Written answers
Thursday, 20 January 2022
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Civil Service
8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the details of the Civil Service Renewal 2024 Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2548/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
12. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on plans for a pandemic bonus for front-line public sector workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Flood Risk Management
15. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an overview of the OPW drainage and flood relief programme for County Clare in 2022. [2433/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
17. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps the OPW has taken to improve ventilation in properties under its aegis in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic; the funding...
- Cybersecurity Policy
18. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures planned or in progress to upgrade and improve the resilience of the State’s IT systems across the civil service and...
- Office of Public Works
20. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a site for a community playground in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Public Parks
21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if an update will be provided on the implementation of the recommendations and next steps from the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
22. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he remains satisfied that adequate measures have been taken in respect of public expenditure and reform to withstand...
- Heritage Sites
23. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the Office of Public Works engagement to protect the Glendruid Dolmen in Brennanstown, Dún Laoghaire; and if efforts...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital expenditure allocated for infrastructure projects for County Cork for 2022; the projects for which this funding will be...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
26. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has a workplace policy on domestic and sexual violence and abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60806/21]
- Departmental Staff
27. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the salary costs associated with the secretary general of each Department in 2021. [1748/22]
- Public Procurement Contracts
28. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to review the guidelines issued by the Office of Government Procurement to Departments; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Departmental Expenditure
29. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost to the public service in 2021 of remote working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2358/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
30. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding provided to date to support the economy and society in dealing with the challenges caused by Covid-19; and if he...
- Crime Prevention
31. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of funding for the Community Safety Innovation Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2342/22]
- National Broadband Plan
33. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his role and that of his Department in the implementation of the National Broadband Plan; if he received or contributed to monitoring...
- Flood Risk Management
34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress on a national policy on flooding which was to have regard to climate change and was committed to in the Programme for...
- Departmental Expenditure
36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will report on the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2545/22]
- Construction Industry
37. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to enhance productivity in the construction sector, including using modern...
- Departmental Expenditure
38. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure in 2022 that has been allocated in relation to Covid-19; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2547/22]
- Departmental Staff
39. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of Government employees by Department that waived a portion of their salary in 2021; and the cost savings delivered in each...
- Flood Risk Management
40. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if further consideration to an amendment of the Arterial Drainage Act 1945 will include additional waterways including the River Erne...
- Coastal Protection
41. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the engagement he has had with the National Coastal Change Management Strategy Steering Group in 2021 and to date in 2022; if he will...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
43. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process by which changes to remuneration for those employed under the scheme for secretarial assistance is decided; and if he will...
- Protected Disclosures
44. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he will take to improve the whistleblowing regime and to increase the accountability of the civil service and broader public...
- Public Sector Staff
46. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the actions he plans to take in relation to the recommendation from the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours that public...
- Freedom of Information
47. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will examine the costs related to the freedom of information regime regarding High Court challenges taken by Departments or public...
- Economic Policy
49. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he and his Department have identified new or serious issues likely to impact on economic performance with particular...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the composition of the €580 million unused gross capital expenditure allocation for 2021 as identified in the end of...
- Public Sector Pay
51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether public sector pay increases of 1% to 2% will be wiped out and public servants will essentially be taking a pay cut...
- Public Sector Staff
52. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of additional new civil and public service positions the State is expected to create in 2022; the number of retirements in...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
53. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of expenditure in 2021 related to Covid-19; the way this compared to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2546/22]
- Flood Risk Management
54. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 108 of 16 November 2021, the status of the flood relief works in the Spanish Arch area of Galway...
- Programme for Government
56. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures to be undertaken by his Department in 2022 to progress the Programme for Government commitment to a well-being framework; if...
- Civil Service
57. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of remote working in terms of the Civil Service Renewal 2030 Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2341/22]
- Capital Expenditure Programme
58. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reforms that are planned to the spending code and the procurement rules for capital expenditure to ensure full expenditure of all...
- Public Sector Staff
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the report of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours; if the Government is accepting the...
- Court Accommodation
60. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress of the Office of Public Works refurbishment of Carlow courthouse railings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Ethics in Public Office
61. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider as part of his review of the ethics framework making the registrable interests of the person occupying the position...
- Public Expenditure Policy
62. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the action being taken to in relation to delays in infrastructure projects under the public expenditure code; and if he will make a...
- Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the ongoing review into the terms and conditions of political staff in the Houses of the Oireachtas. [2479/22]
- Departmental Expenditure
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of allocated funds that went unspent in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2549/22]
- Flood Risk Management
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will investigate the ongoing issue with flooding at Faxbridge roundabout in Clonakilty, County Cork following on from the OPW...
- Departmental Expenditure
66. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the level of gross capital expenditure in 2021; the amount that has been allocated for 2022 in this regard; and if he will make a...
- Capital Expenditure Programme
67. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of efforts to streamline the delivery of large-scale capital projects; the steps he is taking to ensure cost-effective and...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
79. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil a Roinn ag tabhairt faoi phleananna maidir le cúrsaí Gaeltachta do Cháisc agus do Shamhradh 2022 i...
- Seirbhísí Iompair
80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an ndéanfaidh sí athbhreithniú ar scéim na mbóithre áise a thabhairt ar ais le haghaidh na gceantar...
- Sports Facilities
82. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on retaining two stadiums (details supplied) to ensure equal access for both clubs’ League of Ireland and...
- Arts Council
83. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding that has been provided to arts and culture centres in County Carlow; the capital investment that will be available in...
- Tourism Policy
84. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to ensure a rapid regrowth in international tourism to Ireland in 2022; the extra supports she intends...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
87. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the uptake of support by county from the tourism business continuity scheme since its introduction; and if she will make a...
- Sports Funding
89. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects the review into the large-scale sport infrastructure fund to be completed; and when new applications from local...
- Tourism Policy
90. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she has had with the stakeholders on promoting the Gearagh, County Cork for tourism; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
91. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps that have been taken to support musicians and other artists through the renewed restrictions on hospitality and cultural...
- Legislative Measures
92. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her views on the progress of establishing an expert group to review the possibility of introducing an individual complaints...
- Culture Policy
93. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the strategies in place to deliver on the recommendations proposed by the Night-time Economy Taskforce including the status of the...
- Tourism Policy
94. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the potential funding streams or supports that are available to Sligo County Council and a group (details supplied) in view of the...
- Broadcasting Sector
97. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the new watchdog Coimisiún na Meán will be established and begin its necessary work; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Meetings
98. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 11 November 2021, her plans to publish the minutes taken in respect of fortnightly...
- Departmental Reports
101. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when it is envisaged the report from the Future of the Media Commission will be published; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
102. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén dul chun cinn atá déanta maidir le toghcháin phoiblí do bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta; agus an...
- Online Safety
104. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the planned measures to examine the allowing of persons to make complaints for harmful online content directly to the proposed...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
105. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent of her ongoing discussions with representatives of the tourism, arts and culture sectors with a view to putting in...
- Irish Language
106. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the breakdown by county of the funding for Irish language groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2413/22]
- Departmental Reports
107. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the Future of Media Commission report will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2607/22]
- Tourism Industry
108. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of two projects (details supplied); if it is expected that there will be further rounds of the platforms for growth...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
109. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the request by a committee (details supplied) to meet with her and her officials to discuss the...
- Departmental Reports
110. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Report of the Future of Media Commission; her plans to publish this report; and if she will make a statement on...
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 108 ar an 11ú Samhain 2021, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an...
- Tourism Policy
112. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the commitments made in the Programme for Government to examine the development of national tourism trails...
- Tourism Industry
113. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will report on progress in relation to delivering Fáilte Ireland’s destination town initiative in Ennistymon,...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
114. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar an gcoiste comhairleach atá beartaithe faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla,...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
115. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection and the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment...
- Tourism Industry
116. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress she is seeking in 2022 in relation to the commitment in the Programme for Government in respect of creating a wild...
- Sports Funding
117. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on supports to assist organisations in the sports sector to recover and develop post-pandemic; and...
- Irish Language
118. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her strategy to promote the use of the Irish language at an official level at national and European Union level; and if she will...
- Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge
121. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén gníomh atá beartaithe aici chun a chinntiú go mbeidh dátheangachas i bhfeidhm i bpacáistiú...
- Cúrsaí Gaeilge
122. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén teagmháil atá déanta ag a Roinn leis an Aire Tithíochta, Rialtais Áitiúil agus Oidhreachta...
- Sports Events
124. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the holding of a stakeholder forum on insurance issues for sporting events as actioned under the Sports Action Plan...
- Arts Policy
125. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date in implementing the recommendations set out in the 2020 Arts and Culture Recovery Taskforce report, Life...
- Sport and Recreational Development
126. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to encourage wider participation in sport across all ages and abilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Maoiniú Comharchumann agus Comhlachtaí Pobalbhunaithe
129. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén t-airgead breise atá curtha ar fáil d’Údarás na Gaeltachta don bhliain 2022 le haghaidh na...
- Departmental Strategies
132. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her strategy to support jobs and businesses in the night-time economy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2508/22]
- Culture Policy
133. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is planning to take to try and reverse the hollowing out of cultural and arts space in Dublin city and beyond; and...
- Tourism Industry
134. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to promote the Irish tourism and hospitality sector in 2022. [2572/22]
- Pleanáil Teanga
136. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminte Uimhir 114 ar an 11ú Samhain 2021, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar stádas...
- Fostaíocht sa Ghaeltacht
137. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an mbeidh cúrsaí Gaeltachta ag dul ar aghaidh ag am na Cásca i mbliana; agus an mbeidh deontas atosaithe ar...
- Departmental Reviews
138. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she has taken to plan for the reopening of the night-time economy specifically the reopening of nightclubs. [2566/22]
- Departmental Funding
139. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if extra funding for an institution (details supplied) in County Carlow to offset losses in recent years due to the pandemic will...
- Tourism Industry
140. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for eco-tourism infrastructure in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2573/22]
- Culture Policy
142. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status for 2022 of the privately-operated venues fund under recommendation 9 of the report Life Worth Living by the Arts and...
- Official Engagements
145. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the engagement she has had with an organisation (details supplied) with regard to the current state of women’s rugby; and...
- Tourism Policy
146. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures that are being taken to mitigate the impacts of Brexit and Covid-19 restrictions on the tourism sector in County...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
147. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the support available to businesses and performers under the live performance support scheme is sufficient given the ongoing...
- Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
150. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht céard iad na céimeanna a ghlacfar chun a chinntiú go ndéanfar Bille na dTeangacha Oifigiúla (Leasú)...
- Media Pluralism
151. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department monitors developments in the media by which it would appear that social media has become dominant; and if she...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- State Bodies
153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of Enterprise Ireland funding totalling €1,759,226 allocated to Clare County Council in 2018 for the development of...
- Customs and Excise
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) in relation to the introduction of anti-dumping duties on iron and...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Public Service Obligation
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a schedule of the amount of Public Service Obligation levy collected since it was introduced to date...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to support small shop owners who are facing increasing electricity and utility costs; and if he...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Projects
160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which he hopes to approve vital roadbuilding projects in order to improve connectivity and meet the demands of the...
- Departmental Schemes
161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of cities and towns that are under consideration for the introduction of bike sharing schemes; and if he will...
- Road Projects
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of road projects and improvements (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2684/22]
- Rail Network
164. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of rail projects (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2686/22]
- Driver Test
166. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the backlog in driving test waiting lists will be cleared. [2704/22]
- Greenways Provision
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the development of the West Clare Railway Greenway in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2764/22]
- Electric Vehicles
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the proposed new national electric vehicle infrastructure strategy will be published; if County Clare will benefit from additional...
- Departmental Schemes
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date he expects the youth travel card scheme to go live; and the progress the NTA has made to expand the eligibility of the scheme to...
- Department of Finance
- National Asset Management Agency
170. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule of the properties held by NAMA and leased to the OPW which were subsequently disposed of either through selling of loan books or...
- Departmental Data
172. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for disabled driver VAT relief in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the number of successful applications; the number of appeals...
- Financial Services
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will review the operation of debt recovery by vulture funds that are using the threat of court costs against heavily indebted persons as a mechanism to...
- Primary Medical Certificates
174. To ask the Minister for Finance when he plans to hold a review of the primary medical certificate criteria given that the Disabled Medical Board has resigned due to concerns in relation to...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
175. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the span of control of each of the OPW Management Advisory Committee board members; the requisite qualifications of...
- Departmental Reviews
177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of recommendations that have been implemented since 2016 in relation to the Capacity and Capability review of the Estate...
- Office of Public Works
178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which the multi-disciplinary teams are structured in OPW estate management; and the level of professional expertise at which...
- Cybersecurity Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if Departments or public service computers, devices or network systems were compromised due to a computer system vulnerability (details...
- Departmental Policies
182. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has reviewed all Departments in the context of the use of reform as a means of creating better efficiency and...
- Departmental Expenditure
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which his Department is alert to possible increases in expenditure as Covid-19 recedes; the particular measures to offset...
- Project Ireland 2040
188. 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...
- Departmental Policies
190. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the degree to which he is satisfied that the action taken by his Department to date remains sufficient to protect Ireland from the...
- Public Procurement Contracts
192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which he has examined public procurement procedures with a view to identifying potential snags in the process and putting...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Irish Language
193. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken by her Department to support the promotion of the Irish language in national and local systems of...
- Departmental Schemes
194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current status on the sports capital scheme; the timeline for the announcement of successful applications; and if she will...
- Departmental Strategies
196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current and planned measures to achieve the target of 60% of the population participating in sport and physical activity; and...
- Irish Language
199. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her strategy to support and encourage the greater use of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2509/22]
- Departmental Priorities
200. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the supports provided to assist the local media sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2510/22]
- Departmental Programmes
201. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider permitting sports clubs that missed a deadline to upload documentation relating to their Sports Capital and...
- Social Media
202. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to address the portrayal of violence through the medium of films and social media with particular reference to the need...
- Tourism Industry
206. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she is engaged with various interests and stakeholders in the tourism sector with a view to identifying those...
- Culture Policy
207. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she continues to encourage and promote various forms of cultural activity with particular reference to the...
- Sports Funding
209. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which her Department expects to be in a position to provide capital funding for the various community and national...
- Arts Policy
211. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she continues to use the arts and Irish culture as a means of attracting tourism; and if she will make a...
- Airport Policy
213. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures her Department will put in place to support Waterford Airport to encourage tourism to the south east region; and if...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Departmental Communications
215. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department sent a memo to Dublin City Council in November 2021 informing the Council to cease the acquisition housing...
- Regulatory Bodies
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a decision has been made by the Central Bank on the shared equity scheme given that a decision was due in November 2021;...
- Pension Provisions
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a person (details supplied) will receive their full pension entitlements from his Department; and if he will make a...
- Traveller Accommodation
218. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of mobile homes or caravans funded in 2020 and 2021 respectively by local authority, the Traveller accommodation...
- National Parks
223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when correspondence sent by a person (details supplied) to the Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform in relation...
- Archaeological Sites
224. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if any archaeological licence under section 26 under the National Monuments Act 1930 were issued in 2021; and the purpose for...
- National Parks and Wildlife Service
226. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the National Parks and Wildlife Service will ensure that works are carried out at a location (details supplied); and if he...
- Vacant Properties
227. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that the funding levels of 2020 and 2021 for the voids programme are continued in 2022 in view of the need...
- Housing Schemes
228. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the income eligibility limits for social housing in areas such as counties Cavan and Monaghan will be increased; and if...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Foreign Birth Registration
231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on a foreign birth registration application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Foreign Conflicts
234. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 5 May 2021, the resources that are being deployed to NGOs and multilateral organisations to...
- Voluntary Sector
235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if grant funding is available to assist in covering the cost of volunteering abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2790/22]
- Department of Defence
- Official Engagements
236. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his visit to the informal meeting of European Union defence ministers hosted by the French Presidency of the Council of the...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Departmental Properties
237. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the agreement in principle reached in relation to a field adjacent to a school (details supplied); if her...
- State Examinations
238. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 16 November 2021, if she evaluated the exclusion of non-teachers from appointment as examination...
- Schools Building Projects
240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the permanent site for a school (details supplied); the estimated timeframe for making a decision on a permanent...
- State Examinations
241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is considering changes to junior certificate assessment examinations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- Schools Building Projects
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in conjunction with Cork City Council regarding the provision of a site for a school at a location (details supplied) in...
- Special Educational Needs
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary schools in Cork city with an ASD unit; if a list of the schools will be provided; the number of children on a waiting list...
- State Examinations
247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has discussed the arrangements for the forthcoming leaving certificate with the State Examinations Commission; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in Dublin 9 and 11 that are on reduced school hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2781/22]
- School Admissions
249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available for a child (details supplied) who cannot find a second level school place having moved to a new area; and if she will make...
- State Examinations
250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that the views of students are taken into account in finalising arrangements for the 2022 leaving certificate; and if she will...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Arts Policy
251. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the additional supports her Department has made available or will make available to artists with disabilities who cannot...
- Social Welfare Schemes
252. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of the updated income limits for the fuel allowance scheme in 2022. [2712/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
253. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if all matters outstanding or awaiting clarification in relation to payment received by a person (details supplied) have now...
- Community Employment Schemes
254. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the reform to community employment schemes in which an existing participant can remain in place until an replacement is...
- Social Welfare Benefits
255. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes
257. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way to proceed with contracts for participants under 60 years of age (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Economic and Monetary Union
259. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of women that sought access to a domestic violence women’s refuge that were not provided with...
- Domestic Violence
260. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of beds that have been available across all women’s refuges in the country at the year end for...
- Health Services
261. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will provide funding for Young Ballymun's new early intervention programme focusing on...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Property Management Companies
262. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legislative responsibility of management companies within the Multi-Unit Development Act 2011 or other relevant...
- Equality Issues
267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she can ensure a fair and even balance between the right to freedom of expression and the rejection of...
- Immigration Status
268. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current and or expected residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if the case is being considered in the...
- Legislative Reviews
269. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the interim report of the Independent Review Group to examine the Offences Against the State Acts...
- Stardust Fire
270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will secure a new venue for the Stardust inquest given the venue it was due to use will not now be available in February...
- An Garda Síochána
271. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the issues persons are having in contacting and getting an appointment with the Garda...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will take steps to ensure that tackling gender-based violence is under the remit of a single Department; and if she will...
- Department of Health
- Departmental Contracts
276. To ask the Minister for Health the amount his Department pays to sponsor a television programme (details supplied); the length of time the contract is for; the amount paid to date; and if he...
- Hospital Appointments Status
277. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an operation for a person (details supplied); if the procedure will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2703/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
278. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that were awaiting assessment of needs in July of each of the years 2017 to 2021, by CHO area in tabular form. [2714/22]
- Care of the Elderly
280. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the new 50 bed St. Anthony’s Care of the Elderly facility on the campus of Tipperary University Hospital; when construction will commence;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
283. To ask the Minister for Health when the publication of numbers of confirmed Covid-19 cases by local electoral area on Ireland’s COVID-19 Data Hub website will resume; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services
285. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans for the State to provide comprehensive therapy and counselling services given the growing demand during and post-Covid-19 especially for...
- Disability Services
286. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children that have been transferred from Children's Disability Network Team back to primary care on foot of assessments since April 2021, by age,...
- Oireachtas Committees
287. To ask the Minister for Health the status of recommendations arising from a report on vitamin D deficiency and Covid-19 submitted to his Department by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...
- Health Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a 24/7 palliative care service in CHO6 Wicklow and CHO7 west Wicklow; the level of care there is for families that are caring for their loved ones...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
290. To ask the Minister for Health if he will put measures in place to ensure that those under 40 years of age who have not received a Covid-19 third dose and have tested positive for Covid-19...
- Dental Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the GMS dentistry service is no longer available to medical card holders; if he plans to intervene in order to...
- Health Services
292. To ask the Minister for Health the community health activity presently being resourced on the University Hospital Waterford (UHW) campus; the reason these services cannot be moved away from...
- Hospital Facilities
294. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to an existing capital development of new cath lab at University Hospital Waterford which was to have a 12-bed allocation in...
- Nursing Homes
295. To ask the Minister for Health if a farmer who entered the farm retirement scheme 26 years ago is eligible under nursing home support scheme for the three-year cap for farm relief now that...
- Health Services
296. To ask the Minister for Health his policy on the utilisation of health data including big data and on biotechnology within the health sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
297. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made to date regarding the development of a comprehensive cancer care centre for Galway University Hospital as provided for in the National...
- Dental Services
298. To ask the Minister for Health if a list of all dentists in County Kerry that are accepting medical card holders can be furnished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2788/22]
- Health Services
299. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated by the National Gender Service in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and 2021 respectively; and the number of persons currently on a...
- Eating Disorders
300. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons treated under the HSE National Clinical Programme for Eating Disorders in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and 2021 respectively; and the...
- Ambulance Service
301. To ask the Minister for Health the number of frontline personnel whole-time equivalent in the National Ambulance Service at the end of each year since 2016; the number of additional...
- Health Service Executive
304. To ask the Minister for Health when the 2022 HSE service plan will be published. [2814/22]
- Health Services
306. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that no baseline operational budget has been allocated by his Department for the North Inner-City Drug and Alcohol...
- European Union
307. To ask the Minister for Health the way his Department is working with the new Healthier Together – EU Non-Communicable Diseases Initiative aiming to help member states reduce the...
- Vaccination Programme
310. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he is taking to ensure that Covid-19 booster vaccines are administered before they expire following media reports that 400,000 to 500,000 doses are...
- Hospital Waiting Lists
312. To ask the Minister for Health the measures his Department and the HSE are providing to address the backlog in ophthalmology waiting lists for children: if his Department is considering...
- Mental Health Services
313. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of the recommendations of the national youth mental health task force, in particular the youth mental health pathfinder...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Coillte Teoranta
314. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the terms and conditions included in a felling licence issued by his Department to Coillte for the Curragh Wood, Midleton, County...
- Agriculture Schemes
317. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a decision on a 2021 basic payment scheme dual claim will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry for claimed lands...
- Fishing Industry
318. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the log period for smaller lobster fishing boats will be extended; if flexibility will be shown in relation to the case of a...
- Departmental Reports
319. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 15 September 2021, the status of the €100,000 report on the development of a...
- Departmental Data
320. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalent Departmental veterinary inspectors to meat processing plants by quarter, weekday and weekend for...
- Agriculture Industry
322. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his proposals to support the pig sector in response to the decreased prices received by farmers, increased feed costs and issues...
- Coillte Teoranta
327. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if Coillte will consider purchasing forestry at a location (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Agriculture Schemes
328. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a GLAS appeal by a person (details supplied) will be decided. [2838/22]
- Forestry Sector
330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an ecology felling licence in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
