Written answers
Thursday, 3 February 2022
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Benefits
7. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department plans to increase the level of income disregard for the carer’s allowance; and if she will make a...
- Community Employment Schemes
12. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on reports in the media that an Irish subsidiary of a multinational company is scoping out bidding on State...
- Social Welfare Benefits
13. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce supports for persons who experience hair loss due to alopecia, cancer treatment or other similar...
- Employment Schemes
18. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her Department's engagement with private multinational companies tendering for local employment services. [5351/22]
- Disability Services
19. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on and response to a key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report that measures to address...
- Employment Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she is taking to safeguard the jobs including the terms and conditions of the workers in jobs clubs now run by Turas...
- Social Welfare Benefits
22. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who received the carer’s support grant in 2021; if the social protection budget will enable a...
- Social Welfare Payments
23. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will seek an increase in social welfare payments in line with inflation. [5353/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
24. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to recognising the work carried out by family carers throughout Covid-19. [5343/22]
- Employment Schemes
25. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she has not engaged with a company (details supplied) on the tender for local employment services in relation to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
26. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to enhance supports for family carers from her Department in view of the extraordinary contribution carers make; and...
- Domestic Violence
30. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that victims of domestic violence can access rent supplement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5310/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
31. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications that have been received and approved for fuel allowance in 2021 and to date in 2022. [5354/22]
- Pension Provisions
32. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons she expects will be covered by the auto-enrolment pension plan for workers in the private sector; the...
- Social Welfare Payments
33. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of supplementary welfare payments that have been made under the heading of disability services or equipment...
- Employment Schemes
34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her strategy to link jobseekers and employers as a means to address labour shortages in the economy; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
35. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to introduce supports for persons who experience hair loss due to alopecia and cancer treatment; and if she will...
- Medical Aids and Appliances
36. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons who availed of the €500 grant for hearing aids under the treatment benefits scheme in each of the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
37. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the eligibility for domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age given the families...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
38. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps that her Department has taken to address the difficulties those suffering from long-Covid have in accessing social...
- Social Welfare Benefits
39. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of those applying for, granted and refused a heating supplement under the supplementary welfare allowance by county...
- State Pensions
40. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the Report of the Commission on Pensions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5395/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
41. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of funding planned for the household benefits scheme in 2022; the number of households which will be in receipt of...
- Flexible Work Practices
42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been taken to expand her Department’s employment and recruitment events to include remote working...
- Social Welfare Benefits
43. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps she plans to take to ensure the delays in processing enhanced illness benefit are resolved. [5497/22]
- Employment Schemes
44. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is intended to review the operating rules for the rural social scheme particularly as they relate to the length of time...
- Social Welfare Benefits
45. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the financial supports or pathways to funding that are available from her Department for a single parent of a young adult with...
- School Meals Programme
46. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her long-term plans to ensure school meals are available in as many schools across Ireland as possible. [5498/22]
- Social Welfare Benefits
47. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when carers will benefit from the changes to the carer’s allowance which are part of Budget 2022; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Code
48. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will make amendments to the social welfare code to ensure that those students who are obliged to study abroad but are...
- Employment Schemes
49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a commitment will be made to ending privatisation and outsourcing of the social protection system; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Code
50. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider allowing social welfare claimants the option of continuing to receive their payments into their bank...
- Employment Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the changes to the community employment scheme such as enabling persons 60 years of age and over to continue on schemes...
- Community Welfare Services
53. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if call-in facilities for community welfare services will be provided at Ballybay, Clones, Castleblayney, Carrickmacross and...
- Employment Support Services
54. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason additional funding to cover the cost of staff increments is not being awarded to an organisation (details...
- Social Welfare Benefits
56. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to raise awareness and promote the treatment benefit scheme to increase take-up and ensure persons are aware of...
- Industrial Relations
58. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the grounds on which her Department and Turas Nua is refusing to attend a Workplace Relations Commission explanatory talks...
- State Pensions
59. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the kinds of different results the total contribution approach produces for many retirees;...
- Social Welfare Code
60. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration has been given to an emergency increase in the fuel allowance or to the extension of same. [5344/22]
- Community Employment Schemes
61. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider extending the 4 February 2022 deadline for community employment participants whose contracts are due to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
63. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the proposals there are to improve the criteria for the free fuel allowance in cases in which a family member may return to...
- Social Welfare Appeals
64. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures that will be implemented to further reduce the timescale for the finalisation of appeals in the social welfare...
- Pension Provisions
65. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to provide pension provision to carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5016/22]
- Artists' Remuneration
67. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason she has not taken action to date to improve the situation for artists with disabilities who cannot avail of Arts...
- Disability Services
69. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to conduct reviews of the workplace adaptation grant and reasonable accommodation fund; and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Benefits
72. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the free travel pass; the way that this has increased in the past three years; and if she...
- Public Services Card
73. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether credit unions and other financial institutions should be able to accept the public services card as one...
- Social Welfare Benefits
74. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to increase the household benefits package given the rising costs of living; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Code
75. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when the changes to the domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance payments in respect of children in hospital...
- Employment Schemes
76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views regarding the level of abuse by employers of the Work Placement Experience Programme; and if she will make a...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment
78. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in view of the rapidly rising cost of living she will reverse the cuts to the pandemic unemployment payment and cancel...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
80. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which she and her Department expect to be in a position to manage the transition from a high level of dependence...
- Departmental Websites
81. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the inaccessibility of paper-based applications for social welfare supports; and if she...
- Employment Schemes
82. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the analysis her Department has carried out into phase 1 of the roll-out of the new local area employment service; her plans...
- Social Welfare Benefits
84. 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 cases in which the income of a person...
- Social Welfare Schemes
85. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to conduct a review of the means test disregards for farm assist...
- Social Welfare Benefits
87. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider addressing the issue of recipients of widow and widower’s pension not being eligible to receive...
- Departmental Strategies
88. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress of the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 – 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5308/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
89. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions her Department is taking in recognising long Covid as a debilitating illness; if consideration has been given...
- Social Welfare Code
90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will urgently review the financial assessment element of the carer’s allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Employment Schemes
94. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her strategy for the procurement of public employment services; the reason she is proceeding to a new model of...
- Social Welfare Code
95. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on and response to the key conclusion in the Cost of Disability in Ireland research report that the levels of...
- Social Welfare Schemes
98. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that benefited from the optical benefits component of the treatment benefits scheme operated by her...
- Social Welfare Code
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the introduction of a cost of disability following the publication of a report (details supplied). [5490/22]
- Social Welfare Schemes
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way it is proposed to promote the new income limit for the fuel allowance scheme to ensure that those who are eligible...
- Community Welfare Services
103. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans for the resumption of in-person meetings with local community welfare officers in County Cork; and if she will make...
- Social Welfare Benefits
104. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the further targeted interventions that she is planning to support social welfare recipients facing serious increases in...
- Employment Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way that her Department is assisting those with a disability to avail of employment opportunities; and if she will make a...
- Child Poverty
106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on whether the rising cost of living will further worsen child poverty; and the measures she will take to address...
- Social Welfare Benefits
107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has provided funding to help carers in accessing education and employment; and if she will make a statement...
- Official Engagements
108. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the engagement she or officials from her Department have had with the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group...
- Community Employment Schemes
109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of pension entitlements in place for community employment scheme supervisors and assistant supervisors including...
- Social Insurance
112. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the strategy in place to ensure that all foster parents in receipt of a foster care allowance can include time spent caring...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- International Protection
124. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of vulnerability assessments of international protection applicants undertaken in 2021; the way this...
- Childcare Services
128. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the forthcoming core payment for early years providers; the interim measures he will put in place...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
129. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will make the changes sought by survivors to the Mother and Baby Homes Redress Scheme to include all...
- Youth Services
130. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in County Kerry in 2021, by...
- International Protection
131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation with respect to the private community sponsorship scheme; his plans to further expand the...
- Joint Labour Committees
132. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to ensure that the outcomes of the Joint...
- Youth Services
133. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services in an area...
- Domestic Violence
134. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide a breakdown of the specific amount of funding provided to support domestic violence services...
- International Protection
135. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons coming from Afghanistan to date that have been granted visa waivers to enter the Irish...
- Domestic Violence
136. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the review recommendations under the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be...
- Parental Leave
139. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider amending the policy regarding parent’s leave and benefit to allow lone parents to...
- Equality Issues
140. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the timeline for the drafting and initiating of the next National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy; if the current...
- Departmental Strategies
141. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on the scope of the Transport Working Group under the National Disability Inclusion Strategy which was...
- International Protection
142. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made in relation to implementing the report of the advisory group on the provision of...
- Departmental Strategies
144. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the approach his Department is taking to drafting the next national strategy on women and girls; the focus there...
- Joint Labour Committees
145. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the Joint Labour Committee has met; and the progress being made. [5323/22]
- Early Childhood Care and Education
147. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his Department’s position on the fact that there is only one intake per year for the ECCE scheme some...
- Childcare Services
148. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total capital spend in 2021 in providing grant aid to assist in the upgrading of existing childcare...
- United Nations
149. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of Ireland’s initial State report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons...
- Childcare Services
151. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if local authorities and the county childcare committees can play a more active role in promoting action which...
- Domestic Violence
152. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when Tusla’s review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence will be published;...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
153. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of SAR requests received by his Department seeking personal information contained in the Mother and...
- Child Protection
154. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of children throughout the country by region who are currently in need of or in receipt of...
- Childcare Services
156. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address high childcare costs. [5161/22]
- Traveller Community
157. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports that his Department has made available to support the Traveller and Roma community in Ireland; and...
- Childcare Services
158. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports in place for early years providers that continue to experience severe sustainability issues; and if...
- Child Poverty
159. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps he is taking to address child poverty. [5160/22]
- Childcare Services
161. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that he plans to respond to the expert group report partnership for the Public Good: A New Funding Model...
- Planning Issues
164. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider regulations requiring local authorities to undertake an accessibility study on all public...
- Child Protection
165. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department can ensure early intervention in all cases in which children may be at...
- Departmental Policies
166. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the successor to the Better Outcomes, Brighter Futures National Policy...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
167. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on whether children and young persons are one of the cohorts most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic...
- Domestic Violence
168. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the publication date of Tusla’s review into the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic...
- Parental Leave
169. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his plans with regard to the expansion of parent’s leave in 2022; if the leave will be granted...
- Local Authorities
171. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Cork City Council does not employ a disability officer. [5345/22]
- International Protection
174. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that Tusla has responded to the arrival of 36 unaccompanied child refugees in 2021; the supports that...
- Domestic Violence
175. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress of the Tusla review of the provision of accommodation for victims of domestic violence; and if he...
- Childcare Services
178. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the childcare supports available to one-parent families. [5162/22]
- Housing Policy
179. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the priorities and planned implementation of the National Housing Strategy for Disabled People...
- Child and Family Agency
180. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the level of resources and the reach in special schemes for parent and early childhood support in disadvantage...
- International Protection
182. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of admissions to the Irish Refugee Protection Programme since its inception; the number of persons...
- European Union
183. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects to fully transpose the Work Life Balance Directive (EU) 2019/1158; and if he will make a...
- Youth Services
184. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the breakdown by scheme of the funding provided by his Department in 2021 to support youth organisations and...
- Legislative Measures
185. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the interactions he has had with the Data Protection Commission concerning the policy necessity of the Birth...
- Departmental Strategies
187. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects that baby boxes will be rolled out to new parents nationwide; and if he will make a statement on...
- Departmental Policies
189. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress made towards the establishment of a national memorial and archive for survivors of institutional...
- Immigration Policy
190. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding supports his Department can provide to support community migrant integration in Drogheda, County...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
191. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way that the State is meeting its commitments under the Council of Europe Istanbul Convention inclusion in...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
192. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of each of the commitments set out in the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother...
- Childcare Services
193. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures that are being taken to address the staff shortage issues in childcare facilities; and if he will...
- Departmental Policies
197. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the procedure in place to assist persons that have been in foster care to live independently once they turn 18...
- Departmental Strategies
198. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the National Disability Inclusion Strategy Steering Group has met since the publication of a report (details...
- International Protection
199. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of International Protection Accommodation Services centres and emergency accommodation centres in...
- Child and Family Agency
200. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if Tusla has run awareness campaigns seeking fostering care for children who are refugees; if so, if there has...
- Departmental Reports
201. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he expects the final report of the anti-racism committee to be published; and if he will make a statement...
- Child and Family Agency
202. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he has spoken or corresponded with a representative of Tusla regarding issues with copying and pasting errors...
- Departmental Policies
203. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider examining bereavement leave following a miscarriage in a wider context as part of the work...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Job Losses
205. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has received notification of potential redundancies at a company (details supplied); the plans of his Department and the...
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Nuclear Waste
206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current situation regarding legacy dumping of nuclear waste in the State’s south-western waters; the risk...
- Energy Policy
207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when planning guidelines on the development of battery storage units will be introduced given there are no guidelines...
- Energy Conservation
208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if insulation grants are available for listed buildings that are currently being renovated; and if he will make a...
- National Broadband Plan
209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the assistance that may be offered to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5538/22]
- Mining Industry
210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to grant a mining licence for the purpose of mining for gold, silver and other minerals in the hinterland...
- Energy Prices
211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the urgent actions currently being taken by Government to address the energy costs which have risen sharply recently;...
- Energy Conservation
212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications that were made by qualifying homeowners for the SEAI free energy upgrade scheme in County...
- Broadband Infrastructure
213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current position regarding the roll-out of fibre optic broadband to an area (details supplied) in County Dublin;...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Transport Infrastructure Ireland
214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the M20; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5739/22]
- Public Transport
215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the allocation in Budget 2022 to provide reduced fares for 19 to 23 year olds is intended to provide for reduced fares on commercial...
- National Transport Authority
216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the National Transport Authority considers employee pay and conditions as a part of the process of awarding tenders; and if he will...
- Rail Network
217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of the 41 new rail carriages under construction to be delivered in 2022 that will be allocated to the Athlone to Galway...
- Public Transport
219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times a contracted operator (details supplied) of the 17A and 220 bus routes has received financial penalties from the...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person (details supplied) along with other public servants in the same organisation was put on short time during the Covid-19...
- Driver Licences
221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the NDLS centre in Ennis, County Clare will fully reopen to the public without necessary appointments following the recent easing of...
- Driver Test
222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a series of matters in relation to driver tests will be addressed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Electric Vehicles
223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a process by which a person or employer can apply to have an electric car charging point installed in a public area or a...
- National Car Test
224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding NCT certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5650/22]
- Public Transport
225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the details of his proposals to provide bike carrying capacity on buses, particularly in rural Ireland on services such as LocalLink and...
- Bus Services
226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of additional bus drivers required to ensure that all BusConnects routes are staffed; the number of bus drivers that have...
- Cycling Facilities
227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions, instructions and permission his Department gave the National Transport Authority in permitting the minimum cycle track...
- Department of Finance
- Departmental Schemes
229. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will consider the introduction of a scheme to assist first-time buyers of homes that are not new builds, similar to the help-to-buy scheme,...
- Mortgage Resolution Processes
230. To ask the Minister for Finance the consequences for the rights of consumers in cases in which their mortgage is sold as in the case of an agreement between banks (details supplied); and if...
- Banking Sector
231. To ask the Minister for Finance if two former bank buildings (details supplied) in County Kerry will be repurposed for use by the local community; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
232. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will follow the lead of the Polish Government in cutting VAT on food, fuel and fertiliser to zero in order to combat the rising cost of living for a...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements that have been made or are planned to install charging points for electric vehicles in Garda stations nationally; and...
- Civil Service
234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a mechanism exists by which a Departmental employee may claim salary which had previously been unpaid, deferred, gifted to the State...
- Public Sector Staff
237. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the framework for blended work arrangements in the public service; if he will be bringing forward legislation to support...
- Flood Risk Management
238. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if assistance can be provided by the OPW to the relevant local authority in order that maintenance and cleaning work will be carried out...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Toghcháin d'Údarás na Gaeltachta
239. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cad iad na pleananna atá ar bun ag a Roinn chun toghchán chun Bord Údarás na Gaeltachta a eagrú; cén...
- Sports Funding
240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if capital projects funded through the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund are capped at 70% of the total project; if she has...
- Departmental Schemes
241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will liaise and consult with the Minister for Social Protection to determine if funding received as part of the basic...
- Broadcasting Sector
242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will work with her officials and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland in order to provide for additional full radio time...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the rationale for reducing Covid-related supports by 33% from €75 million to €50 million in Budget 2022 in view of...
- Budget 2022
244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount provided to Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in Budget 2022; and if she has received requests from either...
- Departmental Correspondence
245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has received a submission (details supplied); and her plans to address the concerns outlined. [5689/22]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Housing Provision
246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social, affordable and cost-rental homes each local authority aims to deliver as part of their housing delivery...
- Land Issues
247. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason notice has been given that there will be restricted access to Columb Barracks, Mullingar; and the reason this was...
- Housing Schemes
249. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when a decision will be made on the review of a facility (details supplied). [5590/22]
- Housing Provision
250. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons from outside of the local authority area that were allocated social housing in Nenagh, Tipperary town,...
- Departmental Schemes
251. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the amount of funding that was returned to his Department unspent from each local authority in regard to the disabled persons...
- Domestic Violence
254. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if domestic violence victims are prioritised for transfer in local authority housing; if so, the way in which they are...
- Housing Policy
255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 396 of 2 November 2021, the progress made on the review of Part M guidelines (detailed...
- Local Authorities
256. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if local authorities are mandated to conduct surveys on wildlife, flora and fauna. [5735/22]
- Wildlife Protection
257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of wildlife surveys conducted in counties Longford and Westmeath in 2019, 2020 and 2021; and the basis of these...
- Civil Service
258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that no person in the employment of a local authority will be transferred to a utility provider (details...
- Defective Building Materials
259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when primary legislation will be introduced to underpin the enhanced defective concrete blocks grant scheme; and if he will...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Citizenship Applications
260. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress to date in the determination of an application for dual citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); when the...
- Consular Services
261. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to ensure that Irish citizens and their families in Ukraine are at all times safe and can avail of consular services;...
- Asylum Seekers
262. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports of migrants that are eligible for international protection and are seeking refuge in Europe being...
- Departmental Inquiries
263. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the circumstances surrounding an investment by a number of Irish citizens in a beach resort in Morocco;...
- Passport Services
264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the expected start and completion dates for implementation of the new passport system in the passport office; and if he...
- Irish Aid
267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Covid-19 vaccination related activities Irish Aid is currently engaged in; and the countries in which this work is taking place in...
- Passport Services
268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport approval will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied). [5558/22]
- Department of Defence
- Maritime Jurisdiction
270. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times naval training exercises that have been conducted within Ireland’s exclusive economic zone or Irish-controlled...
- Departmental Properties
271. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason notice has been given that there will be restricted access to Columb Barracks, Mullingar; and the reason this was not communicated in...
- Maritime Jurisdiction
273. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current situation regarding undersea telecommunications cables in the State’s south-western waters; the risk analysis that has been...
- Defence Forces
274. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the long-term plans for Cathal Brugha Barracks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5615/22]
- Electric Vehicles
276. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of charging points for electric vehicles that are located at the offices of his Department in Newbridge, County Kildare and at all...
- Department of Education and Skills
- School Attendance
277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if absences from school due to self-isolation from having either contracted Covid-19 or having been listed as a close contact count towards the...
- Departmental Contracts
278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that a contractor that fits windows and doors can get on the tender list for her Department; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Special Educational Needs
279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a timeline for the planned review of the minimum qualifications for special needs assistants; and if she will make a...
- School Curriculum
283. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if self-defence classes will be added to the school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5631/22]
- Defective Building Materials
284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 23 November 2021, if she will report on the engagement by her Department with Donegal Education and...
- School Curriculum
285. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans in place for extending the number of schools that offer computer science at leaving certificate; the key constraints to rapid...
- School Staff
286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the former visiting teacher supporting primary school children with hearing impairments finished in their role with west team 1; when a...
- School Facilities
289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific equipment used by her Department when completing acoustic assessments in a classroom; the formal training provided to personnel in...
- Special Educational Needs
295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of DEIS primary schools operating with at least one autism class by county in tabular form; and the total number of autism classes....
- School Staff
299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if school secretaries will be given similar conditions to school SNAs in recognition of their contribution to schools; and if she will make a...
- School Accommodation
301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an alternative site selection process for necessary space for an autism class in addition to space required for the second-year of mainstream...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Schemes
302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of the free travel scheme in 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5722/22]
- Youth Unemployment
303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the supports announced as part of Budget 2022 to address the issue of youth employment; and if she will make a statement on...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
304. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
- Pension Provisions
305. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason that the means test disregard previously offered to a person (details supplied) whilst on disability allowance was...
- Social Welfare Appeals
306. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding eligibility for carer’s benefit with regard to the number of PRSI contributions required to...
- Employment Support Services
308. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the concerns of local employment service providers in County Kerry and nationwide have been taken into account; the status...
- Social Welfare Payments
309. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that funding received as part of the basic income for the arts pilot scheme is not taken into...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
311. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will examine the current restrictions and guidelines with regard to school going children who test positive for...
- Social Welfare Payments
312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if support and advice will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied). [5690/22]
- Pension Provisions
316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which applicants with insufficient contributions to qualify for the State pension (contributory) might have...
- Social Welfare Payments
318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which exceptional needs payments were made in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Policies
320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the extent to which a smooth transition exists for persons who have not yet reached qualification age for the State pension...
- Departmental Data
321. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons whose applications for a State pension (contributory) have been refused in each of the past three years...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied that all possible requests have been met to date based on the qualification requirements in the context...
- Departmental Data
324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current number of outstanding requests for oral hearings in respect of various social welfare decisions; when such...
- Social Welfare Payments
327. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a basic social welfare payment can be facilitated in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
- Social Welfare Appeals
328. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when an oral hearing will take place in the case of a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension given the...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
329. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if weekly social welfare will continue in the case of persons (details supplied) on a temporary basis while awaiting housing...
- Social Welfare Payments
330. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of application for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details...
- Social Welfare Appeals
331. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an appeal for an invalidity pension in the case of a person (details supplied);...
- Social Welfare Payments
332. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress to date in the determination of an application for a disability allowance in the case of a person (details...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
333. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on and response to a key conclusion (details supplied) in the Cost of Disability in Ireland - Research...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
334. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the State has a database to record and monitor unaccompanied migrant cases in Ireland; and if he will make a...
- Childcare Services
335. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his future plans are to ensure affordability of childcare in Ireland given that many Irish families are...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
336. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to increase the number of emergency refuge accommodation units for victims of domestic...
- International Protection
337. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department will grant refugee status to Afghan nationals who are employed by Irish companies operating in...
- Maternity Leave
338. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide an update on the recommendation of First 5: A Whole-of-Government Strategy for Babies, Young...
- Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
339. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the details of the resources and processes that are currently available to persons in counties Louth and Meath...
- Children in Care
340. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review into private family care arrangements in the foster care system. [5685/22]
- Direct Provision System
341. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of international protection applicants who are currently accommodated in direct provision; and the...
- Child Safety
342. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which services affecting the welfare and well-being of children continue to be readily and...
- Child and Family Agency
344. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which he and his Department are actively engaged in dialogue to assist children at risk; the...
- Disability Services
345. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department continue to liaise with disability groups with a view to ensuring fair...
- Immigration Support Services
347. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which he and his Department continue to pursue issues of integration with particular reference to...
- Youth Services
348. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the degree to which he continues to liaise with youth services throughout Ireland with a view to ensuring the...
- Departmental Bodies
349. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the extent to which his attention is most often brought to any alleged update or upgrading service requirements...
- Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children
351. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minor migrants who were referred to Tusla in 2020 and 2021 who were reunited with...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Third Level Admissions
355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places available by university for speech and language therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form....
- Special Educational Needs
358. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of first year places available by university for play therapy at undergraduate level in 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [5698/22]
- Third Level Education
359. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there are currently no physiotherapy undergraduate courses in County Cork; and if he will make a...
- Third Level Reform
360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an update on the recommendation from a report (details supplied) on the creation of the role of sexual misconduct prevention...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his view on and response to a report concerning sexual violence in Irish colleges and universities (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
362. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will examine the case of a person (details supplied) who applied for spouse of an Irish citizen status; and if she will...
- Naturalisation Applications
363. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure that naturalisation applications are not delayed and that applicants receive confirmation of...
- An Garda Síochána
364. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new gardaí who have passed out of Templemore in the past five years by the county in which they were...
- Electric Vehicles
366. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements that have been made or are planned to install charging points for electric vehicles in Irish Prison Service...
- Courts Service
369. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in implementing recommendations 9, 11 and 36 of the Report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice...
- Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
370. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the independent study on familicide and domestic homicide reviews has been finalised; and when it will be published. [5672/22]
- Proposed Legislation
372. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Garda Síochána (digital recording) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5691/22]
- Immigration Policy
373. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding the immigrant investment programme review. [5694/22]
- Closed-Circuit Television Systems
374. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding available for ongoing maintenance of CCTV systems in communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
- An Garda Síochána
375. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 692 of 19 October 2021, the number of projected recruits, actual recruits, newly attested...
- Legislative Measures
376. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Forcible Entry Act 1381 or an equivalent is in force on the Statute Book; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
377. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the length of time that a conviction remains on a person's record (details supplied) for the purpose of Garda vetting; and if...
- Citizenship Applications
378. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5765/22]
- Immigration Status
379. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a person (details supplied) qualifies for residency on a permanent basis; the best procedure to be followed in this case to...
- Deportation Orders
380. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the deportation order against a person (details supplied) will be revoked in order to facilitate an application for...
- Immigration Policy
381. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by persons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5768/22]
- Immigration Status
382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); the appropriate procedure for them to follow to apply...
- Citizenship Applications
383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the best procedure for a person (details supplied) to follow in order to obtain citizenship; and if she will make a statement...
- Naturalisation Applications
392. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and...
- Residency Permits
393. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for residency status in the case of a person (details supplied); if...
- Immigration Status
394. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed to regularise status in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person is eligible to...
- Naturalisation Applications
395. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
- Citizenship Applications
397. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of a citizenship application in the case of a person (details supplied); when the...
- Deportation Orders
398. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the deportation order against a person (details supplied) will be revoked in order to facilitate an application for...
- Naturalisation Applications
399. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); when...
- Residency Permits
400. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the options available to regularise residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
- Citizenship Applications
401. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of an application for citizenship in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
- An Garda Síochána
402. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the role of An Garda Síochána when an unaccompanied minor migrant is identified in an Irish sea or airport when an...
- Department of Health
- Disability Services
403. To ask the Minister for Health the degree to which services for persons with disabilities are in line with best international practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5757/22]
- Health Services Staff
404. To ask the Minister for Health the reason pay parity for staff working in residential homes caring for children has not been addressed (details supplied). [5719/22]
- Mental Health Services
405. To ask the Minister for Health the mental health supports that are in place for vulnerable children in society (details supplied). [5510/22]
- Care Services
406. To ask the Minister for Health the biggest contractors providing care for vulnerable children; and the amount each contractor receives from the State each year. [5511/22]
- Mental Health Services
408. To ask the Minister for Health the number of young persons that have been referred to CAMHS by county in each of the past five years; the length of the average waiting list; the longest...
- Hospital Services
412. To ask the Minister for Health if he will he meet with a group (details supplied) given the enormous pressure put on the health service by the Covid-19 crisis and the fire in a mine which...
- Departmental Staff
413. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the salary of the Secretary General of his Department was increased from €292,000 to €294,920; the basis on which the increase was...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
415. To ask the Minister for Health further to a Topical Issue debate of 27 January 2022, if he will outline the planned long-Covid clinics for children; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Vaccination Programme
416. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to a severe adverse reaction to a vaccine; and if he will make...
- Departmental Reports
417. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received the report on regulatory oversight of services in locations (details supplied) dated 23 July 2021 published by HIQA; when the report will be...
- Emergency Departments
418. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Tallaght University Hospital has discouraged the public from attending the emergency department for less...
- Health Services Staff
419. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 174 of 14 October 2021, the status of the recruitment campaign for the six whole-time equivalent posts for area directors...
- Health Services
420. To ask the Minister for Health the number of times the regional health areas advisory group has met to date; the dates of the meetings; if minutes are taken and published in respect of the...
- Health Services Staff
421. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14 October 2021, the number of recruitment campaigns launched to date for the 34 whole-time equivalent consultant...
- Home Help Service
422. To ask the Minister for Health if an update will be provided on the provision of home help services to a person (details supplied). [5566/22]
- Dental Services
423. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in negotiations with an association (details supplied) with regard to a new dental scheme for medical card patients; the concessions...
- Primary Medical Certificates
424. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who applied for primary medical certificates and the number of persons approved for primary medical certificates since 19 June 2020 to...
- Home Care Packages
426. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to allow families on the homecare waiting list to use their homecare package to organise their own care in situations in which the HSE and homecare...
- Disability Services
427. To ask the Minister for Health if the child speech and language services therapy of a person (details supplied) will be expedited given that they have been told it will be four years from...
- Eating Disorders
428. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults that have been placed in specialist eating disorder units outside the State in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the number of these cases...
- Health Services
430. To ask the Minister for Health the number of adults placed in low, medium and or high secure residential placements for men outside the State in each of the years 2018 to 2021; the number of...
- Assisted Decision-Making
432. To ask the Minister for Health the legal mechanism or statutory power that will be used for future placements of persons in low, medium and or high secure residential placements outside the...
- Health Services Staff
433. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies for medical personnel in the Springfield Centre, Mullingar, County Westmeath. [5589/22]
- Civil Registration Service
434. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a couple who are getting married cannot secure an appointment with the Civil Registration Service (details supplied); and if he will make a...
- Medical Cards
435. To ask the Minister for Health the number of medical card holders by adults and children in County Kerry as of December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5602/22]
- Dental Services
436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE dentists employed in County Kerry as of December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5603/22]
- Vaccination Programme
439. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a Covid-19 vaccine booster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5612/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
440. To ask the Minister for Health the reason private healthcare workers contracted to State bodies do not qualify for the €1,000 bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services
441. To ask the Minister for Health if a case worker will be appointed in the case of a person (details supplied); and the reason the health services have not addressed this issue to date. [5626/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
442. To ask the Minister for Health if all workers involved in hospital emergency settings will be paid the special Covid payment of €1,000 based on their direct input in assisting and...
- Departmental Reports
443. To ask the Minister for Health the steps to be taken relative to the interim report submitted to his Department on a case (details supplied); if the investigation into the 47 persons who...
- Primary Care Centres
445. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the progression of the Finglas primary health care centre project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/22]
- Health Services
446. To ask the Minister for Health if issues in relation to the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5635/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
447. To ask the Minister for Health when visiting restrictions will be lifted in hospitals and in other healthcare settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5636/22]
- Abortion Services
448. To ask the Minister for Health his views that anyone appointed to the research strand of the review of the Health Regulation (Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 should not have demonstrated...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
449. To ask the Minister for Health if home help workers will receive the €1,000 bonus for frontline healthcare staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5646/22]
- Vaccination Programme
450. To ask the Minister for Health the percentage of persons aged over 70 that have received their booster vaccine. [5651/22]
- Legislative Reviews
451. To ask the Minister for Health if his acknowledgement that he advised specific individuals to apply for the role of chair of the review of the 2018 abortion legislation is in keeping with...
- Health Services
452. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE is currently assessing the viability of a minor injury unit for the settlement area of east County Meath to cater for the substantial population in...
- Nursing Homes
453. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1036 of 2 November 2021, the amount of the €7.1 million allocated for decongregation and transferring under...
- Disability Services
454. To ask the Minister for Health if support will be provided for a person (details supplied). [5692/22]
- Nursing Homes
456. To ask the Minister for Health the status of a matter (details supplied) regarding residential placements. [5701/22]
- National Treatment Purchase Fund
457. To ask the Minister for Health if he will expedite an appointment for a person (details supplied). [5702/22]
- Hospital Equipment
458. To ask the Minister for Health the number and location of hospitals with hyperpolarised xenon magnetic resonance imaging diagnostic facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
463. To ask the Minister for Health the reason community health workers, those working in disability areas and section 38/39 workers are being excluded from the proposed bonus payment to...
- Dental Services
464. To ask the Minister for Health if it is envisaged that a person (details supplied) in County Cork will be in a position to access the relevant dental services which are no longer available...
- Vaccination Programme
465. To ask the Minister for Health the plans in place to address a glitch in the Covid vaccination certificate system in which some booster doses that have been administered are not appearing on...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
466. To ask the Minister for Health if section 39 workers, such as workers in an organisation (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in the €1,000 bonus scheme in recognition...
- Health Services Staff
467. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give precise details of the recruitment process that led to the hiring of a person (details supplied); the way notification of the available...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has considered a grant scheme open to all farmers and farm contractors to assist with the purchase of low-emission slurry...
- Coillte Teoranta
470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the hectarage of Coillte forestry in 2021; the hectarage of same that represented new afforestation; the percentage of each which is...
- Agriculture Schemes
471. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeline on the proposed payment to a group of farmers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Horse Racing Industry
472. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 690 of 25 January 2022, if a mechanism exists within the contract of the new Chief Executive...
- Agriculture Schemes
474. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response to correspondence (details supplied) will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5571/22]
- Forestry Sector
476. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the backlog of forestry licences. [5797/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Rural Schemes
477. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the rural regeneration and development fund funding awarded to a town (details supplied); the status of the masterplan;...
- Community Development Projects
478. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a school (details supplied) is within a region that qualifies for CLÁR funding; and if she will make a statement on the...
