Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Health: Departmental Data (18 April 2024)

Cathal Crowe:

303. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline which public hospitals in Ireland are considered to be teaching hospitals; and if he will outline figures as to the number of nurses placed in each hospital in an average year, in tabular form. [17214/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (24 April 2024)

Aindrias Moynihan:

42. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital funding allocated to build the new Macroom Garda Station; the up-to-date position on the construction of the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17786/24]

Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (23 April 2024)

Alan Farrell:

328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work her Department has undertaken to assist the primary schools in Portmarnock, County Dublin, with oversubscriptions for 2024-25; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18038/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (23 April 2024)

Robert Troy:

376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will consider a reduction or waiver regarding the cost and payments of commercial rates for businesses that are impacted by disruption of construction works affecting their business; and the likelihood of a waiver of property rates during these periods of disruption to local businesses. [17881/24]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (23 April 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett:

367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the policies and supports in place for individuals who previously met the threshold for a cost-rental property and who are permanently housed in a cost-rental unit, if the person’s income falls significantly due to illness or injury; the procedures in place to convert a cost-rental property into a social home where this is necessary due to a change in the ability of the occupant to pay for cost-rental tenure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17693/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (23 April 2024)

Mattie McGrath:

453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality how many prosecutions have been initiated in respect of alleged offenses under section 11 of the Immigration Act 2004; the outcome of any such prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17722/24]

Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (24 April 2024)

Peadar Tóibín:

68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the school transport section will approve a school bus for an area (details supplied) in County Meath given the demand. [18255/24]

Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 April 2024)

Patrick Costello:

282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to confirm if her Department is indeed putting an expedited plan for the provision of a new gaelcholáiste or gaelcholáistí in the south Dublin area together currently (details supplied); and when this expedited plan will be completed by her Department. [17437/24]

Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Court Accommodation (23 April 2024)

Michael Moynihan:

90. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the discussions his Department has had with the Courts Service in relation to the courthouse in Kanturk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17777/24]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (23 April 2024)

Matt Carthy:

160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will allocate Monaghan County Council the additional €5.9 million necessary to restore local roads to an acceptable level of condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17438/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: Middle East (23 April 2024)

Catherine Connolly:

39. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 22 February 2024, the number of people currently in Gaza who have permission to remain in Ireland, or who have a visa to live, study or work in Ireland; the steps being taken by her Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; the details of any engagement between her Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs in this regard since October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17852/24]

Department of An Taoiseach: Ministerial Appointments (23 April 2024)

Carol Nolan:

94. To ask the Taoiseach the reasons for his decision to appoint two joint chiefs of staff to his office; the reason one chief of staff was not sufficient; and how decisions will be made on a day-to-day basis. [17234/24]

Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (23 April 2024)

Ivana Bacik:

96. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the new Cabinet committee on disability; and if the Minister for Health will sit on the new committee. [17897/24]

Department of Health: Nursing Homes (24 April 2024)

Patricia Ryan:

167. To ask the Minister for Health with regard to Cherry Orchard nursing home and the planned removal and relocation of elderly and vulnerable nursing home residents, the status of any engagement he and/or his Department have had with the affected persons and their families, advocates or representatives since the situation arose in late 2023, and in the intervening time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18215/24]

Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (23 April 2024)

Jennifer Murnane O'Connor:

256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details supplied) will receive the support they need in an educational setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17323/24]

Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (18 April 2024)

Pa Daly:

291. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive an urgent appointment for surgery in Cork University Hospital, given two surgery appointments have been cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17148/24]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (18 April 2024)

Darren O'Rourke:

77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the number of statutory sick days will increase as per the timeline of seven days from January 2025 and ten days from January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16987/24]

Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 April 2024)

Danny Healy-Rae:

662. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17919/24]

Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 April 2024)

Paul Kehoe:

48. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why the appeals board felt that a school (details supplied) did not meet the criteria under Circular 0011/2024 to retain its 12th teacher, as an explanation would help the school in understanding this final decision. [16973/24]

Department of Justice and Equality: Coroners Service (23 April 2024)

Pa Daly:

473. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average waiting times for the completion of an inquest, by coronial service area, in tabular form. [18064/24]