Written answers
Wednesday, 9 February 2022
- Department of An Taoiseach
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- Enterprise Support Services
32. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the employment results of IDA Ireland for 2021; the main factors for the level of job increases; the level of job...
- Low Pay Commission
33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 13 of 2 November 2021, if he has received the report by the Low Pay Commission and the ESRI of a...
- Work Permits
34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will expedite the work permit application process for the haulage sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6914/22]
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions
35. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement he has had with small to medium enterprises to help them reduce their carbon emissions and prepare for a greener...
- State Bodies
36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when he expects the position of IDA Regional Director for the South East to be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Waste Management
37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department will consider adopting new regulations prohibiting the sale of scrap metal by cash without valid...
- National Broadband Plan
38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available regarding fibre broadband at a location (details supplied) in County Tipperary; the reason this...
- Environmental Schemes
39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of the exemption provided to farmers to dispose of untreated and uncontaminated green waste such as...
- Waste Management
40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if specific targets will be set for aluminium cans as well as for polyethylene terephthalate bottles; if the targets...
- National Broadband Plan
41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath connected under the National Broadband Plan; if his attention...
- Energy Prices
42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the €100 energy payment support will be made available to all households including those who have been cut off...
- National Broadband Plan
43. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the options available to a person who finds themselves within the orange area on the National Broadband Plan roll-out...
- Departmental Strategies
44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish a national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6933/22]
- Departmental Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current numbers awaiting completion of works under the warmer homes scheme; the number of pending applications...
- Cybersecurity Policy
47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures taken to increase Ireland’s cyber-security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7108/22]
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Road Safety
48. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the profound negative effects that LED lighting is having on some persons and that they are now...
- Driver Licences
49. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current status on the recognition of Ukrainian HGV driving licences in Ireland; when an agreement will be signed on to recognise such...
- Cycling Facilities
50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a media report (details supplied); his views on the provision of cycling infrastructure in the Luas...
- Rail Network
51. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on whether the MetroLink to Knocklyon, County Dublin is seriously deficient in aspects (details supplied). [6857/22]
- Transport Policy
52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the summary of responses from the population of south-west Dublin will be made public in relation to the draft review of the...
- Rail Network
53. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there are plans to improve the accessibility of Sallins train station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Tax Code
54. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will change the rules in relation to the motor tax for commercial vehicles to allow sons and daughters of elderly farmers avail of...
- Department of Finance
- Primary Medical Certificates
56. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of primary medical certificate appeals waiting to be assessed by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6921/22]
- Tax Code
57. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether the taxation treatment of second homes leased to renters is fair to middle income earners and a possible factor in the recent rent hikes....
- Tax Reliefs
58. To ask the Minister for Finance the nature of activities which benefit from section 110 benefits; if the benefits of this regime was recently reviewed from a national perspective; and if he...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Office of Public Works
59. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he plans to replace the current commissioner structure at the Office of Public Works with a new assistant secretary level senior...
- Civil Service
64. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of vacant civil service positions filled in all offices in County Donegal from both internal and mobility transfers in each of...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
65. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will take appropriate steps to ensure that the pandemic bonus payment will be paid to front-line nurses in the Irish Prison Service...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Culture Policy
66. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the performance delivery agreement between Galway 2020 and her Department has expired; if so, the date it expired; if not, the...
- Media Sector
68. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide an update on the report of the Future of Media Commission. [5965/22]
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Defective Building Materials
69. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the definitive timeline for the appointment of a project manager to oversee the implementation of the enhanced scheme further...
- National Monuments
71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to a structural problem with a heritage listed bridge (details supplied) in County Kildare; and...
- Housing Schemes
72. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will remove the means testing for persons that suffer from thalidomide that are applying for housing adaptation grants;...
- Legislative Measures
74. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the updating of regulations to allow for plebiscites to change place names. [7084/22]
- Departmental Funding
75. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a funding source will be available to apply to for the preparation of a master plan in respect of St. Finan’s...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure the passports for persons (details supplied) are issued in time for international travel on 14 February 2022; and if he...
- Consular Services
79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff that are employed in each foreign embassy based in Ireland. [7009/22]
- Passport Services
81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the inconsistency in the time-scale of the issuing of passports given that some persons are waiting...
- Department of Defence
- Departmental Budgets
82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount returned by his Department to the Exchequer for the past four years by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Defence Forces
83. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the breakdown of the infrastructural development plan for the Defence Forces; the total amount allocated; the amount allocated to each barracks...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Schools Building Projects
85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied); if this application will be examined under the additional accommodation scheme; if...
- Child and Family Agency
86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will amend the current regulations in which pupils enrolled in and attending primary schools are not counted by the Tusla education support...
- Special Educational Needs
87. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 131 of 1 February 2022, if she will reconsider and elaborate on the content of her reply given that it...
- School Accommodation
88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when additional accommodation will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6848/22]
- School Staff
89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is satisfied with the level of qualification required to become a special needs assistant given that it is over 40 years since they were...
- Special Educational Needs
90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been made on the review of a special needs assistant allocation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and...
- State Examinations
91. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken to date in respect of leaving certificate reform; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6953/22]
- Teacher Training
92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for in-service training of teachers at primary and secondary level over the past five years; and the proportion it represents of the...
- School Funding
94. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the budget for technology technical support for primary and secondary schools over the past five years. [6961/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have applied for funding under the once-off Covid-19 minor works funding of €17 million for post-primary...
- Disadvantaged Status
96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the process to identify a school as disadvantaged and which therefore should be included in the DEIS initiative; the number of...
- Education Policy
97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has plans to examine the concept of trauma-informed practice in education; and if there are plans to roll-out a national...
- State Examinations
98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the stress and upset students are experiencing since the announcement of the leaving certificate exams...
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Social Welfare Eligibility
99. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) is entitled to a further social welfare payment; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Social Welfare Payments
100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a change of payment details for a child benefit payment can be processed in the case of a person (details supplied); the...
- Community Welfare Services
101. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the community welfare service has seen a reorganisation; if so, the reason for same; if she will provide the details of...
- Social Welfare Payments
102. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a top-up to a carer's allowance payment will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Covid-19 Pandemic
103. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childcare centres, preschools and crèches that have installed HEPA filters as part of the...
- International Protection
104. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1125 of 19 January 2022, if certain additional hotels (details supplied)...
- Departmental Schemes
105. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the mother and baby institutions payment scheme Bill will provide for access to redress for survivors of...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Citizenship Applications
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to be followed by the parents of a child (details supplied) to secure citizenship for their child; and if she...
- Immigration Policy
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedure to regularise their position in the case of a person (details supplied); if the person is eligible to apply for...
- An Garda Síochána
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the next recruitment for the Garda band will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6944/22]
- Departmental Schemes
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the present status of the Immigration Investment Programme; if she will ensure that there will be no reduction in potential...
- Residency Permits
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a stamp 4 renewal application by a person (details supplied). [6990/22]
- Court Accommodation
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the Courts Service own the curtilage of the Court House, Washington Street, Cork; if planning permission exists for a car...
- Crime Prevention
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has engaged with the Garda Commissioner regarding actions being taken to address the incidence of knife crime. [7106/22]
- Department of Health
- Hospital Waiting Lists
117. To ask the Minister for Health the way he plans to tackle the long waiting lists for children to receive operations; and the way his Department plans to improve the management of waiting...
- Disease Management
118. To ask the Minister for Health the details with respect to enhanced community care chronic disease hubs to be established in County Cork; the geographical areas that each hub will cover; the...
- Nursing Homes
119. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to serious concerns raised (details supplied) in respect of additional nursing home charges that has become a widespread scandal across the...
- Mental Health Services
120. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1719 of 19 January 2022, the population size of the North Lee and South Lee catchments served by a new adult mental...
- Health Services Staff
121. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to carry out an investigation into the treatment of a person (details supplied) and the circumstances which led to them resigning from the HSE; and...
- Disability Services
122. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on waiting lists for early intervention services by CHO, age category and time waiting in tabular form. [6776/22]
- Hospital Waiting Lists
123. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to correspondence from a group (details supplied); and if he will agree to its request for a meeting. [6777/22]
- Mental Health Services
124. To ask the Minister for Health the number of full-time consultant psychiatric posts allocated to CAMHS teams by CHO; the number of posts which are currently vacant by CHO; the period these...
- Departmental Data
125. To ask the Minister for Health the population profile and breakdown of each CHO in tabular form. [6779/22]
- Mental Health Services
126. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1716 of 19 January 2022, if there were bidders other than the HSE on a property purchased in January 2021 in Carrigaline,...
- Health Service Executive
128. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE has purchased or is renting a property named Garnish House in Cork city; and the details of the costs associated with this property. [6783/22]
- Medicinal Products
129. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department and the HSE will give consideration to providing funding to cover the cost of a drug known as adjuvant nivolumab for a person (details...
- Disability Services
130. To ask the Minister for Health if correspondence (details supplied) will be reviewed and the points therein addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6788/22]
- Mental Health Services
131. To ask the Minister for Health the original costs budgeted for the Mount Carmel eating disorder service in CHO6; the expected increase in costs due to the delay; when the tendering process...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
132. To ask the Minister for Health if advice can be provided for persons in circumstances (details supplied). [6823/22]
- Health Service Executive
133. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the membership of the National Therapeutics Advisory Group that has been established by the HSE; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Covid-19 Pandemic
135. To ask the Minister for Health if and the number of the 1,000 treatment courses of the first delivery of the monoclonal antibody, xevudy also known as sotrovimab which arrived in Ireland on...
- Ambulance Service
137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding an ambulance base (details supplied) in County Cork. [6843/22]
- Mental Health Services
138. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that families of persons with dementia have been informed that day services provided at a facility (details...
- Disabilities Assessments
139. To ask the Minister for Health the status of progress to date in lowering the waiting times for assessment of needs in Dublin 9 and 11; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6856/22]
- Home Help Service
140. To ask the Minister for Health if assistance will be provided in expediting the provision of a HSE service for a person (details supplied) who has been approved for the service; and if he...
- General Practitioner Services
141. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a service (details supplied) will not see children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6865/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
142. To ask the Minister for Health if workers (details supplied) will be included in the Covid recognition payment. [6867/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
143. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the extremely long waiting times persons are enduring in order to receive assistance from the EU Digital COVID Certificate helpline; and if...
- Health Services
144. To ask the Minister for Health if the funding allocated to a hospice (details supplied) will cover the full planning and development costs; the length of time it will take to complete this...
- Hospital Staff
145. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacancies unfilled or filled on a temporary basis in Cavan General Hospital; and the details of each by categories (details supplied). [6906/22]
- Home Care Packages
146. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the HSE budget spend on home help and carers in CHO4; the breakdown of the spend on private agencies and outsourcing of home support services;...
- Covid-19 Tests
147. To ask the Minister for Health the long-term plan regarding the testing centres in counties Cavan and Monaghan (details supplied); if it is envisaged to have one centre between two counties...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
148. To ask the Minister for Health if workers at an organisation (details supplied) will be included in the Covid recognition payment given that they meet the criteria being reviewed by his...
- Disability Services
149. To ask the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) will be seen for therapy. [6915/22]
- Mental Health Services
150. To ask the Minister for Health when appropriate treatment via mental health services will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Thalidomide Victims Compensation
151. To ask the Minister for Health if he will ensure that full medical cards are provided to persons that have suffered from thalidomide irrespective of their means; and if he will make a...
- Disability Services
152. To ask the Minister for Health the services that will be included as special disability community-based services which will be transferred to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability,...
- Departmental Schemes
153. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the criteria for the long-term illness scheme to include Crohn’s disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6922/22]
- Nursing Homes
154. To ask the Minister for Health the up-to-date position regarding the provision of a new facility (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6925/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic
156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive correct documentation; the reason for the delay in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6943/22]
- Medicinal Products
157. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider updating the current regulations in order that painkillers containing addictive substances, such a codeine, would be regulated and not...
- Health Services
158. To ask the Minister for Health the health budget for pain management and the treatment of pain; the details of pain management services in Sligo University Hospital; and if he will make a...
- Data Protection
159. To ask the Minister for Health if the practice of divulging a patient’s personal details with debt collection agencies in cases in which a patient has outstanding hospital inpatient...
- Disability Services
160. To ask the Minister for Health if the establishment of a children disability network team has been completed; the locations of these teams; if such a team is operational in CHO5; and if he...
- Dental Services
161. To ask the Minister for Health the current wait list for persons under 18 years of age awaiting orthodontal treatment in County Wexford; the number of persons waiting 24, 36 and 48 months...
- Disability Services
162. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons under 18 years of age waiting for speech and language therapy in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6979/22]
- Hospital Procedures
163. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective inpatient surgeries that took place from 2016 to 2021, by hospital group and hospital. [6987/22]
- Health Service Executive
165. To ask the Minister for Health the future plans proposed for the HSE dispensary, Quarry Road, Cabra: and if consideration can be given to relocate the local family resource centre to this...
- Irish Sign Language
166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Irish Sign Language interpreters currently available to assist deaf or hard of hearing patients attending the Mater Hospital; the number of sign...
- Health Services
167. To ask the Minister for Health the CAR-T related expenditure by the HSE and public hospitals since 2015; the breakdown of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7085/22]
- Mental Health Services
169. To ask the Minister for Health if the clinical directors of the west Cork, south Lee and north Cork adult mental health services have agreed with senior management to accept referrals of...
- Hospital Appointments Status
171. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) can expect an appointment for admission. [7090/22]
- Hospital Equipment
172. To ask the Minister for Health if funding for the installation of a public MRI scanner facility at Wexford General Hospital will be included in the HSE Capital Plan 2022; and if he will make...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
173. To ask the Minister for Health if he will respond to a query in relation to the proposed bonus payment for healthcare workers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
- Emergency Departments
174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of public and private patients presenting to the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick for each week in January 2022; and if he will...
- Mental Health Services
175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for mental health services in County Limerick; the length of time they have been waiting; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Legislative Measures
176. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will examine a series of matters (details supplied) raised in relation to the Animal Health and Welfare and Forestry...
- Animal Sales
177. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the AIM system was partially or completely unavailable at Ballybay mart at any time in 2021 or impact by any technical...
- Agriculture Industry
178. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if animals brought to a mart, unsold and returned to a farm incur a movement under the four-movement rule; if so, the reason for...
- Forestry Sector
179. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that the Council for Forest Research and Development carries out a comprehensive overview of wood processing in...
- Fishing Industry
180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his Department takes fishermen to court who are having difficulties in paying harbour fees or dues; if negotiations and...
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Community Development Projects
182. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of a project (details supplied); if a final letter of findings issued; if a sensory garden has been completed at the...
- Rural Schemes
183. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding an application (details supplied) under the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund; and if she will make a...
- Departmental Schemes
184. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the developments that have occurred since the allocation of funding towards an infrastructure plan in respect of Inch Beach, County...
