Written answers

Tuesday, 16 November 2021

  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • National Risk Assessment
      20. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which further potential risks have been identified in the context of the national risk assessment. [51253/21]
    • European Council
      24. To ask the Taoiseach the extent to which progress was made at the most recent European Council meeting with particular reference to the most pressing issues. [52868/21]
    • Northern Ireland
      29. To ask the Taoiseach when the shared island dialogue will hold its next meeting. [53398/21]
    • Office of the Attorney General
      39. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a full account of each and every private client of the Attorney General during their time in office since June 2020; and the extent to which the...
    • Commissions of Investigation
      41. To ask the Taoiseach the number of commissions of investigation currently ongoing; the duration of each commission of investigation; the deadline for each commission of investigation; and the...
    • Brexit Issues
      43. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his most recent dialogues with the Government and President of the United States of America providing an update on the Northern Ireland protocol....
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      44. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the COP26 United Nations climate change conference. [54388/21]
    • Climate Change Policy
      48. To ask the Taoiseach the measures he will take to achieve the aspirations arising from discussions at the COP 26 United Nations climate change conference. [54701/21]
    • Cabinet Committees
      52. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on health will next meet. [54390/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flexible Work Practices
      75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to provide more access to remote working within the public sector; the status of negotiations with trade unions regarding the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      76. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he plans to publish legislation to amend the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54953/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of unoccupied Garda stations in counties Longford and Westmeath that are owned by the State; the future plans for each; and if...
    • National Parks
      78. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that generator-powered mobile floodlights have been installed in the Phoenix Park given the refusal by the OPW to upgrade...
    • National Development Plan
      79. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 8 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55859/21]
    • Public Spending Code
      81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the methodology to ensure that public capital projects and public procurement avail of every opportunity to minimise carbon footprint and...
    • Office of Public Works
      82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works project at Carlow Castle due to have been completed in October 2021; and if he will make a...
    • National Development Plan
      83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way the revised national development plan will enhance regional accessibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55753/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      84. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the flooding projects to be undertaken by the Office of Public Works in County Cork for 2022; the estimated cost of same; the drainage...
    • Freedom of Information
      85. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on the review of the Freedom of Information Acts; the number of FOI requests across State agencies for each year since 2015;...
    • An Garda Síochána
      86. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a contract for works on Leighlinbridge Garda station has been initiated; the date when the rural station in County Carlow will be...
    • National Development Plan
      87. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 10 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55879/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      88. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to achieve the 20% target for remote working across the public service; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      89. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimate and outturn for each of the financial votes that he must account for in each of the past five years; the estimate for 2022;...
    • National Development Plan
      91. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his assessment of the likely impact of the revised national development plan on employment; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Coastal Erosion
      92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his responsibilities with respect to addressing issues of coastal erosion in Portrane and Fingal, County Dublin; the steps he has taken...
    • Departmental Budgets
      93. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Departments that have requested to roll over all or part of their budget to 2022; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      94. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether the ambitious national development plan can be delivered smoothly; and the measures being put in place to remove...
    • Flood Risk Management
      95. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the recent discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland authorities in relation to flooding in County Cavan being caused by the River...
    • National Development Plan
      96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55875/21]
    • Capital Expenditure Programme
      97. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of efforts to streamline the delivery of large-scale capital projects; his plans to ensure future projects are more likely to...
    • Flood Risk Management
      98. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the flood relief scheme in Skibbereen, County Cork will be officially completed. [55905/21]
    • National Development Plan
      99. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 7 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55858/21]
    • Flexible Work Practices
      100. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to facilitate remote working of civil servants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54976/21]
    • Project Ireland 2040
      104. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the 2021 regional reports on Project Ireland 2040 will be published by his Department. [55851/21]
    • National Development Plan
      105. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 9 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55878/21]
    • Flood Risk Management
      106. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on the €7 million investment in the removal of the pinch points on the River Shannon which will address the...
    • Public Sector Pay
      107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which FEMPI has restored or continues to restore relevant incomes in accordance with agreements to do so; and if he will...
    • Flood Risk Management
      108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief works in the Spanish Arch area of Galway city; the cost of same to date; the estimated total cost of the...
    • Disability Services
      109. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on providing fully accessible changing places and toilet facilities in all publicly accessible Departmental buildings to offer...
    • National Development Plan
      112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 1 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55874/21]
    • Exchequer Returns
      113. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of dividend to the Exchequer from the ESB and a company (details supplied) for 2020 and 2021; if this revenue is earmarked...
    • Brexit Issues
      114. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of allocating the portion of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve due to be disbursed in 2022; and if it will be ensured that...
    • Defence Forces
      115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to bring the entrance level wage in the Defence Forces up to the living wage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Development Plan
      116. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of NSO 5 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55876/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he will support in terms of a Covid-19 bonus for workers; if he will support an annual extra bank holiday as part of such a...
    • EU Programmes
      119. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on recent developments in relation to the 2021-2027 PEACE PLUS EU Programme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cumulative additional expenditure undertaken as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Budget Process
      121. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the role he sees for reform in the area of meeting public expenditure requirements in the future; the extent to which he continues to...
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Strategies
      122. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the well-being framework and dashboard; his plans to include the distribution of both pre-tax and post-tax income and wealth and Gini coefficient within...
    • National Risk Assessment
      123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the status of the National Risk Assessment. [56129/21]
    • Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
      124. To ask the Taoiseach the way he travelled to and from Edinburgh en route to the COP 26 United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow; and the airline or airlines with which he...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Energy Policy
      125. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of skilled retrofitting workers that will be needed to deliver on retrofitting targets; the number of each category of...
    • Employment Rights
      126. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the provision of statutory sick pay for all employees; his views on the equity of transferring the financial burden of...
    • Health and Safety
      127. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of inspections that the Health and Safety Authority has carried out in hospitality-related businesses, such as, pubs,...
    • Industrial Development
      128. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total allocation and final expenditure on each Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland technology centre in each year; and if he will...
    • Departmental Funding
      129. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way the performance of the disruptive technologies innovation fund will be assessed and the output of the research and...
    • Flexible Work Practices
      130. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to ensure an inclusion statement securing the equal rights of persons living with a disability to work remotely within the...
    • Work Permits
      131. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the 100 work permits recently issued for farming only related to dairy farming and did not include the pig and poultry...
    • Business Regulation
      133. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the code of conduct in relation to commercial leases since October 2020; and if he will make a...
    • Patent Applications
      134. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the extent to which the establishment of a unified patent court here has been examined with particular reference to the innovative...
    • EU Directives
      138. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position regarding, and his views on, the EU mandatory human rights due diligence directive being brought forward by the European...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Schemes
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the advice and assistance his Department can provide to persons in north County Kildare (details supplied); if it is...
    • National Broadband Plan
      140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he and his officials took to verify the financial standing of each of the consortium members in the context...
    • Climate Action Plan
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected funding to be made available from the Climate Action Fund between 2021 and 2030 to deliver on the Climate...
    • Digital Hubs
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that section 15(6)(c) of the Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 will be observed and that a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      148. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish a detailed map updating the national broadband programme roll-out for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown...
    • Food Waste
      149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of funding committed to the Stop Food Waste programme in each year since 2014; and if he will make a...
    • EU Directives
      150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the EU Single Use Plastics Directive has been transposed into Irish law given that he committed to transposing same...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the further delay from March 2022 to April 2023 in supply of high-speed broadband connection to...
    • Fisheries Protection
      153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the scientific basis for the proposal that is to be put to him to introduce a conservation by law...
    • Electricity Generation
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the feed-in tariff for homes with PV panels will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will examine a connection to broadband (details supplied). [55862/21]
    • Climate Action Plan
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide details of the penalties provided for in the Climate Act 2021 for failing to meet targets including...
    • Illegal Dumping
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will expedite legislation to amend both the Litter Pollution Act 1997 and the Waste Management Act 1996 to...
    • Energy Production
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the plans to rent and import 200 megawatts of emergency gas generators in winter 2021 have been abandoned;...
    • Climate Action Plan
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a residential retrofit loan guarantee scheme as per action 212 of the Climate Action Plan 2021;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of expressions of interest received in relation to the support scheme for renewable heat; the number of full...
    • National Broadband Plan
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a premises (details supplied) is included in the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Environmental Schemes
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a decision has been made on an application for approval of a thermodynamic solar hot water system under the better...
    • Electricity Generation
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the microgeneration support scheme will be ready for individuals, community groups, business owners...
    • Departmental Consultations
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which his Department will publish the summary responses to the public consultation in relation to the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times that the Micro-generation Working Group met in each month of 2021 to date; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a list of dates of meetings and attendees at the meetings that he or his officials have had with...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Climate Action Plan
      170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the role which green hydrogen can play in decarbonising sectors such as transport; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Weather Events
      171. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to define a set of metrics to accurately quantify the cost of extreme weather events to the State in terms of both revenues...
    • National Transport Authority
      172. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the beneficial ownership of the land reservation that had been designated for the Dublin eastern bypass given the...
    • Electric Vehicles
      173. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to facilitate charging of electric vehicles by public sector staff working in publicly owned buildings to which...
    • Road Safety Authority
      174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he or his Department officials' attention has been drawn to, or if they have entered into correspondence with, the RSA to notify his...
    • Road Signage
      175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the use of no idling signs of which the purpose would be to prevent cars from idling in certain places while leaving...
    • Bus Services
      176. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason private bus operators are to be excluded from the new young adult travel card scheme; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Safety Authority
      177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Road Safety Authority may be contravening EU employment law by not facilitating...
    • Air Accident Investigations
      178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will initiate an immediate review of the failures identified in a report (details supplied); if he will bring forward proposals to...
    • Driver Test
      179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons on waiting lists for driving tests in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath and nationally to date; the length of time...
    • Environmental Policy
      180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a ban on petrol and diesel vehicles is allowable under EU legislation; if his Department has sought legal advice on this matter; and...
    • Coast Guard Service
      181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is satisfied with the management of the Irish Coast Guard; if his attention has been drawn to media reports claiming that...
    • Departmental Meetings
      182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with members of an association (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55555/21]
    • Coast Guard Service
      183. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of members that will be active in the Doolin unit of the Irish Coast Guard for it to be put back on the board and operational;...
    • Driver Test
      185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of a driving test for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55568/21]
    • National Transport Authority
      186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which public transport bodies have adopted green hydrogen or are considering its adoption for use in transport; and if he...
    • Bus Services
      188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date for the commencement of the new 4B bus route as envisaged in the BusConnects proposals; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      189. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 247 of 28 September 2021, if ministerial approval has been given to the project to proceed to a...
    • Driver Licences
      190. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of an application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55808/21]
    • Bus Services
      192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to extend to private bus operators the new young adult travel card scheme recently announced as part of budget 2022;...
    • Greenways Provision
      193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the design, funding and delivery schedule of the Boyne greenway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Rail Network
      194. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the stage at which the DART+ to Drogheda project stands in terms of the appraisal by his Department of the capital project; if he will...
    • Greenways Provision
      195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an organisation (details supplied) is working to try and agree a code of best practice...
    • Driver Licences
      196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it will be ensured asylum seekers are permitted to apply for a driving licence. [55964/21]
    • Rail Network
      197. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the timeline for the strategic all-island rail review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55966/21]
    • Driver Test
      198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if extra resources have been provided to the Road Safety Authority to reduce the backlog in driving test applications; and if he will...
    • Driver Licences
      199. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving licence issued in the United Arab Emirates can be exchanged for a driving licence here; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Driver Test
      200. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number waiting for a driving test, by test centre, in tabular form. [56036/21]
    • Airport Policy
      204. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total funding allocated to Shannon Airport, Cork Airport and Dublin Airport since March 2020; and the amount of this funding that has...
    • Road Safety Authority
      205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding the use of fixed-term contracts for driving testers at the RSA (details supplied); and his views on the use of...
    • Transport Policy
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take to reflect the support given by Dáil Éireann to the motion regarding regional transport infrastructure...
    • Rail Network
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he and-or Irish Rail and-or the NTA will conduct a feasibility study in respect of extending the DART+ from Adamstown, Dublin to...
    • Traffic Management
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to address the issue of increased traffic using the Sallins by-pass to connect to the R407 in both directions in order to avoid...
  • Department of Finance
    • Insurance Coverage
      209. To ask the Minister for Finance the plans he has to tackle the extraordinary issues being encountered by county hunts in securing insurance to host point-to-point meetings (details...
    • Business Regulation
      211. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to making it mandatory for retailers to accept card payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55569/21]
    • Tax Yield
      212. To ask the Minister for Finance the total carbon tax collected in 2019; the amount raised in the transport and buildings category by category in tabular form; and if he will make a statement...
    • Bonds Redemption
      216. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount that has been raised in Irish sovereign green bonds; the way this money has been used; his plans to raise green revenue by this mechanism in the...
    • Pensions Reform
      217. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to update rule 4(1)(b) of the Pensions Declaration Rules 1966 regarding an eligible witness to include additional persons such as elected members of...
    • Tax Collection
      218. To ask the Minister for Finance if a review of the 4% interest charged by the Revenue Commissioners on deferred local property tax in circumstances in which the household income is deemed...
    • Insurance Industry
      219. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the exorbitant rise in insurance costs faced by the horse and pony racing sectors which is putting their existence in...
    • Climate Action Plan
      221. To ask the Minister for Finance when the planned examination of green budgeting practices from a tax perspective as per action 69 of the Climate Action Plan 2021 is due to take place; and if...
    • National Asset Management Agency
      226. To ask the Minister for Finance the volume of development land in hectares currently held by NAMA or for which NAMA has an interest in tabular form; the amount of the land that has active...
    • Insurance Coverage
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 9 November 2021, the percentage of the 2% of primary home mortgages provided without the requirement for mortgage...
    • Departmental Policies
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps he has taken and-or the decision that has been made on an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56102/21]
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Flood Risk Management
      230. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the timeline for the proposed flood protection scheme in Arklow, County Wicklow; if the schedule of works will be aligned...
    • An Garda Síochána
      232. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the upgrading of Bawnboy Garda station, County Cavan will proceed to construction stage; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Parks
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the works carried out at Emo Court from 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will...
    • Civil Service
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will extend the deadline for the Irish language executive officer panel due to expire on 31 December 2021 in view of the Covid-19...
    • Local Authorities
      236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way that elected members of local government can benefit from EU funding such as the European Territorial Co-operation programme (or...
    • Vacant Sites
      237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant sites currently managed by the Office of Public Works; and the amount spent on security and maintenance since 2019....
    • Civil Service
      238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the preparatory work that has been done by his Department to ensure that the Civil Service will be able to provide the services as...
    • Departmental Staff
      239. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of civil servants in his Department that are able to do their business through Irish, by grade; and if he will make a...
    • Flood Risk Management
      240. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the flood relief scheme in Clifden, County Galway; the public consultation that has taken place or is planned in this...
    • Freedom of Information
      241. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 5 of 23 September 2021, the status of the review of the freedom of information framework; the...
    • Departmental Bodies
      242. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of times the natural water retention measures working group met in 2020 and to date 2021; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Office of Public Works
      243. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW will intervene to secure a building in danger of collapse (details supplied). [55947/21]
    • National Development Plan
      245. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount both as a percentage and in euro of the National Development Plan which was allocated to development outside of Dublin; and...
    • Public Spending Code
      246. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the updates being considered to the Public Spending Code; the timeline for these updates; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • An Garda Síochána
      247. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the contracts for the construction of the new Bailieborough Garda station have not being signed; when it is expected this...
    • Public Expenditure Policy
      248. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has identified particular tendencies in the context of public spending, current or capital, including inflationary...
    • Public Sector Pay
      249. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which FEMPI restoration has been completed across all income brackets throughout the public sector; and if he will make a...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      250. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date in regard to the preparation of a successor to OPS2020 by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Equal Opportunities Employment
      253. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the performance in both the public and private sectors with a view to ensuring a...
    • Project Ireland 2040
      254. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he expects the various targets in Project Ireland 2040 to be achieved on time and within budget; and if he will make...
    • Public Sector Reform Review
      256. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which reforms throughout the public sector remain in place to ensure accountability, collective responsibility and good...
    • Brexit Issues
      257. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department continues to monitor the impact of Brexit on the public and private sectors with a view to addressing...
    • Appointments to State Boards
      258. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there is a protocol in place governing Ministerial appointments to public bodies; if so, the details of the protocol; and if there...
    • Budget 2022
      259. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the multi-annual expenditure ceilings and the carryover impact of current expenditure measures announced in Budget 2022 for 2023 will...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      260. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position to be employed by social dancing event organisers under the public health guidelines in respect of booking in advance...
    • Tourism Industry
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the costs to date spent by Fáilte Ireland in relation to its Visioning Report for Lough Muckno Estate, Castleblayney and the...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the plans that are being put in place to support mná tí financially and otherwise when the coláistí samhraidh...
    • Child Protection
      263. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the cost of employing safeguarding officers within Sport Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55739/21]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      264. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to introduce a mental health officer in Sport Ireland; the cost of employing a mental health officer; and if she will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      266. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the legislation on which the Covid-19 guidelines governing Sport Ireland and all indoor sports are based; the section that states...
    • Sports Funding
      267. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the next round of sports capital grants will be announced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55937/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      268. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding, and status of, the resumption of indoor basketball practice and games in the context of public health...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Judicial Reviews
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of judicial reviews of An Bord Pleanála decisions in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the...
    • Semi-State Bodies
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount incurred by An Bord Pleanála in legal and consultant fees in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in...
    • Septic Tanks
      273. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to provide financial supports to households that need to replace their septic tanks but are outside of the specified...
    • Housing Schemes
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is anticipated that the affordable housing local authority home loan and first home schemes will come into effect; the...
    • Fire Stations
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the new Dunleer fire station in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55585/21]
    • Fire Service
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a memorandum of understanding exists between the fire services in Northern Ireland and Ireland; the status of the...
    • Vacant Properties
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if new regulations regarding voids have been issued in 2021; and if so, the details of same. [55612/21]
    • Defective Building Materials
      279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the schemes or options available to persons whose apartments are subject to defective issues such as the need for fire...
    • Waste Management
      280. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has had a communication from the Minister for Agriculture in Northern Ireland in relation to the farm nutrient...
    • National Parks
      281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all licences granted by the NPWS to the OPW to carry out works on Emo Court and the dates the...
    • Wildlife Protection
      282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the facilities and funding that is currently in place for the treatment and-or rehabilitation of...
    • Housing Schemes
      285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons are being prevented from drawing down their rebuilding Ireland loans...
    • Regeneration Projects
      286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total departmental finances allocated to Emmet Road, St. Michael's Estate development; the proposed loan from the EIB and...
    • Defective Building Materials
      287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the contribution anticipated from financial institutions to the various schemes to restore buildings which have suffered from...
    • Fire Service
      288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide details of the equipment available to the Tallaght fire brigade in view of the events following the recent...
    • Homeless Accommodation
      289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is further funding planned to provide suitable sheltered and supervised accommodation for homeless persons with...
    • Housing Policy
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person is permitted to sublet a property they received from an approved housing body; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Local Authorities
      292. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to meet the executive of Galway County Council as a matter of urgency to address the funding shortfall in the...
    • Traveller Accommodation
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the caravan rental scheme; if there are plans to expand it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55970/21]
    • Local Authorities
      294. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason there are discrepancies in funding allocations from his Department to local authorities; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Collection
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when new maps of the approximate 9,000ha of land which will fall under the scope of the new zoned land tax will be published;...
    • Departmental Communications
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the dedicated email addresses for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to contact his Department and bodies under his aegis...
    • National Parks
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans with respect to the creation of a Liffey Valley national park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56052/21]
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 320 and 321 of 9 November 2021, if the homeless HAP numbers in the third table in the...
    • Defective Building Materials
      299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of all reports commissioned by his Department or reviewed by his Department on defective buildings...
    • Local Authorities
      300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a list of local authorities that do and do not have biodiversity officers; the local authorities that have...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      301. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will examine the passport application of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55469/21]
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      309. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason it was decided not to send any Irish long term observers to the OSCE election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan; the number of...
    • Passport Services
      311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current wait times for first-time passport applications for children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55980/21]
    • Foreign Conflicts
      319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports or measures Ireland on its own or in conjunction with others is putting place to assist the populace of Afghanistan who are...
    • Irish Communities Abroad
      320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by his Department to offer advice and caution to Irish citizens working and traveling to Iraq in regard to the risks...
    • Human Rights
      321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government has taken or is prepared to take in order to raise the issue of the plight of refugees who are stranded on the...
    • Visa Agreements
      322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland does not have a reciprocal agreement with the United States of America in respect of F1 student visas which results in...
    • Passport Services
      323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport can be provided for a young baby (details supplied) in Dublin 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56108/21]
    • Consular Services
      324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person (details supplied) will be home before Christmas. [56122/21]
    • Brexit Issues
      326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the UK Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union regarding Article 16 of the Northern Ireland...
  • Department of Defence
    • United Nations
      328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied); the nature of Ireland’s specific role and...
    • Defence Forces
      330. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused entry to the Defence Forces due to a previous...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      336. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the allocation of educational psychologists and behavioural therapists at a school (details supplied) in each...
    • School Staff
      337. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the pay scale of special needs assistants and in particular for those fully qualified as Irish Sign Language interpreters...
    • Traveller Education
      341. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the publication of the report on the review of the Traveller Education Strategy 2006; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Transport
      344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a situation with school transport affecting students from Knock, Roscrea, County Tipperary in which there is...
    • Special Educational Needs
      345. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of special schools that currently have a full-time behavioural therapist; and the details of same. [55536/21]
    • School Accommodation
      346. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the current temporary location of a school (details supplied) that is outside its own catchment area and that...
    • School Staff
      347. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an 11-hour post in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55565/21]
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      350. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational psychologists in the County Offaly area; the number of current vacancies for psychologists; if she will provide details...
    • Schools Building Projects
      351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount that was awarded to a school (details supplied) in the Capital Emergency Works Programme 2021; the breakdown of the works to be...
    • Education and Training Boards
      352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to a person working in the education and training board sector who claims they are not being paid according to their...
    • School Transport
      353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to extending the social distancing capacity for all school transport; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Accommodation
      354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has received an application for additional classroom accommodation from a school (details supplied); if so, if she will outline...
    • Health and Safety
      355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she is taking to address the need for a formal national policy and training programme for the care of the allergic child in primary,...
    • School Accommodation
      356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter regarding an application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55756/21]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) must undertake 60 EC in German before undertaking a professional masters of education; and if she will...
    • School Staff
      359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of, and position regarding, ongoing talks regarding pay and entitlements for school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a...
    • Education Welfare Service
      361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of educational welfare officers that are employed by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55845/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the reintroduction of contact tracing into schools given the rising figures being experienced. [55872/21]
    • Public Sector Staff
      365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the 29-day sick certificate for teachers given that there appears to be confusion in relation to extended sick leave...
    • State Examinations
      366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address points (details supplied) regarding the exclusion of non-teachers from appointment as examination superintendents for the...
    • Schools Administration
      367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the processes of her Department regarding provision of school rulebooks to parents of children who were school students in the 1960s and 1970...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration will be given to further resourcing schools to deal with the issues of bullying, in particular online bullying. [56071/21]
    • Energy Usage
      369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the energy usage and energy costs for primary and secondary schools each year since 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56105/21]
    • State Examinations
      370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the contract for printing exam papers for the State Examinations Commission has been given to a British company and printed outside of...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      371. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a case will be reviewed (details supplied); if she will provide advice on the matter; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      372. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports available for those whose industries are open but remain heavily affected by Covid-19; if measures are being...
    • Oireachtas Committees
      373. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 634 of 19 October 2021, the date and content of correspondence to the Oireachtas Joint...
    • Citizens Information Services
      374. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount an organisation (details supplied) expended on investigations, appeals, hearings and so on since its formation;...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      375. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a review of a decision on a disability allowance application in respect of a person (details...
    • Departmental Reports
      376. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the timeline for the publication of the cost of disability report commissioned by her Department; and if she will make a...
    • Social Welfare Application Forms
      377. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to make applications for social welfare supports available online at MyWelfare.ie in a way that is friendly to...
    • Public Services Card
      378. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons waiting for an appointment for a public services card, in tabular form; and the expected waiting time...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      380. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55661/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      381. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of children who will benefit from the extension of access to domiciliary care allowance for children in hospital...
    • Personal Public Service Numbers
      384. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a PPS number for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55669/21]
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      385. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for an exceptional needs payment in the case of a person (details...
    • State Pensions
      387. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a differentiation in the treatment of capital in which the capital has been accumulated through the compulsory...
    • Family Law Cases
      388. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the mechanism for recovering overdue maintenance payments in cases in which the payments on foot of a court order are not...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      389. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if whether a person is in receipt of incapacitated child tax credit is taken into consideration during assessment of an...
    • State Pensions
      391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the issue concerning the formula for averaging the qualifying period for the State pension...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      392. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if supports are available to persons who are in receipt of disability allowance who are trying to pay off a mortgage in view...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      393. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will give consideration to matters raised in correspondence from Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if...
    • Social Insurance
      394. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) in County Kerry will be given credited contributions for periods they were unemployed in 2018...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      395. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a full copy of the medical protocols used to assess eligibility to payments on medical grounds; and if...
    • State Pensions
      396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason community employment supervisors who have received statutory redundancy are excluded from the gratuity payment...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      398. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the eligibility for the fuel allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
      401. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address a matter regarding the pandemic unemployment payment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      402. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for illness benefit in the case of a person (details supplied);...
    • Social Welfare Schemes
      403. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the initiatives in pathways to work available to parents who are not on jobseeker’s allowance and who exited the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      404. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason 234 calendar days is not used to assess eligibility for the back to education allowance; if 234 calendar days are...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide a copy of a medical assessment for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      409. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the actions his Department can take to protect this vital...
    • Traveller Community
      410. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will restore the budget for a group (details supplied). [55704/21]
    • Special Educational Needs
      411. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children who are currently awaiting assistive technology for 0 to 6, 6 to 12, 12 to 18 and 18 plus...
    • Child Protection
      412. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 737 of 31 March 2021, if he has received and will publish the report of...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      413. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if funding can be provided for a preschool (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Direct Provision System
      414. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of deaths of persons within the direct provision system annually since 2015; and the steps he is...
    • Substance Misuse
      417. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to an increase in illegal drug use over the past ten years; if his Department...
    • Children in Care
      418. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons aged under 17 years who became pregnant while in State care in each of the past ten years...
    • Substance Misuse
      420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of babies born either addicted to or effected by drugs or alcohol in each of the past ten years and...
    • Children in Care
      421. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons over the course of the past ten years who allege they were either physically or sexually...
    • After-School Support Services
      422. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will review correspondence in relation to after-school services (details supplied); his plans to protect...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      423. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the definition of an enhanced medical card; the services it will cover for those that have suffered in mother...
    • Assisted Decision-Making
      426. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill to amend the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity)...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Education and Training Provision
      427. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the 2,650 additional places on retrofit and NZEB courses as outlined in Budget 2022 will be open; the total number of places on retrofit and...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of each retrofitting or green building skills related reform to the curricula of construction related apprenticeships...
    • Research and Development
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new national strategy for research and innovation will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55508/21]
    • Adult Education Provision
      432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the baseline and target set out in adult literacy for life strategy for literacy, numeracy and digital skills, respectively; the interim targets...
    • Third Level Costs
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the laptop grant scheme in the case of a person (details supplied). [55543/21]
    • Departmental Funding
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the annual cost of infrastructure projects under the higher education public private partnership are paid directly from the Exchequer or from...
    • Institutes of Technology
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total value collected from the sale of the former DIT campus building; the total amount from the same of former DIT campus buildings use to...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of Science Foundation Ireland funding that will be ring-fenced for research investment in technological universities in 2022; the...
    • Institutes of Technology
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details, including cost, of all non-PPP capital projects currently approved or under way in the technological university and...
    • Science Foundation Ireland
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation and expenditure each year for Science Foundation Ireland since 2012, in tabular form; the allocation for 2022; if this includes...
    • Third Level Education
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new borrowing framework for the Technological University for the South East Ireland will allow and include borrowing to support capital...
    • Institutes of Technology
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the increased salary costs to be incurred by the Carlow teaching body as part of the semesterisation process with technological...
    • Third Level Education
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department, not SOLAS or the Higher Education Authority, monitors the transfer rate from further education and training pre-law courses to...
    • Grant Payments
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a SUSI grant has not been paid for the final year of studies in the case of a person (details supplied); if the decision to refuse can...
    • Departmental Reports
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the response his officials have received in relation the request made for a copy of the McHugh Report into the pay of student nurses and...
    • Public Private Partnerships
      447. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the public sector benchmark for National Maritime College of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56096/21]
    • Grant Payments
      451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the grants and scholarship schemes which are currently available to third-level students will be further expanded in order to cater for...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • An Garda Síochána
      452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of warranted searches involving the use of the ASU nationally that have been conducted in each year since 2015, in...
    • Citizenship Applications
      453. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a citizenship application process will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [55548/21]
    • Residency Permits
      455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered allocating work visas for foreign students who worked and contributed to the economy throughout the...
    • Prison Service
      457. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of deaths that have occurred among prisoners in the Midlands prison in each of the years from 2016 to 2020 and to...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      458. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her views on France’s decision to waive some of the period required for citizenship by naturalisation for frontline...
    • Peace Commissioners
      459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current powers, duties and responsibilities of peace commissioners; the way the system has evolved; the current process...
    • Probate Applications
      460. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason for the ongoing delays in granting probate or processing applications of probate at the Probate Office; if steps can...
    • Residency Permits
      461. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a residency application by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55650/21]
    • Family Reunification
      463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an application by a family (details supplied) will be expedited on humanitarian grounds. [55746/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidents of drink spiking reported to An Garda Síochána in Cork city and county in the past two...
    • Domestic Violence
      467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the projected publication date for the third national domestic violence strategy; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Citizenship Applications
      468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of children who are born here to non-Irish parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55948/21]
    • An Garda Síochána
      469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of An Garda Síochána who have been redeployed or retired from the Clare Garda division during...
    • Online Safety
      474. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she is considering further legislative proposals to counter the scourge of bullying both online and offline. [56070/21]
    • Naturalisation Applications
      475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time it is currently taking for initial assessments of applications to the INIS; and the measures being taken to...
    • Citizenship Applications
      479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied) in relation to an application for citizenship. [56162/21]
  • Department of Health
    • National Educational Psychological Service
      480. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a breakdown of the allocation of speech and language therapists and occupational therapists at a school (details supplied) in each of the...
    • Proposed Legislation
      481. To ask the Minister for Health if there are future plans to amend existing mental health legislation to remove the power of An Garda Síochána to detain a person who is in immediate...
    • Community Care
      482. To ask the Minister for Health if the projected cost saving to the counties Cork and Kerry community healthcare budget that would result from the proposed closure of a centre (details...
    • Departmental Funding
      483. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the funding invested in building works, such as fire safety upgrades and renovations, associated with a centre (details supplied) in each of...
    • Mental Health Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the West Cork, South Lee and North Cork adult mental health services have agreed to accept referrals of service users under the...
    • Disability Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to downgrade or close a facility (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55492/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      487. To ask the Minister for Health when a geriatrician will be put in place for County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55494/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      488. To ask the Minister for Health the efforts being made with regard to securing a new CAMHS consultant to deal with children's mental health services in County Kerry; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Staff
      489. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in Cavan General Hospital; and the details of each by category (details supplied). [55500/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      490. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a scan nurse for counties Cavan and Monaghan; the timeframe for this appointment; and the details of same. [55502/21]
    • Mental Health Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of a service (details supplied) in counties Cavan and Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55503/21]
    • General Practitioner Services
      492. To ask the Minister for Health the average age of general practitioners in each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55505/21]
    • Legislative Programme
      494. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the support for Irish survivors of thalidomide Bill; when it will be available for pre-legislative scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Health Service Executive
      495. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent by the HSE in contracting debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2013 to 2020 and to date in 2021,...
    • Hospital Charges
      496. To ask the Minister for Health the costs incurred by each public hospital in contracting external debt collection agencies to pursue unpaid statutory charges in each of the years 2013 to...
    • Vaccination Programme
      499. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the oncology department in St. James’ Hospital is not providing Covid-19 booster shots to its most vulnerable cancer patients; the reason...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      500. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the HSE has conducted a double Covid-19 test on a person when the first test result was positive; the clinical grounds for a second test...
    • Departmental Contracts
      503. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 492 of 12 October 2021, the amount paid by his Department to a laboratory (details supplied) in view of reports that...
    • Medicinal Products
      505. To ask the Minister for Health when the reduction in the threshold for the drug payment scheme will come into effect. [55542/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      506. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55553/21]
    • Health Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reply to concerns raised and proposals offered by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55564/21]
    • Hospital Services
      508. To ask the Minister for Health the reason adults attending University Hospital Waterford from County Waterford, south County Kilkenny, south County Tipperary and County Wexford for type 1...
    • Vaccination Programme
      511. To ask the Minister for Health if flu jabs will be made available free of charge to medical card holders; if not, the reason those on low incomes will not be eligible for free vaccines...
    • General Practitioner Services
      512. To ask the Minister for Health when free general practitioner care for seven and eight year olds will come into effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55584/21]
    • Medical Qualifications
      513. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the current CORU processes for approving Irish citizen UK registered healthcare professionals to have their UK credentials and work...
    • Hospital Staff
      516. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to address the shortage of diabetes specialist nursing posts and dietitian posts at the University Limerick Hospitals Group; the...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      517. To ask the Minister for Health the actions he will take to reduce the outpatient list at the diabetes clinic at the University Limerick Hospitals Group. [55607/21]
    • Hospital Admissions
      518. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients referred to the medical assessment unit in Ennis General Hospital in each month to date in 2021. [55608/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      521. To ask the Minister for Health the number of appointments at the medical assessment unit in Nenagh, County Tipperary that were cancelled or referred elsewhere on the days when the unit was...
    • Dental Services
      522. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the paediatric dental clinic in Mountbellew, County Galway is not operational; when it is expected it will reopen; the location in which children...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      523. To ask the Minister for Health if products (details supplied) are being included in an arrangement; if not, the reason; his plans to work towards this in future; and if he will make a...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      524. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the authorisation of FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitor by CHO and LHO to those patients aged under 21 and over 21 years of age, respectively...
    • Health Services
      526. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently on the waiting list for early intervention services; the length of time they have they been on the waiting list in...
    • Mental Health Services
      528. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that are currently awaiting services through CAMHS in counties Sligo and Leitrim; the length of time they have been on the waiting list;...
    • Health and Safety
      530. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inspections that the HSE has carried out in hospitality related businesses that operate indoor dining since 26 July 2021 in order to monitor and...
    • Hospital Staff
      531. To ask the Minister for Health the number of neurology nurse specialists that have been recruited for Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin; when he anticipates these positions...
    • Hospital Charges
      532. To ask the Minister for Health if he will publish the 2018 HSE review of hospital car parking charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55658/21]
    • Alcohol Advertising
      534. To ask the Minister for Health the specific matters of concern or interest that have prolonged matters in view of three years consultation and work with the Broadcasting Authority of...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      535. To ask the Minister for Health if further discussions have taken place in respect of the much needed provision of a full-time Covid-19 test centre for Drogheda, County Louth; and if he will...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      536. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline the view of NPHET on the rising infection rate in County Waterford which remains the highest Covid-19 infection rate in the country for a...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      538. To ask the Minister for Health the amount of the maintenance budget for 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 that was spent on a health centre (details supplied) in Midleton, County Cork in...
    • Hospital Staff
      539. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for a senior dietician in Portlaoise Hospital for an adult insulin pump clinic. [55683/21]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      540. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has been taken regarding the provision of medical cannabis to date in 2021 with particular regard to treatment of seizures and epilepsy; and if...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      541. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been no official process from February 2020 to November 2021 to exempt persons from wearing a face covering due to disability, pre-existing...
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      542. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to expand the Medical Cannabis Access Programme to include compassionate access for those who need cannabis based oil for medical and clinical...
    • Hospital Services
      543. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the proposed plans by HSE facilities to demand all accompanying partners attending maternity hospitals to provide proof of vaccination; if it is...
    • Departmental Communications
      544. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a website (details supplied); the relationship between his Department and the website; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Medical Research and Training
      545. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to offer HSE sponsorship programmes for those studying medicine in Ireland which would contract them to work for the HSE for a specified term; and if...
    • Vaccination Programme
      546. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the establishment of a vaccine injury compensation fund; when this fund will be made available to assist those suffering from adverse effects;...
    • Primary Care Centres
      549. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned development and refurbishment of the former Monasterevin day care centre as a health care centre including the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      550. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to open an additional Covid-19 test centre in Galway which would be located in the city centre and would operate seven days a week in order to...
    • Abortion Services
      551. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the dates of termination of pregnancy services carried out in Limerick Maternity Hospital in the past two months. [55717/21]
    • Disability Services
      552. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on progressing disability teams; the services they provide; the number of persons on each waiting list by service by CHO area in...
    • Hospital Staff
      555. To ask the Minister for Health the action that is being taken to increase the number of neurology nurse specialists at Cork University Hospital; if an additional 100 extra neurology nurse...
    • Medicinal Products
      556. To ask the Minister for Health when the drug Epidiolex will be available on the drug reimbursement scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55728/21]
    • Departmental Meetings
      557. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an organisation (details supplied); if he will meet with those working with same; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      558. To ask the Minister for Health the impact the new legislation enacted recently will have on a fair deal scheme applicant who has been approved for the scheme but before they take up a bed in...
    • Mental Health Services
      559. To ask the Minister for Health the number of liaison psychiatry hospital teams; the location of each team; the number of staff per team; if they are operating at full staff capacity; and if...
    • Abortion Services
      562. To ask the Minister for Health if he will commit to fulfilling the three year review of abortion legislation by 1 January 2022 as set out under section 7 of the Health (Regulation of...
    • Self-Harm Prevention
      563. To ask the Minister for Health the counties in which the HSE operates its Self-Harm Intervention Programme. [55757/21]
    • Hospital Services
      568. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the continuing absence of cardiac rehabilitation in Nenagh General Hospital that was suspended due to Covid-19 (details supplied); and if he...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      569. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to counterfeit Irish vaccine passports being sold and distributed; the steps he is taking to address this; and if he will make...
    • Health Services
      570. To ask the Minister for Health the number of places for oral immunotherapy for children; the locations of each facility in which the treatment is dispensed; his plans to expand the number of...
    • Hospital Staff
      571. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant ophthalmologist attached to St. James's Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Disability Services
      572. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite hours provided to families in CHO 9 in 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55770/21]
    • Hospital Admissions
      573. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that visited the gastroenterology outpatients clinic in Beaumont Hospital in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and...
    • Hospital Staff
      574. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent oncological dieticians operating in the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form;...
    • Health Services Staff
      575. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialist in paediatric neurodevelopment employed by the HSE in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      576. To ask the Minister for Health the staffing levels at the cardiac services division of Cork University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Facilities
      577. To ask the Minister for Health the capital expenditure projects planned for Wexford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55775/21]
    • Health Services
      578. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of each antenatal and maternity clinic in County Leitrim in 2020 and to date in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Hospital Services
      579. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of increasing the opening hours at the urgent care centre at Children’s Health Ireland. Connolly from 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday to...
    • Hospital Staff
      580. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost of recruiting 12 additional full-time ICU nurses for St. Vincent's University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55778/21]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      582. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting to see a consultant paediatric maxillofacial surgeon at South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital; the average waiting times...
    • Disability Services
      583. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the children's disability network teams in CHO1; the estimated full year cost of filling each of the vacancies in...
    • Dental Services
      584. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dental surgeon positions in County Cavan; the number of vacancies in County Cavan for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Hospital Staff
      585. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent registrars in vascular surgery in Roscommon University Hospital in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if...
    • Mental Health Services
      586. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who have been of the waiting list for CAMHS services at the end of each year from 2016 to 2020, in each county, in tabular form. [55805/21]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      588. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the assessment of need for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55807/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      590. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) is unable to get an appointment for their child to see a dietician; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55810/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      591. To ask the Minister for Health the position in relation to the shortage of neurology nurses nationwide; the position in relation to University Hospital Waterford and University Hospital...
    • Medical Cards
      594. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a medical card has been denied to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55823/21]
    • Hospital Services
      596. To ask the Minister for Health if required funding to staff the new cath lab at University Hospital Waterford which was assured on completion will be provided; when the recruitment process...
    • Vaccination Programme
      597. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the initiative has been taken to increase the level of the HPV vaccine take up among older teenagers that did not or could not...
    • Work Permits
      600. To ask the Minister for Health if he was consulted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in relation to the recent expansion of work permits, the feedback provided in...
    • Hospital Staff
      601. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to assist public and private healthcare providers to address the serious staff shortages that are impacting on care standards in hospitals, nursing...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      602. To ask the Minister for Health the number of incidences of persons in mandatory hotel quarantine accessing the services of health professionals during their stay in hotel quarantine; if any...
    • Hospital Facilities
      603. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new ophthalmology laboratory for University Hospital Waterford in view of previous announcements that the project timeline was to be...
    • Emergency Departments
      604. To ask the Minister for Health the number of accident and emergency attendances at University Hospital Galway, University Hospital Limerick, Cork University Hospital and University Hospital...
    • National Children's Hospital
      605. To ask the Minister for Health the latest contingencies that are now being put in place to protect against further unanticipated cost rises in specified materials required as part of the...
    • Cancer Research
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has carried out investigations as to the cause of the high number of deaths from cancer over recent years in Newtowncunningham, County Donegal and...
    • Disability Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the number of respite beds available in the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal for adults with disabilities; and if the HSE plans to increase the bed numbers....
    • Eating Disorders
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the funding for treatment of eating disorders; if intervention can be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Health Services
      609. To ask the Minister for Health the reason fibromyalgia is not included in the long-term illness scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55933/21]
    • National Children's Hospital
      610. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to publish the report prepared by the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board which outlined the progress of the national paediatric...
    • Vaccination Programme
      611. To ask the Minister for Health the locations in County Cork that will administer booster shots for persons aged 60 to 69 years; and the way in which persons will be contacted. [55951/21]
    • Health Promotion
      613. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to promote an increase in the number of new mothers breastfeeding by increasing...
    • Health Services
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of requests by both adults and children for transport to hospitals outside the State that were not facilitated in 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in...
    • Dental Services
      615. To ask the Minister for Health the number of instances of fraud which have been reported, found or otherwise that have come to the attention of his Department relating to the dental...
    • Hospital Staff
      616. To ask the Minister for Health the number of hospitals which have yet to institute the agreed overtime rate increase for NCHDs from 1 July 2021 and the agreed salary increase from 1 October...
    • Departmental Reports
      617. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received a copy of a report (details supplied); if he is giving consideration to the findings of the research; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      618. To ask the Minister for Health the standard HSE protocol on advice for persons who have been provided with a second PCR test after the first is deemed inconclusive, if the second test shows...
    • Hospital Services
      619. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 742 of 19 October 2021, when the referred response will issue from the HSE. [55978/21]
    • Covid-19 Tests
      621. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to reopening a full-time Covid-19 test centre in Galway city given the inability for those without a car to access the testing...
    • Special Educational Needs
      622. To ask the Minister for Health the number of therapies carried out on children with special needs to date in 2021; if a sufficient number of therapy posts have been filled to allow for the...
    • Health Services
      623. To ask the Minister for Health the number of phone calls received by the HSE drug and alcohol helpline in each of the past ten years and to date in 2021. [55998/21]
    • Visa Applications
      624. To ask the Minister for Health if further visas can be provided to non-EU care workers who provide care support to persons in their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services
      625. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine a situation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56001/21]
    • Hospital Staff
      626. To ask the Minister for Health when funding will be allocated to staff the new cath lab in University Hospital Waterford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56002/21]
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      627. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56012/21]
    • DNA Database
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the progress towards delivering on the commitment in the programme for Government to establish a national genetics and genomics medicine network; and if he...
    • Health Service Executive
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if he will release in a redacted format if appropriate to this Deputy all the emails received by the HSE email address yoursay@hse.ie between 20 January 2021...
    • Primary Care Centres
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the north Monaghan primary care unit (details supplied); the expected completion date; the number of staff that will be employed at the facility...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      632. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be called for their procedure; the reason for the delay in same.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56034/21]
    • Disability Services
      634. To ask the Minister for Health the main initiatives undertaken by his Department since 27 June 2020 to improve access to early diagnosis interventions for those with autism spectrum disorder...
    • Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
      635. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Number 872 of 19 October 2021, the recruitment process undertaken by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland for senior...
    • Medical Cards
      636. To ask the Minister for Health when a medical card will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56045/21]
    • Health Services
      637. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied). [56053/21]
    • Health Services Staff
      638. To ask the Minister for Health if he will examine proposed changes to a clinical process (details supplied). [56054/21]
    • Vaccination Programme
      639. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the roll-out of the third Covid-19 vaccine dose in particular for those who are immunosuppressed or compromised; and if he will make a statement...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the amount spent on PCR testing from the beginning of 2020 to date including laboratory costs by laboratory, staff employed to conduct the testing and other...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure on Covid-19-related advertising conducted by the Government and the HSE in print, online and broadcast media since the beginning of 2020...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE on walking aids and wheelchairs for the period 2016 to 2020; if he will provide information on payments to individual...
    • Health Services
      643. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for the development of neurology services across Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the designation of Cork University Hospital as the south...
    • Vaccination Programme
      644. To ask the Minister for Health if those vaccinated outside of Ireland can avail of their Covid-19 booster jab in Ireland; if so, the way in which they should access the system; and if he...
    • Home Care Packages
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the six night per month respite service, not home supports, for a child (details supplied) have not been reinstated by the HSE despite the critical...
    • Hospital Procedures
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if electroconvulsive therapy is carried out in public hospitals; if so, the number of patients that were treated this way and in which locations in each of the...
    • Mental Health Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has sanctioned additional funding for increased authorised officers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56112/21]
    • Health Services
      651. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the operation of the maternity and infant scheme; and the position regarding the provision of adequate postnatal support services for women and...
    • Mental Health Services
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which and the locations persons can access dialectical behaviour therapy; the length of the waiting lists; the number of persons on the waiting...
    • Emergency Departments
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented to emergency departments with self-harm and or intentional poisoning in 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021, by CHO area; and...
    • Mental Health Services
      654. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be a follow-up to the 2019 report My Voice Matters and another round of consultations with mental health service users and family and friends of...
    • Health Services
      655. To ask the Minister for Health if up to date data is collected by the HSE regarding the number of stroke survivors in Ireland; if so, the number of stroke survivors in Ireland; and if he...
    • Hospital Facilities
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the measures he has taken to ensure private changing areas are available to those waiting on hospital trolleys at University Hospital Limerick in view of...
    • Mental Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the €10 million one-off funding for mental health that was announced in Budget 2022; the person or body who benefits from this; the...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      659. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment at the Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore. [56156/21]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      660. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56159/21]
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Forestry Sector
      662. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 1255 of 2 November 2021, if his attention has been drawn to clear fell sites which have not...
    • Fishing Industry
      670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Irish vessels in the polyvalent, general trawl and seine net segments; and the gross tonnages and kilowatts for the...
    • Forestry Sector
      671. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1256 and 1257 of 2 November 2021, the projected number of tree felling licences,...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      672. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55743/21]
    • Sports Organisations
      675. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will engage with a community sports group (details supplied); if he will acknowledge and issue a response to the...
    • Fishery Harbour Centres
      676. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the income from harbour dues and landings fees for Killybegs Harbour Centre in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by...
    • Live Exports
      677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position in respect of the recently signed agreement between Ireland and China for the export of live breeding pigs to China; if...
    • Animal Welfare
      679. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans in place to improve animal welfare legislation and put in place additional protection measures particularly in reference to...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      680. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the 60% TAMS rate available to women between the ages of 40 and 55 years available under the proposed CAP Strategic Plan will be...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a basic payment parcel in respect of a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry will be reinstated in a 2021 basic payment...
    • Animal Welfare
      682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the persons deemed responsible by his Department for maintaining the well-being of the herd and ensuring animal welfare in the event...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the €395 million budget which was allocated to TAMS in the last round of CAP which was spent by 31 December 2019...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason horses which were considered as livestock unit in the previous form of TAMS, the farm improvement scheme and farm...
    • Pesticide Use
      685. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the safeguards that are in place to protect the public, pets and farm animals from rodenticides; his views on whether the current...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      686. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2021 GLAS payment will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Flexible Work Practices
      687. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her plans to ensure the full accessibility of remote working hubs to be developed for persons who are blind or vision impaired; and if...
    • Community Development Projects
      688. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when her Department expects to conclude work on restructuring the Community Services Programme in line with the recommendations from...
    • Library Services
      691. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will be providing updated guidelines to public libraries in respect of the use of library buildings for study and reading given...
    • Departmental Funding
      692. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there is additional funding available to offset the rising costs of construction for projects which have already been approved for...
    • Community Development Projects
      693. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when she envisages the Community Services Programme reopening for new applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Departmental Funding
      694. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding allocated under the Connected Hubs Fund by county in tabular form; the number of applicants that received...
    • Rural Schemes
      695. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a breakdown of grants awarded by project and location since the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund was launched to date will...

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