Written answers
Thursday, 17 February 2022
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Urban Development
8. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way the town centre first policy will support the development of more accessible and safe public spaces in our towns. [8767/22]
- Rural Schemes
17. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress she has made in seeking a funding commitment from the Department of Transport for the local improvement scheme given the...
- Digital Hubs
18. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made in developing the connected hubs system as persons return to work following the easing of Covid-19...
- Urban Development
19. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the make-up of the tool kit for participants in town centre first initiatives; if it will include easy access to the relevant schemes...
- Rural Schemes
20. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the programme for Government commitment for an expanded town and village renewal scheme to bring vacant and derelict...
- Social Isolation
22. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she continues to liaise with urban and rural communities with a view to addressing concerns such as isolation and...
- Digital Hubs
24. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the method by which it is intended to decide the location of remote working hubs to be funded by her Department; the scheme under which...
- Rural Schemes
26. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the timing of the next allocations under the town and village renewal scheme; the detail of the projects applied...
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
27. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cad é stádas an bháid farantóireachta nua atá saincheaptha d’Oileán Thoraigh; cén uair a...
- Rural Schemes
28. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total allocation of funding provided, the total number of projects submitted to her Department and the total number of projects...
- Telecommunications Infrastructure
29. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if engagements have taken place or are due to take place between the Mobile Phone and Broadband Taskforce and mobile and...
- Urban Development
30. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available from her Department to address dereliction in rural towns and villages; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Rights of Way
31. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress that has been made with regard the provision of indemnification for farmers with land that is accessible to the public for...
- Offshore Islands
32. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the progress in addressing action 136 of the Rural Development Policy 2021-2025 to progress vital infrastructure development for island...
- Community Development Projects
33. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position regarding the new fund for community centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4906/22]
- Rural Schemes
35. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development when is it intended to seek applications under category 2 of the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund in 2022; and if she will make...
- Departmental Policies
36. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the intended timeline for introducing an effective rural proofing model as committed to in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy...
- Urban Development
37. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if the new rapidly growing neighbourhoods developing around cities will be eligible for the town centre first initiative; if they will...
- Offshore Islands
38. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the provision of a helipad on Inishturk island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8779/22]
- Departmental Policies
40. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the mechanism to be deployed to deliver on the commitments in Our Rural Future: Rural Development Policy 2021-2025; and if she will...
- Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
41. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development cén stádas atá ag an gconradh le haghaidh seirbhís farantóireachta ghasta atá le riaradh idir Toraigh...
- Flexible Work Practices
42. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the steps that have been taken to support remote and hybrid working in urban areas of County Cork given the...
- Digital Hubs
43. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that have been taken to ensure that areas such as Fingal, County Dublin and other areas relatively close to large urban...
- Urban Development
44. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will provide an update on the expenditure of the town centres first funding that was recently allocated by her Department. [8480/22]
- Rural Schemes
45. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps she is taking to increase the amount of funding for communities available under the LEADER Programme 2023-2027. [8662/22]
- Local Development Companies
46. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if local action group status will be returned to local development companies as committed to in the programme for Government; and if...
- Departmental Bodies
47. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the national oversight advisory group in relation to the town centre first policy; the membership of the group; the terms...
- Departmental Reports
48. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the actions that her Department has taken to implement recommendation number 4 contained in the 2020 report entitled Focused Policy...
- Digital Hubs
49. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the position on advancing remote working hubs across County Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8394/22]
- Urban Development
50. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way the town centre first policy will support towns such as Bailieborough and Carrickmacross, County Monaghan to...
- Rural Schemes
51. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the anticipated changes that will be made to the level of funding for LEADER programme 2023-2027; the impact of same on County Mayo;...
- Departmental Schemes
53. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has considered expanding the senior alert scheme to other vulnerable cohorts in society such as those living alone with a...
- Community Development Projects
54. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding is available for the construction of new community centres and when the details of a scheme will be announced; and if she...
- Digital Hubs
55. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the roll-out of connected hubs in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8780/22]
- Rural Schemes
56. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will allow discretionary funding under LEADER Food Initiative for projects that were submitted but withdrawn to resubmit with...
- Rural Recreation Policy
57. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the proposed works for the Mell Greenway, Drogheda for which Louth County Council received €200,000 through the...
- Community Development Projects
58. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the allocation of Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme funding to Cork for 2022. [8749/22]
- Vacant Properties
59. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the measures that are or will be in place in 2022 supported by schemes operated by her Department or through statutory agencies to...
- Rural Schemes
60. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the local improvement scheme allocation for 2022; the number of outstanding local improvement scheme roads by local authority; the...
- Offshore Islands
61. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if funding will be provided for capital works and other improvements on the offshore islands in 2022. [8454/22]
- Energy Prices
62. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the steps that are being taken to assist charities and community groups with the growing costs in relation to energy and insurance....
- Dormant Accounts Fund
63. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding and number of programmes under the dormant accounts action plan which her Department will be running in 2022; and...
- Small and Medium Enterprises
64. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if a scheme will be made available to SMEs to set up broadband hubs on their premises in addition to the broadband community hubs...
- Broadband Infrastructure
65. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development her engagement on the broadband connection points elements of the National Broadband Plan to date in 2022. [8699/22]
- Rural Schemes
66. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the local development strategy for the Leader programme; if this will include a review of geographical boundaries; and if...
- Public Transport
67. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the way her Department has engaged with and fed into the recently launched Connecting Ireland transport incentive; and if she will make...
- Offshore Islands
68. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will advise on the development of the forthcoming islands strategy; the status and estimated timeline for completion; and if she...
- Urban Development
70. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role of town regeneration officers under the town centre first scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8759/22]
- Community Development Projects
71. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the community services programme; if the programme adequately supports initiative and social enterprises in both urban...
- Digital Hubs
72. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided by her Department nationally and for County Wexford under the connected hubs programme; and if she will...
- Voluntary Sector
73. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the work to support volunteering and the provision of volunteer centres for each county; and if she will make a...
- Rural Schemes
74. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will consider running a national rural development programme concurrently with the 2023 -2027 LEADER Programme. [8717/22]
- Digital Hubs
77. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the level of funding provided since the February 2020 general election to date with regard to the provision of community and remote...
- Rural Schemes
80. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the funding available in her Department under the Rural Regeneration Fund for 2022; the funding already allocated under this heading to...
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Crime Prevention
90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work taking place to make the streets safer for everyone, particularly women, from lighting to...
- Alcohol Sales
91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the work to modernise and reform Ireland’s licensing laws; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Crime Prevention
93. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she will take in relation to the growing anxiety in rural areas regarding crime levels; and if she will make a...
- Joint Policing Committees
98. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on the transition from the joint policing committees to the new community safety partnership system; and if...
- Public Inquiries
99. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to establish an independent public inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details...
- An Garda Síochána
100. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in County Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8558/22]
- Immigration Policy
101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants scheme to ensure those who are unsuccessful in...
- An Garda Síochána
102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the timeline for when the Garda Reserve will reopen for recruitment of new volunteer members given recruitment is currently...
- Prison Service
103. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the high-level mental health task force responsible for implementing a plan related to mental health or dual...
- Crime Prevention
104. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the rise in assaults against front-line workers; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Domestic Violence
105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to progress the strategy to combat domestic violence across the country; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Gangland Crime
106. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if further legislative measures are proposed or in hand to combat the activities of criminal gangs; if the amended bail laws...
- Naturalisation Applications
107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of minor naturalisation applications that are currently waiting to be processed; the current waiting time for an...
- Crime Prevention
108. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to increase Garda numbers in Cork given the recent attacks on women in the city and county. [8725/22]
- Gangland Crime
110. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to deal with gangland crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8713/22]
- Crime Prevention
111. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work to support An Garda Síochána in preventing and combatting crime perpetrated against older persons; and if...
- An Garda Síochána
112. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently based in County Longford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8615/22]
- Prison Service
113. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the arrangements in force at present in relation to prison visits in view of the general opening up of society recently due to...
- Domestic Violence
114. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans that are in place for a dedicated women’s refuge centre in County Cavan; and if she will make a statement on...
- Departmental Reports
115. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she will receive the final report of the scoping inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a person (details...
- Crime Prevention
116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the funding streams available for community safety partnerships which are operating on a pilot basis at present; the funding...
- Legislative Measures
117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will prioritise the enactment of the Family Court Bill 2020; the progress being made in the development of the Bill; and...
- Drug Dealing
118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the new measures that will be introduced in 2022 to deal with illegal drugs throughout the country; and if she will make a...
- Crime Prevention
120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way she will address concerns in rural areas in relation to burglary and assaults; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to enhance policing in rural communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8374/22]
- Gambling Sector
123. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when she expects the gambling regulatory authority to be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8554/22]
- Domestic Violence
124. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 25 November 2021, the status of the third national strategy to tackle domestic,...
- An Garda Síochána
125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí currently based in the Naas Garda district and in the Leixlip Garda district; and if she will make a...
- Immigration Support Services
126. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will reform the immigration system to protect the victims and survivors of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence...
- Sex Offenders Notification Requirements
127. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to restrict the ability of convicted sex offenders to change their name by deed poll; and if she will...
- Crime Prevention
129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being taken to address the increase in knife crime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8391/22]
- Domestic Violence
130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to review bail laws; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8559/22]
- Crime Prevention
131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work to date in the three pilot community safety areas; the indicators that are being used to establish the success of the...
- Drug Dealing
132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions that are being taken to tackle illegal drug dealing in Clondalkin, Dublin 22; and if she will make a statement on...
- Legislative Measures
133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will expedite legislation on stalking. [8605/22]
- Judicial Council
135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that will be taken to put protections in place for persons who are engaged in the legal system from possible...
- An Garda Síochána
136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the research conducted to support the decision on changing the language criteria for Garda recruitment; the impact this is...
- Legislative Measures
137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/22]
- An Garda Síochána
138. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda stations operational in the Cavan-Monaghan Garda division in 2021; the number that will be operational in...
- Visa Applications
139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which improvements can be made in the processing of visas for employment here to ensure that employers have quick...
- Legislative Reviews
143. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if existing defamation legislation is being reviewed in her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8602/22]
- Personal Injury Claims
144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the future of the personal injury discount rate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62322/21]
- Antisocial Behaviour
146. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of Operation Citizen; its progress to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8728/22]
- Electronic Tagging
148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider the extension of electronic tagging for criminals with multiple convictions for serious offences; and if...
- Drug Dealing
150. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way that the new policy approach for areas of severe disadvantage which are suffering the ravages of drug dealing has been...
- Domestic Violence
151. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if there is mandatory training within the Judiciary system on domestic violence; and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
152. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the recent launch of the Garda recruitment drive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8727/22]
- Crime Prevention
153. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action she proposes to take in relation to crimes committed against older persons. [8553/22]
- An Garda Síochána
154. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the significant changes that Castlebar Garda station has undergone in terms of additional resources, hubs, business supports...
- Immigration Policy
155. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will amend the regularisation of the long-term undocumented migrants' scheme for undocumented persons to reduce the...
- Domestic Violence
156. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her legislative priorities in relation to tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence; and if she will make a statement...
- International Protection
157. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps she is taking to address the recommendations regarding the international protection system in a report on the process...
- An Garda Síochána
158. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the discussions that were held with her Department by An Garda Síochána in the past four years in relation to the...
- Domestic Violence
161. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement she has had with the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with regard to the...
- Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
- EU Directives
163. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the EU directive allowing for class action lawsuits is still scheduled to be transposed into Irish law in December 2022; if so,...
- Work Permits
164. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of a work permit for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8850/22]
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
165. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reopen a scheme (details supplied) to assist businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8946/22]
- Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
- Energy Prices
166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recently announced energy credit will be given to those staying in private rented accommodation but who are...
- Environmental Schemes
167. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a deep retrofit scheme for persons (details supplied). [8923/22]
- Energy Prices
168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is any direction from his Department to encourage electricity providers to permit community and voluntary...
- Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
- Bus Services
169. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the issues with the 175 bus route (details supplied); if he will ensure that a company resolve this...
- Driver Test
170. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will set out the current waiting time for motorcycle driving tests in each driving test centre; when a motorcycle driving test will...
- Public Service Obligation
174. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the breakdown of the €54 million in funding announced for the 20% reduction in fares on public service obligation routes; the way...
- Public Transport
177. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated increase in demand if public transport fares were abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8859/22]
- Departmental Consultations
179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has awarded the consultancy contract to study and review the regulatory and infrastructural frameworks for the use of hydrogen as a...
- Driver Test
180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of motorcycle licence tests, compared with car licence tests, that have been completed since the start of 2021, by test...
- Road Projects
181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will consider the issues raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to the construction of a road; the...
- Transport Policy
182. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will include Ireland’s western arc in the Ten-T review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8942/22]
- Maritime Safety
185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the nature of the geophysical survey works in relation to Marine Notice No. 09 of 2022; the way that they are applied for; the number of...
- Bus Services
186. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position in relation to bus services provided by a company (details supplied) operating in Dublin; the routes which currently operate...
- Department of Finance
- Tax Exemptions
187. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has considered implementing a VAT exemption for self-build houses as is the case in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Tax Collection
188. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide a schedule for each heading for the amount collected by the Revenue Commissioners in respect of mineral oil tax in each of the years 2015...
- Tax Exemptions
193. To ask the Minister for Finance when the tax exemption limit for persons aged 65 years and over will be reviewed in order that it increases in line with the increase in the old age pension;...
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
194. To ask the Minister for Finance the time that was taken to bring the temporary wage subsidy scheme from design stage to its operational phase when it was introduced in 2020. [8898/22]
- Tax Credits
195. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider introducing tax credits for owner-occupiers of defective apartments and duplexes who have paid levies for the remediation of same; and if...
- Departmental Reports
196. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of studies, research and reviews undertaken or commissioned by him in 2021, in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review or research...
- Housing Schemes
197. To ask the Minister for Finance if further consideration will be given to a request outlined in correspondence (details supplied) to his Department; if he plans to amend the criteria for...
- Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
- Brexit Supports
198. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when a scheme or schemes will become operational to allow for access to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to help counter the adverse...
- Flood Risk Management
199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 10 April 2019, the number of the 169 applications received from each county in which there...
- Public Sector Pensions
200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position in relation to the RTÉ pension scheme; if he plans to sanction a rise for pensioners whose pensions have been frozen...
- Office of Public Works
201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of board members of the OPW who hold the Property Services Regulatory Authority qualification; the date on which they...
- Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
- Departmental Strategies
203. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the National Swimming Strategy will commence; the timeline for its commencement; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Sports Funding
204. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the total number of applications for the 2021-2022 sports capital grant per county; the number of applications; the name of each...
- Íocaíochtaí Deontas
210. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil sé ar intinn aici deontas atosaithe a thabhairt isteach, cosúil leis an deontas a tugadh isteach do...
- Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
- Traveller Accommodation
211. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the recommendation from the Traveller accommodation expert review group to repeal trespass laws is being considered; and if...
- Wildlife Regulations
212. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) regarding the annual State-wide Wild Bird Derogation Declarations...
- Housing Policy
216. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a person is entitled to apply for the local authority home loan if, having been a previous homeowner, they had to sell...
- Defective Building Materials
217. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if the Independent Working Group on Housing Defects will complete its work by the end of March 2022; the status of this work;...
- Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be processed by 6 March 2022 in order that they can travel with their family....
- Department of Education and Skills
- Special Educational Needs
220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will clarify the allocation of SNAs for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8826/22]
- Teacher Training
221. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will allow trainee teachers to complete an online alternative to their mandatory Gaeltacht placement in summer 2022 (details...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that the reference to facemasks being worn by teachers in classes with hearing difficulties which is set out in the HSE guidelines...
- National Council for Special Education
223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current implementation status of each recommendation of the 2011 National Council for Special Education policy advice paper, The Education of...
- Schools Building Projects
224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 438 of 8 February 2022, if she will identify the individual schools involved in the tender process for...
- Covid-19 Pandemic
225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties encountered by schools getting in touch with public health to report outbreaks of Covid-19 in...
- State Examinations
226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address concerns in relation to the fact that there is insufficient accommodation at examination time for students living with...
- Schools Building Projects
227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a planned new building for a school (details supplied). [8983/22]
- Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
- Birth Certificates
228. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person (details supplied) can change the birth certificate of their child; the process for such a change; and if she...
- Social Welfare Benefits
229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a review of a working family payment claim which has been ongoing for several weeks will be completed in the case of a...
- State Pensions
230. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a further increase was not offered to a person (details supplied) following a recent contributory pension review;...
- Public Sector Pensions
231. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if local authority workers who were employed pre-1996 and who are paying a D stamp PRSI contributions are being forced to...
- Social Welfare Benefits
232. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of claimants who ceased to receive the domiciliary carers’ allowance in 2021 when they reached 16 years of...
- Social Welfare Eligibility
233. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she has considered allowing the continuation of the domiciliary carers’ allowance until such time as the care...
- Social Welfare Benefits
234. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the position regarding a disability application by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11; the reason for the delay; and if...
- Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Disability Services
237. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to the slow pace of progress in achieving disability rights; if he will ensure...
- Childcare Services
238. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will clarify details in relation to the way that the once-off transition fund will work for community...
- Early Childhood Care and Education
239. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is an alternative plan in place in the event that the Joint Labour Committee recommendation on pay and...
- Legislative Measures
241. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the certain institutional burials (authorised interventions) Bill; and if he will make a statement...
- Department of Education and Skills
- Grant Payments
242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a person (details supplied) in County Meath will be granted the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8980/22]
- Apprenticeship Programmes
243. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the apprenticeships that are currently available; the number of vacancies available for each of these apprenticeships; the number of new...
- Grant Payments
244. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that all income thresholds for all SUSI grant rates will increase by €1,000 except the special rate (details supplied). [8967/22]
- Third Level Fees
245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the existing proposals to substantially reduce student fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8969/22]
- Department of Justice and Equality
- Visa Applications
246. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the action that is being taken to facilitate speedy visa applications for Ukrainian citizens including those with family...
- Prison Service
247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider meeting with the Irish Prison Service and an organisation (details supplied) to explore possible uses for...
- Immigration Policy
248. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will consider including persons whose EU treaty rights visas have been revoked and who are now living here on precarious...
- International Protection
249. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the upset and distress that persons who have been in Ireland for over five...
- Legislative Reviews
250. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 644 of 27 January 2021, the reason the review of the Defamation Act 2009 was not...
- Prison Service
251. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prison officers employed by the Irish Prison Service over the past ten years, by prison institution, in tabular...
- Deportation Orders
255. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a deportation order will be set aside in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
- An Garda Síochána
256. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps that are being taken in the new Garda recruitment campaign to ensure that enough fluent Irish speakers are recruited...
- International Protection
257. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the rationale for an applicant to the international protection strand of the regularisation scheme for long-term undocumented...
- Crime Prevention
260. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which she and her Department are considering measures to address the increasing levels of unprovoked violence...
- Departmental Data
266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of life-threatening or other serious offences against the person that have been recorded and reported in each of the...
- Gangland Crime
267. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the work in progress to disrupt the activities of criminal gangs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9015/22]
- An Garda Síochána
272. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the extent to which An Garda Síochána can rely on the availability of the most up-to-date technology to assist them...
- Gangland Crime
273. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal gang members involved in the sale of illegal drugs or encouragement in the use of various illegal drugs;...
- Departmental Data
274. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons involved in drug trafficking who have been jailed in each of the past three years to date; the number of...
- Visa Applications
275. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when an entry visa for the purpose of taking up employment will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
- An Garda Síochána
276. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of women who have been promoted within An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years to date; the...
- Department of Health
- Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
277. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to take place to extend the €1,000 pandemic payment to section 39 healthcare workers; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Drug Dealing
278. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which serious drug abuse exists, by county and by location; the plans in hand to deal with the situation; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Disabilities Assessments
279. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children on assessment of needs waiting lists by CHO for each quarter since quarter 4 2018, in tabular form; the number of those waiting more...
- Hospital Staff
280. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to take place regarding an increase in the staffing levels for paediatric epilepsy services at University Hospital Limerick to...
- Hospital Facilities
281. To ask the Minister for Health if discussions are expected to take place regarding the €5.1 million that was requested for Cappagh Kids National Orthopaedic Hospital to be granted;...
- Hospital Appointments Status
282. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8824/22]
- Medical Cards
283. To ask the Minister for Health if an application for a medical card by a person (details supplied) will be progressed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Hospital Services
284. To ask the Minister for Health when the rheumatology clinic at Cork University Hospital will be opened; when the patient triage will be resuming for categorising soon, urgent and routine...
- Health Service Executive
285. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that a response has not been forthcoming from the HSE on a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8835/22]
- Primary Medical Certificates
286. To ask the Minister for Health if a primary medical certificate application will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8838/22]
- Nursing Homes
287. To ask the Minister for Health his views on a policy issue raised by a person (details supplied) relating to nursing home charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8840/22]
- General Practitioner Services
288. To ask the Minister for Health when the free general practitioner care scheme will be extended to six- and seven-year-olds as per budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Medical Inquiries
289. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the inquiry into the historical licensing and use of the anti-epileptic drug sodium valproate that his Department committed to in...
- Dental Services
290. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulty experienced by those who hold a medical card and are seeking root canal treatment; and the way a family can...
- Health Services
291. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8865/22]
- Covid-19 Tests
292. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 9 February 2022, if he will address the issue that this lack of access to recovery certificates is due to a...
- Health Strategies
293. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the women's health task force; the steps being taken to improve the diagnosis, management and treatment of endometriosis; and if he will make a...
- Nursing Homes
294. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 709 of 8 February 2022, if this combined briefing report on the three nursing homes by HIQA to the Minister for Mental...
- Medical Cards
295. To ask the Minister for Health if he plans to increase the income threshold for qualifying for a medical card in line with increases in the State pension to take account of the fact that...
- Hospital Appointments Status
296. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8880/22]
- Registration Certificate
297. To ask the Minister for Health the wait times for appointments for registering a birth and registering a death; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8894/22]
- Disabilities Assessments
298. To ask the Minister for Health the number of complaints received in each of the years 2016 to 2022 regarding the failure to carry out an assessment of need in line with standards in each CHO...
- Dental Services
315. To ask the Minister for Health if he is considering measures to address the impact the high rate of inflation is having on dentists who are operating the dental treatment services scheme to...
- Health Services
316. To ask the Minister for Health if a matter raised in correspondence by a person (details supplied) in relation to a service will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Health Services Staff
317. To ask the Minister for Health the process followed in each community health office across the State to select and appoint persons to senior management positions; if these processes are...
- Medicinal Products
318. To ask the Minister for Health if financial support is provided for the purchase of medication for hyperemesis gravidarum; if assistance is provided through the medical card scheme or the...
- National Maternity Hospital
320. To ask the Minister for Health the expected BER rating standard for the completed building of the new national maternity hospital; the difference between such a rating and a near zero rating...
- Health Services Staff
321. To ask the Minister for Health the number of child psychologists who are working full time and-or part time in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8955/22]
- Mental Health Services
324. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of the waiting lists in Galway for children for second, third and fourth psychologist appointments, in tabular form; and if he will make a...
- Health Services
325. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown of waiting lists in Galway for children for second, third and fourth speech and language therapy appointments, in tabular form; and if he will...
- Home Help Service
327. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the crisis in regard to staff shortages in the home support sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8974/22]
- Hospital Services
329. To ask the Minister for Health his plans ensure that a BreastCheck service is available in Bantry Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8984/22]
- Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
- Agriculture Schemes
330. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment under GLÁS 2020 will be made to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8831/22]
- Brexit Supports
332. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a scheme or schemes will become operational to allow for access to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve to help counter the adverse...
- Horticulture Sector
333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the exit from the horticultural industry of many vegetables growers; the extent to which this...
- Agriculture Schemes
334. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that eligible areas within the new agri-environmental climate measure are predominantly in counties...
- Forestry Sector
335. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of afforestation licenses issued by his Department in 2021 which were for native woodland establishment; the number of...
- Fishing Industry
336. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps the quota management advisory committee is taking to avoid early closure of the line caught mackerel fishery in 2022. [8981/22]
- Department of Rural and Community Development
- Departmental Funding
338. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that will be allocated in 2022 for works on Achill island; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8781/22]
- Community Development Projects
339. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding that will be allocated in 2022 for community centres in County Mayo; and if she will make a statement on the...
- Offshore Islands
340. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has taken a decision to reduce ferry and air fares to the offshore islands from 1 April 2022 to the end of 2022 as part of the...
- Rural Schemes
341. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the present position in relation to the next Leader programme; the total funding in place for this programme; the funding that will be...
- Departmental Schemes
342. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she and her Department can further enhance the extent to which persons living in isolation in either urban or...
- Social Isolation
343. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which her Department has assisted with addressing the issue of isolation throughout the country in the past two years...
- Departmental Strategies
347. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to offer support to rural and community-based support services throughout the country in 2022 with a...
- Departmental Schemes
350. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the total moneys awarded by her Department to various community-based initiatives throughout the regions since she took office; and if...
- Rural Schemes
354. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to extend support for various communities under the Leader programme in 2022, directly or through...
- Library Services
356. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she will continue to support, update and expand public libraries in the future including incorporating the use of...
- Rural Schemes
357. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to be in a position to support local improvement schemes initiated by local authorities in 2022; and...
- Tidy Towns
358. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she expects to assist various tidy towns projects throughout the country in 2022, some of which may have suffered...
- Rural Schemes
359. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which she proposes to assist communities under the CLÁR programme in 2022 given that many areas eligible for such...
