Written answers

Tuesday, 8 February 2022

  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Further and Higher Education
      51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of support provided under the student assistance fund since his Department was established; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      52. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps he intends taking to ensure that more students entering third-level education have access to the course of their choice and that the...
    • Caiteachas Ranna
      53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén méid de bhuiséad na Roinne a chaitear ar chúrsaí nó ar mhúineadh trí Ghaeilge, mar fhigiúr agus...
    • Third Level Fees
      60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to bring a proposal to Cabinet to reduce third-level fees as part of a sustainable funding model for higher education; and if he will...
    • Student Accommodation
      63. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the new provisions he is putting in place to ensure affordable rents for students in view of the spiralling rent costs; and if he will make a...
    • Further and Higher Education
      64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the implementation under the Framework for Consent in Higher Education Institutions: Safe, Respectful, Supportive and...
    • Adult Education Provision
      65. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made under the Adult Literacy for Life ten-year adult literacy strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6381/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the strategy to ensure an adequate number of higher and further education places will be made available for the 2022-2023 academic year; and if he...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made to date under the Action Plan for Apprenticeship 2021-2025; the number of new apprentices registered per sector; the status of...
    • Further and Higher Education
      70. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his engagement with organisations (details supplied) with respect to the examination of academic support activities of PhD...
    • Departmental Strategies
      71. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made on the development of the next national research and innovation strategy including the planned consultation; and if he will make...
    • State Examinations
      72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the connection between leaving certificate reform such as hybrid models in the future and entry to further and higher education; and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      73. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of extra places that would be needed in higher education to allow for an open access model; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Schemes
      74. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the SUSI review and bring forward measures to improve the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6356/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the resumption of in-person tuition and related activities; the measures that will be put in place to support students who are...
    • Further and Higher Education
      76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work undertaken by his Department to support higher and further education providers to meet the need for skilled and trained personnel in the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to reform the CAO and broaden access to further and higher education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6371/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on a report concerning sexual violence in Irish colleges and universities (details supplied). [6325/22]
    • Third Level Education
      79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that all third-level institutions have sufficient mental health and well-being measures in place for their students; the...
    • Further and Higher Education
      80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans regarding a further education facility (details supplied); if he proposes to expand the existing site for use by the further education...
    • Third Level Admissions
      81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are plans to increase the number of places in third-level education for the next academic year. [6432/22]
    • Adult Education Provision
      82. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding allocated for adult literacy courses for 2022. [6259/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      83. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the increase in craft apprenticeship waiting lists to access off-the-job training; the steps he is taking to address the issue; and...
    • Further and Higher Education
      84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the work undertaken to address sexual harassment and violence in third-level education considering the findings from the...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the Apprenticeship Action Plan since its launch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6053/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to reduce the cost of further and higher education, such as reducing the contribution charge payable by students; and if he will...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of his plans to bring further apprenticeship opportunities to young persons in Cork city in particular the re-establishment of...
    • Technological Universities
      88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Atlantic technological university is on track to commence operations in 2022; if consideration has been given to locating the headquarters...
    • Further and Higher Education
      89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students from Northern Ireland enrolled in further and higher education in each of the years since 2010 to date in tabular form; his...
    • Third Level Education
      90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on his efforts to introduce mandatory consent classes in third-level institutions; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Technological Universities
      91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the development of technological universities including the urgent need to progress technological university status in the...
    • Third Level Admissions
      93. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether colleges should increase the use of entrance examinations in 2022 for entry for students who have achieved the general...
    • Technological Universities
      94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on the establishment of the Technological University for the South East Ireland; and if he will make a statement...
    • Institutes of Technology
      95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans and funding to expand the Waterford Institute of Technology campus in preparation for the technological university; and if he...
    • Third Level Education
      97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is no option to study physiotherapy at undergraduate level in third-level institutions in...
    • Further and Higher Education
      100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be implemented to intensify cross-Border co-operation in the provision of further education; and if he will make a...
    • Technological Universities
      101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional support is being provided for the establishment of technological universities and the transition that institutes of technology...
    • Educational Disadvantage
      102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the level of support provided under the Mitigating Against Educational Disadvantage Fund over the past two years. [6431/22]
    • Third Level Education
      103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to alleviate the economic pressures on students in higher education and in particular his plans to provide affordable student...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the under-investment in apprenticeships; and the way that his Department will manage the current waiting lists for...
    • Further and Higher Education
      107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress made regarding a new campus for Cavan Institute at Cathedral Road, Drumalee, Cavan; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Third Level Education
      109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to support colleges to deliver online options for students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6485/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      110. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the SUSI review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6088/22]
    • Educational Disadvantage
      111. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way that he plans to tackle educational disadvantage in terms of accessing further and higher education institutions in 2022. [6091/22]
    • Third Level Admissions
      113. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the disproportional number of places offered on QQI level 5 pre-nursing courses and the places dedicated to...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the initiatives that he has facilitated to encourage the recruitment of mature apprentices; if he is considering additional...
    • Further and Higher Education
      115. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department is engaged with the fields of science and research with a view to meeting the current and future requirements...
    • Irish Language
      116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the discussions that have taken place between his Department and the Department of Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport, Gaeltacht and the Media to...
    • Further and Higher Education
      117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his strategy to support students impacted by domestic violence including access to SUSI supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      120. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the work to increase the number of female apprentices as part of the national Action Plan on Apprenticeship; and if he will...
    • Adult Education Provision
      121. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the Adult Literacy for Life, 10-year adult literacy strategy particularly in relation to the implementation phase; and if...
    • Third Level Admissions
      122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been a noticeable difference in CAO applications given that the new format includes all options available to school leavers; and if...
    • Further and Higher Education
      123. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons who applied for a SUSI grant in each of the past ten years by county in tabular form. [6314/22]
    • Third Level Admissions
      128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that will be put in place to ensure students are not disadvantaged by grade inflation; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Student Accommodation
      129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps that have been taken to tackle the student accommodation crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6388/22]
    • Further and Higher Education
      130. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the findings of the survey of experiences of sexual violence and harassment in higher education; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Student Accommodation
      134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will bring forward a new student accommodation strategy; the reason that no progress reports on the implementation of the current student...
    • Further and Higher Education
      135. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the implementation of the Future FET: Transforming Learning 2020-2024 strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6377/22]
    • Third Level Education
      141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will ensure that all barriers on the path qualification in psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy are removed...
    • Further and Higher Education
      144. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the review of the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6370/22]
  • Department of An Taoiseach
    • Departmental Data
      146. To ask the Taoiseach the number of persons aged 15 plus years of age in full-time employment by county in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in tabular form. [6597/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      148. To ask the Taoiseach when the evaluation of the way Ireland handled the Covid-19 pandemic will commence; the person or body that will oversee the process; the timeframe within which this...
    • Departmental Contracts
      149. To ask the Taoiseach the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies under his...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      150. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on considerations given by his Department to the development of a permanent national memorial location for lives lost during the Covid-19 pandemic....
    • Departmental Contracts
      151. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the tender issued for the provision of data strategy services for the Government's housing plan; the number of applications that were received; the names...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • European Union
      152. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Government remains committed to Ireland’s participation in the Unified Patent Court initiative which is now to commence...
    • Departmental Contracts
      157. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      158. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the special €1,860 payment for laid-off workers made redundant after the Covid -19 pandemic emergency period will come...
    • Work Permits
      159. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when there will be a public consultation to review the eligibility of occupations appearing on the critical skills occupations list...
    • State Bodies
      161. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacancies by job title in the Labour Court and Workplace Relation Commission; the length of time each vacancy has been...
    • Official Travel
      162. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of land owned by the IDA in hectares by county; the amount of IDA land available for development in each county in tabular...
    • Regional Development
      166. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of times the Shannon Estuary Taskforce met during 2021; the schedule for meetings in 2022; the date by which the work will...
    • Work Permits
      167. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will consider including non-EEA migrant fishers in the critical skills permit programme; and if he will make a...
    • Legislative Measures
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will address an issue in relation to the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (details supplied). [6552/22]
    • Work Permits
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if foreign nationals who are applying for work permits for Ireland for the purpose of coming to Ireland to work as a truck driver can...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      174. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA supported jobs by county in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in tabular form. [6595/22]
    • Enterprise Support Services
      175. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of Enterprise Ireland supported jobs by county in each of the years 2010 to 2021, in tabular form. [6596/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      176. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether employers have a duty of care to those returning to work in offices to ensure a tracking and tracing system is...
    • Foreign Direct Investment
      177. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he considered developing sustainable transport plans for IDA business parks or explored the potential for park and ride systems in...
    • Work Permits
      178. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on a work permit application (details supplied). [6634/22]
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Inshore Fisheries
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding that is available for salmon anglers (details supplied) along the River Liffey; and if he will make a...
    • Gorse Burning
      182. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that clearing land is affordable to landowners and farmers in view of the ban on farmers burning...
    • Energy Conservation
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) was refused the SEAI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5858/22]
    • Inland Fisheries
      185. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has a national policy of releasing alive all non-native pike ≥85cm in length...
    • National Postcode System
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a property (details supplied) will be assigned an eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5886/22]
    • National Broadband Plan
      187. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a premises (details supplied) in County Kerry will be included in the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a...
    • Climate Action Plan
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding applications for the Climate Action Fund for large-scale projects of between €1 million...
    • Energy Conservation
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of plans to roll-out the SEAI LEAF programme for sustainable energy communities. [5943/22]
    • National Broadband Plan
      191. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of public funds that have been used on the National Broadband Plan; if that is in keeping with what was...
    • Natural Gas Imports
      193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will commit to supporting the Shannon liquified natural gas project; and if he will make a statement...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a household (details supplied) will be able to avail of e-fibre broadband. [6001/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      195. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy...
    • Traveller Community
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that the €100 electricity credit scheme will be accessed by Traveller families living on halting sites...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the roll-out of fibre optic broadband to an area (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the timeline...
    • Recycling Policy
      198. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the extension of recyclable material is to now include soft plastics has significantly increased the volume of...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will bring forward a cyber-security Bill. [6216/22]
    • Official Travel
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is...
    • Electricity Generation
      201. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a response will issue to a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to payment for...
    • Inshore Fisheries
      202. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he received a high-level plan in relation to the preservation of the great western lakes of Corrib, Carra and Mask...
    • Waste Management
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to allocate funding to local authorities across the country to support and facilitate the removal of old...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when high speed broadband will be available at a location (details supplied). [6711/22]
    • Environmental Schemes
      207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if successful applicants under the Just Transition Fund have been issued with funding; and if he will make a statement...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Public Transport
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage with a company (details supplied) in relation to the service from Kerry to Dublin given the timetable is not suitable...
    • Rail Network
      209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the discussions he has had with Irish Rail to encourage more passengers onto the rail system in the context of the Climate Action Plan;...
    • Bus Services
      210. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will examine an issue with a bus service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5927/22]
    • Road Projects
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the Shannon Crossing project works will commence; and the expected duration of the contract. [5985/22]
    • Road Network
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has made an executive decision on the community involvement scheme 2022; if so, when an announcement will be made; and...
    • Road Safety
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is now policy that lights at junctions across the motorway network are turned off further to the EU Energy Efficiency Directive...
    • Cycling Facilities
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the National Transport Authority moved the bike lane from the Luas Finglas against the wishes of Transport for Ireland; and if...
    • Departmental Contracts
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his...
    • Rail Network
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration has been given to the provision of a rail service to Cork city arriving in before 9:00 am considering the potential...
    • Cycling Facilities
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to install a bike share station on the Naas General Hospital campus. [6203/22]
    • Rail Network
      218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of passengers boarding at each train station from Dublin to Enfield, County Meath in the past three years in tabular form....
    • Official Travel
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit....
    • Bus Services
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of vehicles in the bus fleet for Dublin Bus, Bus Éireann and a company (details supplied) in each of the years since 2008...
    • Dublin Bus
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request that the NTA provide an explanation for the current system on certain Dublin Bus routes whereby buses are expected to...
    • Córas Iompair Éireann
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the signing of a statutory instrument to allow for improvements in the regular wages scheme for CIÉ workers; and when...
    • Bus Services
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the current difficulties encountered by students at schools (details supplied) have been brought to his attention; if he will request...
    • Transport Policy
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the length of time and the number of persons and organisations that engaged with his Department's public consultation on a review of...
    • Driver Licences
      230. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to develop an online driver licence app in which clients can store a virtual driving licence, learner permit and other...
    • Driver Test
      231. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons awaiting a driving test in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6446/22]
    • Bus Éireann
      233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any engagement with Transport for Ireland on the reintroduction of the 20/X20 Bus Éireann service between Galway and...
    • Transport Infrastructure Ireland
      234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland will investigate the issuing of toll penalties in error to a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Road Projects
      235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the N4 Mullingar to Longford project; if there is decision to delay ongoing works on this project; and if he will make a...
    • Driver Licences
      236. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that certain categories such as D1 and D1E are not transferred from a UK driving licence to an Irish driving licence in...
    • Departmental Schemes
      237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the schemes under which funding is available for the development of walkways; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6674/22]
    • Road Network
      238. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason that Transport Infrastructure Ireland removed bus stop signs on the N18 dual carriageway between Cratloe and Bunratty; when...
  • Department of Finance
    • Urban Development
      239. To ask the Minister for Finance the number and value of applications drawn down from the living city initiative since its inception by year and county in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Circulars
      240. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 51 of 26 January 2022, if he will provide copies of all correspondence to staff including any circular issued in 2002...
    • Banking Sector
      241. To ask the Minister for Finance the supports he can provide for vulnerable current account customers who may not be in a position to switch accounts prior to the closure of said accounts by...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      242. To ask the Minister for Finance if clarification will be provided in relation to an email sent to a children’s playcentre (details supplied) on 23 December 2021 regarding eligibility...
    • Fuel Prices
      243. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will increase the level of rebate on products (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6023/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      244. To ask the Minister for Finance the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies...
    • Tax Credits
      245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide tax credits in budget 2023 for owner-occupiers and social landlords of apartments and duplexes with building defects who have been subject...
    • Foreign Policy
      246. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the ratification of the double taxation treaty between Ireland and Oman; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6153/22]
    • State Bodies
      247. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason for the delay in the appointment of members to a board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6156/22]
    • Banking Sector
      249. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of electronic money institutions licences that were authorised by the Central Bank in 2020 and 2021; the total and average length of time it is...
    • Official Engagements
      251. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has spoken formally with his Australian counterpart in the past 12 months; and if so, the nature of those engagements. [6199/22]
    • Official Travel
      252. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6232/22]
    • Departmental Data
      253. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide statistics relating to warnings, detentions, seizures and compromise penalties made pursuant to sections 140 and 141 of the Finance Act...
    • Banking Sector
      255. To ask the Minister for Finance the role of the Central Bank in allowing crypto-currency exchange (details supplied) back into the single euro payments area; and if he will make a statement...
    • Tax Credits
      257. To ask the Minister for Finance the last time a departmental tax expenditure evaluation was conducted on the research and development tax credit in accordance with the guidelines for tax...
    • Housing Schemes
      258. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount expended to date on the help to buy scheme since its inception; the number of first-time buyers that benefited from the scheme in tabular form; and...
    • Primary Medical Certificates
      259. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the primary medical certificate scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6566/22]
    • Tax Code
      260. To ask the Minister for Finance if the convention between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal...
    • Tax Yield
      261. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax raised in each of the years 2017 to 2021; the amount from each year not ring-fenced for climate action; the way that the...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Coastal Erosion
      262. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific commitments contained within the National Development Plan 2018-2027 to address coastal erosion by way of funding for...
    • An Garda Síochána
      263. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the work carried out at Athlone Garda station, County Westmeath; the length of time this work took to complete;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      264. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a report will be provided in relation to the flooding of the Blackwater River at Fermoy, County Cork on 24 February 2021; and if he...
    • Office of Public Works
      265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the OPW has received an application from Cork County Council in respect of repair works to the sea wall at Roches Point, Cork. [5909/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      266. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his...
    • Public Appointments Service
      267. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if a new recruitment campaign will be advertised by Public Appointments Service to fill vacancies arising for fluent Irish speakers at...
    • Official Travel
      268. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit....
    • Flood Risk Management
      269. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if works can be carried out on a river (details supplied). [6266/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      270. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason front-line workers that kept supermarkets open during the height of the pandemic have not been considered for the bonus...
    • Defence Forces
      271. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the third party adjudicator for the Permanent Defence Force conciliation and arbitration scheme will be reinstated; and if he will...
    • Office of Public Works
      272. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide full list of properties which are vacant and are either owned or being rented by the Office of Public Works by...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Sports Funding
      273. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department provides funding to sports clubs that are engaged in providing activities for persons with disabilities; and if...
    • Social Media
      275. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding regulation of social media; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Television Licence Fee
      276. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will address a matter (details supplied) regarding television licence revenue; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Sports Funding
      277. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a new round of sport capital grant funding will open in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5988/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      278. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies under the remit of her Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by...
    • Raidió Teilifís Éireann
      279. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a full breakdown will be provided of payments made to RTÉ by her Department since March 2020; and if she will make a...
    • Official Travel
      280. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is scheduled...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      281. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider allocating a portion of the unspent €353,784 Covid-19 cultural support grants to fund or part-fund a...
    • Culture Policy
      282. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to a small fringe festival (details supplied). [6305/22]
    • Artists' Remuneration
      287. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the way that she is ensuring the forthcoming basic income scheme for artists will be accessible for persons with a disability...
    • Film Industry
      288. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount of public funding the Irish film industry received in each of the past five years to date; if she has conducted...
    • Television Licence Fee
      289. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the criteria under which a person requires a television licence; and the way they can claim an exemption. [6681/22]
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Local Authorities
      291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of public auditors for county councils and city councils; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6735/22]
    • Housing Schemes
      293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if changes to the incremental purchase scheme have been made to enable tenants who may not have an earned income but have...
    • Housing Policy
      295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a copy of the Limerick City and County Housing Strategy and HNDA 2022-2028 and the Housing Action Plan...
    • Heritage Projects
      296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that he anticipates taking in 2022 to advance the implementation of the memorandum of understanding in relation...
    • Local Authorities
      297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will clarify the required qualifications for executive engineering positions within local authorities given that item 3a...
    • Housing Policy
      298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if grants will be available for those who are not first-time buyers but who are first-time builders; and if he will make a...
    • Electoral Process
      301. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the progress that has been made regarding electoral reform given the commitments made in the Programme for Government in...
    • Planning Issues
      302. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number and which of the 101 recommendations for the reform of An Bord Pleanála from the 2016 review that have now...
    • Water Services
      304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when his Department will be submitting requests for the 2022 – 2024 Multi Annual Rural Water Programme; when the...
    • Departmental Contracts
      305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts...
    • Housing Schemes
      306. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an amended application form and guidelines in respect of the tenant purchase scheme are currently available following a...
    • Defective Building Materials
      307. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the report of the independent working group on defective homes will be published by the end of March 2022; and if he will...
    • Housing Provision
      308. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing developments currently subject to judicial review; the number of housing units this encompasses by...
    • Official Travel
      309. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled...
    • Rental Sector
      310. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if approved housing bodies are permitted to raise rents in areas in line with rent pressure zones and not by having regard to...
    • Housing Schemes
      312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a housing body (details supplied) and its complex at Ballinteer was provided with funding streams by the State which would...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      313. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the membership of the Dublin Joint Homelessness Consultative Forum from 2019 to 2021 in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Housing Schemes
      314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of applications made by each Dublin local authority under the buy and renew scheme in each of the years since 2018;...
    • Defective Building Materials
      316. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the sliding scale has been dropped from the grant calculation methodology for the enhanced defective concrete block scheme;...
    • Flood Risk Management
      319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a flood risk assessment is necessary to be carried out in respect of development projects funded by his Department under...
    • Derelict Sites
      320. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if protected structures can be entered on the derelict sites register. [6323/22]
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      321. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the antisocial provisions of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014 with a view to ensuring that...
    • Housing Policy
      322. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of Housing for All - Pathway to Eradicate Homelessness; if he has considered matters raised in correspondence...
    • Defence Forces
      324. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the feasibility study currently being undertaken on the future use of Cathal Brugha Barracks,...
    • Tax Reliefs
      325. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if pension tax relief is disregarded for the purposes of calculating differential rent for social housing tenants. [6475/22]
    • Building Regulations
      328. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 128 and 294 of 25 January 2022, the position regarding the proposed public consultation...
    • Environmental Policy
      330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a progress report on the development of legislation to identify, designate and manage marine protected...
    • Housing Provision
      331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in County Tipperary that are currently on social housing lists and are awaiting the provision of...
    • Housing Schemes
      332. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons in County Tipperary that are in receipt of RAS; the amount this cost the Exchequer in 2021; and if he...
    • Housing Provision
      334. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social houses that his Department intends to build in County Tipperary between 2022 and 2026, in tabular form;...
    • Local Authorities
      336. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details of the local authority housing assessment process. [6642/22]
    • Defective Building Materials
      337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to the changes announced to the defective concrete block scheme on 30 November 2021, when the National Standards...
    • Rental Sector
      340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the adequacy of the HAP allocation in the current rental market; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Housing Policy
      341. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question no. 323 of 1 February 2022; if his Department has considered allowing tenants in unsold...
    • Defective Building Materials
      344. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason the updated MICA and pyrite redress scheme does not have one full-time employee working on the scheme in his...
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5825/22]
    • Diplomatic Representation
      347. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the arrangement made with the Chinese Government in relation to the return to Ireland of a person (details supplied); if...
    • Passport Services
      348. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5855/22]
    • Consular Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens abroad receiving consular or embassy assistance while being incarcerated; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Passport Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way a person (details supplied) can cancel their application when they cannot access the passport office on the number provided by the...
    • Human Rights
      357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the actions his Department has taken in relation to this case;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      360. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his...
    • Passport Services
      362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport renewal application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 9; the reason for the delay; and if he will...
    • Official Engagements
      370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite the Vice-President of the United States of America to Ireland in the second half of 2022. [6223/22]
    • Passport Services
      371. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were made through Irish embassies in Hanoi, Vietnam and Bangkok, Thailand in 2020, 2021 and to date...
    • Official Travel
      372. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and or his Secretary General issued instructions to his Dublin-based and or foreign-based officials to prepare for Ministers to visit...
    • United Nations
      374. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide information (details supplied) in relation to the gathering at his Department regarding the United Nations Security...
    • Passport Services
      375. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a refund will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6292/22]
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      376. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth registry application by a person (details supplied). [6295/22]
    • Passport Services
      377. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and the reason the passport office has not added the...
    • Shannon Airport Facilities
      378. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a United States of America military aircraft (details supplied) was authorised to carry munitions or other military equipment or armed...
    • Passport Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport can issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6415/22]
    • Official Engagements
      381. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with the Myanmar National Unity Government since the European Parliament recognised it as the legitimate...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      383. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to address the delays in processing the registration of foreign births; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Passport Services
      384. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if advice will be provided in relation to attaining an Irish passport for a citizen whose father was born in Ireland but has since passed...
    • Human Rights
      385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that are being taken to help the populace of Afghanistan as they continue to face the most horrendous conditions including...
    • Election Monitoring Missions
      387. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department will be recruiting for places on the Irish election observers roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Northern Ireland
      388. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress that has been made negotiating with a body (details supplied) in relation to the governance of the seabed in Lough Foyle; and...
    • Nuclear Proliferation
      389. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be sending representatives to observe at the first meeting of states parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear...
  • Department of Defence
    • Defence Forces
      390. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of his recent meeting with representatives from a group (details supplied); and his views on the request by the group for a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      391. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department...
    • Defence Forces
      392. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the terms of reference for the review examining issues relating to rape, sexual misconduct, bullying, harassment and discrimination in the...
    • Official Travel
      394. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6228/22]
    • Defence Forces
      395. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on his Department’s input to the feasibility study currently being undertaken on the future use of Cathal...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      397. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average pay per hour worked for SNAs working in primary schools and in post-primary schools, respectively; and the number of hours worked...
    • Teacher Training
      398. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will put financial supports in place for students undertaking a course at a college (details supplied) who are unable to access...
    • School Staff
      399. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it will be ensured that there are no further delays in finalising the pay and conditions for school secretaries; and if she will make a...
    • School Transport
      400. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, as part of the review of school transport, her Department will consider allowing national school children to receive transport to their...
    • National Council for Curriculum and Assessment
      401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when she plans to publish the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5891/22]
    • State Examinations
      402. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans for the leaving certificate in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5892/22]
    • School Accommodation
      403. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requests to increase the capacity in a school (details supplied) to allow for dual streaming across all...
    • Special Educational Needs
      404. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the requests made by the school management in a school (details supplied) seeking an urgent review of its SNA...
    • Oideachas trí Ghaeilge
      405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén dul chun cinn atá déanta ar an athbhreithniú ar chóras na ndíolúintí ó staidéar ar an...
    • School Accommodation
      411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when final approval will issue to a school (details supplied) to enable additional accommodation works to commence; the up-to-date position of...
    • School Staff
      412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of discussions for pay equality, pensions and improved conditions for school secretaries; and when these talks are expected to resume....
    • Departmental Contracts
      413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies under the remit of her Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by her Department...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      414. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when homework clubs can resume given the lifting of restrictions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6078/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the UCD national training programme for special needs assistants is not accredited; if she will consider recognising this course...
    • State Examinations
      417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of leaving certificate 2021 students who had not sat junior certificate exams. [6113/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the waiting lists that apply for access to special schools; and if initiatives are planned to give children with special needs in primary...
    • Education Policy
      419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the efforts that are being made to diversify the teaching population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6164/22]
    • Official Travel
      420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is scheduled to visit. [6229/22]
    • Schools Amalgamation
      421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a series of matters in relation to the amalgamation of three schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on...
    • Schools Building Projects
      422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6272/22]
    • Defective Building Materials
      423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 23 November 2021, the reason this meeting has not taken place (details supplied); and if she will...
    • School Staff
      424. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address a matter (details supplied) in relation to school secretaries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6291/22]
    • Special Educational Needs
      425. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the introduction of the new SNA model has been postponed; the plans for the SNAs of children currently in sixth-class and who are moving onto...
    • National Council for Special Education
      426. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that assessments of need by the National Council for Special Education will allow individual schools the opportunity to input...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      428. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if guidelines are in place for schools in relation to certifying a physical illness as an exemption for wearing face coverings; if schools are...
    • School Staff
      429. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when school secretaries will be recognised and compensated for their work and new contracts issued; when talks with the Workplace Relations...
    • An Chomhairle Mhúinteoireachta
      430. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills cén fáth nach bhfuil seirbhís trí Ghaeilge ar fáil do mhúinteoirí agus do theagascóirí le...
    • Special Educational Needs
      431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the inequity faced by special needs assistants in secondary education who work on average 100 additional hours per year as compared...
    • School Equipment
      433. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the issuing of assistive technology for a person (details supplied); the reasons for the delay; the actions that will be taken to...
    • Schools Building Projects
      434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an update on the progress of the permanent build school for a school (details supplied). [6434/22]
    • Education Policy
      435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made on establishing an education research and policy section within her Department tasked with ensuring that...
    • School Enrolments
      437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 159 of 1 February 2022, the details of the geographical information system which anticipates school place...
    • Schools Building Projects
      438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the bundle of school projects being tendered under the adapt building programme within which a school (details supplied) is...
    • School Staff
      439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the ongoing school secretaries dispute; when the Workplace Relations Commission brokered agreement will be implemented in full; and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a direction can be given to national schools that they can now admit children into the school yard in order to let them play before school...
    • State Examinations
      442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will accommodate immunocompromised leaving certificate students with a system similar to the predicted grades used during the Covid-19...
    • Special Educational Needs
      443. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied) and ensure that the child is granted an ASD junior class placement. [6616/22]
    • School Uniforms
      444. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a policy in relation to school uniforms; if guidance has been issued to schools regarding school uniforms; if she will...
    • School Transport
      445. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 29 September 2021, if she will provide the details that were requested in the question. [6675/22]
    • Education Policy
      446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps her Department will take to support incoming senior cycle students whose education experience at a junior cycle level has been severely...
    • State Examinations
      448. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will consider a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to a hybrid leaving certificate going forward;...
    • School Transport
      449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when approval will be given for an extension of a school bus service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6737/22]
    • School Accommodation
      450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortfall of accommodation capacity at a school (details supplied) in County Kildare; if her attention has...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • State Pensions
      451. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider providing pensioners on a partial rate with the full rate increase with regard to the €5 weekly...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      452. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the current waiting time to process applications for and award a carer’s allowance by county in tabular form; and if...
    • Pension Provisions
      456. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in processing pension entitlements from retired workers in the section 38 and 39 health employees...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      457. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the breakdown of the current processing times for social welfare applications by the type of application; and if she will...
    • Social Insurance
      458. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to remove the exemption to pay PRSI on supplementary pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6005/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      459. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the agencies under the remit of her Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      460. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress made to date in the determination of an application for illness benefit in the case of a person (details...
    • Pension Provisions
      462. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6173/22]
    • Official Travel
      463. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      464. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an application for fuel allowance will be awarded to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a...
    • Pension Provisions
      465. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of plans to introduce a pension for full time carers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      466. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her views on the difficulties faced by disabled artists trying to access social protection payments and the basic income for...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      467. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an application by a person (details supplied) for an invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Schemes
      468. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will ensure that recipients of social protection supports for persons with a disability will be able to participate in...
    • Birth Certificates
      469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an Irish citizen whose name is in English on their birth certificate can have their birth certificate reissued with the...
    • Social Welfare Eligibility
      470. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is eligible for the supplementary welfare allowance or another welfare payment; and the basis...
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Human Rights
      472. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the intention of the Government to formally adopt and apply the International Holocaust Remembrance...
    • Legislative Programme
      473. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when an institution (details supplied) was added to the list of mother and baby homes in the Schedule attached...
    • Departmental Meetings
      474. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements his Department has had with Tusla on the Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022. [5812/22]
    • Legislative Programme
      478. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when the heads and general scheme of a childcare (amendment) Bill will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Direct Provision System
      480. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 December 2021, the breakdown of the 1,640 persons by the number...
    • Departmental Programmes
      481. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status the roll-out of the baby box programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6022/22]
    • Departmental Contracts
      482. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related...
    • Youth Services
      483. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding support provided to youth organisations and youth services by scheme in 2021; the broad outcomes...
    • Childcare Services
      484. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the review of the early learning and care and school-age childcare operating mode; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reports
      485. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will report on the statistical spotlight on discrimination in Ireland currently being carried out by his...
    • Childcare Services
      486. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is a legal requirement for all childcare providers to register with Tusla in advance to opening their...
    • Official Travel
      487. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location...
    • Direct Provision System
      488. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 466 of 14 December 2021, the length of time the 1,640 persons have spent...
    • Childcare Services
      489. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the immediate steps that can be taken and assistance that can be offered to a company (details supplied); and if...
    • Mother and Baby Homes Inquiries
      490. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the date or timeline for financial payments and a form of enhanced medical card for eligible applicants to be...
    • Childcare Services
      491. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a poll (details supplied) which states that 78.1% of those who answered agree...
    • Early Childhood Care and Education
      493. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if it is the case that a preschool providing only ECCE services will be liable for additional charges, for...
    • Child and Family Agency
      494. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when he will publish the Tusla emergency accommodation review which has been delayed; and if he will make a...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has consulted with third-level institutions and the Minister for Justice in respect of a situation which has arisen during the pandemic in...
    • Third Level Education
      498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of course places available in third-level institutions for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and clinical psychology...
    • Grant Payments
      500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes that have been made to the Student Universal Support Ireland grant criteria; when it comes into effect; and if he will make a...
    • Education and Training Boards
      501. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of heavy goods vehicle and bus drivers that were trained through the education and training board system in 2021, by county in tabular...
    • Departmental Contracts
      502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department...
    • Education and Training Provision
      503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the report of the review by the expert panel on the further education and training model will be completed and published; and if he will...
    • Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence
      504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for the implementation of the recommendations of the recently published national surveys on sexual harassment and sexual violence...
    • Student Accommodation
      505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the work that has been undertaken to improve the availability and affordability of student accommodation. [6106/22]
    • Disability Services
      507. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has been contacted by the HSE or Department of Health officials with concerns in relation to recruitment issues within their disability...
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress or otherwise made with regard to the uptake of apprenticeships particularly with regard to apprenticeships in the construction...
    • Education and Training Provision
      509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions being taken by his Department to address the requirement for chefs in the hospitality sector; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Official Travel
      510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6234/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the 2021 drop-out rate from craft apprenticeships by apprenticeship type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6264/22]
    • Third Level Staff
      516. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has implemented the senior academic leadership initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6455/22]
    • Departmental Reviews
      517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the review and update of the International Education Strategy for Ireland as proposed in the Programme for Government has taken place; and if...
    • Student Accommodation
      520. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of on-campus or higher education institution owned student accommodation beds that have been added to the system in the past two...
    • Departmental Schemes
      523. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review the Student Universal Support Ireland, SUSI, qualifying income criteria in order that families in receipt of the working family...
    • Departmental Funding
      525. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department is responsible for funding the Higher Education Authority; if so, the funding provided to date; and if he will make a statement...
    • Third Level Education
      526. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to move to a unitary funding model that provides equal funding to the university and technological sector as part of a sustainable...
    • Technological Universities
      527. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that his Department has decided to provide capital investment to the newly-formed technological universities almost exclusively...
    • Departmental Schemes
      528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are available for mature students who wish to study part-time on a course that is not covered by Springboard+; and if he will...
    • Departmental Reviews
      529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will publish the SUSI review and bring forward measures to improve the system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6646/22]
    • Apprenticeship Programmes
      530. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which he continues to put in place provisions to ensure sufficient apprentices to fill ongoing and future vacancies at all levels;...
    • Third Level Education
      531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which higher education continues to meet workplace requirements in terms of suitably qualified personnel; and if he will make a...
    • Bullying in Educational Institutions
      540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent to which his Department continues to monitor incidents of bullying in the workplace throughout the higher education system; the extent...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Legislative Programme
      542. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has plans to bring forward legislation to deal with cyber flashing and online harassment; and if she will make a...
    • Visa Applications
      543. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a visa application by a person (details supplied) will be examined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5816/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      544. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent gardaí currently stationed at Rathcoole Garda station, County Dublin. [5837/22]
    • Legal Aid
      545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has recently reviewed the resources available to provide legal aid in each of the law centres here; if her attention has...
    • Residency Permits
      546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding residency status or an extension to the current visa in the case of a person (details supplied); and if...
    • Prison Service
      547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rules and regulations applicable to the use of personal or other mobile phones by persons serving detention in a prison...
    • Residency Permits
      548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties faced by customers trying to get an appointment in the Dublin area to...
    • Immigration Policy
      549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a cap has been set for the number of persons who may apply for participation in the scheme to regularise members of the...
    • Coroners Service
      550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process for appointing a coroner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5879/22]
    • An Garda Síochána
      551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Scott service medals awarded to members of An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2016 to 2021; the...
    • Rights of Way
      552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current position in relation to the registration of rights of way (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Proposed Legislation
      553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to bring forward legislation to combat the threat of violence posed by the unlawful possession of knives; and if...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      557. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider a representation by a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • An Garda Síochána
      558. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department will open a public consultation for the extension of Garda youth diversion projects to cover 18-24 year olds;...
    • Departmental Contracts
      560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the agencies under the remit of her Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by...
    • Crime Prevention
      561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 403 of 12 October 2021, the reason conflicting information was provided (details...
    • Immigration Status
      562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the scheme to regularise the undocumented will operate on an administrative basis under her executive power; the details of...
    • Deportation Orders
      563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who have deportation orders assigned to them or who are in the section 3 process under the Immigration...
    • International Protection
      564. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on the implementation of the recommendation in the Report of the Advisory Group on the Provision...
    • Residency Permits
      565. 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);...
    • An Garda Síochána
      566. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons charged with knife crimes in 2019, 2020 and 2021, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a...
    • Sentencing Policy
      569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average sentence that a person received when convicted of a knife crime in each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021; and if...
    • An Garda Síochána
      570. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of racially motivated incidents reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for racially motivated incidents in each of the years 2017 to 2021, in tabular form; and if she will...
    • Proposed Legislation
      572. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the gambling regulation Bill will be introduced in the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      576. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons successfully prosecuted under section 45(3) of the Sexual Offences Act 2017 in each of the years of 2020,...
    • An Garda Síochána
      577. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if funding is being provided in 2022 for the purchase of additional Garda command control vehicles. [6209/22]
    • Office of Director of Public Prosecutions
      581. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons successfully prosecuted under section 30 of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 in 2020, 2021 and to...
    • Official Travel
      582. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is...
    • Pension Provisions
      583. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been a change of position regarding the pension entitlement of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a...
    • Work Permits
      584. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she and her officials have engaged with the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment and their...
    • An Garda Síochána
      585. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide a schedule of the number of new Garda recruits deployed for their first module of work experience by...
    • Visa Applications
      586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a person (details supplied) who was awarded a scholarship to study for a PhD at Dublin City University has had their...
    • Residency Permits
      587. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a decision has been made on the review of a decision to withdraw a residency card from a person (details supplied) in County...
    • Court Judgments
      588. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of drivers listed in court for driving while holding a mobile phone by District Court area in each of the years 2018...
    • Immigration Status
      589. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons that were granted permission to remain or refugee status in each of the years 2019 to 2021; and the...
    • Juvenile Offenders
      590. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons referred to the juvenile liaison officer services on a Garda divisional basis in each of the past five...
    • Departmental Strategies
      591. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an update on her plans to develop a strategy to address gender-based violence committed by persons under...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      592. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy matter (details supplied) relating to inclusion of section 10 and section 39 frontline staff within the Covid recognition payment scheme;...
    • Homeless Persons Supports
      593. To ask the Minister for Health the allocation and sub-allocation of additional Covid-19 funding for the health needs of homeless persons since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic; the...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      595. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence from a person (details supplied) in relation to those persons working in the front-line homeless services; and if it will be...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      596. To ask the Minister for Health the amount that was spent on sepsis awareness campaigning in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5819/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      598. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently participating in the out-of-hours service by area; the number of hours that they provide to the service on a...
    • Health Services
      599. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the national cervical screening laboratory which was due to commence construction in January 2021; if delays in construction have been...
    • Hospital Facilities
      603. To ask the Minister for Health when construction of the new national children's hospital is expected to be completed; the costs associated with construction to date; the projected costs of...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      605. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has undertaken an assessment of the financial costs of cyber-attack in 2021 on the Health Service Executive or on his Department; and if the...
    • Healthcare Policy
      606. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will consider issuing guidance advising medical practitioners that graded exercise therapy is no longer recommended for myalgic...
    • Mental Health Services
      607. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative treatment options that are available to a person (details supplied) who due to a change in diagnosis can no longer access services; the options...
    • Hospital Facilities
      608. To ask the Minister for Health if he will give consideration to the provision of a dedicated, standalone elective hospital in County Limerick to serve the mid-west region in conjunction with...
    • Health Services
      612. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to replace the Coombe antenatal clinic that was previously held in Neilstown, Clondalkin back into the north Clondalkin area; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Data
      613. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 153 of 26 January 2022, if he notified the external stakeholder that the information that was made public stating records...
    • Departmental Contracts
      614. To ask the Minister for Health the number of contracts his Department is currently a party to involving a company (details supplied); the combined costs of such contracts; if not available,...
    • Healthcare Policy
      615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider issuing guidance to doctors that graded exercise therapy should not be advised for myalgic encephalomyelitis also known as chronic fatigue...
    • Health Services
      620. To ask the Minister for Health the course of action and procedures that are followed within the HSE to investigate and take action when information comes to light regarding unprofessional...
    • Health Services Staff
      622. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a recruitment issue within the HSE for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists and...
    • Disability Services
      627. To ask the Minister for Health the way that referrals from preliminary team assessments are made for children who need referral to the children’s disability network team; and if he...
    • Patient Transfers
      628. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children aged six to 18 years of age who are residents of County Meath who were transferred to the HSE children's disability network team in...
    • Health Services Staff
      629. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) is entitled to the €1,000 pandemic bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5932/22]
    • Health Strategies
      630. To ask the Minister for Health the amount provided for the implementation of the National Cancer Strategy in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he...
    • Health Services
      631. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in issuing an EU Digital COVID Certificate to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5938/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      632. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners currently participating in the Shannondoc out of hours service by area; the number of hours they provide to the service on...
    • Pharmacy Services
      633. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties pharmacies in north County Dublin have had in accessing supplies of epilim chronospheres medication; and if he...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      634. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Cork will receive an appointment to meet with a consultant in order to be assessed for a knee replacement at South...
    • Vaccination Programme
      635. To ask the Minister for Health if a response will issue to correspondence from a person (details supplied) in respect of the need for clarity on access to the booster certificate for...
    • Nursing Homes
      637. To ask the Minister for Health the amount paid to nursing homes involving a company (details supplied) in the past two years in tabular form; the number of facilities involved; and if he...
    • Departmental Contracts
      640. To ask the Minister for Health the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his Department and agencies...
    • Hospital Facilities
      641. To ask the Minister for Health the number of intensive care and high dependency unit beds in Letterkenny University Hospital and Sligo University Hospital as of 24 January 2022, in tabular...
    • Hospital Services
      642. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients that have visited the foot protection clinic at Tallaght University Hospital in each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022,...
    • Hospital Staff
      643. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in Down syndrome in both CHI Temple Street and CHI Crumlin in each the years of the years 2019,...
    • Mental Health Services
      645. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time child psychologists for CAMHS in County Leitrim in each of the past three years in tabular form [6060/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      646. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies by job title in the accident and emergency department of Beaumont Hospital; the estimated cost of filling each of the vacancies; and...
    • Disability Services
      647. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for recruitment of two additional whole-time equivalent autism spectrum disorder therapist posts for the Sligo-South Donegal...
    • Dental Services
      648. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time senior dental surgeons for special needs in CHO area 9 in each of the past three years in tabular form. [6063/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      649. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time paediatric diabetic nurses based at Mullingar Regional Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form;...
    • Hospital Services
      650. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that presented at the eye emergency department at the Mater Hospital in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular...
    • Hospital Staff
      652. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant urologists attached to Bantry General Hospital in each of the past three years in tabular form. [6067/22]
    • Hospital Services
      653. To ask the Minister for Health the number of cataract procedures carried out at Letterkenny University Hospital in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6068/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      654. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time radiographers working in St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny in 2021. [6069/22]
    • Ambulance Service
      655. To ask the Minister for Health the number of HSE ambulances, rapid response vehicles and motorcycles allocated to County Wexford and available to attend emergency calls in each of the years...
    • Health Services Staff
      656. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeons employed by the HSE in each of the years 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022; and the...
    • Vaccination Programme
      657. To ask the Minister for Health if Covid-19 vaccinations will be included in the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...
    • Mental Health Services
      658. To ask the Minister for Health the current out of hours mental health services for children and adults in County Wexford; the current plans to expand the services; and if he will make a...
    • Home Care Packages
      659. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1827 of 19 January 2022, if the review of the home support services in County Wexford that was completed in November 2021...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      661. To ask the Minister for Health if social care workers who have provided essential frontline care at considerable risk to their own health during the pandemic to children, persons with...
    • Shared Services
      662. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the memorandum of understanding, cooperation and information sharing signed in June 2015 between HIQA and the Office of the Ombudsman; the number...
    • Death Certificates
      663. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE writes to State bodies to inform them of the death of a person and to ensure the family does not receive unnecessary correspondence. [6108/22]
    • Health Services
      664. To ask the Minister for Health when speech and language therapy will be provided to address the complex needs of a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      666. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in respect of the Covid recognition payment will receive a response; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      667. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an overview on patient waiting lists for cataract surgery in the HSE west region; the number that are waiting; the efforts that are being...
    • Hospital Equipment
      668. To ask the Minister for Health if there are proposals to replace the CT scanner at Mayo University Hospital; the details on the age of the scanner and the associated performance KPIs; and if...
    • Health Services
      669. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will receive an appointment for occupational therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6136/22]
    • Medical Cards
      673. To ask the Minister for Health if general practitioners can charge medical card patients for the health check needed for over 70s applying for a drivers licence. [6140/22]
    • Departmental Data
      674. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting times for an appointment for paediatric physical therapy appointments in counties Roscommon and Galway; the number of children currently...
    • Departmental Policies
      676. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider arrangements for prolonging a general practitioner card cover after a person ceases acting as a carer. [6143/22]
    • Departmental Data
      678. To ask the Minister for Health the number of reports of alleged sexual abuse of residents in residential nursing homes or designated residential disability centres that HIQA has received...
    • Regulatory Bodies
      679. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which HIQA publishes its reporting policy and procedure used to decide the way that the allegations of physical abuse, sexual abuse, institutional...
    • Departmental Reviews
      680. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for the publication of the report by the independent chair of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018; and if...
    • Departmental Data
      683. To ask the Minister for Health the overall budget allocated to CAMHS in 2022 in the CHO8 region; the breakdown of the funding by county; the names of the individual CAMHS services provided...
    • Departmental Properties
      684. To ask the Minister for Health the full portfolio of property owned or rented by the HSE in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the use of each building; the year in which each came into use by the...
    • Departmental Data
      685. To ask the Minister for Health if a full breakdown will be provided of the payments made to RTÉ by his Department or the HSE since March 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Reviews
      687. To ask the Minister for Health if the recently appointed chairperson of the three-year review of the abortion legislation was recommended to him by a third-party organisation or group; and...
    • Health Service Executive
      688. To ask the Minister for Health if there will be provision in the 2022 HSE Service Plan to appoint extra neurology nurses to University Hospital Galway; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Departmental Data
      689. To ask the Minister for Health the number of general practitioners who have retired or who are due to retire in the main towns throughout the country and specifically in north County...
    • General Practitioner Services
      690. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which he has engaged with representatives of organisations (details supplied) with a view to identifying the full extent of the difficulties...
    • Departmental Data
      691. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children who await appointments and assessments with early intervention services in County Clare; the average wait time for persons on the list;...
    • Budget 2022
      692. To ask the Minister for Health the way that the €4 million additional funding, announced in budget 2021, was spent on drug and alcohol services. [6217/22]
    • Departmental Data
      693. To ask the Minister for Health the number of funded paediatric intensive care unit beds in the public health system at the end of each of the years from 2018 to 2021; and the projected...
    • Hospital Staff
      694. To ask the Minister for Health if funding will be provided for the recruitment of two additional senior dieticians for the adult insulin pump service at Portlaoise Regional Hospital. [6219/22]
    • Hospital Facilities
      695. To ask the Minister for Health if the necessary funding will be provided for the commissioning of a second cataract theatre at the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin. [6220/22]
    • Departmental Data
      696. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in migraine as of 31 January 2022; and the number of these specialists in each hospital, in...
    • Official Travel
      697. To ask the Minister for Health if he will travel abroad for St. Patrick's week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location or locations he is scheduled to visit. [6235/22]
    • Departmental Data
      698. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in each community healthcare organisation or CHO area and subdivided into primary care centres waiting for a podiatry appointment through...
    • Ambulance Service
      699. To ask the Minister for Health if he will carry out a review into the operation of the National Ambulance Service; the locations of the call-outs that all County Tipperary-based ambulances...
    • Hospital Services
      702. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 661 of 1 February, the status of the planning stages in terms of the allocation of €3 million for palliative and...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      704. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timeframe for the full particulars, eligibility and terms and conditions of the Covid-19 recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      707. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the programme for Government commitment to introduce an assisted human reproduction Bill; if it will include provision for international...
    • Legislative Reviews
      708. To ask the Minister for Health the reason he and his Department in all public utterances and statements refer to the position of chair, of the three-year review of the abortion law, as the...
    • Departmental Reports
      709. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families have been left extremely distressed by the fact that a Minister of State at his Department was in...
    • Health Services Staff
      710. To ask the Minister for Health the types of specialist nursing positions across the HSE acute and community services, for example, neurology nursing by discipline and the whole-time...
    • General Practitioner Services
      712. To ask the Minister for Health the action his Department plans to take to ensure an increase in the number of general practitioners practising in an area (details supplied); and if he will...
    • Dental Services
      714. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, due to underfunding across north County Dublin, dentists are not able to treat medical card holders; his...
    • European Union
      715. To ask the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 307 to 309, inclusive, of 20 January, if he will provide the contact details for the sub-group (details supplied);...
    • Primary Care Centres
      716. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time the tender for a primary care centre in Swords, County Dublin has been in process; the stage the tender has reached; the timeline for the...
    • Health Services Staff
      717. To ask the Minister for Health the number of speech and language therapists employed on a permanent contract; the number employed on a temporary basis in each of the community healthcare...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      719. To ask the Minister for Health if National Public Health Emergency Team, NPHET, has carried out an up to date evidence-based risk assessment and risk-benefit analysis on the imposition of...
    • Healthcare Policy
      728. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to updating HSE guidelines advising general practitioners and other medical practitioners that any programme based on fixed...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      730. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy matter (details supplied) relating to inclusion of section 10 and section 39 front-line staff within the Covid recognition payment...
    • Health Services Staff
      732. To ask the Minister for Health the expected timescale for the recruitment process for a position (details supplied); when it is expected the person will be in place; and if he will make a...
    • Health Strategies
      733. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the campaign from an organisation (details supplied) in which it is calling on the HSE to issue guidance immediately...
    • Vaccination Programme
      734. To ask the Minister for Health the avenues that are open to Irish citizens who received their initial two vaccinations in a different European Union member state and seek to have their...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      735. To ask the Minister for Health the person or body that will establish if damage has occurred to persons by the mandated wearing of face coverings; the person or body that will compensate...
    • Health Services
      736. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive medical treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6510/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      737. To ask the Minister for Health the maximum allowable prescription validity period for contraception medications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6516/22]
    • Care Services
      739. To ask the Minister for Health the progress his Department has made to date in responding to the issues raised in the Wasted Lives report published by the Ombudsman in May 2021, regarding...
    • Hospital Staff
      741. To ask the Minister for Health the number of nurses required in order to have the full complement of neurology nurse specialists for University Hospital Galway, which serves a large...
    • Hospital Admissions
      742. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) will be transferred as a matter of urgency from the trauma ward at University Hospital Limerick to Croom Orthopaedic Hospital...
    • Dental Services
      743. To ask the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure that dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of...
    • Nursing Homes
      744. To ask the Minister for Health the mechanisms available and those being considered in relation to truth for families following the deaths of 23 persons in Dealgan House nursing home, Dundalk...
    • Climate Change Policy
      747. To ask the Minister for Health the climate action measures undertaken by his Department across its work and the bodies under his aegis; the further measures planned and targets for same; and...
    • EU Funding
      749. To ask the Minister for Health the European Union funding which his Department has or could avail of; if there is a dedicated individual or office which ensures his Department is availing...
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      751. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application for an insulin pump by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6548/22]
    • Disability Services
      756. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) can have their funding transferred to the personalised budget demonstration pilot project; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Departmental Expenditure
      757. To ask the Minister for Health the travel costs, accommodation costs and other costs related to his visit to the United Arab Emirates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6559/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      758. To ask the Minister for Health when a drug used to treat hyperemesis gravidarum (details supplied) will be made available on the medical card and drugs payment scheme to women; if his...
    • Health Services
      759. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the adequacy of existing healthcare options available for transgender children and adolescents (details supplied); if a review of services is...
    • Departmental Schemes
      760. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the motorised transport grant scheme per annum since its inception; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6567/22]
    • Hospital Staff
      761. To ask the Minister for Health if the refurbished unit 2 of Abbeyleix Hospital which is designated for 18 acute beds will be staffed by multi-task assistants and healthcare assistants who...
    • Mental Health Services
      762. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to increase funding and supports for mental health services in Dublin city and county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6569/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      763. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent staff by staffing grade and management level required to fully staff the complex menopause clinic at the national maternity...
    • Healthcare Policy
      765. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department can conduct a report into the treatment of women living with severe endometriosis in the workplace given the difficulties they may have in...
    • Dental Services
      767. To ask the Minister for Health when an urgent dental appointment will be issued to a person (details supplied) in Shantalla Health Centre, Galway in view of the person's exceptional medical...
    • National Treatment Purchase Fund
      768. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) in County Cork who requires cataract surgery and who has been on a waiting list since 2019 may be in a position to avail of this...
    • Ambulance Service
      769. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to the complaints made and if he will make an investigation into the fact that there were no ambulances available in Carlow on 16 October...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      770. To ask the Minister for Health if staff in the intellectual disability sector employed directly by the HSE have been excluded from the €1,000 once-off tax free bonus payment to...
    • Home Care Packages
      771. To ask the Minister for Health if he will undertake a review of home support services to establish the reason that home care hours cannot be provided to vulnerable elderly persons who have...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      772. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive a urology appointment in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Vaccination Programme
      774. To ask the Minister for Health if NPHET assessed the risk to public health posed by vaccine inequity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6617/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      775. To ask the Minister for Health if section 38 healthcare workers in disability services will be included in the Covid recognition payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6619/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      776. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that are on the waiting lists for elective surgery in County Tipperary; the average wait time; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      781. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in County Tipperary that are on mental health waiting lists for counselling services; the average wait time; and if he will make a...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      783. To ask the Minister for Health if he will reconsider his decision for to exclude section 39 disability service providers (details supplied) from the once-off bonus payment for front-line...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      785. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the 92 Covid-19 deaths announced by his Department and National Public Health Emergency Team as having occurred in the week up to 2 February...
    • Assisted Human Reproduction
      786. To ask the Minister for Health when the commitment to publicly fund IVF treatment in Ireland will be honoured by becoming law, given that Ireland is the only European Union country not to...
    • Data Protection
      787. To ask the Minister for Health the steps he has taken to ensure that the text service (details supplied) funded by the HSE has not engaged in misuse of data collected by its service as has...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      788. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will have their appointment confirmed. [6650/22]
    • Substance Misuse
      789. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the HSE received an instruction from his Department on 24 June 2021 to suspend the funding allocation for...
    • Mental Health Services
      790. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a copy of a report in relation to a person (details supplied). [6652/22]
    • Dental Services
      791. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dental practitioners participating in the dental treatment services scheme in January 2021 and in January 2022, by county in tabular form; the...
    • Health Services
      792. To ask the Minister for Health the podiatric waiting list by location and waiting time by month in counties Louth and Meath in January 2021 and January 2022; the number of HSE podiatric...
    • Mental Health Services
      793. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with mental health conditions that were placed in paediatric facilities in 2019, 2020 and 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      794. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to make it easier for trainee counselling and educational psychologists to become fully qualified; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Mental Health Services
      795. To ask the Minister for Health the services there are for children who are on the ASD spectrum that also have mental health difficulties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6663/22]
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      797. To ask the Minister for Health when the St. Mary’s Hospital, Boyne View House, Dublin Road, Drogheda redevelopment project will be completed; the number of beds that will be available...
    • Ambulance Service
      799. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on the National Ambulance Service base for the Drogheda area; if a site has been identified for such a facility; and if he will make a...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      800. To ask the Minister for Health when the St. Joseph’s, Ardee, County Louth redevelopment project will be completed; the number of beds that will be available in the redeveloped...
    • Covid-19 Tests
      801. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide assurances that there is a plan and pathway in place for cancer patients who are immunocompromised to access rapid PCR tests and results;...
    • Mental Health Policy
      802. To ask the Minister for Health if specific plans are in place to address generalised anxiety among teenagers arising from pandemic-related stress. [6704/22]
    • Medicinal Products
      803. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will request his Department to pay for the drug and deliver the required...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      804. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an urgent operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6738/22]
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      805. To ask the Minister for Health if the €1,000 pandemic bonus will be paid to healthcare assistants who are employed by private providers but who work in the homes of HSE clients as...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Agriculture Schemes
      808. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an appeal by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5817/22]
    • Forestry Sector
      810. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Coillte road licences issued on the forestry licensing dashboard in week three of January 2022; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Staff
      811. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the date the current senior inspector in the Forestry Service secured employment with his Department; the date that they were...
    • Forestry Sector
      813. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if frost only affects forest crops less than four years old; if frost can cause serious damage to crops greater than four years old;...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      820. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to change the existing ash dieback reconstitution and underplanting scheme and provide new annual premiums to forest owners...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has commenced the establishment of the stakeholder forum that will participate in the review of the Common Fisheries Policy; if...
    • Forestry Sector
      826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of the 4,245 hectares which licences were given out to for afforestation that were afforested; and if he will make a...
    • Departmental Contracts
      828. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the agencies under the remit of his Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by his...
    • Proposed Legislation
      831. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will bring forward a fishery harbour centres (amendment) Bill. [6202/22]
    • Official Travel
      832. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to...
    • Third Level Education
      833. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department informed third-level education providers of forestry in Ireland that their graduates are not capable of completing...
    • Departmental Staff
      834. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff with forestry qualifications and the number of staff including contracted in personnel with ecology...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      835. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when grant aid under the TAMS II scheme will issue to a farmer (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in...
    • Horticulture Sector
      836. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 835 of 1 February 2022, if he or his colleagues in have had engagements with Bord na Móna...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      837. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 833 of 1 February 2022, the terms of reference of the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board...
    • Agriculture Industry
      838. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 841 of 1 February 2022, the circumstances under which potato seed may be imported into the...
    • Forestry Sector
      839. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the updated forestry licensing target by licence type for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6720/22]
    • Agriculture Schemes
      842. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated to the pilot soil sampling scheme; the number of places within the scheme this was intended to facilitate; the...
    • Common Agricultural Policy
      844. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to publish the CAP Strategic Plan given the 16 other European Union member states have done so; and if he will make a...
    • Tax Code
      845. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position of his Department, the expected impact and mitigation measures his Department intends to introduce with regard to...
    • Brexit Issues
      846. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his engagements with his counterpart in Northern Ireland since the order to stop checks on certain goods at ports in Northern...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Control of Dogs
      847. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her attention has been drawn to the recent introduction of the presa canario breed of dog into Ireland and that the breed is...
    • Rural Schemes
      848. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the stringent rules involved in allocating panic alarms locally (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed; and if she will make...
    • Departmental Funding
      850. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number and name of local authorities that did not make an application for funding under Rural Regeneration and Development Fund...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic
      851. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the agencies under the remit of her Department; the amount that has been spent on all Covid-19-related consultancy contracts by her...
    • Official Travel
      852. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location she is scheduled to...

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