Written answers
Thursday, 27 January 2022
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that are being taken to address the issue of lengthy processing times for first-time passport applications; and if he will make...
- Brexit Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his most recent conversation with the UK Foreign Secretary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3073/22]
- Northern Ireland
14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the successes and benefits of the Reconciliation Fund; if the projects that have been identified to promote...
- Overseas Development Aid
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland continues to respond to the needs of poorer communities, often beset by war, famine and national disasters; the...
- Diplomatic Representation
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his Department’s efforts to open an embassy in Tehran, Iran. [3568/22]
- Overseas Development Aid
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding provided by his Department in 2021 to civil society organisations working in the area of overseas development aid. [3637/22]
- Human Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an issue reported in a newspaper (details supplied) that indicated there is an exchange between the United...
- Foreign Policy
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will update Dáil Éireann on the situation in Afghanistan in terms of the humanitarian crisis and the evacuation of persons at...
- International Agreements
21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 30 September 2021, if his Department has undertaken an assessment of Ireland’s possible...
- Passport Services
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications for passports from residents of Dublin city and county that are currently outstanding; the planning that is being...
- Northern Ireland
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he or his officials have had recently with the British and Northern Ireland authorities in relation to the full...
- Diplomatic Relations
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current state of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Ethiopia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3884/22]
- Northern Ireland
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of visits he has paid to Northern Ireland in the past three months; the organisations, groups or persons he met on these visits;...
- Foreign Conflicts
27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that Ireland is taking on the United Nations Security Council and within the European Union to ensure that steps are taken to...
- EU Meetings
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Union General Affairs Council on 25 January 2022; and if he will make a...
- United Nations
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department support the work of the United Nations in terms of supporting refugees; the amount of funding allocated in 2021; the amount...
- Overseas Development Aid
34. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department supports initiatives or programmes aiming at tackling global inequality in terms of education; and if he will make a...
- Foreign Birth Registration
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the processing times for the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3074/22]
- Northern Ireland
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with members of the Northern Ireland Executive the need to progress the establishment of a bill of rights in Northern...
- Enterprise Support Services
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Back for Business programme is restricted to a final 50 applicants given that participants on the 2021 programme more than...
- Foreign Conflicts
41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts on the increased tensions between Russia and Ukraine; and if he will make a...
- Middle East
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [3538/22]
- Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with the British Government on issues relating to the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombings; and if he will...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the work of his Department in supporting the distribution of vaccines to protect against Covid-19 in developing...
- EU Meetings
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at the meeting of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council on 24 January 2022; and if he will make a...
- Gender Balance
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the progress being made in appointing women to senior diplomatic posts; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Irish Communities Abroad
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to link-in with the local diaspora for the Consulate General for the North of England; if consideration is being given to the...
- Foreign Conflicts
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s recent participation on the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe meeting on Ukraine;...
- Diplomatic Representation
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland’s embassy and consular network is aligned with the goal of attracting development and business to Ireland;...
- Foreign Conflicts
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the steps Ireland is taking as a member of the United Nations Security Council to address rising tensions between Russia...
- Human Rights
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest contacts that he or his Departmental officials have had with the government of Kazakhstan following the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the continuing travel restrictions pertaining to Europe and United States of America; his further views on the continuing...
- Data Protection
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Governments' response to concerns within the European Union in relation to the mass storage of data on European Union...
- Official Engagements
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3764/22]
- Undocumented Irish in the USA
72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the latest position in relation to progress with the administration of President Biden regarding undocumented Irish citizens living in the...
- Northern Ireland
74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the findings of the report of the Police Ombudsman in Northern Ireland into Operation Greenwich, which confirmed British...
- Overseas Development Aid
76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on establishing a process to ensure that all Irish aid is spent in a way that is in full compliance with the United Nations...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will endorse the World Health Organisation Covid-19 Technology Access Pool to facilitate the sharing of knowledge by pharmaceutical...
- Human Rights
79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to raise the treatment of human rights defenders and the restriction of civil society space in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates...
- Climate Change Policy
82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the setting up of a unit within his Department dedicated to working on Ireland’s response to the global climate crisis...
- Middle East
83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to join the foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain in calling on Israel to end the construction of new housing...
- Diplomatic Representation
84. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increase in ambassadorial and consular appointments over the past three years in keeping with the goal to double Ireland’s global...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his attendance at an event after a champagne party in Iveagh House on 17 June 2020. [3841/22]
- Northern Ireland
87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the message has been received in London that attempts to provide an amnesty in respect of troubles related atrocities is unacceptable and...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of alcohol taken from the cellar of Iveagh House for the event on 17 June 2020; if food was delivered to the event; and if he will...
- Department of Defence
- Defence Forces
104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the implementation of projects under the white paper on Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3795/22]
- Naval Service
114. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will consider awarding a patrol service medal to members of the Naval Service for extended periods of service at sea; and if he will make...
- Defence Forces
115. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the type of education supports that are provided to members of the Defence Forces such as those under the Military Education Strategy. [3640/22]
- Departmental Budgets
117. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the defence budget was underspent in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3822/22]
- Commemorative Events
118. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the planned timeline for publication from the Military Service 1916-1923 Pension Collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Defence Forces
119. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps he is taking to improve reporting mechanisms for Defence Forces personnel experiencing sexual abuse, harassment and bullying. [3631/22]
- Departmental Data
127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the funds returned unspent to the Exchequer from his Department in 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces
128. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on the progress made by his Department in providing support for Defence Forces veterans in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- EU Agreements
129. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the new initiatives that are anticipated within the European Union as tension mounts in many sectors globally. [3861/22]
- Defence Forces
130. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of non-commissioned members and commissioned officers of the Defence Forces that have retired or resigned in each of the past five...
- Defence Spending
131. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the way Ireland’s defence spending as a share of national income compares with other neutral members of the European Union; and if he...
- Defence Forces
133. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the action that is being taken to improve recruitment and retention of staff in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Cybersecurity Policy
135. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role played by Defence Forces personnel in the preservation of Ireland’s cybersecurity; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Military Neutrality
138. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 236 of 20 January 2022, his views on whether support for deeper EU-NATO cooperation including in regions...
- Naval Service
139. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if consideration is been given to using Galway Port along with Dún Uí Mhaoilíosa, An Rinn Mhór, Gaillimh as a base for the...
- Defence Forces
140. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces are in a position to contribute to operational measures with European Union partners in the event of Russian military...
- Departmental Expenditure
143. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his Department’s capital expenditure in 2021; the way this compared to profile as originally set out for the year; and the planned...
- Defence Forces
144. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the timeline for completion on Project 88 under the white paper funding study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3901/22]
- International Agreements
145. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role the Naval Service will have in the recently announced Atlantic Current and Evlanov Sea basin Marine Protected Area and the North-East...
- EU Meetings
148. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his most recent meeting with European Union defence ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3185/22]
- Air Corps
149. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the engagement he or officials from his Department have had in 2021 and to date in 2022 with the Department of Transport in...
- Civil Defence
150. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the implementation of the policy document, Civil Defence – Towards 2030; if consideration will be given to greater...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Work Permits
152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an application by a person (details supplied) for a work permit will be expedited. [3981/22]
- Enterprise Support Services
153. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if there is a form of funding that can be applied for by a person that works as a personal trainer and that wishes to establish a...
- Departmental Data
154. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his...
- Work Permits
155. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify the situation regarding the availability of visas and work permits for persons in the construction industry; the...
- Flexible Work Practices
156. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the implementation of the required legislation for the national remote working strategy; and if he will make a...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Prices
157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 19 January 2022, the way his Department plans to ensure the €100...
- Energy Conservation
158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts being made to reduce the waiting time and clear the backlog of applications pending under the warmer home...
- Departmental Data
159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within...
- National Broadband Plan
160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available regarding broadband at a location (details supplied); the status of the implementation of the...
- Renewable Energy Generation
161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding that is available for domestic solar panels; when funding will be in place; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consult with the National Transport Authority and a company (details supplied) to review the bus timetables of the services 59...
- Rail Network
163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request Irish Rail to update its timetable on the Ballybrophy rail line to include a service during lunchtime; and if he will...
- Bus Services
165. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the operation of the 17A bus route by a company (details supplied) as the buses are consistently late...
- Departmental Data
167. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his...
- Rail Network
168. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of funding to complete necessary repairs at Clongriffin DART station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4086/22]
- Road Projects
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on plans for the western orbital route that would link the N81 to the N4 via the N7; and if funding has been allocated....
- Military Exercises
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he was informed by the Irish Aviation Authority regarding its role in the context of Russian plans to conduct artillery drills off the...
- Department of Finance
- Customs and Excise
172. To ask the Minister for Finance when the decision was made that An Post would recoup VAT charges (details supplied); if this service was tendered to other service providers; the rationale...
- Departmental Data
173. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department for the...
- Tax Credits
174. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered increasing the single parent carer credit in line with the increase in the individual tax credit; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Banking Sector
175. To ask the Minister for Finance the position of the Government with regard to Irish banks, particularly those that are largely in State hands, freezing or suspending the accounts of...
- Financial Services
183. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the levels of compensation or redress with respect to complaints made against a pension provider under subsections 4 and 5 of section 61 of the...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Covid-19 Pandemic
184. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether members of An Garda Síochána are doing vital work during the pandemic and that they are public facing; if...
- Departmental Data
188. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his...
- Weather Events
189. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason that there are only 25 entries from Ireland on the global database on extreme weather events EM-DAT for the period 1900-2021...
- Flood Risk Management
191. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the way in which he intends to remedy those cases in which the loss of social, economic or environmental and natural heritage occur from...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Data
192. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of...
- Proposed Legislation
194. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the transfer of the National Symphony Orchestra from RTÉ to the National Concert Hall has taken place prior to the...
- Departmental Expenditure
196. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way the €8 million allocated to the National Concert Hall to cover the costs of the National Symphony Orchestra in 2021...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Vacant Properties
197. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason that Dublin City Council cannot CPO a pub (details supplied) which has been lying idle in the heart of Finglas...
- National Parks
198. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the OPW has plans to carry out works on the pathway and roadway from the boathouse in the Killarney National Park to Torc...
- Housing Provision
199. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4016/22]
- Departmental Data
201. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit...
- Housing Provision
202. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the average wait time for a one, two, three and four-bedroom council home in County Carlow over the past 12 months; and the...
- Defective Building Materials
204. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 583, 584 and 585 of 19 January 2022, if he will provide a breakdown of the...
- Housing Schemes
205. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the detailed eligibility criteria for fresh start applicants under the local authority home loan scheme;...
- Vacant Sites
207. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the value of vacant site levies collected in County Limerick for the period 2016 to 2021, in tabular form; and the number of...
- Defective Building Materials
208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if all homeowners who have been accepted on to the defective concrete blocks scheme ahead of the planned enhancements to the...
- Construction Industry
209. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of complaints that have been made to the Construction Industry Register in each year since it was established; the...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Museum Projects
210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the proposal to secure the archives, exhibits and artifacts from a museum (details supplied) and to use them for a...
- Foreign Conflicts
211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the continued massing of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine is a cause for real concern (details supplied); if his...
- Passport Services
212. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if additional staff will be recruited to the passport office given the lengthy delays incurred processing passport applications (details...
- Foreign Conflicts
213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of discussions he has had with European Union colleagues or otherwise through the United Nations with a view to humanitarian...
- Brexit Issues
214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of talks with persons he and his Department have had in regard to the Northern Ireland Protocol and Brexit. [58659/21]
- Irish Communities Abroad
216. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of efforts to resolve the situation involving a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4021/22]
- Departmental Data
217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his...
- Humanitarian Aid
218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the aid being delivered to the people of Afghanistan who are facing starvation at present; if Ireland has taken a...
- Northern Ireland
219. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the source of the core funding for the operation of the North West Strategic Growth Partnership; the way that it is structured; and the...
- Military Exercises
220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and or his officials staff met with Russian officials, diplomats or military staff in respect of Russian plans to conduct artillery...
- Humanitarian Aid
221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the conference in Oslo with Afghan representatives regarding humanitarian relief for the Afghan people; and if he will...
- Foreign Conflicts
223. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which political pressure continues to be applied to the Russian Federation with a view to ensuring that the independence of...
- Irish Aid
224. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which bilateral and multilateral aid programmes continue to identify countries suffering from war, starvation or natural...
- Foreign Policy
225. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which directly and or through the European Union or United Nations and using Ireland’s position on the United Nations...
- Human Rights
226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten locations worldwide identified by the United Nations as being volatile in terms of human rights; if sufficient efforts are being...
- Foreign Policy
227. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue to be made to foster and encourage stability and European Union membership in the western Balkans; and...
- Foreign Conflicts
228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor the activities of the Boko Haram and Al Shabaab or associated...
- Foreign Policy
229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made at international level to address the issue of a person (details supplied); if efforts can or will be made by the...
- Foreign Conflicts
231. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to investigate the use of child soldiers in various conflict zones globally; the...
- Human Rights
232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if international human rights organisations can continue to be coordinated to deal with human rights abuses on a worldwide scale; the extent...
- Irish Aid
233. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland’s overseas development aid programme continues to identify the most suitable and deserving recipients for...
- Diplomatic Representation
235. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the Irish embassy and consular network continues to be proactive in pursuing Ireland’s interest in the export...
- Passport Services
238. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will be processed on time for travel arrangements for a family (details supplied) in County Mayo [4215/22]
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Data
239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department...
- Defence Forces
240. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the outcome of the mediation between Kildare County Council and his Department in relation to the filling in of the hollow next to...
- Military Exercises
245. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he and or the Defence Forces staff met with Russian officials, diplomats or military staff in respect of Russian plans to conduct artillery...
- Defence Forces
246. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of personnel in the Defence Forces in its various areas over the past five years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...
- Naval Service
250. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps in hand or being taken to ensure the availability for service of all Naval Service vessels at all times; and if he will make a...
- Air Corps
251. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps in hand or being taken to ensure the availability for service of all Air Corps equipment at all times; and if he will make a statement...
- Defence Forces
252. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the recruitment of women to the Army, Naval Service and Air Corps continues to receive attention; if the numbers responding...
- Naval Service
254. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which all seagoing and military equipment in the Naval Service is being upgraded and updated in line with requirements; and if he...
- Defence Forces
256. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the extent to which the necessary radar and other tracking equipment remains available to all branches of the Defence Forces; and if he will...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Enrolments
265. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department plans to provide additional first year places at a school (details supplied) to meet the demand for the 2022-2023 school year;...
- School Transport
266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review by her Department of the school transport scheme. [3995/22]
- After-School Support Services
267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant funding available for afterschool clubs or activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4002/22]
- School Accommodation
268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the progress and timelines for delivery of a new school accommodation for post-primary schools (details supplied); and if she will...
- Schools Building Projects
269. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4019/22]
- School Uniforms
271. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will make a recommendation that schools relax their uniform policies over the winter period to allow children to wear warmer clothing...
- Departmental Data
272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of her Department...
- Broadband Infrastructure
273. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will assist a school (details supplied) to improve its broadband connection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4061/22]
- Disadvantaged Status
274. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the DEIS status of a school (details supplied); and if it will be granted DEIS status following the forthcoming review. [4082/22]
- School Staff
275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will continue banked hours for all additional educational needs after mid-term (details supplied). [4099/22]
- Road Safety
276. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a pedestrian crossing on the road in the ownership of her Department outside a school (details supplied) in collaboration...
- Special Educational Needs
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans by her Department for the introduction of minimum education standards and qualifications for appointment as special needs assistants;...
- School Transport
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if supports are available to assist families whose children have been unable to secure a school place within their locality and as such must...
- School Accommodation
280. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an application for additional school accommodation has been received in regard to a school (details supplied); and the next steps with regard...
- Teaching Council of Ireland
281. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria for an application (details supplied) for Teaching Council registration. [4133/22]
- School Staff
282. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the five-day rule for payment of student teachers has been lifted in order to accommodate student teachers in receiving full pay if they are...
- School Enrolments
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to increase the number of primary and secondary secular non-denominational school places in the Balgriffin area of Dublin; and if she...
- State Examinations
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a standardisation model was used in the leaving certificate 2019; and if so, the detail of the process of standardisation used by the State...
- Early School Leavers
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of early school leavers in each of the years 2018 to 2021, in tabular form; and the latest data available for 2022, by county. [4209/22]
- School Funding
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that schools are being forced to choose between HEPA filters and oil for heating under the minor...
- School Equipment
288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the use of HEPA filters negates the need to have windows open in schools. [4212/22]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Payments
289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she plans to amend the eligibility criteria for the free fuel allowance scheme in a case in which the income of a person...
- Tax Credits
290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will seek an increase in the single parent carers credit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4007/22]
- Social Welfare Payments
291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review an application for carer's allowance in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Departmental Data
292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the...
- Social Welfare Payments
293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an appropriate illness payment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement...
- Social Welfare Benefits
295. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for applications for jobseeker’s benefit; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if...
- Social Welfare Payments
296. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time for applications for carer’s allowance; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if she...
- Social Welfare Offices
297. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to significant difficulties in contacting the Intreo office in Newbridge, County Kildare; and...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Departmental Data
298. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Education
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all third-level libraries are equipped with devices (details supplied) that read text aloud to assist those with dyslexia...
- Departmental Data
300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department...
- Museum Projects
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline his discussions to date to secure the continued operation of the Science Gallery at Trinity College, Dublin; and if he will...
- Further and Higher Education
302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills The number of students in further and higher education that have dropped out during the academic year 2021-2022, by institution and year group,...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Commercial Rents
303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there are caps in place for commercial rent increases. [4168/22]
- Legal Aid
304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocated to the Legal Aid Board in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the number of legal aid certificates granted by...
- Prison Service
305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a response will issue from the management of the Irish Prison Service to a person (details supplied); and if she will make...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, in her work to tackle gender-based violence, she will consider allocating additional resources and budget allocations to...
- An Garda Síochána
307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each of the stations in Ballymun and Finglas, Dublin disaggregated further by overall...
- Departmental Data
308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit...
- Prison Service
309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the findings from the public consultation on the review of prison rules which ended in September 2021 will be published;...
- Family Reunification
314. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has considered expanding the terms of the Afghan Family Reunification Programme announced in 2021 to include family...
- Prison Service
315. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is a dedicated Houses of the Oireachtas email address for the Irish Prison Service. [4143/22]
- Residency Permits
316. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the residency position of a person (details supplied) is likely to receive sympathetic treatment; and if she will make a...
- Criminal Assets Bureau
317. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of cash seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2015 to 2021. [4220/22]
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic
318. To ask the Minister for Health if catering staff and chefs in hospitals and nursing homes will be included in the special Covid-19 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Health Services Staff
320. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the lack of available occupational therapists across the country and in particular in counties Carlow and Kilkenny; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
321. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether public health nurses are carrying out vital work during the pandemic and are public facing; if he made a case to Government for their...
- Health Services Staff
323. To ask the Minister for Health if frontline workers in section 39 organisations are eligible for the pandemic bonus payment; and if not, the reason. [4214/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
324. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider in relation to the Covid recognition payment including others that have also had to attend work throughout the lockdown periods such as...
- Health Services Staff
326. To ask the Minister for Health the number of overtime hours worked on a weekly basis by medical and nursing grade staff in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form. [3985/22]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
327. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently consider providing treatment through the National Treatment Purchase Fund in the case of a person (details supplied). [3992/22]
- Legislative Reviews
328. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the e-tender for the selection of an independent chair to lead the three-year review was not posted on www.etenders.gov.ie despite his...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
330. To ask the Minister for Health the entry requirements which are currently in place for persons returning from Northern Ireland as per Covid-19 protocols. [3996/22]
- Medical Cards
331. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a medical card application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3997/22]
- Vaccination Programme
332. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide a booster vaccination for 12 to 15 year olds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3998/22]
- Hospital Staff
333. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Consultant Applications Advisory Committee-approved consultant posts across each speciality; the basis on which they are filled as per DIME by...
- General Practitioner Services
334. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner care for children under seven years of age announced as part of Budget 2022 will be implemented; and if he will make a...
- Health Services Staff
336. To ask the Minister for Health if cleaners employed by services contracted to the HSE who worked in medical centres, CAMHS centres and other services throughout the Covid-19 pandemic will be...
- Health Services
337. To ask the Minister for Health if all documentation pertaining a person (details supplied) can now be returned to the family in line with previous requests; and if he will make a statement...
- Hospital Facilities
338. To ask the Minister for Health when side B of Abbeyleix nursing unit will be brought back into use to accommodate the 18 intermediate acute care beds to be overseen by Portlaoise General...
- Departmental Data
339. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his Department for the period...
- Ministerial Meetings
340. To ask the Minister for Health if he or officials from his Department met with an organisation (details supplied) or any of its representatives during the period 1 January 2021 to date; if...
- Legislative Reviews
343. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available a copy of each the four detailed notes (details supplied) that he committed to provide to members of the Oireachtas Health Committee...
- Medicinal Products
344. To ask the Minister for Health if there has been a change to the reimbursement status of a drug (details supplied) in respect of the medical card scheme; if so, the reason for same; and if...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
346. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that general practice nurses have been excluded from the €1,000 payment announced recently; if his attention has been drawn to the...
- Medical Cards
347. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for applications for a medical card; the number of persons awaiting a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4062/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
348. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on knee replacements in each hospital for 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4063/22]
- Disabilities Assessments
350. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting an assessment of needs in each county for 1, 2, 3 and 4 plus years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4065/22]
- Health Services
351. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties in getting birth, death and marriage certificates in general and in particular for persons living abroad;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
352. To ask the Minister for Health if he will request from NPHET the status of its deliberations on and ethical analysis of mandatory vaccinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medicinal Products
354. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make the medication for hyperemesis more accessible and free to pregnant women; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4088/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
355. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether home helps and carers have done extraordinary work during the pandemic and have been patient facing at all times; and his views on whether...
- Health Services
357. To ask the Minister for Health the actions his Department and the HSE are taking to support women who suffer from hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement...
- Medicinal Products
358. To ask the Minister for Health if cariban which is used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum in pregnant women will be made available under the drugs payment scheme; and if he will make a...
- Disabilities Assessments
360. To ask the Minister for Health when the parents of a child (details supplied) can expect to receive an appointment for an assessment of needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
361. To ask the Minister for Health if, in the context of the latest easing of Covid-19 restrictions, directives or guidance will be issued by his Department to hospitals on the easing of visitor...
- Vaccination Programme
363. To ask the Minister for Health when and the way that children with underlying health conditions aged between 5 and 11 years of age can avail of a Covid-19 vaccine. [4138/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
364. To ask the Minister for Health if the staff in a service (details supplied) will receive the €1,000 bonus payment for frontline healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on...
- Disability Services
365. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for an electric chair in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4145/22]
- Hospital Appointments Status
367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to matters raised in a correspondence (details supplied) regarding a medical procedure for a child; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Food Industry
368. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of County Dublin-based producers on the Food Producers Register; and the number of producers in each category as outlined...
- Forestry Sector
369. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the work being carried out on the matter of roads and thinning of forestry and the possible exemption from regulatory...
- Departmental Data
371. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of his...
- Agriculture Schemes
372. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the agriculture appeals office has failed to furnish a date of an oral appeal sought by a farmer (details supplied) since...
- Agriculture Industry
373. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to address the challenges faced by the pig industry particularly the gap between the cost of production and the amount that...
- Forestry Sector
374. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) requires a felling licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4158/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Library Services
375. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will ensure that all public libraries are equipped with devices (details supplied) that read text aloud to assist those with...
- After-School Support Services
376. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the grant funding available for afterschool clubs or activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4001/22]
- Departmental Data
377. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of her...
- Rural Schemes
378. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if another round of the Connected Hubs Fund is planned; if so, when the fund will open for applications; the level of funding that...
