Dáil Éireann

Written answers

Some recent written answers

Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (23 March 2023)

Ruairi Ó Murchú:

110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of the number of referrals from schools for students missing days that are currently before education and welfare officers, by county; the dates these outstanding referrals were submitted by schools; the details of the current backlog; the measures being taken to deal with the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13878/23]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (28 March 2023)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh:

111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 263 of 2 March 2023, if she has completed the review of the final report from the evaluation of the school meals programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15174/23]

Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (28 March 2023)

Holly Cairns:

413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding options available to primary and secondary schools to facilitate external bodies (details supplied) deliver educational content relating to sustainability and climate action. [15246/23]

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (22 March 2023)

Niall Collins:

63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 87 of 18 January 2023, if the report which was requested from NewERA has been completed, and if not, the timeline for completion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14126/23]

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (29 March 2023)

Kathleen Funchion:

135. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the options available to cover a pensioner (details supplied) with a medical card who is on disability and is not covered under the scheme. [15720/23]

Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners (28 March 2023)

Michael Lowry:

583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1081 of 21 March 2023, if he will review the email address which was provided in his response; the reason the address (details supplied) is not listed in his Department's domino directory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15233/23]

Department of Health: Hospital Charges (28 March 2023)

Paul Donnelly:

687. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of revenue generated through parking charges from public car parking at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in the 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [14980/23]

Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 March 2023)

Michael Healy-Rae:

680. To ask the Minister for Health the reason home care assistants (details supplied) in north Kerry are being asked to submit their sick pay and travel expenses online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14950/23]

Department of Health: Civil Service (22 March 2023)

Gerald Nash:

277. To ask the Minister for Health the average number of days training per grade, in his Department in 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022; how this compares internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14861/23]

Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (28 March 2023)

Alan Kelly:

228. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of bus drivers recruited by Bus Éireann in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [15484/23]

Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (22 March 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore:

157. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the funding for the 58 schools capital projects; when the funding will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14267/23]

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (28 March 2023)

Paul Donnelly:

283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on whether An Bord Pleanála and the NPWS have the required resources and skillset to ensure that windfarm applications are dealt with within an appropriate timeframe. [14784/23]

Department of An Taoiseach: Cabinet Committees (28 March 2023)

Alan Dillon:

30. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Housing will next meet. [12791/23]

Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 March 2023)

David Stanton:

348. To ask the Minister for Health if Traveller health care workers employed by Section 39 agencies will be eligible to receive the pandemic special recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14460/23]

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Schemes (22 March 2023)

Louise O'Reilly:

52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the capital and current funding allocation for the regional enterprise innovation scoping scheme in 2022 and 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14279/23]

Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (28 March 2023)

Peadar Tóibín:

562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current backlog of the number of marriage vias appeals; and the timeframe by which an appeal (details supplied) would expect to be processed. [14767/23]

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (23 March 2023)

Paul Kehoe:

367. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if financial assistance is available to a farmer (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14378/23]

Department of Rural and Community Development: Livestock Issues (28 March 2023)

Matt Carthy:

794. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of dog attacks on livestock in each of the years 2017 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15116/23]

Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (28 March 2023)

Pearse Doherty:

499. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to correspondence received from Tusla by an individual (details supplied) in County Donegal, if he will confirm whether the record referred to from the third paragraph in the letter has been deleted from the case notes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14794/23]

Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (23 March 2023)

Alan Farrell:

106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the decision to include an 'opt-out' for parents of school children in the RSE curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12647/23]