Written answers

Thursday, 24 February 2022

  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Schemes
      4. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the additional cost of living for those with disabilities, as highlighted in the Cost of Disability report by a company (details...
    • Sports Facilities
      14. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider making funding available to assist sporting bodies to improve their stadium facilities; if locations have been...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      15. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén leagan amach atá i gceist maidir leis an dul i gcomhairle maidir le hÚdarás na Gaeltachta agus...
    • Arts Council
      17. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the current vacancies on the board of the Arts Council; the reason for these vacancies; when they will be filled; the process for...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      18. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if a decision has been made by the Government in relation to alternative funding for public service broadcasting or the future of...
    • Online Safety
      19. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made regarding recruitment of an online safety commissioner; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Tourism Policy
      20. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for ecotourism infrastructure in rural areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10092/22]
    • Sports Facilities
      22. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the Government is fully committed to the redevelopment of a stadium (details supplied); and, if so, the commitment that will be...
    • Sports Funding
      23. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the review of allocations under the large-scale sport infrastructure fund is due to be completed; when additional grants and...
    • Irish Language
      24. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to providing funding to develop the Irish language in areas of Cork city and county, similar to the...
    • Sports Events
      25. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an update will be provided on the Government’s engagement with the joint bid for Euro 2028 by Ireland and the UK; and if...
    • Departmental Schemes
      27. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if all arts workers, not only performers and artists but including crew and technicians, will be eligible for the basic income...
    • Sports Funding
      28. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the large-scale sports infrastructure fund is due to reopen for applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Tourism Industry
      29. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the engagement she and her Department have had with regard to the training and skills needs of the tourism...
    • Irish Language
      30. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department will sanction a new language planning co-ordinator to support the efforts of An Clár as Gaeilge in terms of...
    • Departmental Reports
      32. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Future of Media Commission report; when it will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter....
    • Arts Policy
      33. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider developing a register for artists, performers, crew and technicians and all those working in arts and culture;...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of progress on mandating Sport Ireland to develop a programme of interventions to boost participation levels among...
    • Equality Issues
      35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of meeting the target of 40% female representation on the boards of sporting organisations; and if she will make a...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      36. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Sport Ireland High Performance Strategy 2021-2032; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10441/22]
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      38. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an bhfuil dáta nó téarmaí tagartha socruithe do bhunú an Choiste Chomhairligh de réir Acht na...
    • Departmental Reports
      39. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she plans to publish the Future of Media Commission Report. [10214/22]
    • Online Safety
      40. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department will investigate the proliferation of various media channels which specialise in the...
    • Tourism Policy
      42. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans for international tourism for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10505/22]
    • Swimming Pools
      43. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the need to increase the provision of public swimming pools, particularly in rural areas that...
    • Departmental Schemes
      44. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of applications that have been received under the music and entertainment business assistance scheme 2022, by local...
    • Departmental Bodies
      45. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has met with the Future of Media Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9463/22]
    • Tourism Policy
      46. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an update will be provided on the tourism strategy of the Government in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will...
    • Dormant Accounts Fund
      48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when the dormant accounts funding for sport will be announced for 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10444/22]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      50. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an update will be provided on her work to promote women in sport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10320/22]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht cén uair a thagann deireadh le tréimhse na gcomhaltaí de Bhord Údarás na Gaeltachta atá ann faoi...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of efforts to bridge the gaps in participation in sport by women and persons with disabilities; and if she will make a...
    • Irish Language
      54. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the language planning process; the outstanding plans that still have to be ratified; and if she will make a statement...
    • Pleanáil Teanga
      55. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 136 an 20 Eanáir 2022, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar stádas...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      56. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht maidir le Ceist Pharlaiminteach Uimhir 111 ar an 20 Eanáir 2022, an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar...
    • Tourism Funding
      58. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress to date at EU level in introducing new tourism-specific funding supports for member states; and if she will make a...
    • Tourism Promotion
      59. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to promote the Irish tourism and hospitality sector in 2022. [10091/22]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      62. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the development of local sports plans; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10432/22]
    • North-South Implementation Bodies
      63. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if Foras na Gaeilge, which operates on a North-South funding mechanism, will be impacted by the recent uncertainty of the Northern...
    • Tourism Promotion
      64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if additional resources will be provided for the marketing of Hidden Heartlands in view of the recent reconfiguration of tourism...
    • Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla
      67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht an dtabharfaidh sí soiléiriú ar stádas an phlean oibre atá faoi chaibidil ag a Roinn chun Acht na...
    • Legislative Process
      69. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the commencement of provisions of the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021; and if she will make a statement on...
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      71. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the employment results of Údarás na Gaeltachta for 2021; the regional spread of same; the factors...
    • Sports Funding
      72. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will consider establishing a ring-fenced part of the sports capital fund in order that rapid-growth areas that have a...
    • Departmental Strategies
      73. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she proposes to expand and extend the pursuit of the mission statement of her Department in respect of tourism,...
    • Tourism Industry
      74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement a plan to facilitate tourism on Dursey Island in the absence of the cable car, which is scheduled to be...
    • Departmental Funding
      75. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 5 October 2021, the way in which the remaining €1 million in departmental...
    • Departmental Advertising
      76. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by her Department on online advertising since she took office. [10204/22]
    • Television Licence Fee
      77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans in relation to the television licence; if the collection of the licence fee will be moved from An Post; and if she will...
    • Cúrsaí Gaeilge
      78. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht conas a thacófar le Coláistí Gaeilge Gaeltachta a athoscailt do mhic léinn i 2022; agus an ndéanfaidh...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Telecommunications Services
      89. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to improve mobile telephone coverage in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Postcode System
      93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will give consideration to providing an Eircode to sports clubs and community organisations that do not have...
    • Energy Policy
      94. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role he envisages for natural gas as an energy source to 2030 and beyond; the consequences in this regard for...
    • Air Quality
      95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to support local authorities in enforcing air quality regulations in Ireland; and if he will make...
    • North-South Interconnector
      96. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will receive the review of the North-South interconnector; and if he intends to publish the review. [10509/22]
    • Environmental Schemes
      97. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work being undertaken by his Department to achieve the target of 400 free retrofitting upgrades per month; and if he...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      99. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to ensure citizen engagement with offshore wind energy projects in Ireland; and if he will make a...
    • Energy Production
      101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to encourage the generation of energy for provision to the grid by private individuals, organisations or...
    • Climate Action Plan
      103. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the efforts by his Department to develop a green hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Policy
      104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the energy security review of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems; when he expects the...
    • Environmental Schemes
      105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of upgrades provided under the warmth and well-being scheme, by year and county; and the way the scheme will...
    • Wind Energy Generation
      107. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to expedite harnessing the vast wind energy resource off the west coast of Ireland;...
    • Waste Management
      108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of proposals to provide an annual support towards the cost of bin charges for homes in which a family member...
    • National Broadband Plan
      109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the new rolling timelines for the provision of the national broadband plan; the steps that are now being introduced to...
    • North-South Interconnector
      110. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the up-to-date position concerning the review commissioned by his Department in respect of the proposed North-South...
    • Fuel Poverty
      112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty 2016-2019 will be updated; when the review of the implementation of the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work he will undertake in 2022 to continue the process of ramping up Ireland’s renewable energy output....
    • North-South Interconnector
      115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the impact delays to the North-South interconnector had on energy security; and his views on whether the project could...
    • Environmental Schemes
      116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of home retrofits that were completed in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10477/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      117. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he is taking to ensure carers and disabled persons are not adversely affected due to the introduction of...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      118. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has read reports that reduced activity during initial Covid-19 lockdowns prevented more than 800 air...
    • Post Office Network
      119. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the interdepartmental group on post offices; and when the report of the group will be...
    • Climate Action Plan
      120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national youth climate assembly is on track to commence in early March 2022; the way that the assembly will be...
    • National Broadband Plan
      126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband in south-western areas of County Cork. [9367/22]
    • Climate Action Plan
      127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national heat study will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10479/22]
    • National Broadband Plan
      128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the work that is under way to mitigate the current delay in the roll-out of the national broadband plan, particularly...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 4 November 2021, the status of the deployment through the Sustainable...
    • Illegal Dumping
      130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress to update legislation and regulation to enable local authorities to use CCTV in their...
    • Energy Conservation
      131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 158 of 30 November 2021 and No. 232 of 1 February 2022, when a reply will issue;...
    • National Broadband Plan
      132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the present position regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan in respect of counties Cavan and Monaghan;...
    • Environmental Schemes
      133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the projected amounts that will be raised from the carbon tax that are ring-fenced for retrofitting...
    • Data Centres
      135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 3 November 2021, the engagement he or his Department has had to date with...
    • National Broadband Plan
      136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll-out of the national broadband plan to homes in County Limerick to date; and the steps being...
    • Energy Policy
      137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will devise an all-island anti-fracking strategy; and if he has spoken with his counterpart in Northern Ireland...
    • Environmental Schemes
      139. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way his Department will achieve the target of 400 free home retrofits per month; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Sustainable Energy Communities
      141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will increase the funding for the sustainable energy communities programme; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Telecommunications Services
      142. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the communications his Department has had to date with mobile telephone companies in relation to the investigation and...
    • Environmental Schemes
      144. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the market model being used to develop the retrofitting sector; the way he will address affordability issues in...
    • Energy Policy
      145. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will support a legislative proposal to implement an outright ban on LNGs in the State; and if he will make a...
    • National Broadband Plan
      147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis that has been carried out into accelerating the roll-out of the national broadband plan in 2022 in order...
    • Energy Production
      151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he has incentivised micro-energy providers; the way he has encouraged domestic, commercial and agricultural...
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      152. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an update will be provided on the work of the National Cyber Security Centre; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Flood Risk Management
      154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in respect of the increased threat of...
    • Illegal Dumping
      155. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the supports available to local authorities to combat littering and illegal dumping; and if he will make a statement on...
    • Energy Prices
      157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if persons in private rented accommodation who pay an energy bill separate to others in the same building must have a...
    • Climate Action Plan
      158. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way he is approaching the framing of sectoral carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9460/22]
    • Cybersecurity Policy
      159. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the increases in funding that have been given to the National Cyber Security Centre over the past 12 months; his views...
    • Energy Prices
      160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the proposed energy grant will be reviewed in light of ongoing inflation in energy prices; and if he will make a...
    • Environmental Schemes
      161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the avenues available to customers of State retrofit schemes who have complaints in relation to...
    • National Broadband Plan
      162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the excessive use of different legal entities and vehicles which has increased legal, accounting and other...
    • Air Quality
      163. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed establishment of dedicated resources within regional lead authorities to provide...
    • National Broadband Plan
      164. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide further details on the efforts to accelerate the roll-out of the national broadband plan; the steps...
    • Environmental Schemes
      165. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is making provision for experimentation in the roll-out of the energy upgrade programme so that the impact of...
    • Climate Action Plan
      166. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has made a request to date to Galway city and county councils for the preparation of their local authority...
    • Environmental Schemes
      168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide additional details on the one-stop -shop model of the national retrofitting scheme and the way it...
    • Climate Action Plan
      170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the carbon tax and the current cost of living crisis given previous reports, including the ESRI...
  • Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      171. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total funding provided to the Covid-19 credit guarantee scheme to date; the amount that has been drawn down to date; and if he...
    • Departmental Meetings
      172. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department...
    • Joint Labour Committees
      173. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the process his Department will put in place once the decision is made relating to joint labour committee recommendations regarding...
  • Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
    • Environmental Schemes
      174. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address concerns raised within the report from the advisory Expert Group on Future Skills Needs,...
    • Climate Change Policy
      175. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the discussions and deliberations at the COP26 United Nations Climate Change Conference fall within...
    • Environmental Schemes
      176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will amend the warmer homes scheme to include carers benefit as an eligible payment given that a report (details...
    • Recycling Policy
      177. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if grants or financial supports are available from his Department for companies that wish to purchase machinery for...
    • Fuel Quality
      178. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps being taken by him and his Department towards the implementation of new domestic solid fuel standards...
    • Environmental Schemes
      179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if clarity will be provided in relation to the one-stop shop retrofitting grant; if the grant will be awarded if the...
    • Energy Prices
      180. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated price of oil on which his Department is basing its future energy projections in terms of energy security;...
    • Departmental Meetings
      181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings ##he or officials from...
    • Environmental Schemes
      183. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the one-stop shops that are part of the recently announced national home retrofit scheme will be up and running;...
    • Air and Water Pollution
      186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of engagement he and his Department have had with local authorities in relation to widespread breaches of the...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the upfront cost of installing solar PV, which still makes it inaccessible to many...
    • Broadband Infrastructure
      189. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which the provision of broadband on a nationwide basis is progressing; if any particular shortcomings...
    • Climate Action Plan
      194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which carbon reduction measures continue at pace while avoiding damage to the agrifood sector; and if he...
    • Environmental Policy
      196. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the various programmes for carbon sequestration have advanced; the methods most commonly used; and...
    • Climate Action Plan
      197. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that he and his Department continue to take to incentivise carbon reduction without penalising the community;...
    • Renewable Energy Generation
      199. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which it is intended to use renewable energy as a means of carbon reduction; and if he will make a...
    • Waste Management
      200. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which plastic reduction measures have been successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Air Quality
      203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which air quality monitoring stations continue to show improvement in air quality or otherwise; and if he...
    • Energy Conservation
      205. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expert advice available to him with regard to cavity wall insulation versus external wrap insulation; if it is...
  • Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
    • Airport Security
      206. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the delays that businesses in Dublin Airport are experiencing with the new enhanced background...
    • Student Travel Card
      207. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if there is a refund procedure for student card holders, who are charged full travel prices as a result of not presenting their student...
    • Electric Vehicles
      208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the extent to which the use of electric vehicles has contributed to carbon reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if an exception can be granted in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10557/22]
    • Vehicle Registration Tax
      212. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if motor tax can be refunded for a vehicle that was off road for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Road Projects
      213. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding that has been made available in 2022 to progress proposals for the construction of a relief road for Castlemartyr, County...
    • Departmental Meetings
      214. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have...
    • Road Safety
      215. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding motorway lighting along the M1 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10593/22]
    • Driver Licences
      216. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if she will assist in issuing a renewed driver licence to a person (details supplied) given the significant delay that has been...
    • National Transport Authority
      217. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm a company (details supplied) has won a competitive tender from the National Transport Authority for the operation of...
    • Road Projects
      219. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made since the granting of planning permission by an Bord Pleanála with the N6 Galway city ring road motorway scheme...
    • Driver Licences
      220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 9 February 2022, if the persons assigned within the Road Safety Authority, RSA, with...
    • Transport Policy
      221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the recruitment crisis currently facing the transport sector; the steps and assistance his Department...
    • Greenways Provision
      222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the progress of each section of the Royal Canal greenway from Maynooth to Ashtown, Dublin 15; the costs...
    • Driver Licences
      223. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving licence can be renewed for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Test
      224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a driving test can be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Driver Licences
      225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; if he will request the National Driver Licence Service, NDLS, for an update...
    • National Car Test
      226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position of a matter (details supplied) regarding NCT testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10824/22]
  • Department of Finance
    • Tax Code
      227. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will be looking into the removal of VAT on AED devices in the wake of agreement by EU Finance Ministers to amend Council Directive...
    • European Investment Bank
      228. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of loans drawn down from the European Investment Bank; the date of commencement; the repayment schedule; the interest rate and purposes of each...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      229. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of applications for the employment wage subsidy scheme, EWSS, from its inception to date; the number of applications that have been refused during...
    • Departmental Meetings
      230. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the...
    • Tax Reliefs
      231. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will put measures in place to help with the increased costs which are making it more difficult for persons who avail of the disabled drivers...
    • Banking Sector
      232. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated time to complete liquidation of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, IBRC; the estimated value of the remaining assets; the number of...
  • Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
    • Departmental Schemes
      233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of an application for a flood relief scheme submitted by (details supplied); and if the scheme will be approved as a matter...
    • Departmental Meetings
      234. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department...
    • Archaeological Sites
      235. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works intend to visit the Dún Aengus fort in Árann...
  • Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
    • Departmental Policies
      236. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the shared island approach to arts and culture; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10434/22]
    • Online Safety
      237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the timeframe to progress the Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10435/22]
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Sport Ireland winter initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10430/22]
    • Údarás na Gaeltachta
      240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made towards the development of An Ghaeltacht Ghlas, the Green Gaeltacht as a key component of the...
    • Departmental Funding
      241. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if grants or financial supports are available from her Department to support music classes for in local communities; and if she...
    • Departmental Meetings
      242. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her...
    • Artists' Remuneration
      243. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the consultation process for the basic income scheme for artists has been completed; when the 2,000 or more artists will...
    • Irish Language
      244. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the requisites for an Irish speaker within the public service; if an honours leaving certificate in Irish constitutes the same...
    • Departmental Reports
      245. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will publish the report of the Future of the Media Commission; and if she will engage with the appropriate sectoral...
    • Tourism Industry
      246. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects the tourism industry to recover as Covid-19 recedes; if inflationary tendencies have been detected...
    • Sport and Recreational Development
      250. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the degree to which she and her Department have supported and continued to support the sport and recreational sector through the...
    • Sports Events
      253. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department are likely to continue to encourage the holding of major international sporting events...
    • Culture Policy
      254. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department expect to promote Irish culture as a means to use national culture to promote the...
    • Arts Policy
      256. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she expects to encourage interest in the arts and Irish culture as means of national recovery in the aftermath...
    • Broadcasting Sector
      259. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department are likely to monitor developments in the media with particular reference to addressing...
    • Gaeltacht Policy
      261. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the extent to which she and her Department continue to promote Irish language and culture in Gaeltacht areas throughout the...
  • Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
    • Emergency Accommodation
      263. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a building (details supplied) is homeless accommodation or a domestic violence shelter. [10545/22]
    • Defective Building Materials
      264. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if a commitment will be given to provide funding for a number of facilitators to assist applicants to the defective concrete...
    • Housing Schemes
      265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of his Department's review of the HAP limits; his plans with respect to these limits; and if he plans to publish...
    • Housing Provision
      267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total social housing output for 2021 broken down by new build, acquisition, leasing, Part V and leasing, by local...
    • Departmental Meetings
      268. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his...
    • Rental Sector
      269. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if clarification will be provided on a matter (details supplied) relating to lettings; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Housing Schemes
      270. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the shared equity scheme will be introduced; when eligibility requirements will be published; and if he will make a...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will ensure that aquaculture is taken under the remit of the Maritime Area Regulatory Agency given that it will be...
    • Foreshore Issues
      272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the plans to clear the backlog of applications for foreshore licences awaiting decision in his Department; and if he will make...
    • Climate Change Policy
      274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the window in which Ireland’s climate targets are incorporated or will be incorporated into our planning system; the...
    • Local Authorities
      275. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority home loan scheme applications that were received from Mayo County Council for 2020, 2021 and to...
    • Derelict Sites
      276. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of compulsory purchase orders sought for derelict properties by each local authority in 2020, 2021 and to date in...
    • Wind Energy Guidelines
      277. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to bring forward new wind energy guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10349/22]
  • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
    • Passport Services
      278. 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. [10524/22]
    • Departmental Meetings
      280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have...
    • Foreign Birth Registration
      281. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign birth register application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10592/22]
    • Passport Services
      284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be processed on time for a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in order that they can travel with their family.; and...
  • Department of Defence
    • Departmental Meetings
      289. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had...
  • Department of Education and Skills
    • Special Educational Needs
      290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a lack of resourcing for reading schools in Dublin (details supplied); if she has any plans to increase...
    • Schools Building Projects
      291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite approval for the submission of detailed cost analysis plan by a school project (details supplied) for building proposal...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will immediately establish an expert review group to examine the minimum essential qualification and issue recommendations in relation to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure there are no cuts to the upcoming special education teaching allocation hours for a school (details supplied) in County Clare;...
    • School Enrolments
      294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide the secondary school zoning maps that highlight the catchment areas for students progressing from primary to post primary...
    • Departmental Data
      295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of State-funded primary schools that are complaint with the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) WCAG 2.1 standards as is mandatory for...
    • Teaching Qualifications
      297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish an expert review group to examine the minimum essential qualifications for SNAs and issue appropriate recommendations; if a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      298. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department have had...
    • Schools Building Projects
      299. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress that has been made to date in the provision of a new primary school (details supplied); when the school will commence enrolment; and...
    • School Staff
      300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the detailed reasons that a school (details supplied) recently had an application for a new SNA post refused by the National Council for Special...
    • Teacher Training
      301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide clarification on a matter (details supplied) on the extension of an allowance; and if she will make a statement on the...
    • School Staff
      302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the situation in which female clerical officers in secondary schools who are part of the pension scheme are not entitled to...
    • Special Educational Needs
      303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which a child (details supplied) can get an appropriate school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10606/22]
    • Teaching Qualifications
      304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are funding streams available for professional development courses for teaching staff to support them and enable them to upskill. [10610/22]
    • Schools Building Projects
      305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10613/22]
    • School Facilities
      306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that private public partnership schools were not included for funding to assist with ventilation...
    • School Curriculum
      307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether the transition year of secondary should be more class-based (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
    • Oideachas Gaeltachta
      308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills céard iad na hacmhainní airgid breise atá á gcur ar fáil in 2022 leis an mbeartas nua don Oideachas lán-Ghaeilge...
    • Special Educational Needs
      310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department is seeking to close early intervention classes; if so, the details of the research and policy for these closures; and if she...
    • Irish Sign Language
      311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an Irish sign language teacher will be available in a school for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the...
  • Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
    • Enterprise Support Services
      312. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a person who is in receipt of the back to work enterprise allowance scheme payment can have the payment extended beyond...
    • Paternity Leave
      313. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applicants for paternity leave to date; the number approved; the number declined; the reasons for being...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      314. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average number of claims in payment under the carer’s benefit scheme; the average length of a claim; and if she...
    • Widow's Pension
      315. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will review the situation in which a co-habitating couple who are not married or in a civil partnership are not...
    • State Pensions
      316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if an applicant for State pension (contributory) who has been unsuccessful in their application due to the failure to reach...
    • Departmental Meetings
      317. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      318. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will address and respond to concerns raised in correspondence by an organisation (detail supplied); and if she will...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      319. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the progress that has been made to date in the determination of an application for illness benefit in the case of a person...
    • Social Welfare Appeals
      320. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a decision has been made on a disability allowance appeal by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will...
    • Public Sector Pensions
      322. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if it is a requirement for the superannuation section in local authorities to send a request to the scope section in regard...
    • State Pensions
      323. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if a full review will be carried out on the file of a person (details supplied) with a view to awarding them the State...
    • Social Welfare Benefits
      324. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; when their carer’s payment will be revised upwards to the...
    • Social Welfare Payments
      326. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications made to the exceptional needs payment; and the number awarded in each of the years 2018 to 2021....
  • Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
    • Rights of People with Disabilities
      329. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the rights of children with disabilities in Ireland set out under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of...
    • Departmental Meetings
      330. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials...
  • Department of Justice and Equality
    • Visa Applications
      332. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of travel visa applications (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10543/22]
    • Public Procurement Contracts
      333. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the actions she has taken in relation to reports that a significant supplier of product to An Garda Síochána and the...
    • Naturalisation Applications
      334. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determination of application for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if she...
    • Departmental Meetings
      335. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her...
    • Legislative Reviews
      336. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the review into the Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions and Certain Disclosures) Act 2016; if her Department has...
    • Immigration Status
      337. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when naturalisation will be approved in the case of a person (details supplied); if stamp 4 will be renewed as a first stage...
    • Antisocial Behaviour
      338. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the maximum periods of detention currently permissible to gardaí in respect of individuals involved in serious antisocial...
    • Sentencing Policy
      339. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to update legislation to increase the maximum possible sentence for crimes such as knife crime, serious assault and...
    • Crime Prevention
      340. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish a list of the provisions enacted under justice legislation since 1994 that have yet to be commenced in the...
  • Department of Health
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      341. To ask the Minister for Health when the €1,000 bonus will be paid to healthcare workers. [10615/22]
    • Hospital Services
      342. To ask the Minister for Health the breakdown by hospital of the €19 million in additional funding for children in need of orthopaedic surgery; if the €19 million is additional...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      343. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment will be scheduled for a person (details supplied). [10541/22]
    • Mental Health Services
      345. To ask the Minister for Health the number of community psychologists who are currently available for ongoing treatment and support of adult patients under the care of the Crosslanes...
    • Departmental Meetings
      346. To ask the Minister for Health the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department have had with the National...
    • Hospital Services
      347. To ask the Minister for Health the current and capital breakdown by hospital of the €19 million in additional funding for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery, in tabular...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      348. To ask the Minister for Health if the assessment panel has concluded that section 39 and section 10 front-line Dublin homeless network staff who worked in clinical and congregated settings...
    • Hospital Services
      349. To ask the Minister for Health if the €19 million in additional funding for children who are in need of orthopaedic surgery includes capital or current expenditure committed to in the...
    • Health Services
      350. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to add motor neurone disease to the list of illnesses covered by the long-term illness scheme. [10109/22]
    • Research Funding
      351. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to provide funding for research into motor neuron disease. [10108/22]
    • Departmental Policies
      352. To ask the Minister for Health the rationale to no longer pay persons with lived experience, otherwise known as service users, family members and carers who are involved in the provision of...
    • Mental Health Services
      353. To ask the Minister for Health the number of inpatient mental health beds that are provided for children per CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10597/22]
    • Health Services Staff
      354. To ask the Minister for Health if interviews have been held for a position (details supplied) in north County Mayo; the current situation regarding the recruitment drive; when the position...
    • Health Services
      355. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address the concerns raised by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10611/22]
    • Dental Services
      357. To ask the Minister for Health if he will instruct the HSE primary care eligibility and reimbursement service to release details regarding the range of payments received by individual...
    • Health Services Staff
      358. To ask the Minister for Health the reason that the HSE applies dual qualification criteria to the recruitment of therapists that disregard the length of time that a therapist has studied and...
    • Departmental Correspondence
      359. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to correspondence (details supplied) from an organisation; if he will address the matters raised; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Mental Health Services
      360. To ask the Minister for Health if he will address a query (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10634/22]
    • Departmental Correspondence
      361. To ask the Minister for Health if he has responded to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding the request to establish a working group; and if he will make a...
    • Health Services Staff
      362. To ask the Minister for Health the action that has being taken and the proposals to address the significant delay in the recruitment of podiatry staff in acute and community services...
    • Covid-19 Pandemic Supports
      363. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) qualifies for the pandemic bonus payment. [10640/22]
    • Dental Services
      364. To ask the Minister for Health the controls or checks that are in place to ensure dentists in the dental treatment services scheme are accepting new medical card patients; the number of...
    • Nursing Homes
      365. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the nursing home support scheme with a view to expanding current supports under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Health Services Staff
      366. To ask the Minister for Health the current level of HSE podiatry staff servicing acute and community services in County Wexford; if he will provide an update on plans to improve these...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      367. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a progress report on the refurbishment and new building development planned for Abbeyleix Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Nursing Homes
      368. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the reopening of daycare services at St. Vincent’s Community Nursing Home and Abbeyleix Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • Emergency Departments
      369. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients waiting in emergency departments for more than 24 hours, broken down by day, hospital and by under 75 and over 75 years of age,...
    • Hospital Charges
      371. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated in public hospitals by car parking charges in each of the years 2019 to 2021, by hospital, in tabular form. [10673/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      372. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are on waiting lists for a hearing test, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10674/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      373. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting for a hearing aid, by CHO area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10675/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      374. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting longer than a year for a hearing test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10676/22]
    • Medical Aids and Appliances
      375. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients who are waiting longer than a year for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10677/22]
    • Hospital Waiting Lists
      376. To ask the Minister for Health the number of patients over 75 years of age who are on an outpatient or inpatient health waiting list, by wait times (details supplied); and if he will make a...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      377. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability waiting for an assessment of need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10679/22]
    • Home Care Packages
      378. To ask the Minister for Health the number of home care packages that have been approved but which cannot be provided in full due to staff shortages or for other reasons; and if he will make...
    • Disability Services
      379. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons with disabilities who are waiting for a placement in full-time residential placements or settings, by county, by CHO and by wait times....
    • Home Help Service
      380. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons who have been approved for home help hours but who cannot receive them either partially or in full due to staff shortages; and if he will...
    • Departmental Meetings
      381. To ask the Minister for Health the number, date and nature of meetings held by him, the Secretary General of his Department and the head of the HSE either individually with other staff or...
    • Medical Inquiries
      388. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 678 of 8 February 2022, the actions taken by HIQA in each such designated centre for older people and in each designated...
    • Disability Services
      389. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children’s disability network teams in place and the geographical area they represent; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Disabilities Assessments
      393. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability who have had an assessment of need carried out and in which a service statement has been issued but no services have...
    • Legislative Reviews
      396. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to review the Disability Act 2005 to put a focus on intervention and service provision as well as assessments of needs; and if he will make a...
    • General Practitioner Services
      399. To ask the Minister for Health the full-year cost of all staffing subsidies provided to general practitioners as part of the GMS contract for the years 2016 to 2021; and if he will make a...
    • Mental Health Services
      403. To ask the Minister for Health if the target of 300 additional staff working in mental health as set out in budget 2022 will be met in 2022; the number of additional staff recruited to date;...
    • Health Service Executive
      404. To ask the Minister for Health the cash ceiling that applies to the HSE set by his Department or the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the...
    • National Children's Hospital
      405. To ask the Minister for Health the progression made on building the new national children’s hospital; the estimated completion date; the overall estimated cost of the project; the...
    • Healthcare Infrastructure Provision
      406. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost and timeframe for delivery of the three planned elective-only hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/22]
    • Hospital Procedures
      408. To ask the Minister for Health the revenue generated by public hospitals for the carrying out of private healthcare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, by hospital and hospital group; and if...
    • Health Service Executive
      410. To ask the Minister for Health the details of plans by the HSE to make a prior-year adjustment to any of its accounts of the past five years; the value of such adjustments; the reason for...
    • Health Services Staff
      411. To ask the Minister for Health the funding provided to recruit staff into the HSE in 2020; the target number of additional staff to be recruited in 2020; the actual number of staff recruited...
    • Hospital Services
      414. To ask the Minister for Health if he will outline all of the additional funding that has been made available to Children’s Health Ireland and Cappagh Hospital for services in Crumlin...
    • Health Services
      415. To ask the Minister for Health the total number of persons on a public health-related waiting list across acute, primary and community care, including diagnostics, waits for assessments and...
    • Hospital Services
      417. To ask the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of each public and public voluntary hospital for each quarter of 2019, 2020, and 2021, in tabular form; the number of days on which...
    • Medical Cards
      418. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which private diagnostic services are covered or discounted by a medical card; the conditions which apply to those under 16 years of age; if he...
    • Health Services Staff
      419. To ask the Minister for Health the range and average per-hour rate paid to agencies for nursing and healthcare assistant grades, by service division. [10743/22]
    • General Practitioner Services
      420. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline for when the extension of free general practitioner care for children up to eight years of age will be implemented; and if he will make a...
    • Hospital Appointments Status
      421. To ask the Minister for Health if a hospital appointment will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10746/22]
    • Cannabis for Medicinal Use
      422. To ask the Minister for Health if the cost of medicinal cannabis oil products will be reimbursed for a child (details supplied) in County Cork under the Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods...
    • Disability Services
      423. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 213 of 2 December 2021, if he will provide this Deputy with copies of the staffing census of the children’s...
    • Health Services Staff
      426. To ask the Minister for Health the number and type of therapist posts that are currently advertised; the average length of time to fill therapy posts by therapy discipline; the number of...
    • Disabilities Assessments
      427. To ask the Minister for Health the national average waiting time for a child to receive an assessment of need in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10791/22]
    • Disability Services
      429. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children with a disability allocated to each children’s disability network team; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10793/22]
    • Disabilities Assessments
      434. To ask the Minister for Health the training provided to clinicians to undertake an assessment of need; the percentage of therapy staff employed in children’s disability network teams...
    • Disability Services
      436. To ask the Minister for Health the number of administrative support staff employed within each of the children’s disability network teams; his plans to increase the level of...
    • Medicinal Products
      451. To ask the Minister for Health the timeline the medicines management programme is working towards for completion of its examination of the appropriateness and feasibility of a...
    • Departmental Meetings
      453. To ask the Minister for Health the engagements he has had with an advocacy group (details supplied); the steps he is taking to provide support to persons with hyperemesis while the women's...
    • Care of the Elderly
      454. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the planned development and refurbishment of the former Monasterevin day care centre; when the tender documents that are...
    • Hospital Staff
      455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the negotiations on a new consultant contract; the dates on which negotiations have taken place over the past six months; if he...
    • Health Service Executive
      456. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a list of staff in the Sláintecare PMO office in February 2021 and a current list of staff; the person who is currently leading this...
    • State Claims Agency
      457. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 680 of 1 February 2022, the amount and value of payments made by each acute hospital for damages, broken down by the...
  • Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
    • Island Communities
      458. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of island communities in relation to funding under the Operational Programme of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund;...
    • Common Fisheries Policy
      459. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way the terms of reference of the Review of the Common Fisheries Policy were decided by his Department; the way the terms of...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      460. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address concerns that farmers are having their entitlements cut when mountain fires destroy sections of their land; the...
    • Horse Racing Industry
      461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will give permission to Horse Sport Ireland to commence passport printing (details supplied); and if he will make...
    • Departmental Meetings
      462. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings he or officials from his Department...
    • Aquaculture Industry
      463. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will ensure that all applications under the current aquaculture licensing system undergoing statutory consultation are subject...
    • Forestry Sector
      465. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason more felling licences are being issued to Coillte than to the private sector since the start of 2022 despite the...
    • Veterinary Services
      468. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans that are in place in order to supply members of the veterinary profession with the necessary amount of injectable calcium...
    • Agriculture Schemes
      469. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of Ash dieback RUS applications his Department intend to process in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
    • Forestry Sector
      470. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the area of afforestation planted with commercial conifer species in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on...
  • Department of Rural and Community Development
    • Departmental Meetings
      472. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings she or officials from her Department...
    • Rural Schemes
      473. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of projects per municipal district area in County Cork that sought and were allocated funding under the local improvement...
    • Island Communities
      474. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will meet as a matter of urgency in the coming weeks with a delegation from Inis Meáin and with local representatives to...
    • Seirbhísí Farantóireachta
      475. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development an bhfuil i gceist aici go mbeidh coinníoll sa chéad chonradh farantóireachta paisinéirí eile chuig...