Foreign Conflicts
      146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s contribution to the EU Mission in Armenia; if, given the announced expansion of the observer mission,...
    • Departmental Strategies
      147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his Department’s strategy for the Caucasus region; the permanent missions through which Ireland engages with the...
    • Consular Services
      148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered opening an Irish embassy in Armenia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16737/24]
    • EU Enlargement
      149. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with regard to Armenia potentially seeking candidate status for EU membership; Ireland’s...
    • Historical Conflicts
      150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government intends to recognise the massacre of one-and-a-half million Armenians as an act of genocide perpetrated by the Turkish...
    • Diplomatic Representation
      151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements with the government of Armenia; his efforts to develop and deepen bilateral, economic and cultural...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Departmental Legal Services
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline, in tabular form, spending on legal advice, legal action and/or legal expenses related to cases in...
    • EU Funding
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of applications seeking to avail of the EU just transition community and enterprise grant scheme that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the warmth and well-being pilot for COPD sufferers; if there are plans to expand the pilot or to expand...
    • Energy Policy
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the energy storage policy for Ireland; if there are plans to alter EirGrid’s market...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is aware of the development of a large battery storage facility at Shankill, Cavan (108mw); what measures have...
    • Energy Conservation
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of applications for the warmer homes scheme under the SEAI that were deemed ineligible for works due to...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to install fibre optic internet in Ballylanders, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Conservation
      171. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available, in addition to the solar PV grant scheme, to specifically assist people with a disability to...
    • Energy Policy
      172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 132 and 133 of 21 March 2024, which body will have a safety regulatory remit...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of the Capital Budget for his Department that has been spent in Quarter 1 of 2024. [16288/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of WTE principal geologists employed by his Department in the years 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Climate Action Plan
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of submissions that were received in the public consultation on the Climate Action Plan 2024; the expected...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of community-led projects successful under RESS 1 which have energised to-date; the number that remain in...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property owner (details supplied) will be able to avail of high-speed broadband; and the company that will...
    • Energy Usage
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how many times EirGrid has issued a demand to large energy users to reduce their consumption to maintain grid stability...
    • Departmental Schemes
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to review a case regarding a unique business (details supplied); if he will provide details on the support available;...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      183. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will undertake an audit of each year in the past ten years in the matter of the reported training of Libyan militia by serving and/or...
    • National Security
      185. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether his Department or the Naval Service plans to conduct a security assessment on the potential of an attack on any proposed floating...
    • Departmental Budgets
      186. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the percentage of the Capital Budget allocation for his Department that has been spent in Quarter 1 of 2024. [16286/24]
    • Air Corps
      187. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if funding will be secured for the replacement of the eight Pilatus PC-9M aircraft within the Air Corps; and the estimated lifespan of this type...
    • Defence Forces
      188. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the fees for the Defence Forces School of Music to perform at commercial events were last increased. [16390/24]
    • Departmental Expenditure
      189. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on purchasing military equipment from companies based in Japan in 2023 and Q1 2024, in tabular form. [16391/24]
    • National Risk Assessment
      190. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the key elements of the National Risk Assessment for Ireland 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16477/24]
    • Ministerial Responsibilities
      191. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the functions delegated to the Minister of State in his Department; if he will outline their role and responsibilities; and if he will make a...
    • Defence Forces
      192. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the recruitment target for each branch of the Defence Forces in the years 2024 to 2028, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Insurance Coverage
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reasons some local authorities are insisting on public liability cover for motorcycle sport of €13 million while other...
    • Public Transport
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all lands reserved for future public transport sites, such as train stations in Laois and Offaly; if he...
    • Road Tolls
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the contract with the operator of the M7-M8 Portlaoise toll expires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15965/24]
    • Departmental Programmes
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the proportion of the funding allocated to the safe routes to school programme that has been expended for the purposes of...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is expected the CIé 1951 pension deficit will be resolved, in order that CIé pensioners will receive pension increases;...
    • Public Transport
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that is being made on improving public transport connections in Thurles and to a facility (details supplied) given record...
    • Insurance Coverage
      201. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to insurance for motorsport activities indemnifying the relevant local authority; the amount of public liability...
    • Departmental Data
      202. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of privately owned motor vehicles which were registered within the State in each year from 2006 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Road Projects
      203. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a section of road (details supplied) will be examined and a solution found to rectify the issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Greenways Provision
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the current status of the Connemara Greenway project; the next steps in relation to this; and the...
    • Legislative Process
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status of the railway safety amendment Bill; and when this Bill will move to the next stage. [16274/24]
    • Active Travel
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide local authorities capital active travel budgets in order to provide certainty in the context of planning and...
    • Road Network
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland plans to continue with its policy of removing lighting on motorways and dual carriageways; and if he...
    • Cycling Policy
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated full-year cost of establishing a public bike scheme in County Tipperary consisting of eight bike stations and 64 bikes....
    • Road Projects
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount spent on the recent upgrade of the road surface along the Stillorgan road and N11. [16483/24]
    • Rail Network
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport what publicity there has been around the temporary closure of the DART line; and what advance plans are already known for future works...
    • Electric Vehicles
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland has published proposals for a regional and local EV charging network; and if he will make a statement...
    • Rail Network
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the extension of the Luas to Finglas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16599/24]
    • Greenways Provision
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if plans are in place or in the pipeline to link up the villages in Gweedore and the lower Rosses to the rest of southwest Donegal by...
  • Department of Finance
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      214. To ask the Minister for Finance if the exclusion of persons with single upper-limb amputations from eligibility for primary medical certificate is contrary to Articles 4 and 20 of the...
    • Middle East
      215. To ask the Minister for Finance the basis upon which he chose to divest from some but not other companies which operate within illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian...
    • Tax Reliefs
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the €14,000 limit refers to renting to one student only, or if it is permissible to rent several rooms to several students; and if he will make...
    • Housing Schemes
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 183 of 7 December 2023, if any further consideration has been given to this issue; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Middle East
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recent Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divestment from certain investments in occupied territories. [16164/24]
    • Departmental Communications
      220. To ask the Minister for Finance If he has spoken with his Australian counterpart to date in 2024. [16272/24]
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance to reconsider the exclusion of persons with single upper-limb amputations from eligibility for the primary medical certificate. [16293/24]
    • Tax Reliefs
      222. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 20 March 2024, the reasons the relief on capital gains tax and capital acquisitions tax for landowners who have...
    • Tax Code
      223. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government plans to introduce any tax relief, or a reduction in local property tax, for residents who are also paying management fees; and if he will...
    • Tax Data
      224. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated revenue that would be raised to the end of January 2025 by tapering personal PAYE and earned income tax credit at a rate of 2% per €1,000...
    • Tax Exemptions
      225. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that rent paid by the State to individual landlords for the housing of refugees is tax free; if he will compare this situation to similar...
    • Banking Sector
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance if a company (details supplied) is signed up to the contingent reimbursement model code; if the company has an Irish banking licence; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if the eligibility for help to buy in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed. [16519/24]
    • Tax Exemptions
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase accessibility to therapeutic services by extending the VAT exemption to counsellors and psychotherapists; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Code
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will cancel the increases in excise duty on petrol and diesel scheduled for August and October of this year, given the cost-of-living pressures facing...
    • Currency Circulation
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if establishments and organisations are entitled to refuse to take cash; if there are steps being taken to ensure consumers can continue to use cash in...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the changes that are being considered to the debt warehousing scheme to support private businesses availing of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Reports
      234. To ask the Minister for Finance the timeline for publishing the updated report on the funding landscape for housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16628/24]
    • Departmental Reviews
      235. To ask the Minister for Finance the progress in reviewing the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund funding programme, which allocated an additional €400 million for equity-based housing...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Public Sector Pensions
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide an update with regard to a pension that is owed to a former employee of the OPW (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the expected completion date for the Templemore river mall flood relief scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16021/24]
    • Coast Guard Service
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the proposed new station at Kilmore Quay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16140/24]
    • Harbours and Piers
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made to date by his Department in the replacement by the OPW of a structure that comes under its remit (details supplied);...
    • State Properties
      244. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the OPW Jamestown Road workshop; the current and future utilisation of same; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Budgets
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to provide the capital allocation ceiling for the Office of Public Works for 2024, 2025 and 2026; the capital ceilings or projects for...
    • Departmental Data
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount that the OPW received from allowing Iveagh Gardens to be used as a summer concert venue. [16284/24]
    • Wildlife Conservation
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW is in a position to engage with volunteer-led organisations to provide use of some of their landholdings in the context of...
    • Departmental Data
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will outline, in relation to the protest barriers used outside Kildare House, where these barriers were sourced; the name of the...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      251. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the details of the CFRAM assessment in Termonfeckin, County Louth, which suffered from extremely damaging floods in...
    • Legislative Measures
      252. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on when his Department will publish the River Shannon Management Agency Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Departmental Reports
      253. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the timeline for the publishing of a report by the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs on skills requirement for modern methods of...
    • Export Controls
      254. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in light of the United Nations Human Rights Council demanding a halt of arms sale to Israel, he will suspend the granting of...
    • Defence Forces
      255. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is examining a potential breach of United Nations sanctions and EU regulations by former members of the Defence Forces in...
    • Employment Rights
      256. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he will honour the terms of the Employment Regulation Order for the security industry and issue a pay rise as promised, which...
    • Energy Infrastructure
      257. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is investigating the use of new technology which has been developed for energy storage capacity on farms. [16196/24]
    • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
      259. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the level of reduction reached to date, as the Government must reduce emissions from the heating of commercial buildings...
    • Trade Data
      260. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of trade between Taiwan and Ireland in 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [16281/24]
    • Work Permits
      261. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 255 of 5 March 2024, the current number of work permits allocated for motor/auto mechanics; the...
    • Workplace Relations Commission
      262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated full-year cost to double the number of Workplace Relations Commission inspectors. [16410/24]
    • Business Supports
      263. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what supports are in place for a start-up construction business (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • State Bodies
      264. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of site visits hosted by the IDA in County Carlow in 2023 and for the first two months of 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Construction Industry
      265. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress in developing a dashboard of Modern Methods of Construction (MMC) metrics to benchmark, and subsequently track, levels...
    • Employment Rights
      266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the next ERO pay increase for security officers who remain the lowest paid sector and who have had...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Schools Building Projects
      267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the planned building project for a school (details supplied) in Portlaoise, County Laois; and the projected timescale for...
    • School Transport
      268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the first- and full-year current cost of increasing capacity on school transport by 1,000 places, in tabular form. [15978/24]
    • Pupil-Teacher Ratio
      270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the estimated first and full-year current cost and one-off capital cost of reducing the pupil teacher ratio by one...
    • Special Educational Needs
      272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 500, 1,000 and 1,500 respectively, in tabular...
    • School Funding
      275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated net savings from withdrawing the annual State subsidy to private schools. [15987/24]
    • School Textbooks
      277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of extending the free schoolbooks to all pupils in public secondary schools, in tabular form. [15989/24]
    • School Facilities
      278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of restoring the school libraries fund of €10 per child in academic year 2024-2025 and increasing...
    • School Funding
      280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first and full-year cost of increasing the guidance counselling funding by 5%, 10% and 20% respectively, in tabular form. [15992/24]
    • Teacher Training
      284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what plans the Department has to subsidise the Gaeltacht fees for teaching students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16024/24]
    • Home Schooling
      285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if grants are available to a group organising home education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16027/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an outline of special education teacher allocation for schools and how it is determined; to provide a breakdown of the average number...
    • School Admissions
      288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the son of a person will be facilitated with a school place at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Funding
      289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a digital strategy ICT grant for 2023 and 2024 for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on an application for additional modular classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her proposals to provide an ASD unit in secondary schools in the Ballyjamesduff, County Cavan area; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the building works at a school (details supplied); when the project will move past the tender stage; when the school and parents...
    • School Staff
      296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a decision (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that this issue is rectified; and if she...
    • Special Educational Needs
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct a school (details supplied) to open an ASD unit, given it has the space to do so. [16141/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on the progress of a new permanent school building for schools (details supplied); and when the building will be open for students....
    • School Textbooks
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of money saved by the decision not to extend the free schoolbooks scheme to fee-paying schools; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Accommodation
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on a grant for a school (details supplied); if the grant will be expedited without further delay; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Schemes
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for funding under the emergency works scheme being processed within her Department as of 5 April 2024. [16273/24]
    • School Funding
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss decreases in funding and increasing running costs being experienced that are not...
    • Schools Building Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to meet with a group (details supplied) to discuss the long-promised redevelopment of a school in order to meet current demand. [16297/24]
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 513 of 20 March 2024, her plans to develop a new policy on Gaeltacht education, to follow on from the 2017...
    • Teaching Council of Ireland
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason it is not possible to complete registration on the Teaching Council’s online portal through the medium of the Irish language;...
    • Special Educational Needs
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she can explain the serious cut to the special education teacher allocation hours in a school (details supplied), based on high standardised...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what consideration she has given to the condensing of the Professional Masters of Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Schools Building Projects
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will respond to matters raised in a letter from the parents’ association of a school in Dublin 11 (details supplied); if she will...
    • School Transport
      312. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine a school transport application (details supplied). [16331/24]
    • Schools Refurbishment
      313. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of correspondence issued to her from a school (details supplied); further to Parliamentary Question No. 332 of 13 February 2024,...
    • Schools Building Projects
      314. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to providing better national planning and support services to make progress on school infrastructure projects...
    • Special Educational Needs
      315. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD units identified to progress for schools in mid Cork; the number of ASD units advancing for mid Cork for 2024; and if she will...
    • School Meals Programme
      316. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in establishing and rolling out a healthy eating education programme for primary schools; her plans to expand the...
    • School Facilities
      317. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current progress by her Department to deliver a programme to build and modernise PE and school sporting facilities; and if she will make a...
    • Education Policy
      318. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for expanding on her targeted scholarship scheme to focus on encouraging graduates into subject areas where there is a shortage of...
    • Special Educational Needs
      319. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure a child (details supplied) receives a place in a primary school ASD unit for 2024/2025.; and if she will make...
    • Education and Training Provision
      328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the rates have changed for the summer provision (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16473/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ASD classes that have been built in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown since 2019, primary and post primary, detailing the capacity of...
    • Schools Building Projects
      330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16475/24]
    • School Facilities
      332. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the already apparent lack of secondary school places available in the Dublin 15 and 7 areas for this coming September; if there is a...
    • Special Educational Needs
      333. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the chronic lack of school places for children with autism in the Dublin 7 and 15 areas. [14333/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      334. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the updated timeline for appointment of a contractor to build a post-primary school (details supplied) as the tender process has been completed...
    • Special Educational Needs
      335. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason only two of three sanctioned ASD classes at a school (details supplied) in Cork are operational; and if she will make a statement on...
    • School Transport
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the rule mandating that School Transport Scheme bus drivers must retire at age 70 will be revised, in view of the severe driver shortage last...
    • Teacher Training
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the work of her Department in relation to attracting prospective students to studying teaching, given Ireland's crippling teacher...
    • Schools Building Projects
      338. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills following the recent announcement of €800 million investment of 90 school building projects, if she will provide details of the 90 schools...
    • Special Educational Needs
      339. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance that can be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16543/24]
    • School Staff
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the work that is underway to improve pay and terms and conditions for school caretakers similar, to that...
    • School Accommodation
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will sign off on the next stage of additional accommodation application for a post-primary school, in Cork’s north inner city...
    • Schools Building Projects
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the new school buildings for a school (details supplied) will include dedicated special education classrooms; the proposed number of students...
    • Special Educational Needs
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the special education provision available at a school (details supplied); if there are proposals to increase that number; and if she will make a...
    • Schools Building Projects
      348. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) will receive any update on the agreed extension for four additional classrooms. [16586/24]
    • Special Educational Needs
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the reduction of funding for pupils in the Summer Programme over the past two years; if this decision will be reviewed; the...
    • Schools Building Projects
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any grant-aid is available towards improvement works at primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • School Enrolments
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a local school place in Dublin 15 will be provided to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16686/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills which school building projects if any in Dublin Mid-West have been awarded additional funding from the National Development Plan; to list these...
    • School Transport
      357. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16712/24]
    • Schools Building Projects
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she continues to monitor the required extra classroom accommodation/spaces at a school (details supplied), with particular...
    • School Enrolments
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which she has evaluated the school place requirements at primary and second level in Naas, County Kildare, with particular...
    • Schools Building Projects
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position in regard to replacement of accommodation and facilities for a school (details supplied); if she is satisfied that the need...
    • School Enrolments
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which adequate school places remain available at Straffan, County Kildare; if she is mindful of the expanding population and the...
    • School Transport
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to raise the latest query regarding a case with Bus éireann (details supplied); if she can provide clarity on this matter; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update regarding the issue of salary credit for teachers that have returned from teaching abroad; and if she has plans to resolve this...
    • School Accommodation
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 360 of 20 March 2024, if she will offer a timeframe for commencement and completion of building works for...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • School Staff
      371. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware that 16 schools in Cork city that operate through Irish are without language assistants; and her proposal to...
    • Departmental Funding
      372. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding or grant assistance is available to help a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Meetings
      373. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she is aware of a request by an organisation (details supplied) for a meeting with her Department; and if she will instruct...
    • National Lottery
      374. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which any outstanding lottery money grants have been paid to all GAA clubs primarily awarded such grants; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      375. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding and supports are available to assist a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16191/24]
    • Public Sector Staff
      376. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE staff by job title working in the marketing Department of Fáilte Ireland as of 8 April 2024; the number of...
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      377. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if any capital projects under the remit of her Department have received EU funding in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; if...
    • Commemorative Events
      378. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that exist to celebrate and commemorate the Irish born, internationally recognised and celebrated arctic explorer,...
    • Departmental Funding
      379. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if funding or grant assistance is available to help a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Raidió Teilifís éireann
      380. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the date that she has commissioned or requested reports, respectively into RTé, the purpose of each report and the dates that...
    • Departmental Meetings
      381. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on a meeting she had with an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourist Accommodation
      382. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeline for introducing new regulatory controls requiring short-term and holiday lets to register with Fáilte Ireland;...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Legislative Process
      383. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a European citizen can seek remedies under section 160 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 to implement the...
    • Fire Service
      384. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16730/24]
    • Environmental Schemes
      385. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a 2023 payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied) for Natterjack toad ponds; and if he will make a...
    • National Parks and Wildlife Service
      386. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason a 2023 NPWS farm scheme application submitted by a person in County Kerry (details supplied) for the Natterjack...
    • Local Authorities
      387. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the rule regarding local authority housing list transfers will be changed, ensuring that those who have been on a local...
    • Insurance Coverage
      388. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government what actions are being taken to ensure that owner management companies are not faced with punitive insurance cost hikes as a...
    • Housing Provision
      389. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of vacant social houses in Mayo; how many specifically in Castlebar and Ballina; the average turnaround time...
    • Planning Issues
      391. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the proportion of planning applications which are decided by An Bord Pleanála within eight weeks in each of the years...
    • Rental Sector
      393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will examine a matter (details supplied) in relation to short-term rentals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Community Development Projects
      394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects a decision and announcement on successful applications for this year’s community monuments fund. [16299/24]
    • Vacant Properties
      395. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on working with religious institutes to identify any houses in their portfolio that are not currently occupied to be...
    • Flood Relief Schemes
      396. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to address several matters (details supplied) regarding the flooding in east Cork in October 2023; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      397. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of WTE qualified arborists employed by his Department as of 9 April 2024, in tabular form. [16403/24]
    • Construction Industry
      398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken any analysis of likely future trends in construction sector inflation and how it pertains to...
    • Defective Building Materials
      399. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will be initiating the six-month review of the Defective Concrete Block Scheme, which was promised and committed to...
    • Housing Schemes
      400. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any further supports or review of the croí cónaithe application (details supplied) can be undertaken; if there...
    • Derelict Sites
      401. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites in County Longford added to the derelict sites register in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; the...
    • Housing Schemes
      403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the budget for the repair and leasing scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16576/24]
    • Defective Building Materials
      405. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applicants who have applied for the defective concrete block scheme grant in Carlow; when he expects the first...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      406. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an update on a grant (details supplied); the timeframe for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16614/24]
    • Local Authorities
      407. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the pay and conditions of graveyard caretakers (details supplied) will be examined and improved; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      408. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects Priority Action 1 of Housing for All to be completed; his plans to publish the actions of the high-level...
    • Departmental Bodies
      410. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government for an overview of the progress of the LDA's active sites and State lands with near-/medium-term development potential by the...
    • Housing Policy
      411. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 9 of Housing for All; his plans to publish the discussion paper on factors...
    • Housing Schemes
      413. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the sites identified for accelerated delivery of housing through modern methods of construction; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Policy
      414. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion of Priority Action 14 of Housing for All; when he expects to publish the report on lessons...
    • Planning Issues
      419. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the draft revision of the National Planning Framework; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Policy
      420. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects to publish the updated housing targets for Housing for All based on ESRI modelling; and if he will make a...
    • Water Services
      424. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for publishing the new water services policy statement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16637/24]
    • Housing Policy
      425. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for publishing 'first right of refusal' legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16638/24]
    • Building Regulations
      426. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for publishing the review of Part B of the Building Regulations (Fire Safety); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Policy
      427. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for completion of Action 32 of Housing for All; his plans to publish case examples of efficient and innovative...
    • State Properties
      430. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the viability of the use of Cathal Brugha Barracks for residential development; and if he will make a statement...
    • Planning Issues
      431. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the introduction of the new e-planning platform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16645/24]
    • Housing Policy
      432. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the completion of Action 53 of Housing for All and for the delivery of the training and awareness programme...
    • Planning Issues
      434. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in developing a modern methods of construction criteria for use in evaluating tender for public housing...
    • Housing Policy
      435. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government whether the pilot project to deliver social or affordable housing using a 3D volumetric system has been initiated; and if he...
    • Legislative Measures
      436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for publishing legislation to give effect to a decision to increase the borrowing limit of the Housing Finance...
    • Land Development Agency
      437. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for publishing legislation to give effect to the outcome of the Government's decision to increase funding to the...
    • Planning Issues
      438. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in undertaking an international recruitment campaign for town/urban planners and related professionals to work in...
    • Housing Policy
      439. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason for not including an action on a deposit retention for private tenants in the most recent updated Action Plan for...
    • Rental Sector
      440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for bringing forward proposals for a permanent cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme for tenants at risk of...
    • Legislative Programme
      442. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for publishing the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Housing Policy
      443. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for issuing updated guidance on rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16666/24]
    • Building Regulations
      444. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress on the update of the Building Homes manual; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16667/24]
    • Homeless Accommodation
      445. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for amending the Housing Act 1988 to enable local authorities to combat homelessness; and if he will make a...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      447. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress in undertaking a comprehensive review of the pilot caravan loan scheme; his plans to introduce a national scheme;...
    • Building Regulations
      449. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for bringing forward proposals to Government for the creation of an independent building standards regulator; and...
    • Departmental Reports
      450. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeline for the Government’s response to the report from the Housing Commission; and if he will make a statement...
    • Local Authorities
      451. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in 2023; the number of...
    • Fire Stations
      452. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on when work will begin on the development of the fire station at Clara, County Offaly; if he will...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • School Meals Programme
      453. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he agrees that in Budget 2025 there should be funding allocated to develop and fund a pilot initiative for the expansion...
    • Departmental Schemes
      454. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection how often carer's allowance is reviewed; the criteria upon which it is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Pensions Reform
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the projected annual cost to the Exchequer of the planned auto-enrolment pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that an application for disability allowance for a person (details supplied) will be awarded as soon as...
    • Rental Sector
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if tenants in cost rental tenancies are able to access rent supplement; and if not, the reason this is the case. [16172/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a decision on a social welfare appeal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      461. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reasons Catholic clergy and ministers of other religious denominations did not qualify for the pandemic unemployment...
    • Departmental Data
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of PPS numbers issued in Ireland from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2024; and the breakdown, by nationality that each...
    • Social Welfare Rates
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost if the maximum rate of disability allowance rate increased to €242.50 per week. [16283/24]
    • School Meals Programme
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16295/24]
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied). [16311/24]
    • Departmental Funding
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations outlined in the Review of the Reasonable...
    • Home Care Packages
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to review a case (details supplied); what home care supports are available to this family once their quadruplets arrive to...
    • Tax and Social Welfare Codes
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost if an employer’s PRSI credit were to be introduced with various credit rates (details supplied)....
    • Departmental Schemes
      472. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the administration cost of each assistance and benefit scheme operated by her Department, where available in the most recent...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      473. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what exceptions exist for people who have not paid their full stamps in order to qualify for a payment due to health problems...
    • Public Services Card
      474. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide an update on the application for a public services card by a person (details supplied) back in 2019 but has not...
    • Pension Provisions
      475. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the social welfare credits available for persons about to apply for the State contributory pension in circumstances where...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      476. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of increased qualified adult payments that have been made to those living outside Ireland in 2023, in tabular...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      478. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection in view of increased qualified adult payment being means tested, how the Department can adequately ascertain people are...
    • Departmental Data
      479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of payments made in respect of the living alone allowance to those living outside of Ireland; the list of...
    • Ukraine War
      481. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of Ukrainians living in Ireland who are in receipt of the carer's allowance, disability allowance and jobseeker's...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      482. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) was not paid the double week in January when they were in receipt of a payment, who...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      483. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when arrears will be paid to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16536/24]
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      484. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is self-employed and has made sufficient contributions to qualify for a State pension (contributory) when...
    • Construction Industry
      486. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress in organising an annual national recruitment fair to promote jobs, apprenticeships and training options for the...
    • Ambulance Service
      487. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his attention has been drawn to the situation with the lack of an ambulance service on Tory Island and on other Donegal...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legal Services Regulation
      488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for establishing a group to identify administrative or other measures which could be implemented in the short term...
    • Citizenship Applications
      489. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it is now possible for a person (details supplied) to apply for citizenship on behalf of their daughter; and if she will...
    • Visa Applications
      490. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a visa application in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will...
    • Citizenship Applications
      492. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a Department official will meet with a person (details supplied) to discuss the recent refusal of their application for...
    • Prison Service
      494. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an elderly Irish person (details supplied) who has been given a custodial sentence in France could have their sentence...
    • An Garda Síochána
      495. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the response times of gardaí in the DMR area for antisocial behaviour; the percentage of calls that relate to antisocial...
    • EU Agreements
      496. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to publish the Attorney General’s advice on the ramifications of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact on...
    • Ministerial Staff
      499. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will outline the process for the selection of Garda drivers for Government Ministers; and if she will make a statement...
    • Departmental Data
      500. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a breakdown of the amounts paid to private practitioners in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; the...
    • Peace Commissioners
      501. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16173/24]
    • Asylum Applications
      503. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the religious affiliation of an applicant, whether they be Christian or otherwise, is a factor which is taken into...
    • Legal Services Regulation
      504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the disciplinary bodies which exist to regulate the solicitors profession. [16209/24]
    • Pension Provisions
      505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the entitlements of the surviving spouses of deceased retired members of An Garda Síochána; the extent to which the...
    • Courts Service
      506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason neither the Department nor the Courts Service compile information on the nationality of persons convicted of...
    • Legal Aid
      507. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any absolute upper income limit applies to the granting of criminal legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Legislative Measures
      508. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she intends to bring forward proposals to replace the Offences Against the State Act; and if she will make a statement on...
    • An Garda Síochána
      509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí who successfully completed the van/personal carrier course in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in...
    • Immigration Status
      514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16332/24]
    • Immigration Policy
      515. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Members of Dáil éireann and Seanad éireann will be presented with an opportunity to vote on the approval of...
    • An Garda Síochána
      516. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 91 of 28 February 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda...
    • Probation and Welfare Service
      520. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time probation officers by grade employed by her Department in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • An Garda Síochána
      521. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any gardaí have gone to the UK for specialist training which is not available within the State in 2023 and to date in...
    • Domestic Violence
      522. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how funding will be spent (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16467/24]
    • Closed-Circuit Television Systems
      523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of organisations, by name and year, which have applied for the community CCTV scheme since its inception; how many...
    • Legislative Process
      524. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has assessed the impact of the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 on organisations within the charity sector who...
    • Legislative Measures
      525. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will adopt and promote the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021; and if not, the measures to increase...
    • Departmental Reports
      526. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress on considering the recommendations contained in the LSRA report on the profession of conveyancer and identifying...
    • Visa Applications
      527. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a visa application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16682/24]
    • Legislative Measures
      528. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of legislation for the recognition of foreign divorce in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      531. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the issue of fireblight and its threat to native hawthorn trees and hedgerows. [16078/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      532. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there is a grant scheme that volunteer lead animal rescue organisations can utilise. [16561/24]
    • National Archives
      533. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Irish Land Commission Archive records (details supplied) are made publicly available vis-à-vis the...
    • Forestry Sector
      534. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is his Department that is responsible for granting planning permission for forestry roads exiting onto main roads; and if he...
    • Departmental Schemes
      535. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of abolishing the parental levy on the school milk scheme; the costs of the levy for each of the past five years...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the qualifying criteria for the crude protein allowance under banding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16022/24]
    • Nitrates Usage
      537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give consideration to the nitrates figure for the preceding year being the determining figure for a farmer's slurry...
    • Fodder Crisis
      538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the emergency supports he has provided farmers to increase access to fodder, given the bad weather conditions for farmers across the...
    • Mental Health Services
      539. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine what supports are in place to support mental health in the farming community; if he has had engagement on this issue; and if he will...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      540. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on when ACRES balancing payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16048/24]
    • Departmental Staff
      541. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of permanent full-time equivalent staff in the forestry division within his Department, by grade, role and function; and...
    • Harbours and Piers
      544. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will carry out dredging/clearing at Helvick Pier, County Waterford as lifeboats cannot gain access; if his...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      545. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration is being given to extending the closing date for the spreading of lime under the liming scheme beyond June 2024,...
    • Forestry Sector
      546. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if, with regard to the environmental considerations map layers available via the iNET mapping system which demonstrate the different...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      547. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of outstanding agriculture payments, by payment scheme, in tabular form [16136/24]
    • Greyhound Industry
      548. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the 4,822 non-coursing greyhounds who were registered on Rásaíocht Con éireann's RCETS at...
    • Agriculture Industry
      549. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16251/24]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      550. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the last payment run was made for those in receipt of a payment (details supplied); when he expects to make the next payment...
    • Animal Welfare
      551. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any discussions have been had regarding the establishment of an animal welfare unit within An Garda Síochána; and if he...
    • Harbours and Piers
      552. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the dates in 2024 where he has visited each of the fisheries harbours under the remit of his Department; and the purpose of each...
    • Departmental Staff
      553. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, currently at his Department's Laboratory at Backweston; and the estimated timeframe for...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      554. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of successful sheep improvement scheme applicants awaiting payment; the number of payments provided, by county, in tabular...
    • Agriculture Industry
      555. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when proposals to address a longstanding issue for a group of farmers (details supplied) which he has committed to address will be...
    • Marine Protected Areas
      556. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline Ireland's representation and involvement in the 9th Our Ocean Conference 2024; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      557. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given allowing farmers to graze their SAC ground in view of the current bad weather; and if he will make a...
    • Forestry Sector
      558. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the minimum tree width acceptable under the native tree area scheme type 2 native forests for water protection; and if he will make a...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      560. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a detailed outline of the reasons for the non-payment of the sheep improvement scheme for 2023 to a person...
    • Forestry Sector
      561. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in promoting the use of cross-laminated timber in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16654/24]
    • Greyhound Industry
      562. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he agrees that there is a significant difference in the assertion contained in a report commissioned by Greyhound Racing Ireland...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      563. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to adjusting the deadline for the national sheep welfare scheme actions to be completed, given...
    • Agriculture Industry
      564. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16744/24]
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Disability Services
      565. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of organisations in Donegal that have been awarded funding from the Children's Disability Grant,...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      569. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the reimbursement scheme for people who paid for an assessment of needs privately will come into effect; if...
    • Health Services Staff
      570. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a child psychologist vacancy in an area intervention team (details supplied). [16437/24]
    • Departmental Schemes
      571. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the children's disability grant will be provided to successful applications in County Donegal; and if he...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      572. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to reimburse private autism and neurodiversity assessments, where it was acquired due to a lack of...
    • Departmental Data
      574. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual cost to the Exchequer of the means-tested national childcare scheme; the numbers accessing the scheme...
    • Voluntary Sector
      576. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the appointment and payment of a safeguarding officer in an organisation (details supplied); his...
    • Childcare Services
      577. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 271 of 21 March 2024, the underlying underspend of core funding in 2022,...
    • Disability Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the additional respite care services that will be delivered in County Monaghan in 2024; and if he will make a...
    • Childcare Services
      580. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he received a request from the Minister for Finance to meet with an organisation (details supplied) in...
    • Disability Services
      581. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a person (details supplied) will be considered for independent living in the Tralee and surrounding areas;...
    • Disability Diagnoses
      582. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the CDNT protocol for therapeutic services; who is receiving this therapy now; and if he will make a statement...
    • Disability Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeframe for SLT services for disability team in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Voluntary Sector
      585. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to help with the staffing crisis in an association (details supplied) in Cavan; and if he...
    • Departmental Data
      586. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has estimates for the number of children involved with social work services who may be on the foetal...
    • Refugee Resettlement Programme
      587. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1156 of 20 March 2024, if he can confirm that under the protocol, when...
    • Disability Services
      588. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of student placements in CDNT based in Tipperary in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in...
    • Departmental Data
      589. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children with disabilities on waiting lists for overnight respite care in County Tipperary; and...
    • Departmental Contracts
      590. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of contracts a company (details supplied) has had with his Department in 2023 and to date in 2024;...
    • Childcare Services
      591. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider insuring that the capitation rate paid per child in the early years setting is allocated for...
    • Community Development Projects
      592. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider introducing a grants scheme in order that community facilities can apply for the grant aid...
    • Childcare Services
      593. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans to help the early years sector retain staff as currently many staff are being recruited into the SNA...
    • Departmental Schemes
      594. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason access to the AIMS scheme is only available from the age of three years when it is known that the...
    • Childcare Services
      595. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason, in relation to the inspection regime, child care providers subject to multiple agency checks; and if...
    • Disability Services
      597. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of disability personalised budgets that have been applied for and approved since 2020; and if he will...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      599. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding opportunities that exist in 2024 for the community childcare sector; and if he will make a statement...
    • Health Services
      600. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide the contact details for the disability manager in CHO6; and if he will make a statement on...
    • International Protection
      602. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1147 of 9 April 2024, the number of residents who have been required to...
    • Disability Services
      603. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of residential places for disabled people that were delivered as of December 2023. [16567/24]
    • Regulatory and Poverty Impact Assessments
      604. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 499 of 26 September 2023. if the information requested can now be...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      605. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disability Services
      606. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of disabled adults with a residential placement in CHO7 that are attending a day service; the number...
  • Department of Health
    • Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on health supports offered to international protection applicants who are without accommodation. [16160/24]
    • Primary Care Services
      608. To ask the Minister for Health the timeframe for SLT services for primary care team in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16178/24]
    • Equality Issues
      609. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials within his Department have engaged recently with representatives from an organisation (details supplied) regarding pay equality; and if he...
    • Insurance Coverage
      610. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of any clause on private health insurance policies that restrict cover for people who have donated an organ outside of the State; and if he will...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      611. To ask the Minister for Health to review correspondence from a concerned parent regarding the need for a bigger buggy for their child (details supplied); and if he can assist on this matter...
    • Mental Health Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plans for the Erkina House, HSE mental health residence in Rathdowney, County Laois; his plans on the refurbishment and the upgrade of the...
    • Primary Care Centres
      613. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the plans for the primary care centre at St. Finian's Campus, Portlaoise; the progress that has been made; what funding has been allocated;...
    • Home Help Service
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for elderly home support services in counties Laois and Offaly, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/24]
    • Home Care Packages
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of people that were on the waiting list for home care packages in counties Laois and Offaly, at the end of each year from 2018 to 2023, in tabular...
    • General Practitioner Services
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practising in counties Laois and Offaly, respectively; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of those counties in...
    • Dental Services
      618. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of waiting lists for dental surgery and orthodontics for CHO8, by county and by year from January 2019 to January 2024; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health when required psychological support will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15967/24]
    • Home Help Service
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home help/personal assistants are no longer permitted to administer routine eye drops for their clients; when this change took place; and if he will...
    • Health Service Executive
      623. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on a HSE Covid payment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15976/24]
    • Hospital Investigations
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if officials have met with a group (details supplied) following his request that they do so; if so, the outcome of that meeting; the commitments given at that...
    • Medical Cards
      625. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) was told that if one needs an MRI on their hands and feet they must pay, as hands and feet MRIs are not covered under...
    • Healthcare Policy
      626. To ask the Minister for Health the unit in his Department that has responsibility for liaising with Coimisiún na Meán in respect of the development of online and media safety codes...
    • Health Strategies
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the work that is being undertaken to review and develop a new Healthy Ireland Framework, given that the current Healthy Ireland: A Framework for Improved...
    • Disease Management
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetes services that closed to new pump patients in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [16002/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      632. To ask the Minister for Health if amputees can be added to the long-term illness scheme to enable them to obtain prostheses as necessary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16003/24]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if he will engage with trade unions regarding extending the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employees unfit for work post-Covid-19...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients treated in each of the long-Covid and post-acute clinics, by clinic and year, in tabular form. [16012/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      637. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a case (details supplied); and when the person concerned can expect an appointment with the orthopaedic department, Midland Regional Hospital,...
    • Medical Cards
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if eligibility for a medical card in the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16032/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      639. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Louth will get an orthopaedic appointment in Temple Street for crucial urgent surgery; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      640. To ask the Minister for Health how many public health nurses there are in the CHO6 area and the extent to which they provide care in the community as opposed to private healthcare providers;...
    • Hospital Equipment
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost involved to deliver a MRI scanner at Monaghan Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16066/24]
    • Care Services
      644. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for long term residential care by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16075/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      645. To ask the Minister for Health what financial supports are available for amputees who do not qualify for a medical card, who are required to pay extremely high costs upwards of €6,000...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the healthcare facilities in which the 20 community healthcare beds, announced on 4 April 2024, to be provided next winter, will be located...
    • Hospital Facilities
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges within the public car park at CHI Crumlin in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16083/24]
    • Hospital Admissions
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of private insurance patient forms that were completed on admission to Tullamore Regional Hospital in each of the years 2020 to 2023; and the number...
    • Hospital Facilities
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the last date an external in-person fire safety audit was carried out on behalf of the HSE at Mullingar Regional Hospital; and the frequency in which these...
    • Health Services Staff
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the number of palliative care teams and staff members in CHO5 at present. [16086/24]
    • Hospital Procedures
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of shoulder surgeries carried out at Galway University Hospital to date in 2024. [16088/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through restaurant sales at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16089/24]
    • Health Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to roll out dialectical behaviour therapy in County Mayo. [16090/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives working in the maternity department of Wexford General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if this...
    • Emergency Departments
      659. To ask the Minister for Health the average emergency department waiting times at University Hospital Kerry to date in 2024. [16094/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      660. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars at Mayo University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16095/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      663. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children currently on the waiting list for hearing examinations in County Roscommon, by length of time waiting, in tabular form. [16098/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      664. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists working in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16099/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      665. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE advanced nurse practitioners in older persons service in CHO1 in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16100/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      666. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE respiratory nurses working in Tallaght University Hospital in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [16101/24]
    • Public Sector Pensions
      669. To ask the Minister for Health if the pension entitlements due to a person (details supplied) will be paid on the basis of their position in St. Canice’s Hospital, Kilkenny; and if he...
    • Hospital Procedures
      670. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a hospital procedure for a person (details supplied); when an appointment be offered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16130/24]
    • Healthcare Policy
      671. To ask the Minister for Health if the age limit with regard to bowel cancer screening (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16132/24]
    • Health Services
      672. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of the shortfall between the cost of prosthetic limbs for amputees and the reimbursement from insurance companies; and what action he proposes...
    • General Practitioner Services
      674. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that an investment fund is intending to convert a currently-operating GPs surgery in Blackpool, Cork, and close the existing service; and if he...
    • Health Services
      675. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if they will be provided with a place in the step down unit in Monaghan urgently; and if he will...
    • Disability Services
      676. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the provision of adult ADHD services in CHO9; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16168/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      677. To ask the Minister for Health to ensure a referral (details supplied) is put forward and an appointment to be given at the earliest opportunity; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      679. To ask the Minister for Health if will he publish the updated HSE palliative care strategy as a matter of urgency in line with recommendation 12 of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Assisted...
    • Hospital Procedures
      680. To ask the Minister for Health how many operations have been cancelled in Croom Hospital on a weekly basis since 1 January 2024, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Home Care Packages
      685. To ask the Minister for Health when HSE contracted home care visit staff in counties Laois and Offaly will resume evening and weekend hours to ensure that a full complement of service is...
    • Community Care
      686. To ask the Minister for Health the policy with respect to the treatment of patients by community intervention teams; if there is a differentiation between public and private patients; and if...
    • Health Services
      688. To ask the Minister for Health the number of paediatric diabetic clinics and the number of people availing of these services, respectively, by county in tabular form. [16220/24]
    • Medical Cards
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost to the health service of providing medical cards including GP visit cards to international protection applicants and beneficiaries of...
    • Health Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the dedicated supports currently available to children and families impacted by foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (details supplied); what dedicated supports,...
    • Health Services Staff
      691. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress update on the HSE recruitment freeze; when this recruitment freeze is likely to be lifted; the number of front line positions per...
    • Disability Services
      692. To ask the Minister for Health to expedite a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16237/24]
    • Health Services
      693. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide a minor injuries clinic for Kerry. [16240/24]
    • Hospital Facilities
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has any plans to provide extra respite beds in hospitals in Kerry. [16241/24]
    • Hospital Services
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide extra orthopaedic surgeries and beds, as per a capital project request from University Hospital Kerry. [16242/24]
    • Health Services
      696. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the national diabetes paediatric clinical audit. [16249/24]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if a mobility chair will be provided to a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16266/24]
    • Departmental Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of skull base surgeries performed at Beaumont Hospital in 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16275/24]
    • Mental Health Services
      699. To ask the Minister for Health the number of 24-hour-staffed community mental health residences within CHO8; and if all of those facilities meet the requirements of the HSE Design for Mental...
    • Health Services Staff
      700. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant neurosurgeons at Beaumont Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [16277/24]
    • Departmental Bodies
      701. To ask the Minister for Health who the members of the Medicines Sustainability Taskforce are; how many times they have met; the projected timeline to publish and implement findings; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      702. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of additional staff hired by the HSE's corporate pharmaceutical unit in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Strategies
      703. To ask the Minister for Health the expected benefits for the Irish health system of the introduction of the EU HTA regulation in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16292/24]
    • Psychological Assessments
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the appropriate pathway through the health service for a child to receive an ADHD diagnosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16298/24]
    • Health Strategies
      705. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will now review all transgender treatment in the State, having regard to the recent publication of a landmark report (details...
    • Hospital Facilities
      706. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to staff dissatisfaction at the removal of staff car parking spaces from the CUH and CUMH; what engagement has taken place with...
    • Hospital Staff
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE accident and emergency department nurses based at Tipperary University Hospital in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular...
    • Health Services Staff
      709. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost to recruit two additional WTE orthodontics specialists, two additional senior dental hygienists and two additional senior dental...
    • Ambulance Service
      712. To ask the Minister for Health if the National Ambulance Service will commit to undertaking yearly privileging courses; if not, if it will commit to privileging its currently employed...
    • Nursing Homes
      714. To ask the Minister for Health when the new 50-bed St. Camillus nursing home in Limerick will be opened; and when the other 25-bed additional unit is planned to be open. [16423/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      715. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16424/24]
    • Abortion Services
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the reason minutes are not being kept of the meetings of the Implementation Group examining the operation of the Health (Regulation of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      720. To ask the Minister for Health when a substantive reply can be expected to issue from child and adolescent counselling service provision in County Donegal, that this Deputy raised at...
    • Vaccination Programme
      722. To ask the Minister for Health when his Department will implement a maternal RSV vaccination programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16457/24]
    • Health Services Staff
      724. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the recruitment of general and paediatric nurses for 2024; if he is aware of any recruitment embargo by the HSE at present; and if he...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      725. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the urgency in providing funding for a building in Newtownmountkennedy (details supplied); if he is concerned that the...
    • Hospital Staff
      726. To ask the Minister for Health the number of endocrinologists employed in Cavan General Hospital in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024. [16504/24]
    • Disease Management
      727. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children from counties Cavan and Monaghan with type 1 diabetes that are currently being referred to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and...
    • Health Services
      728. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on maternity cover for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16509/24]
    • Departmental Data
      729. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the availability of compensation to persons diagnosed with vaccine related narcolepsy and cataplexy; the number of payments...
    • Home Help Service
      730. To ask the Minister for Health if the home help hours of a person (details supplied) will be increased. [16518/24]
    • Medical Qualifications
      731. To ask the Minister for Health the progress to give statutory recognition and protection to the designation of "counsellor"; if he has sought a timeline from the Counsellors and...
    • Abortion Services
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if he has engaged with technology communications companies with respect to advertising of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies' websites online; and if he will make...
    • Medical Qualifications
      734. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 22 February 2023, the number of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies operating here of which his Department and the HSE...
    • Departmental Priorities
      735. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make a statement on the need to legislate to curtail the activities of rogue crisis pregnancy agencies; and if he will adopt and pass the Health and...
    • Healthcare Policy
      736. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the National Hearing Care Plan; if the working group membership has been agreed; if terms of reference for the working group have been published;...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      738. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an individual (details supplied). [16558/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on the waiting list for audiology services from HSE community services in the Russell Centre, Tallaght; and the average waiting time for...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      740. To ask the Minister for Health the current status of Kelvin Grove, Carlow; the plans in place for its use; and the date by which it will be brought back into use. [16573/24]
    • Health Services Waiting Lists
      741. To ask the Minister for Health to address an issue (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16598/24]
    • Hospital Staff
      742. To ask the Minister for Health the number of staff at St Luke’s, Kilkenny paediatric diabetes clinic; if his Department is aware that all new insulin pumps have been put on hold as...
    • Health Services Staff
      743. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware that the team in Caredoc is the only national team not to have received the building momentum pay rises and 37.5-hour week; and if he will make...
    • Medical Cards
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the progress in extending the income disregard for medical cards to include the rent-a-room income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16662/24]
    • Disease Management
      745. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the age for funding of treatment option of CAR-T Immunotherapy for leukaemia patients to beyond the age of 25...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      746. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is waiting so long for an operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16702/24]
    • Eating Disorders
      747. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the number of public inpatient beds for adults with eating disorders; the cost of operating one bed per year; if there will be an increase in...
    • Departmental Funding
      748. To ask the Minister for Health to review documents for funding for the Irish Heart Foundation; his plans on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16715/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      750. To ask the Minister for Health to review a case (details supplied); if he can provide an urgent appointment, given the pain this girl is in; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      751. To ask the Minister for Health what supports are available for a patient (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16746/24]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      752. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a colonoscopy for a patient (details supplied) is being delayed given the family history in this case; if he can expedite this appointment; and if...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      753. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what current English language support classes are in place for IPAs and BOTPs; how are they being delivered; the cost of same, by county, in...
    • Student Accommodation
      754. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the crisis that has now arisen in Ireland's study abroad sector where visiting international students are not able to source...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      755. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of new registrations for apprenticeships, broken down by consortia and craft; the total number of consortia and craft...
    • Further and Higher Education
      756. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a SUSI application by person (details enclosed) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16236/24]
    • Student Unions
      757. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware that a students’ union (details supplied) recently launched a petition calling for the Government to provide free period...
    • Further and Higher Education
      758. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if funding is available for Irish citizens studying in the UK; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16330/24]
    • Departmental Reports
      764. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for publishing the report on recommendations for standardised design of student accommodation in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Communications
      765. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for publishing the Action Plan in response to the Expert Group on Future Skills Needs report on modern methods of construction; and...
    • Student Accommodation
      766. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress on approving student accommodation schemes, in light of the approval of the long-term student accommodation policy approach; and if...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Rural Schemes
      767. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16142/24]
    • Departmental Contracts
      772. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of contracts with (details supplied) her Department has had with in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and the nature...
    • Control of Dogs
      773. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide an update on the work of the interdepartmental working group on the review of existing dog control legislation; and if she...
    • Departmental Funding
      774. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding, if any, that has been applied for to mark and celebrate Ernest Shackleton's 150th anniversary around Ireland; if not...
    • Rural Schemes
      775. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if value for money reviews are carried out on local improvement scheme allocations to local authorities; and if she will make a...
    • Departmental Projects
      777. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 1580 of 20 March 2024, what guidance her Department officials give to Tidy Towns adjudicators...

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